Lightroom Export and Stack Tip
Here’s a simple tip that may just keep you from pulling out your hair when trying to export from Lightroom 2.+ and stack the copy back with the source photo.
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Tutorial: Understanding the Lightroom Export Process
Last week I tried to demystify the import process, so it seems fitting to do the same with the export process. Part of what confuses people are the words Import and Export as it implies that your photos are going in and then out of Lightroom,… Read More »Tutorial: Understanding the Lightroom Export Process
Keyword Auto-Complete in Lightroom 2
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
Tutorial: The Purpose of Importing into Lightroom
Lightroom is built upon a database. Inside this database, commonly referred to as the catalog, is all the data about your photos. This includes all the metadata created by the camera at the time the photo is taken (shutter speed, f-stop, ISO, etc.) as well… Read More »Tutorial: The Purpose of Importing into Lightroom
Add Parent Folder in Lightroom
There is a small and little used command in Lightroom’s Folders panel that can make your life simpler in the long run.
Tutorial: Correcting Red Eye
Red eye, the result of the light from the flash reflecting off the back of the retina, is not a phenomenon that is new to digital photography. It most commonly occurs when using a camera with a pop-up flash directly over the lens. While it… Read More »Tutorial: Correcting Red Eye
Tutorial: Reducing Chromatic Aberration
While it is usually best to try and avoid situations that you know may be problematic there are times where you really want to take the shot and take care of the problems later. When evaluating your photos you are not likely to see the… Read More »Tutorial: Reducing Chromatic Aberration
Tutorial: Using the Lightroom Snapshots Panel
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.
Tutorial: Don’t Let Lightroom Take Over Your Hard Drive
I know how exciting it is when you first get Lightroom and you can’t wait to start importing photos and putting Lightroom through its paces! If you are like most people you keep the Lightroom catalog in the default location and never look back. Time… Read More »Tutorial: Don’t Let Lightroom Take Over Your Hard Drive
March 2009 Photoshop User is Out!
Just got my copy of the March Photoshop User magazine and was very excited to see my regular column (Under the Loupe) and my first round of Lightroom book reviews mentioned on the cover! This month’s column was about adding new web gallery engines to… Read More »March 2009 Photoshop User is Out!