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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In Lightroom 4, how to apply same title and keywords to multiple photos?
In Lightroom 4, how do I apply the same title and keywords to multiple photos?
Alternatively, how do I apply title and keywords of a photo to another set of multiple photos?
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Prevent Lightroom from creating duplicates if the edit in photoshop is not saved?
Quite often I choose to 'Edit in photoshop' from Lightroom but then end up not saving the result. (for example, because I just wanted to experiment with the photo, or I'm not satisfied with the ...
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Is there a way to partially apply a preset in Lightroom 3?
I have lots of Lightroom presets that are great, but some of them are a bit to severe.
Is there a way to apply a preset at 50% strength for example?
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How can I import multiple cards into Lightroom simultaneously?
Photographers with more than one camera body, or who use several cards in a session, would benefit greatly from being able to import from more than one card into Lightroom without having to start ...
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How do I clean up keyword hierarchies in Lightroom?
I've been using Lightroom for a few years. At one point I kept keywords in a hierarchy, so I'd have something like:
Animals > Birds > Eagles
This worked well, I could include the option to export ...
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Is there a way to sort Lightroom images by 'edit' status?
Usually my workflow involves 'picking/flagging' photos to edit and leaving the rest alone (RAW files that is). However, sometimes I jump right in and start editing before rating/picking. In that ...
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Can I stop Lightroom from creating a TIFF file when exporting to Photoshop?
My wife does some photography on the side for a hobby. She uses Lightroom for most of her editing and she also uses the "Edit In Photoshop" option as well. I have no idea why she has to go to PS, ...
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Tethered shooting with Sony a57 - impossible?
I have a Sony a57 and today I tried to set it up with a tethered capture in Lightroom. Lightroom couldn't even see the camera. Is there any way to get this working, or are they just not compatible?
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How to prevent these automatic changes to images that are imported into Lightroom?
When I open images in Lightroom for the first time, during the loading process I see images that look "great", but after a while Lightroom applies some automatic processing to these images that ...
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How do you change from portrait to landscape in Lightroom?
I have a picture that I shot in landscape (4x6 ratio) that I want to crop to portrait (5x7 ratio). I see how I can do a 5x7 landscape or a 4x6 portrait, but not a 5x7 portrait.
How do you do this?
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Does the number of smart collections affect Lightroom's performance?
While mucking around in Lightroom today and setting up some smart collections, I wondered if having a large number of smart collections might negatively impact performance? I'm thinking that ...
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How can I easily replace raw files with jpeg format in Lightroom?
I only shoot in RAW, but for a normal travel trip I don't want to keep all photos in RAW because they occupy a lot of storage space. Is there a plugin in Lightroom to click a photo and convert the RAW ...
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Is there a way to have Lightroom include the cropped aspect ratio in the filename when the file is exported?
I am exporting my files to be printed by an outside service and I know before hand when working in the develop module what size I want the print to be. So I set the crop aspect ratio to be what I ...
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Should I convert my JPEG images to DNG in Lightroom 3?
I am new to LR3 and have decided to convert RAW images to DNG on import. However, I have about 8000 or so JPEG images that I have brought in to LR and I am on the fence as to whether to leave them in ...
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Should I worry about making “mistakes” in Develop mode in Lightroom?
Every edit action in Lightroom is recorded in the History for that photo. If I "try-on" various settings, say changing White Balance through the various modes to find one I like, it creates an entry ...
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How do I use the Chromatic Aberration correction tools in Lightroom?
When I upgraded from a 1000D to a 550D, my 18-55mm started to show more significant Chromatic Aberration. This is probably due to the 8mpx difference between the two cameras.
Due to this, I've ...
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How to extract thumbnail photos from Lightroom 2 catalog
My Lightroom collection has previews and catalog on local hardrive and originals on external hardrive. I've lost external hardrive, what is the easiest way to extract preview images from local ...
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What are the better HDR software apps for the mac?
I am thinking about doing some more HDR photos and thinking about the software side. I have CS5 but have never been happy about the speed or the quality of the final images. I have heard about ...
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Can I use Lightroom to crop a photo evenly around a center point?
I've recently been photographing with a 4.5mm circular fisheye lens and am finding that a square crop is a nice way to present the resulting images. Is there a way to indicate to Lightroom that I'd ...
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Lightroom 4: Delete edit from history other than the most recent one?
Let's say I've made 4 edits in LR4, in descending recentness:
Contrast
Punch
Auto Tone
Crop
Now, I want to undo the Auto Tone, but leave everything else. Is such a thing possible, or do I have to ...
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How do I get Lightroom 3 to upload my original JPEGs to flickr?
I shoot in JPEG (not a pro yet) and want to publish my photos in my pro account in flickr, is there a way to tell Lightroom 3 to upload my original untouched JPEGs?
In the Flickr Publish Service ...
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Filtering by date in Lightroom
In Lightroom 3, using the metadata filter with one of the columns set to Date in hierarchical mode, I can easily narrow down the date range. I can easily get all photos from 2010, or all October 2010 ...
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Format for importing keywords into Lightroom from exif
I have my photos on disk and I want to import them into Lightroom.
On each photo I have keyword information in the exif and when I import the files in Lightroom I can see the keywords appear in the ...
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How can I select only all edited photos from a catalog for export from Lightroom 3?
In Lightroom 3, how do I select only edited photos from a catalog for export, without choosing individually?
For example: I import 500 photos from a shoot and I go through and edit 286 photos. Now I ...
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Is it possible to export photos from Lightroom from the command line?
I'd like to share photos from my Lightroom catalog on a home network via a web server. Browsers can only understand JPGs, but my photos are mostly in RAW. I'd like to find a solution where I don't ...
