Gene McCullagh

Gene is an Adobe Community Professional and and Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Lightroom, Photoshop, and InDesign, and an avid Lightroom fan. He belongs to the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). Gene also the Co-Founder, Manager and a frequent blogger for the Dallas Fort Worth Adobe User Group (DFWAUG).

In addition to running Lightroom Secrets, Gene also contributes to O'Reilly's media blog, moderates on the Adobe forums, and helps out on lightroomforums.net.

Learn With Lynda!

Learn With Lynda!

Lightroom Secrets is proud to be affiliated with lynda.com! As a Lightroom Secrets reader you are eligible to take advantage of our FREE 24 hour pass to ALL of lynda.com’s courses. To get your 24 hour pass simply CLICK HERE. Learn the latest tools and techniques with access to 762 online courses and counting! Get Continue Reading »

Watermarks Take A Big Leap Forward

Watermarks Take A Big Leap Forward

Since the beginning of Lightroom we’ve wanted a watermarking capability that was more powerful and more flexible than the anemic watermark of Lightroom 1.x or Lightroom 2.x. We had some creative possibilities with the identity plate feature but even that was limited and quirky. With the release of Lightroom 3 Beta 1 we saw the Continue Reading »

Get To The Point!

Get To The Point!

Tired of only having a parametric curve at your disposal? Good news! Lightroom 3 Beta 2 introduces a point curve to the Develop module! That is fantastic news! Many users asked for point curve capabilities in Lightroom and Adobe has delivered. Lightroom’s parametric curve has some great features. I like the visual feedback it gives Continue Reading »

(LR*3)+(B*2)=POWER: Lightroom 3 Beta 2 Is Here!

(LR*3)+(B*2)=POWER: Lightroom 3 Beta 2 Is Here!

It’s here! Adobe released Lightroom 3 Beta 2 earlier and there are some nice goodies to play with in Beta 2. Grab it from Adobe Labs now! And if history teaches us anything, Adobe is saving a few tricks up their sleeves for the final release of Lightroom 3. There’s still no official information regarding Continue Reading »

Lightroom Gets The Red Out!

Lightroom Gets The Red Out!

Aside from Halloween shots those glowing red eyes in images don’t belong. Of course, the best way to deal with red-eye is to avoid it altogether. So how does it happen? When the light from your flash enters your subject’s eyes it bounces back from the retina. The retina is rich with blood vessels and Continue Reading »

Aperture 3: Is It Time To Switch?

Aperture 3: Is It Time To Switch?

Apple has finally released an update to its image processing software application. Aperture 3 arrived on the scene several days ago. With this release we photographer humans once again raise the question “Is it time to switch?” Since you are reading this on a site called Lightroom Secrets you must know how this will turn Continue Reading »

Can't Get Enough Lightroom Info?

Can’t Get Enough Lightroom Info?

It’s a big place out there on the web. We certainly appreciate you stopping by Lightroom Secrets for some Lightroom goodness! But, if you still want more there are several excellent resources. Monthly (or so) we feature a Lightroom related site. Check the Featured Site section in the sidebar. There is also a list of Continue Reading »

Lightroom Secrets Welcomes Brian Reyman

Lightroom Secrets Welcomes Brian Reyman

Lightroom Secrets is pleased to welcome a new contributor, Brian Reyman! You can’t have enough Lightroom tips, tricks, tutorials, or news! Brian will stop by from time to time with his insights into Lightroom. Brian lives and breathes Adobe products and loves using pretty much all of them. He was recently named an Adobe Community Continue Reading »