Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is one of several professional level photo editing and management tools. It is commonly compared to Apple Aperture.
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What do you wish you knew about Lightroom keywords when you started?
Having been a very sporadic user of keywords, and not structuring them in any sort of manner, I am binning my current keywords and starting again.
The areas I would like advice in are:
Creating ...
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Is there any way to save the develop settings of a virtual copy in Lightroom?
I usually set Lightroom to save the develop settings in a .XMP sidecar file, due to I don't like the whole "catalog" thing. Whenever I want to re-develop a photo, the developing information is right ...
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Is there any advantage to using Photoshop and Lightroom as a team? (as opposed to PS with other library software)
I currently use Aperture 3.1 for tweaks and library management and I'm happy with it for that purpose, but I am considering buying Photoshop CS5 for more extreme editing. I was wondering if there was ...
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How can I create a grayscale with color highlighting effect in Lightroom?
Highlighting certain area with color, leaving the rest grayscaled — what is the name of this effect in photography?
What is the most precise way to achieve this effect in Lightroom?
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How do I achieve these golden/reddish Indian wedding effects using Lightroom 3?
I have been playing with various options, tried various tutorials.. but I never get the
post processed image I am looking for.
Tried using ligthroom presets, but the result is always a very ...
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Is there a way to decompose a Lightroom preset?
Is there a way to know, what parts is a preset made of? (e.g. to see for a given preset that it is made of "-10 Saturation" and "+20 Contrast")
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How to import photos and metadata from Flickr to Lightroom?
While exporting photos (and metadata) from Lightroom to Flickr is relatively simple, importing your own photos and metadata from Flickr to Lightroom doesn't seem to be as straightforward.
I have a ...
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Is there a way for two users to simultaneously use the same Lightroom catalog?
I recently hired a friend to help me edit some pictures in Lightroom, but we need to use the same catalog. Is there a way for both of us to use the catalog simultaneously on two different computers, ...
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Does Lightroom apply edits in the order I do them, or does it intelligently reorder them?
The matter of the correct order of applying sharpening has been discussed various times (I will pick this question as an example, but it's not the only one), with a clear consensus which can be summed ...
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How to enable auto-loading of several next photos in Lightroom?
I'm using Lightroom 4.1 to review, cherry pick and postprocess a bunch of Canon RAW photos from a big shooting session. I use the Library view in Loupe mode to review the photos and pick up the best ...
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Why are my Lightroom exports too dark in Flickr?
I've been using LR3 for a while now and have noticed that when I export a photo to JPG and upload it to Flickr it ends up slightly darker. The exported photo is ok, it's the image when viewed through ...
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Batch adjusting the date (but not the time) of photos imported into Lightroom?
I purchased a new camera during my vacation, but I managed to take a whole night worth of photos with the incorrect date. I purchased the camera July 18th, but managed to set June 18th as the date.
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How does Darktable compare to Adobe Lightroom for editing JPEGs?
I mostly modify JPG images taken from my Nikon camera. How does Darktable compare to Adobe Lightroom for this purpose?
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How can I migrate my photos from Lightroom 3 to Bibble 5?
I used Lightroom for a while and edited some of my raw photos with it. Since Lightroom is non destructive the changes are not done to the raw images directly.
While using Windows and Linux I looked ...
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How can I force Lightroom to render previews for my collection?
When you import, you have the option (I just discovered 5 minutes ago) to have Lightroom render 1:1 previews. That makes it much easier to just quickly flip through a bunch of images, because it ...
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Is there a way to synchronise JPEG metadata into RAW files in Lightroom?
I've shot RAW + JPEG for most of my photos, and have added quite a lot of metadata to the JPEGs using Windows Live Photo Gallery. I've mainly added keywords and people tags (thanks to the new face ...
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What does “lifted blacks” mean?
What does "lifted blacks" mean? How does it affect your image? How do I do it in Lightroom?
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Can I get noise reduction in Aperture that even gets close to the quality of Lightroom's?
I've been looking for a new Library / Photo Editing software, iPhoto isn't really cutting it any more. I've been using both Aperture and Lightroom a bit now (trial licenses) and I noticed a big ...
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What keyboard shortcut could I use to step through presets in Lightroom?
Is there a keyboard shortcut to step through presets in Lightroom?
I have development presets grouped in folders, for example one of them is B&W.
I often find myself stepping through a number of ...
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How do I start with in-camera JPEG settings in Lightroom?
I'm a novice shooting in RAW and find that half the time my camera JPEG images come out better than my Lightroom tweaks to RAW files.
So to give myself a better start I'd like to apply the JPEG ...
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Where can I find user created camera and lens profiles for Lightroom 3 and Camera Raw 6.1?
The new Lightroom 3 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.1 have a lens and body database included to automatically correct your image.
For a small description of this new features:
Quickly and easily perfect ...
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Updating pictures on Flickr with Lightroom which were originally not added with Lightroom
A while back, before I purchased LR3, I uploaded a few hundred photos to Flickr. Since, I received comments and fave's on several of them. However, I want to update them. Many need a little cropping ...
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Getting started with photo editing suites
I saw Adobe Lightroom on my friend's computer and it seems awfully complex to me. Basically he was adjusting color palette of the photo by changing some curves and moving sliders. I noticed that many ...
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Is there an Aperture equivalent for Windows, or do I need to use both Picasa and Lightroom?
As much as I'd like to work with Aperture, my main machine runs Windows (I only have a Macbook, no desktop Mac). For now, I have been using jointly Picasa and Lightroom for my photo management and ...
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Why employ the xmp sidecar file in Lightroom?
Currently I trust the catalog file to hold all of develop settings for my files. I don't use xmp/sidecar files.
