If you want different versions of an image, such as with different crops or both a black and white and color one, you can create virtual copies in Lightroom. These aren’t duplicates of your file — you will still just have one file on your hard drive, but multiple sets of Develop instructions for that [...]
I posted this tip a little over a year ago when Lightroom 3 came out, but I thought I'd post it again, since surprisingly it is one of my most-read posts. Looking to blur out a background to reduce distractions? In Lightroom 3 or later, use the adjustment brush with Sharpness at -50 to -100. [...]
Sometimes I find that for cloning or healing I need to put one Lightroom spot removal fix right on top of another. If you have used this tool, you know that this isn’t directly possible — putting the cursor over an existing circle just gives you the hand tool to move that circle. It finally occurred [...]
I get emails from around the world from people in panic-mode over Lightroom-related issues. Some of these can be easily cured, but sadly, some are fatal. I do consulting in-person and over the web and phone/Skype, so you can always contact me to help you work through your issues (sorry, yes, that was a blatant plug), but I thought I [...]
The HSL panel allows you to affect individual colors in your image. HSL stands for Hue, Saturation, and Luminance. You can use Hue to shift a color towards another color, for example, blue to purple or green. (Yes, you too can have purple skies!) Saturation is the intensity of color, so you can make your blues, for [...]
Adobe has released an update to Lightroom, 3.4.1. According to their website it includes: Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Canon Rebel T3i, Nikon D5100 and Fuji FinePix X100 • Corrections for issues introduced in previous versions of Lightroom 3 • The Lightroom 3.4.1 update includes an important correction for a bug [...]
Recently a colleague of mine, Kathy Eyster, wrote an article in her award-winning blog, Essential Digital Camera, on how to fix flash-filled pet eyes using Photoshop. The red-eye tool won’t fix them, as it simply takes red out, and pet pupils don’t turn red. Kathy points out that there are two steps, first turning the pupil almost [...]
In case you haven’t already updated, be sure to go to Help>Check for Updates within Lightroom and Bridge or Photoshop to download and install these free updates. I haven’t kicked the tires sufficiently yet, but I am excited about the Lightroom 3.3 update because I have experienced agonizing performance issues with certain aspects of 3.2, particularly [...]
I have been away from this blog for quite a while because I was assisting a client and friend of mine, Stacey Sanner, with her book project, Keeping A Blue Light On: A Citizen’s Tribute to the Seattle Police Department. Stacey was inspired to write this book after the cold-blooded murders of five police officers last [...]
Hi everyone, as you can well see, I haven't had a chance to post to this blog for the past month. I am helping a client with a very cool book project that I will write about soon. I thought though that I would ask YOU a question in the meantime. I have written about the [...]
These include support for 16 new cameras including the Canon 60D, many many new lens profiles, and, from Tom Hogarty on the Lightroom Journal, […]
Quite a while back I wrote about a technique to invert your images from negatives to positives or vice versa that involved an Adobe Camera Raw workaround. In looking at my blog stats, I notice that people are still reading that post, so I thought I would provide an easier technique — now that Lightroom 3 [...]