Final adjustments to the release candidate have been completed and Lightroom 2.1 is available to download. When you start Lightroom you should be prompted to download the update. You can also download the update directly from Adobe. Windows users can click here. Mac users can click here.

A frequent statement from Lightroom users is “my previews don’t look as good as the LCD on my camera! What’s wrong?” Nothing is wrong. The image on your camera’s LCD is really a JPEG representation of the RAW image captured by the sensor. So some adjustments have been performed in the camera in order to Continue Reading »

Do you have a Graduated Filter preset that you like but you don’t want to apply it with a Graduated Filter? No problem. Grab your Adjustment Brush. The same presets are available. Now you can paint on that Graduated FIlter preset.

The same keyboard shortcut you use in Photoshop® to change your brush size works in Lightroom® as well. Use the square bracket keys ( [ and ]) to decrease and increase brush size. By adding the Shift key (Shift [ and Shift ]) you can control the amount of feathering on the brush.

If you can’t remember a keyboard shortcut when working in a module, press CMD / and the shortcuts for that module will appear. Click on the dialog to close it.

While not yet an official release, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.1 RC is available for download at Adobe Labs. Windows click here. Mac users click here.

According to the release notes The goal of this release is to address several bugs that were introduced with the release of Lightroom 2.0 and provide additional camera raw support. A comprehensive list of issues fixed in this release is included below:

Sean McCormack’s excellent blog on all things Lightroom! Don’t be deceived by Sean’s humble statement “By night I mix bands, by day I take pictures and very late at night I write. Sometimes I go to bed before 6am, sometimes I’m not so lucky.” There is a wealth of insight here!

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