You may have noticed that once you specify a crop in Lightroom and then try to move the crop frame, that it goes in the opposite direction from what you expect. Instead of thinking of yourself clicking and dragging inside the crop frame to move the crop frame, think of yourself as clicking and dragging inside [...]
You are designing a slideshow, and you want the background color to be a particular color from one of your images. Or, you are designing a web gallery, and you want the background color to be the color on your website, or some other cool color you have found. The question is, how do you find [...]
When you import a folder of images, the folder will show in the Folders panel, but you may not see the parent folder that it lives in. For example, when I imported my first 2009 shoot folder, Lightroom did not show me that it lives inside my 2009 folder, which lives inside my Pictures folder. That's [...]
Need to produce a print of a specific size, like 5"x7"? These are most likely not the proportions of your original image, so somewhere in your workflow you will need to crop the image to these proportions. You could use the crop overlay tool in the Develop module to get the proportions and then go to [...]
A lot of people have a hard time understanding where their images are in the Lightroom environment, what the catalog is, and how it all fits together. This is completely understandable, as the terminology is confusing. Think of a public library — you have stacks and stacks of books everywhere — the main floor, 2nd floor, [...]
If you regularly work on two or more computers and carrying an external hard drive is not a problem, then consider putting your images and your Lightroom catalog on the external drive, so that you can move easily between the two. If your catalog is currently on your internal hard drive, you will need to move [...]
When you import images into the Lightroom Catalog, Lightroom keeps track of where those images live -- in what folder, on what hard drive. This shows in the Folders panel in the Library Module. Imagine moving the car while your family or friends are inside the convenience store. (I confess to having done this once !) [...]
I wrote a post recently about making snapshots while you work so that you can explore different versions of your image -- for example, a black and white and a color version -- with the goal of having just one version in the end. If you want to end up with two or more versions -- [...]
Have you ever worked on an image, been satisfied with your work, but then wanted to try some other things with the option to get back to what you had? Perhaps you want to compare different versions of your work to decide which you like best — for example, a color version, a black and white [...]
I'll get back to making my own tutorials and videos soon, but in the meantime, check out Adobe TV. Click here for Lightroom videos, and here for Photoshop videos. (They load in two stages, so give it a little time.) Check or uncheck the Release, Skill Level and Topic checkboxes on the right to narrow [...]
Hooray -- the official 2.3 release of Lightroom is out. This fixes a number of bugs in 2.2 that I am happy to have behind me. From Adobe: The goal of this release is to address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom 2 and provide additional camera raw support. A comprehensive list of [...]
When I don’t take the time to use a tripod, my horizons are often not straight. Here’s an example: Crooked Horizon To fix this in Lightroom, in the Develop Module tool drawer underneath the histogram, click on the Crop Overlay tool (R). Crop options appear beneath it, and a grid is placed over your [...]