Export,LR2,Resources,Tips         No comments

The only way Windows users could successfully export multiple photos directly to an email attachment from Lightroom was using a (free) third-party app called MAPI Mailer created by Steve Sutherland. Well, I just learned (thanks to Lightroom-News.com) that Steve has upgraded MAPI to a full fledged Export Plugin, which removes the previous limitation on how many photos could be attached at a time.

 Develop Module,Tips,Tutorials         2 comments

The Snapshots panel, located between the Presets and History panels, inside the Develop module is a handy means for recording the settings of the photo you are working on at significant points in your workflow.

 
Read Using the Lightroom Snapshots Panel over at peachpit.com.

 Library,Tips,Tutorials         No comments

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, develop preset, rotation setting or …

 Before You Start,Tips,Tutorials         No comments

You may hear them referred to as either presets or templates interchangeably and you can find some form of preset/template in every Lightroom module. No matter what you call them they have a single purpose, which is to speed up your workflow by keeping you from having to recreate the …

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I don’t know how I’d get by without the Internet. There is such a wealth of information on any subject just waiting to be found. Lightroom is no exception. Like anything on the Internet sometimes it is hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, so I’ve compilied a list …

 Develop Module,Library,Tips         1 comment

Are you working on JPG images by chance?
Since JPG files (as well as TIF and PSD) had a white balance value applied when the original file was rendered into that format (whether by your camera or via post-processing) you can no longer set an absolute white balance value. It was …

 Import,Tips         No comments

If you are finding that imported images, or copies of images made after editing in Photoshop are mysteriously becoming overexposed automatically, then the first thing to check is to see if you are applying auto tone adjustments. Go to Edit > Preferences > Presets, and uncheck “Apply auto …