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Export/backup files from Lightroom including flags/stars/picks
Is is possible to export RAW files (or DNG files) including the flags from Lightroom to an external hard disk? I know how to export the files including all the lightroom manipulations, but cannot find ...
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How do I remove duplicates of the same image in Lightroom?
I recently imported a large library into Lightroom, I've been going through it and have found several duplicates of the same pictures. They might be in different folders as well. Is there an easy way ...
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Over-saturated prints from Lighroom 3?
I have been doing most of my printing from Photoshop lately, as I've been fine-tuning levels and using advanced sharpening techniques to eek the most out of my prints. I started working with Lightroom ...
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Is it possible to rotate an image by an arbitrary angle in Lightroom?
When I take a seascape photo by hand, I often find that I had the camera angled ever so slightly. If the picture wasn't meant to have such a perfect horizontal line (the horizon), then it wouldn't be ...
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Which is better: Silver or Color Efex Pro from Nik Software?
I'd like to buy a plugin from Nik Software; which is the better plugin between Silver Efex Pro and Color Efex Pro?
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Why does my Adobe Lightroom temporarily pixelate photos after every change?
I'm using Adobe Lightroom 3.0. I go to develop mode and everything is fine (the photo is sharp). After I do any change (saturation, fill light, sharpness... whatever) the photo automatically gets ...
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Why aren't there Tokina lens profiles in Lightroom, and how do I get one for mine?
I have a Nikon D90 and a Tokina 11-16mm.
I want a lens profile for Adobe Lightroom, and it seems they have all known brands out of the box but Tokina.
Why is that?
How can I add a profile for my ...
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Is it possible to do non-disk-shaped clones in lightroom
Using spot removal with 100 opacity, one can "clone" little disks out of troubled images.
In a recent shot, I have a long thin line that needs cloned out. Doing this with Photoshop would be easy, ...
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Why doesn't Lightroom offer conversion from RGB to CMYK?
I have never fully understood why Lightroom works exclusively in the RGB colour space. I would assume that a large number of Lightroom users use the software to prepare their photos for print. Yet, I ...
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What tool produces better quality jpeg: Lightroom or Imagemagick?
I'm using Lightroom for photo workflow. At the end of it, I would like to have the best JPEG I can get, basically two options to choose from:
- export from Lightroom to JPEG, using the 100% Lightroom ...
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Lightroom Import alternative?
Just returned from a vacation and processed my pics. Then realized what I really use Lightroom for and it's mainly the advanced import function to be able to rename files into my preferred hierarchy:
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Why does Lightroom import into the wrong days folder when sorting by date?
I am importing photos into lightroom (4.3) into date-organized images. I live in +8 timezone. My computer and my cameras are setup correctly (AFAIK).
However, Lightroom consistently imports my images ...
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Quality of ImageMagick CR2 to JPEG conversion
Is there any quality difference between ImageMagick and Lightroom, when converting CR2 to JPEG in 100% quality?
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How can I export reduced resolution RAW files from Lightroom?
I read that in Lightroom 4 is possible to export reduced resolution raw files.
Does anybody know how to do it?
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How do I export JPEGs from Lightroom without the grey/black box around each picture?
How do I export JPEGs from Lightroom without the grey/black box around each picture?
This is really frustrating me. I know there has to be a way to do this.
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Storing Lightroom images externally
I have just started using Lightroom 3 after hearing a lot of recommendation from others. I have imported by originals (some RAW, some jpeg) into the Lightroom catalog and it all works fine.
However, ...
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How do I tag multiple photos in Lightroom?
I'm processing a batch of photos in Lightroom 3.2. They are all of a Fall nature, so I want to apply the "Fall" keyword to the lot (31 of them). When I select all of them (click, shift+click), then ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut in the Windows version of Adobe Lightroom for “Edit Keyword Metadata”?
I'd like to be able to click the first picture, <-edit keyword metadata command->, type keywords, arrow key to next photo... rinse repeat.
However, I can't figure out the keyboard shortcut for ...
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Is it normal for memory usage in Lightroom 3 to exceed 1.5GB, and what can I do about it?
I'm currently running a 2008 unibody 15" MacBook Pro 2.53 with 320GB 5400 RPM hard drive and 4GB of system memory. I've upgraded to Snow Leopard and I'm running Lightroom 3 (64-bit).
I have two ...
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Why doesn't my Lightroom smart photoset have any pictures in it?
I've created a "Smart Photoset" in Lightroom to publish photos to Flickr, configured to match all of the following rules:
Collection contains "Nepal"
Pick Flag is flagged
I assumed, possibly ...
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Where does Lightroom keep changes?
I've imported some raw images from camera and made changes. When I close and reopen LR I can still see the changes, but my original important RAW file is intact. So I'm curious, where/how LR keeps my ...
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How should I optimize photos for a web portfolio?
Can you give me tips on work flow in post processing? I am fresh on the web and am trying to put my best work out there but when it appears on my website, it looks like crap. How do I export the files ...
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How to do a selective darkening of part of a photo in Lightroom?
I have a photo that has quite a distracting corner: if you divide it by the rule of thirds it's bit less than half of the bottom right corner.
Can I use Lightroom to darken that corner? I don't know; ...
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How do hierarchical keywords in Lightroom actually work?
I thought I understood how this worked, but I've just proven myself wrong. Imagine the following keyword hierarchy fragment:
- Locations
- Europe
- scotland
- inner hebrides
- ...
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Quickly compare before and after in Lightroom
In Adobe Lightroom, is there a quick way to view the picture without the transforms applied? I'm looking for a single keypress or mouse click to toggle/switch between the pre and post transformed ...
