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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How can I create a soft pastel tones preset in Lightroom?
Could anyone give any recommendations or links that may help me make my photos in soft, pastel tones, like photos from these albums:
http://air-we-inspire.livejournal.com/102576.html
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Mass reverse geocoding in Lightroom or an external tool
I have nearly 3000 images in my Lightroom library that have GPS data but no textual location info. How can I mass reverse geocode all these pictures?
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Can I group photos in Lightroom into events as iPhoto does?
Now that I import a lot of photos, I want to know if it's possible during import to define an event or something, like the iPhoto way.
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Is there a way to export Lightroom's thumbnails whatever the resolution they are?
So, somehow I managed to erase folders containing some pictures. Now that I'm over my own stupidity, I ask, is there a way I can export Lightroom's thumbnails whatever the resolution they are?
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What issues should I expect in migrating from iPhoto to Lightroom?
I recently got Adobe Lightroom 3, and I'd like to migrate my iPhoto 09 library. I'd like to know the best way to do this, with the corresponding tradeoffs between fuss and feature loss.
iPhoto of ...
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Lightroom upgrade from a student licence
I'm thinking of buying Adobe Lightroom through a student licence. Will I be able to buy an upgrade licence when I'm not longer a student? Or will I have to buy the full licence?
Thanks.
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Lightroom mass undo last develop step?
Is there a way to do a mass undo in lightroom's develop module? I'd prefer not to push arrow key and click on the last step for this many photos.
The story, for those interested in face-palming: so ...
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How to prevent Lightroom's preview folder from growing large?
I'm currently transferring my Lightroom catalog from my laptop to my new desktop PC. I decided to copy both the catalog file itself and the preview files (folder Lightroom 3 Catalog Previews.lrdata). ...
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How can I import Pentax lens information into Lightroom?
I'm trying to get up to speed with Lightroom, and noticed that there are no Pentax lenses listed under the Lens Corrections menus.
Is it possible to import the pentax lens information, even if I'm ...
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Can Lightroom detect corrupted images?
Can Lightroom detect all sorts of corrupted images? I.e. make a smart collection where these are collected. I know that some corrupted images often are displayed as missing, and can be found ...
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Bulk exporting/archiving collections in Lightroom
Is there any way to export images from my collections, where the images are automatically placed into a folder tree that mimics their collections?
I'm not comfortable with having all that ...
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Software to burn full-sized images and thumbnails into one package
I just helped shoot a wedding for the first time for some friends, and I'm going to burn a DVD for them.
Ideally, I want a DVD which contains both full-sized images and thumbnails, along with some ...
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How to re-organise an existing Lightroom library?
Is there a way to automatically re-organise a lightroom library? When I imported my library I kept the structure that was on disk (so folders like Holiday, Family, etc). Now I would like to have the ...
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High CPU usage when using Lightroom + Dual Monitor?
Wasn't sure if I should ask this question here or at another part of stackexchange, but I figured there would be more people using Lightroom here.
I just purchased a second monitor and have noticed ...
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Resize to the photo.stackexchange.com header photo size with Lightroom
I want to submit a photo to the photo.stackoverflow.com header thread (like here). They ask for a specific image size (375x210). Is there an easy way to resize and crop an image to this size using ...
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How to bulk convert Lossless DNGs to Lossy DNG outside Lightroom?
I like the new option of "Lossy DNG" to save some disk space on some of my files. Now I want to convert a part of my existing Lossless DNGs to Lossy DNGs. Lightroom can do that for a couple, but It ...
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How to add keywords to lightroom from a textfile (after import)?
I have a fairly large (20,000 photos) catalog. I'm trying to add keywords from the exif data that lightroom doesn't read, for instance any effects (like "pop color") applied to the photo.
Using ...
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iPad photo editing app that exports edits as XMP to reuse in lightroom?
Basically, I'm looking for Lightroom for iPad :) but until then, I'm trying to find an alternative.
To organize and tag pictures I'll be using Photosmith which integrates with Lightroom.
Now, I ...
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How were these portrait photos edited to get this look?
3 photos, and I realize perhaps 3 different techniques, but all of them are producing some sort of "unreal" look I don't know how to describe and a skin texture in the 3rd photo (how3.jpg) that I ...
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Photo Processing - What am I doing wrong?
I seem to have a problem processing photos and I am not sure where I am going wrong.
The issue is on my desktop monitor the photos look great. Overall vivid color, brightness, contrast etc. When I ...
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Photoshop or lightroom for landscape and nature photography?
I have canon 500D with 18-55mm and 70-300mm lens. I have lot of interest in landscape and Nature photography. I need to purchase some software to assist me with post-processing my photos. Which one is ...
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Does JPEG-to-JPEG export Lightroom reapply compression?
I want to crop a JPEG file in Lightroom and export that cropped file to another JPEG so that I can e-mail it. The exported JPEG should have the same quality as the original.
I don't have the RAW file ...
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How can you reduce noise in Lightroom 3?
I'm seeing that Lightroom 3 has noise reduction capability, but I'm looking for a good tutorial or other in how to use it practically. Can anyone out there point me to a good tutorial, or provide one ...
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Can't find recovery and others menus in LR4
I made my first new import on LR4 after importing the old catalogue, but I don't find the recovery, fill lights and other slider from raw shoots! I checked the old pictures which I did import with LR3 ...
