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 »

A small story before we get started… As I was putting together the screenshots for this article I saw a tweet pop up from Laura Shoe about her latest article “When to Use Lightroom’s Two Different Vignetting Functions.”  The coincidence made me laugh. Anyway, check out Laura’s article for more information and while you are Continue Reading »

Every so often it is good to review the basics. Sometimes we discover new things. Other times we are reminded of things we learned early on. So let’s take a look at the view options available in the Library grid. The grid is the foundation of the Library module’s functionality. Here is where you can Continue Reading »

Adjustment brushes are a really nice feature in Lightroom. Since they made their appearance localized adjustments became easy within Lightroom and I have found less of a reason to roundtrip images to Photoshop for these kinds of edits. A few months ago we took an in-depth look at the adjustment brush, Adjustment Brush Basics – Continue Reading »

This is a topic that has been covered more than once on quite a few sites. However, it never hurts to review some fundamentals in Lightroom since there are new users everyday! I received two emails last week with virtually the same question about Develop presets. Both readers were having issues when creating and applying Continue Reading »

If you have spent any time over at Adobe Lightroom’s help site then Laura’s name might be familiar to you. She is one of my fellow Moderators there and devotes a great deal of time helping users. Aside from that, Laura is quite active in a number of pursuits from fine art photography to teaching Continue Reading »

Every camera manufacturer has its own way of storing the raw data that comes from the sensor. Several manufacturers even develop different formats for different cameras (or create a new format and abandon an older one). It sometimes seems that each new model introduces some wrinkle into the manufacturer’s raw format. We see the effect Continue Reading »

Lightroom Secrets is pleased to welcome guest blogger, Kim Dalmeijer, Kim Dalmeijer is a freelance photographer based in the Netherlands. Favors portraits and studio work from glamour to commercial. A longtime Lightroom fan, but keen on applying as little gimmicks as possible to keep the photography real. Kim keeps track of his work (in Dutch) Continue Reading »

By now you’ve had a chance to wander around the Slideshow module and get familiar with some of the controls we looked at in The Slideshow Module – Part 1: Basic Tour. If you haven’t spent much time in this module before, I hope the basic tour was helpful and encouraged you to try things out. Continue Reading »