Laura Shoe's Lightroom Blog
I have just finished my Lightroom 5: The Fundamentals and Beyond series! Other than incorporating all the Lightroom 5 new features and changes, this Lightroom 5 FAB series is the same as my Lightroom 4 series. If you would prefer training in just the new Lightroom 5 features and changes, I have also released a shorter [...]
Adobe's new version of Photoshop, Photoshop CC, is now available for download through its Creative Cloud subscription service. New features for photographers include a camera-shake-reduction filter, and improved Smart Sharpen and upsampling algorithms. Adobe announced last month that new versions of Photoshop and other Creative Suite software would only be available via a Creative Cloud subscription. [...]
Just a quick note for those of you wondering - I am hard at work updating my Lightroom Fundamentals & Beyond series, and am really hoping it will be available this coming week. Next I'll get busy on Lightroom 5: Producing Great Output. Thank you for all your email inquiries on this - it is nice [...]
Note: this article and video were created when Lightroom 5 came out, but they are applicable to Lightroom 6, CC 2015 and Classic CC. Lightroom smart previews allow you to develop your photos, even when the masters are offline. Imagine traveling with your laptop, and leaving your big heavy external hard drive with all your [...]
You have taken the plunge and bought Lightroom 5. In the video below, I show you how to upgrade. I discuss how you can find your old catalog if necessary, how to ensure that your new Lightroom 5 catalog is named appropriately and that your presets come along, and how to remove your old catalog [...]
Adobe announced the release of Lightroom 5.0 today, with essentially the same features made available in the beta version in April. Purchase the upgrade for $79 or the full version for $149 from Adobe here. Note the new system requirements at the bottom of this page — in a nutshell, Windows 7 or newer, Mac 10.7 [...]
The Adobe Kuler iPhone app is available starting today. Kuler is a cloud-based application for making and exploring color themes using an iPhone or your browser. Kuler now gives you multiple options to capture inspiring color themes whenever and wherever you come across them; capturing color inspiration on your iPhone, syncing colors in Illustrator, Photoshop, and [...]
I'm a bit late on this news from last week, as I was on vacation with no internet access, but here goes: Adobe announced the upcoming June 17 release of the next version of Photoshop, Photoshop CC, available only through a Creative Cloud monthly or annual subscription. No longer will we able to purchase and own [...]
Today on Kelby TV's Grid show, Adobe Product Manager Tom Hogarty demonstrated an iPad app still under development that might give us many of Lightroom's capabilities. How many is unclear, but specifically mentioned as possibilities were basic editing, sorting, picking, and collections management. This app would not use our original raw files, but the "DNG smart [...]
Amazon U.S. currently has Lightroom 4 on sale for $40 off ($109.99). I do not know how long this will last. Adobe has Lightroom 4 on sale for $30 off through May 11, 2013 in the Adobe store with coupon code SPRING 30. (At the moment the discount code is not working online, but from your [...]
Upright is a new automatic feature for straightening photos and correcting perspective. In the video below I show you how to use Upright and how it interacts with the Crop tool. I also introduce the new grids and guides available in both the Library and Develop modules of the Lightroom 5 Beta. [UPDATE: This tutorial is [...]
The Radial Filter tool in Lightroom 5 (and now 6 and CC) is great for making local changes to your photo that affect either the outside or inside of an oval or circular area -- a classic example is creating a vignette effect to darken the edges of your photo and to bring attention to the center. [...]