Laura Shoe's Lightroom Blog
As you may have guessed, I love Lightroom. Its design is efficient and elegant, and the library/catalog model really works. However, in my humble opinion as an instructor who sees students struggle time after time, what doesn’t work is the language around this model. Specifically, what doesn’t work is the idea that you “Import” images into Lightroom, [...]
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Hint: click on the title of this post above to see the post larger! You can export images directly to CD or DVD using Lightroom. The feature is a little bit hidden: In the Library module, select your images to export. Click on the Export button At the top, you see the following: Click [...]
I'm headed out this weekend for Missoula, Montana, where I'll be teaching creative techniques and compositing in Photoshop at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. While it is possible that I will post while I am out there, it is unlikely -- so plan to check back the first week of October for new material. In [...]
I still have a few spots available in my Lightroom Fundamentals Part One workshop in Seattle on October 10-11. New to Lightroom, ready to dive in and learn it well? Already been using Lightroom for quite a while but looking to fill in the gaps in your knowledge? If so, this workshop could be for you: [...]
If you are not prompted to update when you open LR and Bridge/Photoshop, in these programs go up to Help>Check for Updates. Downlaod the .exe (PC) or .dmg (Mac) file to your desktop, then double-click to launch the installation. When it is done, you can throw away the Adobe folder the install process placed on your [...]
In Lightroom you can restrict your crops to be a specific aspect ratio, such as 5×7, 8×10, or the same aspect ratio as your original. To do so, select the crop tool from the toolbar (R), click on the double up/down arrow next to the padlock to reveal the aspect menu, and choose your desired proportions. [...]
Did you know that the adjustment brush allows you to slowly build up the amount of change you apply to an image, and also slowly back off on a change you made? The secret is in the Flow and Density sliders. Density controls how much of the specified adjustment can be applied in total, and Flow [...]
I will be doing another of my popular two hour Lightroom demonstrations on September 10 at 6:30 pm at Shoreline College. Click here for more information. Email me at laura@laurashoe.com to RSVP -- I'd love to see you there!
These days I encourage students to leave Bridge and Camera Raw behind and use Lightroom for all of their basic image editing needs (resorting to Photoshop when heavy guns are required). But if you do find a reason to use Bridge and Camera Raw, you'll discover that Lightroom does not automatically see and show any Bridge [...]
Last week I wrote about Jeffrey Friedl's plug-in that allows you to export images directly to Facebook. There are lots of other great third-party plug-ins out there. But how can one find out about them? Easy, of course, or I wouldn't be writing about it! In the Library module of Lightroom, click on the Export button [...]
If you plan to print your image, I recommend that you do all of your clean up work zoomed into 1:1. You should also review all of your local adjustments at this zoom ratio to make sure that your edges aren't obvious. Here's an easy way to move through your image while you are [...]