Tame Your Lightroom Library
I was honored to be invited back as a guest on TheFIX to discuss my new Lightroom book and share some tips for taming your Lightroom library. TheFIX is part of the TWIP network, and you can watch me on Episode 83.
I was honored to be invited back as a guest on TheFIX to discuss my new Lightroom book and share some tips for taming your Lightroom library. TheFIX is part of the TWIP network, and you can watch me on Episode 83.
In this Photofocus blog post I cover the importance of knowing multiple ways to use Lightroom and Photoshop for post-production, which can help you save time by shooting with your post-production workflow in mind. The final image you see here was the result of pre-production… Read More »Photofocus: Planning with Post-Production in Mind
In this Photofocus blog post I cover how you can create customized file name templates to suit all kinds of needs. There are a few places where you can batch rename photos in Lightroom. The most common is during the import process via the File… Read More »Photofocus: Create Customized File Name Templates in Lightroom
This month’s Lightroom Hangout is all about conversions to black and white. Aside from my regular cohorts Levi and Gerard, we are joined by a special guest, Brian O’Neil Hughes from Adobe. We cover a lot of ground in this hangout. Enjoy!
Once I month I co-host a Lightroom Hangout on Google+ for Photofocus with my friends Levi Sim and Gerard Murphy. We also have a variety of special guests that drop in and share their expertise. The topic for this hangout is getting organized in Lightroom,… Read More »Photofocus Hangout: Get Organized in Lightroom
OK, I’m sure you are curious about jumping into the driver’s seat and giving this new version of Lightroom a few laps around the block. There’s a lot of cool stuff in here, and if you have been using Lightroom for awhile you should feel very much at home, but there are a few things I want to mention before you go too far.
With Lightroom 3 freshly minted and rolling out, I’ve heard from some folks using Lightroom 2 who are confused when they press F1 or go to Help > Lightroom Help from inside Lightroom 2, and wind up on a page that has a lot of info about Lightroom 3. Don’t despair! Adobe has not abandoned you.
Ever since writing Lightroom for Dummies I’ve had the idea to teach a class based on the most common topics people are asking about. Topics they are either not finding covered in books or seminars or are just not covered in a format that allows them to ask questions and learn while doing. To that end I am extremely pleased to have the opportunity to teach that exact course in an online format through the Perfect Picture School of Photography (PPSOP)!
Some regular maintenance and a little TLC from you will go a long way toward improving your Lightroom experience and boosting its performance. Here are five things to get you moving faster right now.
I had the highest honor ever bestowed upon me since I started blogging about Lightroom. One of my biggest Photoshop/Lightroom heroes thought one of my blog posts was good enough to use as a starting point for his own blog! One more thing I can cross off my bucket list. 🙂