23 March 2010

My Take on Lightroom 3 Beta 2

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I’m incredibly excited to see that Adobe has released an update to the original Lightroom 3 Beta! There are a few additions to this release that I am particularly excited about and think you will be too.

23 November 2009

Tutorial: Boosting Lightroom Performance

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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.

12 November 2009

Photoshop User Magazine December 2009 Issue is Out

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Always happy to see the new issue of Photoshop User sitting in my mailbox! This issue ends the year with Scott Kelby’s Gonzo Gear Guide, which is nothing short of gonzo. Time to update my Amazon wishlist!

9 November 2009

My top 10 tips for new Lightroom users x 2 thanks to Scott Kelby

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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. :-)

21 October 2009

My Take on Lightroom 3 Beta

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Adobe has just released Lightroom 3 Beta! Now before you rush out and start downloading I’d like to give you my take on this beta release to help you get off on the right foot.

20 October 2009

Tutorial: Configuring External Editors

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You can access the Preferences by going to Edit > Preferences on Windows or Lightroom > Preferences on Mac. Once the Preferences dialog box appears click the External Editing tab to access these settings.
By default Lightroom always chooses the most current version of Photoshop you have installed as the primary …

16 October 2009

10 Things I Wish I Could Tell Every New Lightroom User

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I had the great opportunity to write a guest blog post for Scott Bourne’s photofocus.com blog. It just went live today!

13 October 2009

Tutorial: Advanced Cropping

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First, the only change from Lightroom 1 to Lightroom 2 in regards to the crop tool is its new home. It moved from the Develop module’s Toolbar to the new Toolstrip under the Histogram.
You can still jump to the Crop Tool from anywhere in Lightroom by selecting a photo and …

6 October 2009

Tutorial: Working with the Vignette Panel

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While there is a Vignette panel in Lightroom 1 it was intended to be a correction tool for fixing the slightly dark edges around a photo that can result from using certain combinations of filters and lenses. It worked OK for that purpose, but many people enjoyed using it more …

29 September 2009

Tutorial: Making Adjustments with the Graduated Filter Tool

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The Graduated Filter is one of my favorite new features of Lightroom 2, and it has considerably reduced my need to send photos to Photoshop for additional local adjustments. It is worth noting that like any software adjustment, you can only work on data that is actually in the photo …

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, …

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