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Nerd Alert! Yes, the answer is yes. Upgrade your Lightroom Catalog when asked.
Yes, the answer is yes. Upgrade your Lightroom Catalog when asked. Every time you upgrade, Lightroom takes the name of your current catalog and appends it with a number.
The Secret Life of Collections in Lightroom
Many people get off on the wrong foot with Lightroom. They jump straight into the Develop Module, hoping to attain instant editing wizardry. They suffer through the drudgery of folder organization at the most superficial level possible, and only then because it’s required to reliably locate and manage images. But in giving the Library module…
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Nerd Alert! Go directly from the Library Module to the Masking Panel
A killer keyboard shortcut for going from the Lightroom Classic Library Module directly to the Masking Panel in the Develop Module is “Shift-W”.
Nerd Alert! Cannot Be Undone Warning
In Lightroom or Photoshop, any time you get a message telling you that the ensuing operation “cannot be undone”, it simply means that you can’t go back using the File>Undo menu command or the undo keyboard shortcut (Command-Z on a Mac or Control-Z on a PC). You can always revert, reinstall, or redo using other…
Lean and Mean First Pass in Lightroom
Not all photos are contest winners. Cut down on the under-achievers in your image library by flagging keepers and clunkers right off the bat as Lightroom imports them. You only need to remember three letters on your keyboard – “P” for Pick, “X” for Reject, and “U” for Unflag. Getting in the habit of…
Let There Be Light
Using Lightroom’s filter tools to reposition your strobes in post One of the most difficult skills to master in underwater photography is lighting. While it’s always best to get it right in camera, Lightroom provides powerful local tools to help finesse your lighting after the fact. My favorites are Lightroom’s Graduated and Radial Filter tools….