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Lightroom: Building a Portfolio
I need to build a new portfolio. This time it's commercial and industrial. I have 2 catalogs. One with 19 thousand photos and another one with 146 thousand photos.The official story is pretty...
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Lightroom: Using the Sliders
Everybody knows that you can use the mouse to control the various sliders in Lightroom. Often, I find that using the keyboard is “better.” If I have the choice, most of the times, I will prefer the...
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Lightroom: Headline vs Title vs Caption
What's the difference between the headline, the title, or the caption and what about the description?The problem is that the difference depends on which standard is used. You would think that the IPTC...
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Lightroom: Keywords vs. Collections
Lightroom supports keywords and collections. What's the difference? It's a different way of looking at the world.KeywordsKeywords exist both inside Lightroom and outside of Lightroom. When exporting...
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Lightroom: Keywords 51% Off
In “honor” of Black Friday, between 22-Nov-2012 and 30-Nov-2012 11:59pm PST, the Lightroom keywords are 51% off. Only $12.00 USUS $12.00It works with Lightroom 2, Lightroom 3 and Lightroom 4.For more...
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Lightroom: Thumbnail Sizes
One of the big strength of Lightroom is its flexibility. There's always more than one way of doing things in Lightroom. This flexibility is also one of the source of frustration with many users....
View Article2013 and Your Copyrights
2013 is only 2½ weeks away, if we make it pass the Mayan end of the world on 21-Dec-2012 aka 21/12/12 or 12/12/21. As a photographers, I have a list to prepare for the new 2013 year. One of the item on...
View ArticleLightroom: Improve Your Photos
A photo session and 400 or 500 photos later… “Oh! I like that. Oops! I missed that. I really like that photo! This is portfolio material…” My first step after copying the photos from the memory card to...
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Lightroom: Sorting Collections
Lightroom is “funny” in the way that it's such a powerful tool but in many ways it's missing some basic functionality. I'd like to sort the order of the collections. The programming code is already...
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Lightroom: Controlling the Panels
Everything in Lightroom works with the panels. It's very easy to use, but the panels take a lot of screen real estate. Often, I only need some panel. Everybody knows (or should know) that all the...
View ArticleDo Your Photos Have Any Value?
Photos can have 3 values:SentimentalFinancialHistoricalThe vast majority of the photos only have a sentimental value. These are the photos the people take with them in case of floods, fire, disasters…...
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Copy External Images from Inside Lightroom
Question: Is it possible to create copies of original files (CR2, NEF, OTF…) within LightroomThe first immediate answer is: Yes, of course, just create a virtual copy and you have your copy. But no,...
View ArticleLightroom: Useful Shortcuts
Some people like shortcuts, some people prefer using menus and the mouse. For the people that like using the shortcuts, Lightroom is full of it. The last I checked, the Adobe techie where at 300+...
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Lightroom: Metadata Conflict
Some photographers like to live on the bleeding edge of the technology, and some other photographers like to wear both belt and suspenders. I'm more on the belt and suspenders side than on the bleeding...
View ArticleLightroom Terms
Lightroom has all kind of wordings, especially in the Develop module. Some of it makes sense, but some of it…Exposure: sets the image brightness.Contrast: Separates the dark and the light tones from...
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