16 February 2010

Photofocus: Top tips for working in Lightroom’s Grid view

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Check out my guest post on photofocus.com to learn my top tips for working in Lightroom’s Grid view.

22 November 2009

Replacing the Lightroom Preference File

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Also known as trashing the prefs, this is the act of forcing Lightroom to create a clean preference file in the hopes that it fixes whatever strange Lightroom problem you might be having.

22 September 2009

Tutorial: The Many Views of the Library Module

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The types of tasks performed in the Library module generally fall under file management, such as separating the keepers from the clunkers, applying keywords, organizing into collections, renaming, applying metadata, etc., and each of these views are designed to help make those tasks a little easier.
The four Library module views—Grid, …

28 April 2009

Using Lightroom 2′s Target Collection

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I was recently asked if it were possible to assign photos to a collection during import. It would make a good feature request, but it is not currently possible.
Here are the alternatives I came up with that could be used once the import is complete.
You could select all (Ctrl/Cmd+A) the …

5 March 2009

Add Parent Folder in Lightroom

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There is a small and little used command in Lightroom’s Folders panel that can make your life simpler in the long run.

31 January 2009

Tutorial: Making Sense of the Quick Develop Panel

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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 into the power of the …

16 January 2009

Tutorial: The Painter Tool

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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 …

21 November 2008

Tutorial: Working with Smart Collections

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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 date of capture, f-stop, camera model, …

29 August 2008

Tutorial: Moving Folders and Photos in Lightroom

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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.

22 August 2008

Tutorial: Managing Photos with the Folders Panel

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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 Lightroom 2 it puts quite …

15 August 2008

Tutorial: Finding Photos with the Library Filter Bar

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In Lightroom 2 Adobe combined the Find and Metadata Browser panels from Lightroom 1, added some new functionality, moved them to center stage in Grid view and named it the Library Filter bar. The result is a tremendous boost in usefulness when you want to find and filter out all …

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