Last week, I shared an excerpt from an article that I wrote for Photoshop User Magazine. It covered and how to start off the year right with your catalog. I want to continue that with an excerpt of that article which discusses how you can be in control over the photos in your catalogue. Your Photos Your […]
Month: August 2024
Quick Start Guide: Getting Up and Running with Lightroom Mobile
OK, technically “Lightroom on Your Mobile Device”, but you understand what I meant! Before we continue on with that topic, allow me to apologize for being MIA this week; some big projects at home kept me completely overwhelmed all week long. However, I did manage to squeeze out time for an “Blind Photo Critiques” episode […]
How to Import Your Logo with a Transparent Background into Lightroom
Have a great Friday everyone. This tip will show you how to add your logo in Lightroom, with a transparent backround (the cool part). You can then use it as a Watermark or an Identity Plate, or even for the title of the slideshow. This is how you do it: STEP 1: Photoshop has to be re-opened. Use the […]
Seven Fast Lightroom Tips to Try Out This Weekend
It’s all about Lightroom this weekend. I hope you enjoy these quick tips. They’re all short and sweet and I hope that you will learn something useful. Here ya go: Here’s why you might be getting gaps in your paint job. Lightroom Double Spotlight Trick Here’s how to get the Tilt-Shift effect. I hope that you found […]
Deciding Whether to Delete Bad Photos in Lightroom
While I was teaching my “How To Organize Your Wildlife Image in Lightroom” session at our Wildlife Photography Conference, I received a few questions regarding whether or not I should keep the images that did not’make it’. . Prepare to go “Old School”. I don’t know if my answer makes any sense, other than I’ve done it that way […]
Lightroom Mobile Tip: Identifying and Resolving Highlight Clipping Issues
Mornin’ everybody! This morning I have a tip for you Lightroom Mobile users on how to locate the highlight clipping warning,, and how to correct the problem. Here’s how to fix it: STEP 1:Here’s an image where we are concerned that the highlights might be clipped (major detail loss) (spoiler:A It’s gotA Clipping Problems). STEP 2: In Adjust, tap […]
Speed Up Your Selection of Favorite Shots in Lightroom Classic
Terry White has a great video on Lightroom Classic’s Survey Mode, which I have used for years and find so useful. (Well, he shows both — he shows Survey Mode as well as Compare Mode). You’ll love it! Thanks, Terry!!!! As usual, awesome! View my field report of the Tamron SP150-600mm F/5.6-f6.3 G2 Lens On my daily […]
Discovering One of the Most Useful Buttons in Lightroom
It’s one of those small things that is actually more powerful than you think. It’s not a particularly’sexy name’, but it’s what it does that makes it a superhero for workflow. The ‘Previous button’ is what it’s called. This is how it works: STEP 1: This is our original image. It’s a bit washed-out and “meh”. STEP 2: We tweak the […]
How to Edit Photos in Lightroom Mobile While Traveling by Plane or Train
Hello everyone! It’s great to be back after a fun-filled, wild week at Photoshop world. This is a photo of the keynote address above, taken by Brad Moore. This is a quick tip that’s aimed at those who use lightroom mobile on their phone or tablet, but don’t have access to the Internet. It’s possible to use a […]
Eliminate Purple or Pink Edge Fringe in One Click Using Lightroom
You may be able remove those ugly pink/purple/green lines that appear around the edge of your images, particularly after applying some serious post-processing (especially if you’re using Rawmage). Here’s how: Above If you zoom in, you will see that there is another problem. Above You can see Chromatic Aberration in this image — the magenta/purple lines and the […]