Lightroom can process files from hundreds of digital cameras. This is a real plus for photographers who enjoy using older models as well as the latest and greatest. For example, I just posted an article on Raw Photography with Older Cameras where I waxed happily about how I still enjoy shooting with my black Canon PowerShot G2. It supports...

I just downloaded Adobe Lightroom Public Beta 3 and have been playing with some of its new features. This is a substantial upgrade from Beta 2, including a new module: Web. That's where I started experimenting. The Web templates are quite attractive. You have 3 presets -- HTML gallery, Exif metadata, and Flash gallery. You have two options for...

I just stumbled on two very nice Lightroom tutorials by George Mann that you may want read. The first one, Basic Color White Balance Corrections, shows you examples of "cloudy," "daylight," "shade," etc. applied to an image. Great way to see the differences among the various settings. The second one, Presets Browser, illustrates some of the interesting effects, such...

By default, Lightroom frames your viewing area with two side panels, a top module picker, and a filmstrip on the bottom. This is a good starting place to work because you have all of your tools readily accessible. But as you begin to drill down in your workflow, you may want more working area during specific tasks. This could...

Adobe Lightroom allows you to work faster. One of the speed gains I've realized lately is the ability to rate and crop my photos at the same time. In the past, this had been a two-part process. After I have a shoot loaded into Lightroom, I hop over to the Develop module and view an enlarged version of each...

The Photoshop Cook-Off 2006 is looking for your best manipulated images. O'Reilly is organizing this event where you take up to three of your own photos and spice them up with Adobe Photoshop, using recipes from any of the five O'Reilly Photoshop Cookbooks (the books are listed on the official contest page). Sample recipes are available. The judges are...

If you're ready to start playing with Lightroom, you can tap your iPhoto library to provide the source material. It's really simple, and you have plenty of options along the way. Open Lightroom and click on the Library module. Go to the File menu and choose Import... You'll be greeted with a dialog box that lets you navigate to...

I dearly love my MythTV system. I travel a lot, and it enables me to take TV with me to 35,000 feet. What I love best is that it's growing with me. I recently added an Air2PC HD5000 card, so I now have a three-tuner box. (I hope to write an article on the new tuner in the near future.)...

As of Public Beta 2, you can add music to your Lightroom slideshows. It's not the most intuitive process ever designed, so I'll whisk you through it right now. Once you set up the images for your slideshow, go to Playback Settings and check the Play Music box. Then click on the somewhat obscure "downward pointing triangle" to the...

Fun software at http://www.faceresearch.com/ allows you to age or youth-ify your face, turn it into an El Greco painting, or morph it into a Manga hero. I had a go....