Custom Printing in Lightroom
I have to admit a certain bias here, I have a strong fondness for the Print module in Lightroom.. After years of trying to get Photoshop to print something that resembles what I have on the screen, [More]
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Creating a Web Gallery in Lightroom
Recently, I’ve been asked to set up a few web galleries from a recent shoot, and I thought that I would show you how easy it is to create galleries from within Lightroom. To do this tutorial, [More]
Correcting Cross Balanced Images in Lightroom
Ever had one of those images where whatever you do with the White Balance sliders in Lightroom you can never get it just right? Its a problem I get a lot working as a wedding photographer especially [More]
Backing up and Restoring Lightroom Catalogues
I’ve seen a few questions recently concerning Lightroom Catalogues and back up workflows. Often people get confused when it comes to the difference with backing up images and backing up LR [More]
HDR Techniques : Prepare Now, Avoid Headaches Later
As we discussed in last week’s introduction to taking your HDR Beyond the Ordinary, using the HDR and Tone Mapping software is only one step in what should be a much bigger workflow. In today’s video tip, we look at ways of preparing your images for the HDR process – there are a lot of image artifacts and problems that can be removed from the equation before we even open up Photomatix, or HDR Efex Pro, or Photoshop’s Merge To HDR Pro. [More]
Streamlining Your Lightroom Workflow with Stacks
It’s a problem most photographers face on a regular basis: you’ve got a subject or composition you’d like to focus on, but because weather conditions or other variables change [More]
Creating a Soft Vintage Photo Effect in Adobe Lightroom 3
In this tutorial I’m taking a break from my usual Photoshop Elements techniques and instead, switching to Lightroom 3; where I’ll be demonstrating how to convert a modern colour image into a low-quality vintage photo.
We’ll be using a variety of features found in the Develop module to desaturate and soften the image, add grain and a rounded border, and finally create a preset enabling us to apply the effect on different images with the click of a mouse. [More]
Using Parametric Curves in ACR 6 to Improve Contrast
When you need to improve the contrast in your raw photos, Parametric Curves are a great way to simplify the thought process and task of making a Curves adjustment. Instead of guessing or arbitrarily [More]
Enhancing Black and White Images with Photoshop and Lightroom
Welcome to my third tutorial on black and white photography. In this tutorial we will be looking at ways to further enhance your images once they have been converted into black & white. Contrast [More]
Lightroom: Missing Files, No Longer!
Almost everyone who has used Lightroom has, at some time, encountered the dreaded question mark icon – indicating a missing file or missing folder. Sometimes it is a nuisance, but other times [More]
Lightroom Organization with Smart Collections
If you’ve been following my past couple of tips on Tagging your Lightroom Images with Keywords, and Organizing and Searching in Lightroom with Keywords, you are well-prepared for this week’s tip. [More]
Organize and Search your Lightroom Catalog with Keywords
In last week’s tip, we looked at adding Keywords to tag your images in Lightroom. Now that you’ve got them tagged, how do you take advantage of it? The underlying fact is that Lightroom is, in [More]
Adding Contrast Using Lightroom Virtual Copies and Photoshop
I have to admit up front that the bulk of this technique is one I learnt from my buddy Glyn Dewis where he double processes a raw file using smart objects in Photoshop. The link to Glyn’s [More]
Tag Your Images–Keywords in Lightroom
Today’s tip is one that grew in the telling. When I sat down to create today’s tutorial, I had originally intended to discuss Collections in Lightroom, as a great way to organize your images. [More]
Sending images by email from Lightroom
In the past few weeks we’ve looked at various ways to export image files from Bridge and Lightroom. In fact, in previous tips we’ve even looked at directly exporting to Social Media sites from [More]
