There’s a tiny little feature called Show in Collection that Adobe added to the contextual menu that appears when you right-click a photo just about anywhere in Lightroom. It allows you to see what collections that photo has been added to and it allows you… Read More »Lightroom’s Show in Collection
There’s a handy feature in the Filmstrip that gives you access to a wide range of info about your photos no matter where you are in Lightroom. First you need to enable Show Image Info Tooltips in the Filmstrip. Just right-click (Ctrl-click) a photo in… Read More »Lightroom’s Image Info Tooltips
Here’s one of those little things that seems to be tripping up a number of Lightroom 1 users who have upgraded to Lightroom 2. In Lightroom 1, you can expand the Keywording panel and start typing a keyword into the big keyword tag field.… Read More »Keyword Auto-Complete in Lightroom 2
There is a small and little used command in Lightroom’s Folders panel that can make your life simpler in the long run.
The Quick Develop panel’s sole purpose in life is to speed up your workflow. It is essentially a mini Develop module built right into the Library module. It is not intended to replace the Develop module, but rather to give you the ability to tap… Read More »Tutorial: Making Sense of the Quick Develop Panel
Using the Painter tool requires a little bit of imagination. You see, you need to imagine you have a spray paint can that doesn’t use paint. Instead of paint you can load the Painter tool with a color label, flag state, star rating, metadata template,… Read More »Tutorial: The Painter Tool
One of Lightroom’s greatest strengths is the database (known as the catalog file) that records everything you do when working in Lightroom. When you import photos all the information contained in the metadata gets added to the catalog, such as exposure, ISO, time and… Read More »Tutorial: Working with Smart Collections
Another significant yet subtle improvement in Lightroom 2 is the means to reconnect missing and offline folders and photos. While preventing your photos from being inadvertently disconnected from the Lightroom catalog is still just as important as it was in Lightroom 1, it’s good to know there are tools to help you get things back in order if you find yourself looking at a catalog full of question marks.
Creating new folders and moving photos from folder to folder is a fundamental aspect of file management. It is also a fundamental task that should only be performed from within Lightroom in order to maintain the connection between the Lightroom catalog and the imported photos.
The Folders panel may be one of the most used panels in all of Lightroom, but it may also be one of the least understood. There’s actually quite a bit of functionality in this little panel, and with the addition of the Volume Browser in… Read More »Tutorial: Managing Photos with the Folders Panel