Lightroom Classic users often self-injure themselves by renaming folders. It is easy to do in LrC and there are ways outside of LrC that you can accomplish the same thing (but they’re even more difficult). LrC searches for and retrieves photos using the path of each photo on your computer. The path on a Mac starts with […]
Month: March 2024
Informative Video Showcasing the Latest Updates in Lightroom
Terry White recently kicked off a photography podcast, and in this first 20-minute episode I have embedded below, we go over what’s new in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom Cloud for Desktop, and Lightroom Mobile since February’s updates. Fantastic material – worth at least watching the first 20 minutes; new users to Lightroom Classic should continue watching […]
Combining Two Drives into a Single Unit
Lightroom Classic will not freak out. It was a long title, but I did what I had to do. I had my entire photo library on two external hard drives, each with a 2TB capacity. One of the drives started making that strange sound that you don’t want to hear from your drives. I decided to change […]
Maximizing the Use of Color Labels in Lightroom Classic: Part 2
After my last post about applying color labels on photos I wanted to share with you how to extend this practice to folders, collections and even folders. Applying color labels to folders and collections Adobe added the option to color-code folders and collection in the past couple of years. You’ll need to think about how you might use […]
Directly Importing Camera Images into Lightroom on Your iPad (Plus, My New Book Release!)
Terry White presents an outstanding live-streamed tutorial about Lightroom Mobile’s recent update that allows direct upload from cameras directly into Lightroom on iOS devices, like iPad or iPhones. My New Book Is Out: “The Natural Light Portrait Book” The print edition will ship next week while Amazon Kindle and B&N Nook ebook versions can now […]
Understanding Target Collection and Target Album
It is possible to set a collection or album as the Target Collection in Lightroom Classic on Mac/Win. We’ll look at how these can be set up and used in both applications. Target Collection in LrC Since it was the first collection to be created, the Target collection is configured in LrC. It is found under […]
Discover Your Favorite Lens with Lightroom’s Analytics
I learned this tip from UK-blogger/photographer/awesome guy Brian Worley and darn it’s a good one — it’s how to use a feature in Lightroom Classic to find out which lens (or lenses) you use the most. It’s deceptively simple to determine which lens you prefer (it must be the one you use most). STEP 1: In Lightroom’s Library Module, […]
Maximizing Efficiency with Lightroom Classic’s Interface
Lightroom Classic isn’t quite as customizable as Photoshop, but you can still make it more user-friendly, increase your efficiency, and hide parts of the interface that you don’t often use. Panel Groups All Lightroom Classic modules have four main panels. These panels can be adjusted to your needs to change the workspace size, or to show […]
Roundup of Lightroom Classic Help Desk Tips
It’s a great job to answer Lightroom questions for KelbyOne. I have learned so much more than I would ever learn by using the program for my own photography. The exposure to different workflows has taught me that there are many ways to go about things. (meaning, many roads lead to the same place) And a […]
Discover the Best Quick Lightroom Tip of the Day
As I’m sure it comes as no surprise to many of you, here is one tip you likely don’t already know: If the “Photo is Missing” message ever pops up again in Lightroom Classic, this time-saving and frustration-saving tip may save both time and frustration (OK, maybe I exaggerated here but trust me it has […]