All Entries Tagged With: "lightroom"
Searching with Metadata in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
There have been lots of reader questions lately about how to search and organize a large image library using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Working with metadata tools like keywords, colored labels, and star ratings is the only way to really harness the full potential of Lightroom as an organizational tool!
Importing Images: Getting Your iPhoto Images to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v3
Moving images from iPhoto over to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom can be tricky because each program creates its own index. To do this right, you have to understand that these two programs do not work together. Moving files from one program to the other requires “exporting” a copy of your image from one program and then “importing” that file into the other….
Lightroom Preset Sharing at Presetpond.com
Presetpond is a new online community for photographers enabling them to share preset files for the two popular photo-editing applications Aperture® produced by Apple Inc, and Lightroom® produced by Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for Photographers Workshop with David Marx: Oct 31 – Nov 5
David Marx will be leading a week long Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 workshop for Photographers at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, Montana from October 31 to November 5. This class will be David’s last week long Lightroom workshop for the year. Don’t miss this opportunity to streamline your workflow and master Lightroom this fall.
Using Add to Import Files into Your Lightroom Index Without Moving or Copying
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is designed to index a lifetime’s worth of digital photography. Lightroom creates a database which acts likes a library’s “card catalog.” Thanks to the index, it is easy for a professional photographer to find one specific image out of the thousands that are stored on their computer in seconds.
Importing and Moving Files From Your Internal Hard Drive to an External Disk with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
Two new video tutorials today for beginning Adobe Photoshop Lightroom users on how to import and move files from one hard drive to another using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. These videos are intended to help new Lightroom users find their photos, or the folders full of images, that currently live on their internal hard drive. Most beginning users need the extra help with this process and its great to know that Lightroom can do all of the heavy lifting.
Importing Images: Creating an Import Preset and Copying in Files from a Digital Camera Memory Card with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
Ingesting new images from a digital camera memory card is a repetitive task that a professional photographer will repeat hundreds of times per year. This process just got a whole lot easier thanks to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3′s new Import Preset feature. In this article, and video tutorial, we explain how to simplify your life by building an Import Preset.
Getting Started Right: Building Better File Names with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
My digital camera takes great pictures but it gives them lousy filenames. This is a big problem because the file’s name is a really important detail for a professional photographer. Unique filenames make it easy to communicate with clients and they prevent confusion. Sadly, most digital cameras cannot create unique filenames.
Since I cannot teach my camera to name my file’s the right way I must solve this problem when I add files into my Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 index. Lightroom makes generating unique filenames easy once you understand how to create a File Naming Template.
Getting Started Right: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3′s Critical Preference Menus
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 is finally here and it is a great to get started the right way with this powerful software! Lightroom is not a hard program to figure out on your own, but there are some critical switches buried deep inside its preference menus. Preference menus are dull material in any program, but a wise man looks the under the hood before buying a used car.
Advice on Buying Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
Life is all about choices and software purchasing is no different. To get your copy of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, you could buy the product directly from Adobe, you could purchase the software from an online retailer, or you could pick up a copy at your local computer box store. So does your choice make any difference?
Lightroom 3 Now Available!
It’s been a long wait but the third version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is finally shipping! We at the LightroomLab have been playing with the private beta of Lightroom 3 all winter long and we are delighted that now everyone can work with this wonderful new product. Above all else, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 is going to make your photos look better!
Getting Started Right: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Setup and Catalog Creation
Now Lightroom is a very straightforward program but to use it properly you must rethink your entire workflow from initial capture all the way to final output. To really get your money’s worth, you need to rethink every step in your photographic routine and look for inefficiencies. We want to think everything through and setup ourselves up for long-term success from day one with Lightroom.
Five New Features of Lightroom 3 for Professional Photographers
This video tutorial is a quick overview of my five favorite new features in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for the professional photographer. This video highlights: improvements to the import dialog, the new IPTC Extension metadata fields, the improved sharpening and noise reduction algorithms, and the incredible new lens correction tool. The video concludes with a quick demo of the new Publish Services feature.
Getting Started: The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 View Options Menu and Library View Toolbar Customization
I released a whole bunch of tutorials recently on crucial parts of the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 setup process. The videos in this post are not nearly as important as the ones on building your catalog on an external hard drive or the ones on the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Preferences Menus. Still, setting the View Options Menu up right and customizing the Library Module’s Tool Bar is a big help when you are new to the program.
Lightroom 3 Lens Correction Sneak Peak
Adobe Project manager Tom Hogarty recently released this video which shows off the fantastic new Lens Corrections tool that will ship with Adobe Camera Raw 6 and Lightroom 3. I have been messing around with this feature in the private Lightroom 3 beta for a few weeks and I am amazed at how much better some of my old photos look. Check it out!
