If there’s one thing that confuses new Lightroom users it is that quite often files that should be in Lightroom appear to have gone missing. Here are some things to look out for when this happens to you. Is a Filter Hiding Things? If you think a folder should be displaying more images than it

If you’ve used any earlier version of Lightroom and if you now use Lightroom 4 you need to know a bit about Process versions. In this post I’ll give you the basics of what you need to know which will explain why you see exclamation points by some of your images in the Develop module and

Introduction This tutorial is a demonstration of the SLR Lounge Lightroom 4 Preset System and has been transcribed for DPS from the accompanying DVD. With over 200 presets, the LR4 Preset System has been critically acclaimed as the most powerful and intuitive preset system available for Lightroom 4

With all the new ways to sync files across the Internet has come a key Adobe originally did not include with Lightroom: The ability to use one Lightroom catalog on different computers. For technical reasons, Lightroom is not set up like other databases (think WordPress)where multiple users can acces

I use Lightroom to prepare the images ready to upload to my blogs so it’s critical that I can get them out of Lightroom all ready to upload without having to do any more work on them. On one blog I use framed images and therein lies a problem – the images need a thin keyline around them

Introduction This tutorial is a demonstration of the SLR Lounge Lightroom 4 Preset System. With over 200 presets, the LR4 Preset System has been critically acclaimed as the most powerful and intuitive preset system available for Lightroom 4, click the link above to learn more/purchase. DPS users can

At a recent workshop I joined, several of the attending photographers expressed frustration with the slowness of Lightroom, and were surprised to see how quickly I am able to process my photos in Lightroom. So I thought I’d share some of the workflow tricks that I’ve picked up over the l

The Watermarking feature in Lightroom was significantly overhauled in Lightroom 3. As a result you can now add sophisticated watermarks to your images on export either to disk or via the Print and other modules. Not only can you add a text watermark to an image but you can also add an image waterm

Lightroom has two types of collections: regular Collections and Smart Collections. Smart Collections are live and they are created as a result of filtering your photos according to rules that you write. You cannot add an image to a Smart Collection by dragging and dropping it into the collection. Y

Introduction This tutorial is a demonstration of the SLR Lounge Lightroom 4 Preset System. With over 200 presets, the LR4 Preset System has been critically acclaimed as the most powerful and intuitive preset system available for Lightroom 4. DPS users can get 10% off by using the DPS10 coupon code u

Ever wondered how the professional photographers get those dreamy black and white or sepia toned images? Wonder why yours come out looking dull and flat looking?  I’m going to give you 3 tips to help you do better black and white conversions using Adobe Lightroom, and solve that problem!

The Graduated Filter tool in Lightroom 4 allows you to apply edits across an even gradient. In this article I will explain 4 ways to use the Graduated Filter tool to enhance your photos. I used a Graduated Filter to adjust exposure on the left side of this photo. Read on to see how. Adding a Graduat

Introduction This tutorial is a demonstration of the SLR Lounge Lightroom 4 Preset System. With over 200 presets, the LR4 Preset System has been critically acclaimed as the most powerful and intuitive preset system available for Lightroom 4. DPS users can get 10% off by using the DPS10 coupon code u

Introduction This tutorial is from the Lightroom 4 Workshop Collection. Including 27 hours of A to Z Lightroom 4 education and the industry standard Lightroom 4 Preset System. DPS users can get 10% off by using the DPS10 coupon code upon checkout. Click the link above to learn more/purchase. Overvie

The new deal over on SnapnDeals this week is one I know many dPS readers are going to enjoy – it’s 30% off Phil Steele’s Lightroom Made Easy Course – that’s just $33 (normally $47). Phil’s videos have made regular appearances here on dPS and are always really popu

Whenever I am lecturing, or speaking with other photographers, I am always trying to teach them just how powerful Lightroom 3 truly is. In fact, approximately 98% of the photos that we deliver to clients in our wedding photography studio, Lin and Jirsa, have only been edited in Lightroom. In this

A Guest Post by Scott Williams. Post processing is an important part of a photographer’s work and can be time consuming and overwhelming. The more time you spend behind a computer post processing, the less time you have to spend behind the camera. Luckily there are things you can do to streaml

This article is part one of a two part series on how to improve the performance of Lightroom. Lightroom is a very resource intensive application and you’ll find that as you get quicker and more efficient in Lightroom, the actual software itself will be what’s slowing you down. This tutor

Identity plates are one of the best kept secrets in Lightroom. There are lots of ways that you can use Identity Plates in Lightroom not only to customize the interface as I discussed in this post but also customize your print, web and slideshow applications. In this post, I’ll show you how t

When you’re setting up single or multiple image printing in the Lightroom Print module here are some things to be aware of: 1. Nonexistent Drag and Drop You can drag and drop pictures onto a print template in Lightroom in some circumstances but not in others. This can be confusing but there is