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Oh no you don’t – DNG and panto season
It’s amazing how often some Lightroom users still assert that a disadvantage of the DNG file format is that any time the metadata changes in the DNG file, you have to backup the whole DNG file again (and again). This isn’t a disadvantage of DNG – it’s a failure to re-assess and think through your …read more
5 reasons to rename your raw files
Why do you rename your source images?
“Make a second copy to”
Why does the second copy upon import go into a folder called “Imported on November-11-13” and not into a folder named to match the folder on the hard disk that was set as the Destination for the import?
Parse and audit – workflow filters
I’ve just released version 1.47 of my Search Replace Transfer plugin. Apart from a couple of bug fixes, there are some new capabilities. You can now filter your catalogue on almost any EXIF/IPTC/Develop field.
Grayscale mode and droplets
How to export pictures in Grayscale Mode from LR. You can use a Photoshop droplet for this, and many other tasks.
New book – Digital Photo Workflow
My latest book Digital Photo Workflow (Made Easy) teaches a lot about Lightroom while not being a slider-by-slider manual. It’s a short book that tries to cover everything you need to get going.
Breaking up is hard to do
Peter Krogh of The DAM Book fame has released an ebook Multi-Catalog Workflow with Lightroom 5.
Downloading CS6
If you need to reinstall CS6, where can you find it in Adobe’s site?
Shelter from the Cloud?
Adobe’s Photoshop Photography Program deal offers Photoshop and Lightroom as a time limited offer. Until December, existing Photoshop customers can subscribe at $9.99 / £8.54 per month.
Lightroom’s “next evolution”
Watch this Adobe demo of Lightroom synchronizing adjustments between computers via the cloud.
Charts too?
Since I know at least 4 (!) people found my “not more numbers” post interesting, here’s a little bit more about Adobe’s stock price.
Not more numbers!
Look, I spent all those years in accounting, so you’ll have to humour me when I point you in the direction of more financial numbers from Adobe. In fact their stock price never really interested me until recently, so I can readily understand if you have never gone looking for their quarterly results, but do …read more
OS support
How many Lightroom users still use Snow Leopard? And Vista?
Lightroom 5 favourite no 5: AutoSync and local adjustments
So we get to number 5, and I think this qualifies as a “you read it here first”! AutoSync now works properly with local adjustments!
Lightroom 5 favourite no 4: PNG files
Progress, if just one file type at a time….
Lightroom 5 favourite no 3 – Managing hierarchical keyword lists
It’s now easier to manage hierarchical keyword lists with the Keywords Filter. Child keywords can now be displayed too.
Lightroom 5 favourite no 2: Radial Filter
The new Radial Filter adjustment may replace the Adjustment Brush for many of your local adjustments
Lightroom 5 favourite no 1: the Visualize Spots mask
The Visualize Spots mask helps you do a better job cleaning up those dust spots, and do it faster too. What’s not to like? Apart from discovering that your camera’s sensor isn’t as clean as you hoped….
Lightroom 5
Lightroom 5 was released in June 2013. Read more here, and see my favourite 5 features.
List View 1.66
I’ve just released version 1.66 of my ListView plug-in which displays images in a list style just like in most other DAM programs and lets you export metadata to Excel or other apps.