Author Archive
Search & Replace 3.3
I’ve just released version 3.3 to fix a harmless bu t very annoying bug that I introduced yesterday – sorry – and I took the opportunity to address what must be one of the most frequent questions about the plugin – why can’t it access the User Comment field? No-one knows why Adobe have never …read more
jb Video Metadata 3 – beta
Changes to jb Video Metadata 3 are mainly to how you choose fields, and how many fields you can write.
Search & Replace 3
A couple of changes to Search & Replace look small on the surface but are such a significant extension to the plugin’s capability to merit a jump to version 3. It now lets you use LR’s facial recognition regions, and can confirm reverse-geocoded locations so they are usable by plugins.
AI and presets
For some reason this morning I wondered how far I can control Lightroom with an AI tool like ChatGPT, and one thing I tried was to see if it could create a preset based on my edits. So I uploaded unedited and edited versions to ChatGPT, and told it to generate a preset.
Lr14.4 Last selection
There’s a nice little preference that’s been added to Lightroom 14.4 which is easy to overlook – a preference to remember the selection in each source.
Bridge filename to metadata script
This is the latest version my old filename to metadata 2020 script for Adobe Bridge. To install it Launch Bridge Open Bridge’s preferences dialog Click the button “Reveal Scripts in Finder/Explorer” Drag & Drop the unzipped jsx file into the Startup Scripts directory Quit and restart Bridge. Please note that it’s unsupported.
ListView 2 – beta
A new version of my ListView plugin is coming, and you can try it now.
Adobe Portfolio and Instagram
Switching your web site to Adobe Portfolio, and including Instagram grids.
MacBookPro M4 test
Testing LR’s GPU export options with the new MacBookPro M4
Frame.io and Lightroom
I’ve never investigated frame.io until I noticed this intriguing tweet by Adobe’s Terry White about its integration with LR and its C2C Camera to Cloud.
Syncomatic 5.1
I’ve just released an update for a minor but annoying bug. Also, in response to a new user’s question, I prepared this quick video (watch in YouTube) showing how to use Syncomatic’s options for syncing items in stacks.
Syncomatic 5
Yesterday I released version 5 of Syncomatic which has some big changes: It’s now a single menu item and dialog box including all ways of matching files It can now copy from Masters to VCs and vice versa, with an option to target only the selected VCs/stack members or to extend the sync to all …read more
Lightroom 13.3
Lightroom 13.3 is out today, and I recommend you watch Julieanne Kost’s excellent video on the new AI-powered Generative Remove tool introduced in Lightroom 13.3. Stay till the end – the three quick tips are real timesavers. In some cases you may not want or be allowed to publish any AI-generated content in a photograph, …read more
Lightroom 13 – if you read anything….
If you read anything about the newly-released Lightroom 13, put aside any of your thoughts about HDR and read this article High Dynamic Range Explained by Adobe’s senior engineer Eric Chan. To me Adobe’s prioritising HDR editing is an educated bet on where we are going to be in the not-too-distant future, it’s Adobe trying to get ahead of the game, and only time will tell – no matter how useless I find it.
Capture Time to EXIF updates
I’ve recently added a couple of new features to my Capture Time to EXIF plugin both requested by users – you can now set much older dates, and when updating multiple images, you can now add various intervals to each image in the batch.
Opinions on Microsoft One Drive?
Adobe have recently said that they’re discontinuing the Creative Cloud Synced files service by February 2024. As the Microsoft 365 account for Office includes 1 TB of free storage, what do you think about it as an alternative?
Linked Photoshop smart objects
Is there an option to create a linked smart object instead of an embedded one when exporting a photo to PS? No, sadly LR cannot directly create a linked smart object, so you have to do something like this: First in LR select the image and do a Save Metadata to File (CmdS on Mac, …read more
Search and Replace 2.2
I’ve just released version 2.2 of my Search and Replace. The main changes are in the Workflow Filters area where I’ve added more fields which can be displayed in Library Filter or smart collections. I’ve also added a command to delete JPEG sidecars for selected raw files, and Caption Builder can now write to title, headline, instructions and to the plugin’s 16 custom fields.
Open Directly 2.1 released
I’ve just released version 2.1 of my plugin Open Directly which allows you to send raw files directly to other programs. I must admit, it should have been released three years ago.
Photoshop’s beta Generative Fill
Like many people I’ve been giving Adobe’s AI-based Firefly and now Photoshop’s beta Generative Fill a good workover and thought I’d share a few words and examples. While there’s a lot of hype – and fear – about Generative AI, I’m still not sure I’ve been able to use it to produce anything that could fool anyone.