You probably noticed that things have been a bit quiet here at Lightroom Secrets. For the past few months I have been working on a book project ( Explore Lightroom 4: A Roadmap for Photographers) and am finally able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The writing is finally completed and we Continue Reading »
Some time ago I offered a solution to working with a catalog on multiple computers utilizing Dropbox to store the catalog. Take a look at A Catalog In The Cloud in case you missed it. I mentioned that this wasn’t a solution for the multi-photographer studio but it could be useful if your images are Continue Reading »
Lightroom Secrets is pleased to welcome another new contributor, Dan Moughamian! In addition to the many other projects Dan has going on he will stop by on occasion to add to your ever-expanding Lightroom knowledge. So be on the lookout for some great stuff from Dan! Dan has nearly two decades of experience working with Continue Reading »
In LIGHToperatingROOMsystem—Part 1 we looked at relocating missing files. Missing folder were covered in LIGHToperatingROOMsystem—Part 2. Now let’s take a look at some additional techniques to use in the Folders section of the Library module. Nearly anything we can do in the operating system with files and folders can be done inside of Lightroom. Gaining Continue Reading »
In LIGHToperatingROOMsystem—Part 1 we looked at the problem of missing files in Lightroom. Now it is time to turn our attention the the issue of missing folders. It is extremely useful to get acquainted with the Folders section of the Library module. Becoming familiar with these tools will help you solve any number of file Continue Reading »
Lightroom does an excellent job of keeping track of your images. But there are times when things don’t seem to go so well. You open your catalog and several images have missing file icons or some folders appear to be missing. You scratch your head and wonder what happened. The simple answer, in most cases, Continue Reading »
In Adjustment Brush Basics—Part 1 we explored the Effect section of the adjustment brush panel. Many of those concepts are already familiar to the Lightroom user. The ability to localize exposure and saturation adjustments lets us stay in Lightroom’s non-destructive workflow longer and lessens to need to roundtrip out to Photoshop or another external editor. Continue Reading »
Lightroom provides a feature rich interface which can sometimes hide things in plain sight. Even if you have used the Adjustment Brush before there may still be some things hiding in the tool’s panel. And that’s one of the great pleasures of using Lightroom. Most tools are powerful and easy to use right out of Continue Reading »