Kevin Ames Demonstration of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta and Photoshop CS5 in Kalispell Montana: April 21
Photoshop expert Kevin Ames will be presenting a demonstration of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v3 Beta and Photoshop CS5 in Kalispell, Montana next week. Kevin is the author of four books on digital photography, a frequent Photoshop World Instructor, and an expert at retouching glamour photos. Even better, this lecture is free and open to the public!
Teaching for FirstLight Workshops in Dubois, WY July 12-17!
I will be teaching Lightroom and digital workflow for FirstLight Workshops in the stunningly beautiful Wind River Range of Wyoming this summer! At this amazing event I’ll get to teach alongside Pulitzer-Prize winner and National Geographic photographer Jay Dickman, local star Jeff Vanuga, and Pulitzer-Prize winning photojournalist Skeeter Hagler. Participants in this program will spend five days photographing working cowboys rounding up herds of horses, fly fishermen patrolling pristine mountain streams, local artists and craftsmen at work, and the annual rodeo.
LRSaver – The Lightroom Screensaver
LRSaver is a screensaver built for Lightroom. It’s no flying toaster, but if you’ve got images in Lightroom that you’d like to show off (and I hope you do!) LRSaver is a great way to do so!
Tetons and Technology Photography Workshop
One of the most stunning mountainscapes on the planet resides in the picturesque northwestern corner of Wyoming – Grand Teton National Park.
Join me for the Tetons and Technology Photography Workshop presented by Natural Connections Photo Workshops.
Lightroom vs. Photoshop
Do I need to buy both Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CS4? Digital photographers ask me this question all the time. It’s a good question and one that deserves more than just a simple yes or no answer. Each program has it’s own strengths, and although the two programs share some common features, they are not competitors.
Printing in Lightroom with Virtual Copies
If you do a lot of printing from Lightroom, there are situations where using Virtual Copies (VCs) can streamline your process. A VC exists only in the Lightroom catalog; it’s simply another instance of the original photo within the database. When you make a VC, there’s no file actually saved on the hard disk unless [...]
Holiday Gift Ideas for Photographers from David Marx at TheLightroomLab.com
Over the past year, I have grown very interested in star trails, night time, and time-lapse photography. So this year I made two gifts lists. The first set of gifts are gadgets that I find useful for time-lapse and night photography. The second set of gift ideas are just general items related to my love for digital photography. I hope these list help you find the perfect gift for your loved ones this holiday season.
Lightroom Installation Issues with Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6)
Help! I have been trying to upgrade lightroom 1.1 to version two however Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v.2 will not install on my imac. My mac is using the 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Operating System. What’s wrong?
Keyword Sets Make Repetitive Keywording Push Button Easy
Everybody loves what keywords do, but most folks dread the data-entry time required to add them into each and every image. I think that most Lightroom users dread the data-entry time required to keyword their images for two reasons; a, because they lack an efficient keywording strategy and b, because they are unaware of the huge speed boost that is hidden inside of the keyword sets feature. Ready to see what keyword sets do?
John Beardsworth on “10 Things I Wish I Could Tell a Slightly Less Novice Lightroom User”
Today, I came across a post from Lightroom expert John Beardsworth entitled “10 Things I Wish I Could Tell a Slightly Less New Lightroom User.” I believe that this article is worth your time. I am especially pleased with Mr. Beardsworth second point: “Unless you really know what you’re doing, never use Explorer or Finder for moving or renaming files that are catalogued in Lightroom” since I recorded a tutorial on this very topic just a few months ago. For more information read on…
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta Help Now Online
Adobe posted a new website today to support the Lightroom 3 beta release. Scott and I are already signed up as moderators for the new site and are looking forward to helping folks learn Lightroom v3. Here’s a link to the new Adobe Lightroom 3 beta help site.
Scott Kelby’s “10 Things I Would Tell New Lightroom Users”
Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, posted an article recently that might help Lightroom beginners. If you are new to Lightroom, I encourage you to read his “10 Things I Would Tell New Lightroom Users” in addition to browsing all of the articles in our Getting Started Tutorials section.
I don’t agree with all ten, though. Read on to find out where I disagree.
Lightroom 3.0 Public Beta Now Available!
Want to see what’s coming in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v.3? Now you can! Check out this post to learn more about Lightroom v.3 beta’s new features and improvements.
Camera Raw Profiles in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Reader Question:I recently shot some pictures with a Nikon D300 in raw. When I downloaded these raw files into Lightroom 2.5 the brilliant colors that I saw on the camera changed to dull within Lightroom. It actually happened as I watched, one after another, the pics on lightroom changed from brilliant to dull after the download was complete. Any Clues?
Teaching Lightroom at the “Explore the Possibilities Seminar” Nov. 6-8 in Cleveland Ohio!
am delighted to be teaching Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Photoshop Elements techniques for the Western Reserve Photographic Society’s “Explore the Possibilities Seminar” in Cleveland, Ohio. For this program, I will be working along side my good friend and photographic hero Mr. Doug Johnson. For more information on this program….
