It can certainly help you make a decision. I’m not sure if lenses have ever been as expensive as they are now. The only thing that is more expensive than ink is your printer’s ink (my friend always asks, “How can home printer ink cost more than a barrel crude oil? What is in the ink?” “Gold […]
Month: July 2024
10 Lesser-Known Tools in Lightroom You Should Know About
Our friend, the great Terry White, has created a great video in which he not only shares 10 Lightroom Tools you didn’t know about, but also some amazing little-known Photoshop Tools! This is a great video to start the week. Below you can see what we mean. We’ve assembled one of the best teams of instructors ever. This is […]
My Top Seven Thumbnail Tips for Lightroom
1. These little badges have more to them than you might think The little black square badges at the bottom right of the thumbnail don’t only tell you information about the picture. They are buttons. Click them. In this example, you can see a small icon that indicates the image has been cropped. Clicking on the icon will not […]
Transitioning from Lightroom to Photoshop for Focus Stacking: A Guide
I just returned from a workshop in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Details on my blog with BTS pictures — I was not the instructor, but a student). We used “Focus Stacking”, which is a technique to increase the depth of field. This allowed us to focus on the object directly in front of our eyes, […]
Top Three Benefits of Using Lightroom’s Creative Profiles
These Creative Profiles are a lot like Presets. In some ways they are even better. Or maybe I should just say that they make Presets better. The Creative Profiles are a great way to enhance your photos. I often talk with people who are aware of them, but they are not using them. NOTE You can find […]
Exploring Live Filters on Lightroom Mobile’s Integrated Camera: Have You Tried Them?
There are some people who might be saying , “Lightroom Mobile comes with a camera?” Yes, it does. And it is a very full-featured one. (More on this on Friday). But in the meantime, I’d like to highlight a feature that you may have missed, as Adobe sneaked it into the December CC Update — the ability […]
Rearranging Panels in Lightroom Classic: A Step-by-Step Guide
You can reorder your panels so that the ones you use most are at the top and the least used panels at the bottom. bottom. Here’s how: STEP 1: Click on the panel name at the top and then right-click. A pop-up window will appear with options. Select “Customize Development Panel” (as displayed above). Above This will bring up the […]
Exploring Adaptive Presets in Lightroom Classic: Part 1
Adobe’s latest updates have improved the ability to make AI-based choices. Check out the previous articles to get up to speed with how to use these upgraded Masking tools. This post will also cover how we can incorporate AI-based technology into presets. Exploring the Adaptive Presets In the Develop module, you may have noticed that there are […]
Mastering Organization in Lightroom Classic: Part 2
We covered last week, and now we’ll dive into Lightroom Classic. Organizational Tools I include the import process as part of the Library because that is your first opportunity to keep yourself organized and moving in the right direction, so let’s start there. The Library module includes the import process because it is the first chance […]
Lightroom in 60 Seconds: Quickly Locating Your Missing Filters
This is a question I receive often. People write or email me to tell me that their filters are missing. They were there previously, but they now can’t locate them. Here’s a video that shows how to retrieve two types of Lightroom filters.