Laura Shoe's Lightroom Blog
“How large can I print my photo?” is a question I get from Lightroom users all the time. The ultimate answer of course is – it depends. In the end you will need to do your own tests and find out what you are satisfied with. Below is some information that [...]
When you click in a photo in the Book Module, a Zoom slider appears, which shows you how far, in percent, you are zoomed in on the photo, and allows you to zoom in more or less. This slider is for enlarging the photo in the cell on your Book page, not for zooming in [...]
In this video tutorial, learn about the new features in Lightroom 4.1: Color defringing in the Lens Corrections panel HDR file support Book output option to JPEG (my favorite!) Adobe Revel move to Publish Services (For higher quality, once you click on the play button, click on the sprocket wheel at the bottom of the screen [...]
Tonight at 9 pm Pacific Time, Adobe announced the official release of Lightroom 4.1. This is a free update to Lightroom 4.0, and addresses several bugs in 4.0, and also adds new camera support. In addition, we have for nice new features: Book output to JPEG. We can now save our book pages as individual jpegs. [...]
I still have a few spots left in this webinar -- sign up right away if you are interested! Note that the registration is a two-step process -- be sure to complete both steps promptly. OVERVIEW OF LIGHTROOM In this very popular presentation, Laura will discuss what makes Lightroom so attractive, explains how it works differently [...]
When designing a book in Lightroom, I move between multi-page, spread and page view a lot. There are icons in the toolbar to select these: However, knowing some handy shortcuts speeds up my work a lot. Ctl/Cmd E: Multi-Page View Ctl/Cmd R: Spread View Ctl/Cmd [...]
If you're in the Seattle area, don't miss these two opportunities at Photographic Center Northwest coming up soon! Lightroom Demonstration I will discuss what makes Lightroom so attractive, explain how it works differently from other programs, and give you a tour of the fundamentals of the program by importing and processing a photo shoot. Whether [...]
Waiting for the light to get good so you can shoot? In line at the DMV? Relaxing on your summer vacation? Whip out your iPad, iPhone, or other MP4 video-compatible mobile device, watch my Lightroom videos, and learn how to take your photography post-processing to the next level! My Lightroom 3 and Lightroom 4 Fundamentals & [...]
As much as I like to come across to you as perfectly organized, I have to admit that I am not always as disciplined as I should be about immediately completing my keywording of photos after I import them into Lightroom. During those organizational spurts that I go through to clean this up, it would be [...]
This is one of the most common, and certainly the most stress-filled request I get for help. You open up Lightroom, and there is nothing there — all the photos you have imported and worked on are gone. Fortunately, this usually isn’t the disaster that it at first seems to be. When you are in Lightroom, [...]
Update 11/20/2013: Read my updated article, on reasons to subscribe to Photoshop CC. Photoshop CS6 started shipping yesterday, so I anticipate that a lot of photographers not currently using Photoshop are wondering if they should consider it. I am assuming for the sake of this article that you are already using Lightroom. (If not, you may [...]
The Creative Suite 6, including Photoshop CS6 is now available for download or shipment. . It is available for pre-order now, though it won’t start shipping for up to 30 days. (The website “estimates” May 7.) The traditional stand-alone Photoshop CS6 full version will be $699, and the upgrade will be $199. Photoshop CS6 Extended, which [...]