Having Lightroom automatically advance to the next photo after you evaluate your current one with flags, stars and/or color labels (and keeping your hands on the keyboard at all times) can significantly speed up your culling work. Watch my video tutorial below for details on how to use auto advance, or read on below the video. [...]
In this free video tutorial I'll show you how to move your Lightroom catalog - to another location on the same hard drive, to a different hard drive, or even to a new computer. Background: The Lightroom catalog contains all of the work you do in Lightroom - editing, keywording, flagging, collections, [...]
Are you running out of space on the hard drive where your photos are stored? In this video tutorial I'll show you how to safely move large quantities of photos to another hard drive without leaving Lightroom confused. This video is one of 107 in 24+ hours of content in my Lightroom 5, 6 and Classic CC: [...]
If you've used Lightroom Classic's adjustment brush (or "brush" in the cloud-based Lightroom), you've probably wondered why it starts out with some sliders not at zero and with a particular brush size, feathering, etc.. In this very short video tutorial I'll show you how to set your own default settings in the brush, graduated filter [...]
Adobe released Lightroom Classic CC version 8.2 today. In addition to bug fixes and new lens profiles, there are tethering improvements and a new feature for enhancing fine detail in raw files. Updates for Lightroom CC Desktop, iOS and Android were also released - see my Lightroom CC article for details. In This Article: Support [...]
Enhanced Details was made available today in the February releases of Lightroom Classic CC (v. 8.2) and Lightroom CC Desktop (v. 2.2). This new process can potentially improve the quality of very fine detail and reduce artifacts and moire in raw files. It re-renders your raw file using a more sophisticated demosaicing algorithm that is [...]
I recommend adding copyright and contact information to your photos' and videos' metadata so that when you share these photos with the outside world, the data automatically tags along with them and people can get in touch with you if they come across your photos and want to use them. In Lightroom Classic CC and [...]
Watch my free video tutorial below to learn how to upgrade to Lightroom Classic CC from Lightroom 6 and earlier versions. It's usually a very smooth process, but I'll prepare you to handle any glitches that may occur along the way, such as Lightroom Classic CC not finding your old catalog. [...]
As of the end of November, 2018, the Map module will no longer work in Lightroom 4, 5, 6, CC 2015, and Classic CC 7.x. (You'll receive an "Oops" message: "This page didn't load Google Maps correctly. See the JavaScript console for technical details.") To use the Map module you'll need to upgrade to Lightroom Classic CC [...]
It's not uncommon for people to leave applications open on their computers for days at a time or even longer. If it's not hurting the performance of the application you're using, then why not, right? Please don't do this with Lightroom - remember that you'll only get the prompt to back up your Lightroom catalog when [...]
With albums in the cloud-based Lightroom and collections in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom 6 and earlier versions, one usually drags photos to them to assign those photos to them. Dragging takes time and can be a hassle if you have to scroll to your album or collection. Now we have functionality in both applications to quickly [...]
If your iPhone 7+, 8+, X, Xs, Xs Max or Xr camera is set to capture depth information, now in Lightroom Classic CC v. 8 use Depth Range Mask within the graduated filter, radial filter and adjustment brush to confine your edits based on distance to the camera. For instructions on how to capture images [...]
