Collections were a great idea in version 1 of Lightroom. It was so good, in fact, that Adobe decided to expand collections in Lightroom 2. Now you can access your collections in all of the modules via the Collections panel that appears in the left panel set in every module. But did you know that collections come in different flavors? We're all familiar now with collections, collection sets, and smart collections. But you can also create slideshow collections, print collections, and web gallery collections. They even have their own distinct icons so you can tell them apart!

Before we get to the goodies this week, I wanted to take a moment to thank Mark Sirota, Bob DiNatale, Jao van de Lagemaat, Gene McCullagh, and Mike Aaland for a great set of posts this month. With 2009 in...

Tucked away in the keyword panel is a section called Keyword Set. There is another workflow enhancement built into Lightroom here. The sooner you get some basic keywords on an image the better off you'll be later. If you get in the habit of adding keywords early on you'll be glad you did.

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...

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...

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...

Yet another great little shortcut trick is switching from one folder to another by right clicking on the Filmstrip. As in the image at right I wanted to move to a folder that I had worked in recently and...

With the summer months fast approaching, the last thing I want to do is spend more time staring at my monitor. Every tip and technique that enables me to speed up my workflow, give me some control over my freetime,...

In the Lightroom 2.0 Develop module, there are some very useful shortcut keys you can used for the Treatment panels sliders. You can rotate through the use of the different sliders by pressing . When you do, the slider you’ve...

Continuing on with my exploration of time-saving keyboard tricks, I have become a huge fan of using the {Alt} key (mac or PC) to quickly access two functions I use daily: Tone Control and Export as Catalog. During my...

I don't recall any other bloggers posting here about the incredible usefulness of the option key in conjunction with several sliders in the Develop Module of Lightroom. This is a well known "trick" of the trade and a huge reason...

You probably already know this, but Lightroom has many shortcuts that I haven’t listed here. If you know them all, you’ll save even more time. There’s a really easy way to see what they are for any given module you...

I'm not going to pretend that any of these are original ideas. In fact, if they were, most of them wouldn't be in Lightroom because I didn't suggest them. Thank heavens, others did, however. Ever since I arrived in Costa...

Ok, maybe bliss was overstating it in that header but keyboard short cuts are key in just about every software application and Lightroom has a few that I find super useful. I'll list my most favorite and most used keyboard...