If you use them, why?
I'm searching for a reason why I should use them.
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Can I remove the cable in postprocessing for this photo?
I have Adobe Lightroom. I could get Adobe Photoshop but it will really cost. For this kind of photo adjustments is it worth?
But first, can it be done with today's software?
Here's the pic :
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How do I remove ALL TRACES of Adobe CS6?
I have been testing Adobe CS6 over the last month and the trial ran out yesterday.
I have decided that it's over the top for my needs at the moment, so have downloaded the Lightroom trial.
However, ...
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Simple comparison of LightRoom 4, Corel AfterShot Pro, DarkTable
I understand that I should upgrade from my basic workflow (mostly Picasa + some Cyberlink PhotoDirector).
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The basic of what I'm looking into is a step-up, single stop (if possible!) solution ...
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How does Lightroom store data about photos?
I've seen numerous mentions of Lightroom's database, or catalog, and having to back it up. Being used to Bridge and Camera Raw, I'm accustomed to seeing sidecar .xmp files alongside my RAW files. ...
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How do I export RAW files from Lightroom?
If I haven't imported my RAW files into Lightroom with the sidecar files attached, how can I save/export the file so that another person can open the file and not have to re-do all my work?
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Transfer photos from one Lightroom installation to another?
I've recently started using Lightroom 3 on my desktop computer, where I have all my photos on a large RAID disk (with regular backups!). Now, if I go on holiday I'll only have my laptop with me, which ...
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Will converting images to DNG improve post-processing performance in Lightroom?
I would like to know if converting my RAW files to DNG will improve the overall speed of Lightroom. The most painful issue is that it takes between 5 and 10 seconds to get my 1:1 image rendered when I ...
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Why do my photos look different in Photoshop/Lightroom vs Canon EOS utility/in camera?
I've recently been shooting in raw with my new 100mm usm is macro but I'm getting strange results in out of focus areas with bright colours in. I've used Lightroom for ages and not had any issues with ...
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How do I achieve a yellowish retro picture color?
I have always seen advertisements / pictures with colour based such as this...
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a bit yellowish / retro feeling....
How can I achieve such a picture? Is it a "camera setting" or do I ...
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Is there a way to omit the prompt for deletion in Lightroom?
I'm here at the Imagine Cup World Finals again taking pictures, and I'm using Adobe Lightroom, and I took a large number of pictures today which are garbage. I'd like a quick way of going through ...
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How can I create a smart collection that checks for only *one* given keyword in Lightroom 3?
I think I know my Lightroom pretty well, but I couldn't find a way to create a smart collection that returns photos containing only one given keyword. Just one. Say, all photos containing only the ...
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Why would one want to include the original RAW inside of a DNG?
I'm interested in starting to convert my photos to DNG instead of NEF, because it allows Lightroom to embed it's metadata into the actual files, and because the "fast indexing" feature makes ...
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Is it me or is the Lightroom's zoomed out preview inaccurate in displaying noise and color?
I'm having some trouble with the Lightroom viewer (In develop mode) when zoomed out. Look at this picture:
See how the sky seems to have a lot of chroma noise
Now check the zoomed in version (Of ...
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Why does opening photos in Windows preview result in a yellowish tint?
I have a weird case wich I expect someone can solve. I have edited some photos in Lightroom and exported them to Flickr. When I download them in another computer and open them in the Windows Preview ...
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LR 3: Preset adds dark vignette, but how?
In Lightroom 3, I have some presets (example: whoiswolf_herbst_licht) that seem to darken the edges of the photo. However, I can't figure out how they do this. There is nothing that shows up in the ...
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Why are there two rotation controls in Lightroom, and how do they differ?
Lightroom has very similar controls for rotation in two different sections. First, in the Crop & Straighten tool:
Second, in the manual section of the Lens Corrections control:
The Crop ...
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Filtering by multiple tags in Lightroom
Using Lightroom 2, I'm trying to filter by multiple keywords (aka tags) at once, using an AND semantic. i.e. I want to find all pictures that have all of the specified keywords.
The closest I can ...
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What workflow should I use for processing RAW photos in Lightroom?
I started shooting in RAW, and I use Adobe Lightroom.
What workflow would you recommend to use for the processing?
I will really appreciate a detailed description of the steps (or a link to one).
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What photo management software to use on local network with NAS and both Mac and Windows clients? [duplicate]
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Suggestions for shared cross-platform photo management?
I am looking for photo management software that will work in the following environment:
Photos all stored in a ...
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What type of software is Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?
I have heard or thought of many terms for what Lightroom is such as image management, digital asset management, photo editing software, and the list goes on and on. Does this package or type of ...
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How to best manage photos with Lightroom?
I recently started taking RAW photos and purchased Lightroom 3 to manage them. So far I have not found the ideal way to manage them. Here's basically how my workflow goes:
Import the RAW files from ...
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Why do JPEGs only look right when exported from Lightroom in sRGB color space?
When I export RAW photos (Nikon D5000 NEF photos converted in DNG format by lightroom) as JPEG, the only way to get the same color as the original photo is by setting the sRGB color profile in the ...
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How do I duplicate images in Lightroom 3?
Hi could you please tell me how to duplicate an image in Lightroom 3 as i wish to make different looks to the one image thanks leigh-ann
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What features in Lightroom 4 make it worth upgrading?
The first beta release of Lightroom 4 was released today. If you've managed to download it and have a play with it yet, what features have impressed you enough to want to upgrade?
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What do all the settings do in Lightroom?
What do all the do all the develop settings mean in Lightroom?
For example, what does the Fill light setting do, and how does this differ from the Brightness setting?
I can of course just play ...
