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.

Drop In Anytime... We're Family!

Drop In Anytime… We’re Family!

There’s something new over at Adobe! A new feedback site has been launched over at photoshop.com! You can get there directly by going to feedback.photoshop.com. It looks to be a great way for users and the Photoshop Family teams to interact and discover new and exciting ideas for future versions of all the Photoshop Family Continue Reading »

Super Photo Editing Skills Tutorial Available

Super Photo Editing Skills Tutorial Available

Rob and Lauren over at Photography Concentrate were excited to send me their latest Lightroom tutorial Super Photo Editing Skills for review. I was happy to oblige having seen and reviewed some of their prior offerings. Before we get to the review, however, I have to say that Rob and Lauren are among the nicest Continue Reading »

Silver Efex Pro 2

Silver Efex Pro 2

In this age of digital color imagery we sometimes forget the subtle beauty of Black and White. Lightroom’s Black and White conversion features are indeed superb. But if you want to take it up a notch take a look at  Silver Efex Pro 2. Here is some background from Nik Software… Nik Software (www.niksoftware.com) is Continue Reading »

Abbreviating Lightroom

Abbreviating Lightroom

Lightroom by its nature helps us be more efficient when working with our images. There are numerous features to speed us along the way when cataloging and processing. Presets, templates, keyword suggestions and so on, cut little bits of time off the tasks at hand. This makes our imaging life a little easier. However, let’s Continue Reading »

Adobe Community Professional 2011

Adobe Community Professional 2011

I received the news yesterday that I have been named an Adobe Community Professional for another year! I am truly honored to be part of this great group of professionals. Thank you Adobe! It is truly a joy to be able to assist other users learn how to better use their Adobe technology. So thanks Continue Reading »