Developing Pictures in Lightroom – Virutal Copies

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,… 

Lightroom Tip #2 – Solving Problems After Editing in Photoshop

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…. 

Lightroom Tip #1 – External Programs

Lightroom has the ability to edit an image directly in Photoshop through the Photo menu and then Edit in Photoshop. Look at the next menu item and you see Edit in Other Application. This menu item can be customized to open any software and load the current picture. This includes… 

Lightroom (1.3) vs. Bridge (CS3) – Photo Management

Adobe Lightroom library manager is the manager that should have been included with Adobe Photoshop! Adobe Bridge is a glorified file explorer and does it’s job well. However, anyone using either Photoshop at its $649 basic price tag or Lightroom at its far less $299 price tab will need disk… 

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