Lightroom 2.2 Released!

Adobe Lightroom 2.2 has been released! You can reach the Download Page Here. The ReadMe File tells us that some fixes have been introduced in the SlideShow module and several bug fixes for the brush and mask development settings. I am downloading the updates and will let you know if… 

Smart Collection Workflow – 2 Edited Lists

This article covers the Edited Lists section of the Smart Collections Workflow and is part of the complete Smart Collection Workflow for Lightroom. Getting interrupted during an Edit session of a group of images is inevitable, especially when you have children! This group of Smart Collections will provide you with… 

Windows Fix for Script Errors in Lightroom

Matt at the Turning Gate found a good fix for windows user’s that run into script errors when using Lightroom. Joe at the Lightroom Gallery posted it for us. See the Fix Article Here. Thanks guys!

Lunar Conjunction with Venus and Jupiter

Last night we had a rare lunar conjunction with both Venus and Jupiter. As astronomy goes, light from the object you are viewing is the most important next to clear skies. Venus happens to be the brightest object in the sky next to the sun and then the moon. Jupiter… 

VMWare: Running in a Window

The advantages of using virtual workstations on a computer outweigh many of the disadvantages. I have been running Lightroom 2.1 now in a virtual machine for over a month with no adverse effect. The virtual machine, however, uses both processors and 2Gb of the 4Gb of machine memory. There is… 

LRG Advanced User’s Guide Updated

This is the first official update to the LRG Complete Advanced User’s Guide. Several new items have been added including a chapter on using Digital Image Downloading. Highlights include: A Chapter on using and testing Digital Image Downloading Using Google GMail directly with SMTP Email Updates and New Worksheets in… 

VMWare: Synch with Blackberry at Last!

In my searching the past week I found many articles about how using VMWare and trying to synch a Blackberry using the Blackberry Desktop Manager failed. Many of these articles were 2006 and before – nothing more current. Well, I found the solution and present it here for others that… 

New Frost for Winter

In the southeast we have mild winters compared to the north and cold winters compared to the deep south. The advantage is we get a little bit of both weather patterns. Yesterday we had high humidity at night with temperatures right at the freezing mark. The result was a fantastic… 

LR2 Bug: Collection Sets and Rejects

In my continuing efforts to create an easily customizable Smart Collection Workflow, I come across some inconsistencies in Lightroom 2 (and 2.1) with what one would expect to happen. I am calling these inconsistencies ‘Bugs,’ but since extensive documentation on the functionality of Regular and Smart Collections does not exist,… 

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