Happy Birthday Lightroom! How nice of you to give us a gift on your special day! That’s right, Lightroom 4 Beta is ready for you to play with. You can download your copy at http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom4/. As you discover new things and want to get involved in the conversation then head over to http://forums.adobe.com/community/labs/lightroom4/. The Lightroom team is Continue Reading »

Lightroom appeared on the photographic landscape just 6 short years ago. Birthdays are often an occasion to look back and reminisce so here’s a quick walk down memory lane! Lightroom 1 “Shadowland” Tweet

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2012! Are you ready for a new year? Did you get everything accomplished in 2011 that you set out to do? If you are like most humans on the planet you probably have some things on your 2011 list that still need doing. One of the nice things about a Continue Reading »

Lightroom 3.6 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.6 are now available! You can update via the program or by visiting Adobe.com and downloading the updates. Support for new cameras and lenses as well as some bug fixes. For more information visit the Lightroom Journal. Tweet

If you are a member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) then take a look in the October issue of Photoshop User Magazine. I had the pleasure of writing the Lightroom feature on black & white photography in Lightroom. (If you aren’t a NAPP member then what are you waiting for?) Photoshop User Magazine Continue Reading »

New products Perfect Effects, Perfect Portrait, Perfect Mask and the Perfect Layers update provide photographers with essential tools to realize their photographic vision. onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of innovative, timesaving solutions for professional and advanced amateur photographers, has announced Perfect Photo Suite 6 along with new products Perfect Effects, Perfect Portrait, Perfect Mask, and Continue Reading »

So you’re having some problems opening your raw files? Don’t worry. It happens every now and then. Especially if you have one of those fancy new cameras that just hit the stores yesterday! The problem is that new cameras often bring with them new proprietary raw file formats. Of course, one solution (and my preferred Continue Reading »

I am excited (and a bit humbled) to announce that Lightroom Secrets is now available through the Photoverse app from Kolekse for your iPhone and/or iPad (coming soon to an Android device near you!) Kolekse LLC is a software company based out of Northern California specializing in developing mobile applications for iPhone, Android and Windows Continue Reading »

One of the most enjoyable and rewarding things about working on Lightroom Secrets is the people I get to interact with. Either via comments or email, I’ve had some interesting conversations with readers from all parts of the world. Recently, I worked with a photographer from the Netherlands on an issue he was having with Continue Reading »