The September issue of Photoshop User magazine is out and in it you’ll find my column on how to export from Lightroom to your blog. The key to this process (as mentioned in the column) is the LR2Blog export plugin. In the column I mentioned… Read More »Export to Your Blog
I wrote an article for Layers Magazine that was published in their September 2008 issue about some steps every photographer can take to help protect their copyright when putting their photos online. I’m happy to report that Layers has put the full article online for… Read More »Protecting What’s Yours
In the article I referenced a couple of ways I include GPS data during output. One of the ways is in my blog posts that have the GPS tag. I do this using a Lightroom export plugin called LR2/Blog. Using LR2/Blog I can export directly… Read More »Geocoding: Using GPS Data in Your Lightroom Workflow
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
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
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
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.
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
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
A very useful addition to Lightroom 2 is a new tool called the Adjustment Brush. Consider it a sibling to the Graduated Filter, but in the form of a versatile brush that allows for a great deal of creativity while making non-destructive local adjustments right… Read More »Tutorial: Introduction to the Adjustment Brush