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

Well they said it couldn't be done, but we finally have a non-destructive dodge and burn in Adobe Lightroom. And it isn't your grandfather's dodge and burn either. It is essentially a paint brush tool that has the ability to generate masks over your image which can affect the Exposure, Brightness, Saturation, Clarity and Tint of the selected area.

Here at our studio, we began providing RAW processing services for wedding, portrait, and editorial photographers in early 2008. Since then we have processed thousands of photos for clients and have spent countless hours delivering them via client supplied hard...

For the last year I've been pretty much Lightroom-centric but now I'm updating my Photoshop RAW book to CS3 and I'm straying back into the world of Bridge, Camera Raw, and Photoshop. It's giving me a chance to write about...

On Tuesday, while shooting images at a small iron foundry here in Ulefoss, Norway for my Under the Hood, Working Raw project, I messed up. What followed is both a testimonial for Lightroom and shooting in the RAW mode....

Madrid, Spain: My Lightroom Adventure book has been at the printer for almost two weeks now. For me, the time between a book going to the printer and the time when it is bound and shipped and actually in my...

One of the primary things that makes shooting and processing in RAW such a revolution is the possibility of making multiple "exposures" of the same frame and the same image and then combining in Photoshop to get an end result...

Judging brightness and white balance using any RAW processing software can be a tricky situation. In Lightroom's Develop Module I often use the Lights Out and Lights Dim feature to work with my images especially when I am working with...

Adobe has just released a new version of Camera RAW and acknowledged that the next version (or update) of Photoshop Lightroom will contain the new features found in Camera RAW 4.1. The main current features that have been improved are...

Many digital camera manufacturers offer custom image effects that are sometimes quite compelling. The Canon 5D, for example, offers you a choice of electronic filters and toning effects to create a specific black and white look. But if you are...

Sometimes some things seem very simple on the surface but are actually a little more complicated under the skin. For instance you would assume that the default setting for a RAW image file in the Develop Module of Lightgroom would...