The Develop Presets in Lightroom can be of great value when processing an image by helping you quickly achieve the particular 'look' you have in mind. But your collection of Presets can quickly grow, so you may want to bring some order to the evolving chaos

I've recently seen enough threads on various fora to convince me that the application of, and the differences between, these three concepts remains a stumbling block for many on Lightroom's learning curve…..

We all have come to love Lightroom 2’s new Graduated Filter [GF] tool. (That’s keyboard shortcut “M” in your program.) A common use of this filter is to affect the sky, very similar to photographing using split filters… adding blue...

As a self diagnosed preset addict, I have spent a great deal of time and energy gathering what I feel to be a great set of presets that my team and I use on a daily basis in our workflow(s)....

Occassionally you will want to go through all your photos, group them together and place them where you can find them for a special purpose (such as content for a coffee table book, portfolio, or fine-art exhibit). Furthermore, once I've...

Got one of those "old fashioned" digital cameras that doesn't have dust removal? It's time you thought about Lightroom's instant dust-removal. That's not so much a named feature as something you can easily do by using a combination of the...

It all started with Photoshop actions, which I still use daily in my workflow. Yet, my biggest gripe has always been the ability (or lack thereof) to preview the result of an action before applying it to my image. When...

If you shot a whole series of wedding or event photos using natural light at high ISO settings, this could be a very useful tip. Use Lightroom's Auto Import feature to add a pre-set to all the images as they're...

I’ve already done a blog on the advantages of using presets to “preview” effects and processing so that you can immediately see a direction you might want to go in for a given image. If you’re in Develop mode and...

One of the most time-saving features of Lightroom is Presets. Presets are very much like Macros or Actions in Photoshop. Lightroom lets you create two different kinds of Presets: Develop Presets and Metadata Presets. I'll do an upcoming blog about...