In case you don’t already know, the images on this blog are stored at higher resolutions. You can click on any picture and see it larger. For example, see the image below. It is of a dialog box and may be difficult to read on your screen. However, if you…
Backing up RAW files using the export and burn to cd functions in Lightroom should have a slight modification from backing up TIFFs or JPEGs. The RAW format from digital cameras is different between many of the manufacturers. Adobe created an open source standard called a Digital Negative format or…
This is part of my Image Conversion Workflow. Backup is a dreaded word because it doesn’t seem to do anything except take time. However, backup is a most important word because without, your image is like carrying tissue paper beneath an umbrella in the rain – it will most likely…
Exporting greyscale images from Adobe Lightroom can at first seem to make the file larger. For example, I use TIFF images that come from scanning my black and white negatives. If I do a simple export from Lightroom and burn them to CD or DVD, my imaages are larger. How…
Lightroom makes especially functional use of presets and templates (for web galleries). Photoshop allows a user to add preset tools in a list, but the presets are of all types and to find one a user has to scroll throughout the list looking for the correct tool. Lightroom has various…
Lightroom has an extensive set of shortcuts that aren’t too difficult to learn. Adobe added an extra feature that makes using shortcuts a must. In any of the modules – Library, Develop, Slideshow, Print or Web, press the Help, Module Name Shortcuts, menu item and get a quick popup window…
The first step I like to perform is based on a feature not found in photoshop – make a virtual copy. A virtual copy provides a good starting point to correct and modify an image and still have a copy of the original to view. To make a virtual copy,…
When editing a picture in an outside editor, the view in Lightroom is updated automatically after finishing the external edit. This is true even if you think the image hasn’t changed. I use Photoshop for spot removal on negative and slide scans. I also use Photoshop for some specialized sharpening….