It’s easy to develop a routine of doing something the same way over and over again without considering how effective it is. Using Lightroom is definitely no exception. How you choose to handle initial previews has a direct impact on...

Pop quiz: Which of these describes an unprocessed raw image?
1. The initial preview created by the camera, seen briefly in Lightroom
2. The initial preview generated by Lightroom
3. The state after applying the General - Zeroed Develop Preset
4. None of the above

I decided to compile a list of my wishes for where I’d like Lightroom to develop in the new year.

The other day someone told me that Lightroom 2's 16-bit print capability is the holy grail of printing. Up to now I've been perfectly happy with the standard 8-bit printing. But fearing I was missing out on something special I...

Often we can get too involved with the mechanics of photography and forget about the magic of just being there, seeing, and snapping pictures.

A quick Holiday Post, the time for shopping is getting short… Recently a photographer switching to Lightroom [LR] asked if he could print on a black background with a white border as he did in Photoshop [PS]. Well, the answer...

Adobe first released Lightroom in 2006 as a public beta, asking photographers to participate in the design through the associated discussion forum. While that forum is now closed, the opportunity to influence the direction of Lightroom still exists.

Stacks are pretty cool … I use them quite a bit while I shuffle around images in Library mode. There’s a very nice shortcut for creating and collapsing stacks that I’m totally digging lately … it’s ultra-simple: Select the images...

When bought my first digital SLR in April 2006, moving from scanned film, I gave up Photoshop completely. Quit cold turkey. At that time Lightroom was at public beta #2, and it certainly wasn't capable of doing everything Photoshop could (and still isn't). But even then there was considerable overlap in their capabilities, and rather than allowing myself to fall back on what I knew, I forced myself to learn the new ways of thinking.

A few years ago I made a decision in Photoshop that is affecting me greatly today. I chose to save my Photoshop (PSD) files with Maximize Compatibility (MC) turned off. MC saves a flattened version of your file along with...

This weeks tip has been around since version 1.0 of Lightroom, and although I personally do not use it that often, it’s a great image inspection technique. Normally, I’m pushing images to 72ppi for proofing on the web, which...

One of my favorite programs for creating HDR images is Photomatix. Until just recently, there wasn't an easy way for Lightroom users to jump directly into Photomatix. In October, HDRsoft solved this problem by releasing a brand new plug-in that allows you to open images in Photomatix directly from Lightroom. Here's how it works.

So how does one make a 20+ MP camera from a 6MP one? The answer is panoramic stitching of multiple images...

Sticking to my promise to expose more complete details on my workflow for select projects, we’re going to look at a detailed workflow leveraging one of Lightroom 2.0’s localized correction tools. This post roots itself in my previous tutorial...

Continuing on with our weekly tips … this one is somewhat of an oldie but goodie. I’m a huge fan of using the {Alt} key (mac or PC) to quickly access additional - hidden Quick Develop functions I use...

As we swing back into action here at Inside Lightroom, I though we'd begin the new journey with our weekly tip of the week. This weeks tip rides on the heels of an old standby in our arsenal of keyboard...

Since my post yesterday, Looking for Contributors to Inside Lightroom, I've received a terrific response from our Lightroom community. For starters, two veteran writers, Michael Clark and Brandon Oelling are returning. Both are terrific contributors, and I'll enjoy reading their...

When I first started Inside Lightroom, my plan was to have a staff of knowledgeable, responsible writers who would publish on assigned days. This would provide us with the steady flow of content that ultimately we so liked so much...

I'm packing up and getting ready for a trip to the big Apple and Photo Plus Expo. Yesterday, just in time for the Expo, I received my copy of the book Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure, and I am a proud...

I want to show you a cool way to create handmade "video" using Adobe Lightroom, a digital SLR, and a "scratch" technique used by disc jockys. But first, some backstory. I am a still photographer, and yet I am...