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Lightroom and 32 bit HDR files
There’s an interesting new feature in Lightroom 4.1 Release Candidate 2 – the ability to adjust 32 bit HDR images in Lightroom. I confess I’m not that big a fan of HDR and I don’t play with it often, but this picture is a good example of when I might use it. The component frames …read more
List View plugin updated
I’ve now released version 1.57 of my List View plug-in. The main changes are: Thumbnails are now displayed in Lightroom 4 Export to CSV format – better for anyone who uses the Numbers spreadsheet or for data exchange with databases Close to Sorted Collection button. One thing people like about the plug-in is sorting by …read more
“Readable and inspiring”
My Advanced Digital Black and White Photography is now available. “Readable and inspiring”, says Amateur Photographer magazine.
FTP directly from Lightroom
Can you upload files by FTP directly from within Lightroom?
iPad via InDesign
Terry White’s latest Adobe Creative Suite podcast Lightroom to InDesign to iPad: Interactive Portfolios
Extract preview images
There’s a script to extract JPEGs from the previews you see in Lightroom
Moving from LR3 to LR4
Q Best practice for moving images from LR3 to 4?
Lightroom 4
I suspect anyone reading this blog already knows, but Lightroom 4 came out today.
Kensington tonight
Heading to the Nikon Owners Club in Kensington for an evening of Blurb and Lightroom
Lossy DNG – too early?
While I’m a long-time fan of DNG and welcome its latest developments, you’ve got to be very cautious about saving pictures with the new lossy option. The workflow benefits aren’t enough to outweigh the very significant risks.
Locktastic 1.25
I’ve just released a revision to my little Locktastic plug-in which is designed to help photographers who “lock” certain pictures in the camera. Some do this to identify pictures they particularly want to work on when they get back to their desks. As a result of a user request, the plug-in now bypasses Lightroom’s Import …read more
Seven (almost) random Lightroom 4 quick tips
As you play with Lightroom 4, there are lots of small features you may have overlooked. Here’s a brief run through of some of my favourite tweaks.
How can I copy a folder’s stacks to a collection
QIs there a way to move stacks of images into a collection and have those stacks retain their original stacking “formation”/order? ADrag a folder and drop it in the Collections panel. LR4 creates a new collection with stacking which matches the folder.
Slideshow – and Lightroom 5….
There have always been some pretty obvious weaknesses in Lightroom’s Slideshow, and assuming nothing new appears in Lightroom 4’s final release, it might be interesting to speculate on what may come down the track before too long, and to ask what people think. So in descending order of priority, for me these improvements would move the workspace from “good enough” to “best of breed”.
Search and Replace plug-in – version 1.35 coming
If you use my Search and Replace Lightroom plug-in, I’m currently updating it. So if there’s something you want, now’s a good time to ask.
Dropping Windows XP
Lightroom 4 dropping support for Windows XP has generated a lot of sound and fury from those who are going to need to upgrade their operating system or computers if they want to run the new version. I don’t think any of us – not even Apple fans – like being forced to upgrade our …read more
Lightroom 4 and facial recognition
On Adobe’s Lightroom 4 Beta forum, one of the most contentious topics has been the omission of automated facial recognition or facial detection feature.
Lightroom 4 Layout Overlay Options
Perhaps like most people I really hate the sound of my own voice, but some things are probably much easier to show than they are to describe in words. So, Lightroom with a Mancunian accent arrives on YouTube….
Lightroom 4 – My Top 5
On its 6th birthday, Lightroom’s version 4 is here – see the official announcement.
I’ve been using it for a while and actually switched over my main catalogue a few months ago (upgrading a Lightroom 3 catalogue is disabled in the public beta). While others will no doubt list all the new features to exhaustion, I’m just going to point to my favourites and at the very top of that list is the new Book feature.
Lightroom 4 – global flags and local stacking
Flags are now global, not local. But stacks have gone local. How do these work together?