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How to export to a pre-named folder in Lightroom
I would like to configure an export setting in Lightroom so that it writes to a folder of the same name as the original folder, but in a different location (without re-typing the name of the folder ...
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Cropping to a desired size in LightRoom
Seems a simple thing really, but is it unusual that I just can't seem to crop well in Lightroom? I love it for organising and editing my photos, but I find that if I want to get fine grain cropping ...
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Why does LR seem to build a preview for JPEG's as well?
I am trying out shooting RAW+JPEG to see if that workflow is what I want. I am surprised to see that Lightroom still shows the "Loading" text when I zoom in on an unedited JPEG file. I expected that ...
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Moving Lightroom catalog from PC to Macbook using Google Drive
I recently bought a new macbook pro and I'd like to move my existing Lightroom catalog which is on a PC over onto the Macbook. I have a 100gb Google drive account which I think I should be able to ...
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In Lightroom how can I see all photos that have been modified after they were exported
I am using Adobe Lightroom 4 and shoot RAW+JPG. I normally post process all my images and then bulk export them back out to JPG when done overwriting the original JPGs but sometimes I might forget to ...
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How can I make Lightroom auto-backup to jpeg?
I have recently got an android tablet and would like to keep a copy of most of my photos from my Lightroom archive on it for showing off my work, browsing etc.
Is there any way to, preferably ...
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Will I receive the upgrade discount to Lightroom 4 from Lightroom 2
I currently have Lightroom 2. Will I have to buy the full version of Lightroom 4 when it comes out or can I upgrade?
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How does Bibble compare to Lightroom?
I am an avid Lightroom user, but I recently came across Bibble.
I am very glad to find another entry in this market place, and I'm especially thrilled to find an offering that works on linux. (I'm ...
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How to globally fix missing files in Adobe Lightroom?
I had to reinstall my OS, backing up and moving folders around, and now my library has thousands of missing items.
How can I automate the location process for all of them? The software will locate ...
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Emulating Film Black and White in Digital: From Pictures to Print
I want to have that "feel" of black and white film with my digital photos. Would the Lightroom filters be enough?
I mean, if this is done with digital, can I make it so that somehow Adobe Lightroom ...
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Advice on storing and organizing exported files alongside RAW files
This is a rather open ended question. I realize that everyone's workflow is different, and there are no ultimate solutions that work for everyone, but I would like to ask you for advice about storing ...
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Best way to Re-Organize my photos in Lightroom
I started using Lightroom years ago on Version 1 or 2, and back then, I told it to import my photos into a folder, and put the photos into a folder for each day (for example 2006-01-07, etc.).
It ...
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How to mass convert RAW images into JPEG in Lightroom 3?
I have 1000 raw photos that I would like to convert all to jpg. Is there a way I can do this all at once or can I only do it one by one?
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How to use Lightroom and Photoshop Elements together?
I know the catalog cannot be shared between these two programs, but what is a good way to have them coexist together? It seems like I would have to have a separate copy of my photos that each program ...
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How to get creamy skin tone in Lightroom
I googled some tutorials on "creamy lightroom", but most of what I found ended up turning my photos' skin tones too orange, too "vintage".
I tried desaturating Orange to counter this, but the ...
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Can I use a different map source other than Google Maps in Lightroom 4?
Google Maps are horribly outdated in my area. Is there any way to use a different map source, e.g. OpenStreetMap, inside Lightroom 4's map module?
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Is it possible to get the Histogram display in Lightroom to only consider the area selected by your cropping?
I've noticed that when I crop a photo, the histogram does not change. If I am then making changes based on the histogram (ie. exposure, fill light, blacks, etc...), it would seem to me that the ...
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Localized keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom
I'm just beginning to familiarize myself with Adobe Lightroom 3.3.
I've noticed that the keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom change substantially when you change the user interface language.
I am German ...
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LR brush tool saturation
There is something I don't understand in LR. I turn Saturation for whole picutre to -100 from Basic pane, so I get B/W picture. Then I go to Brush, turn saturation to +100 and brush areas expecting ...
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Is there a way to export from lightroom to multiple formats simultaneously?
I frequently need to photograph my wife's textile works and output the results in several formats. She wants high quality, large jpegs; tiffs; and smallish jpegs for her web site, all of which go into ...
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Is it possible to filter for exported/printed photographs in Lightroom?
To keep track of the pics that I print or export I am currently adding a tag (such as "print") and using Smart collections which filter on these tags. This has a major failure point, in requiring that ...
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How can I batch-remove the not-for-export flag on Lightroom keywords?
I've got a lot of keywords in my Lightroom setup that have been mistakenly flagged as 'not for export.' I'm having trouble finding a way of batch editing these (to change the flag manually in LR on ...
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How does Photoshop/Lightroom process exposure?
Ok, so after reading this it got me thinking... After back and forth of whether ISO increases/decreases noise, does it actually do just that? As explained, the ISO in the camera turns up the amplitude ...
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Can I exclude subtags when searching for a tag?
I have a question about Adobe Lightroom 4:
Say I have a keyword "parent" and a nested keyword (subtag) "child" under that keyword. Some photos are tagged with "parent", other are (only) tagged with ...
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Can Lightroom and Photoshop Elements share catalog info?
I like Photoshop Elements 10 cataloguing abilities to find people and objects in photos. I own Lightroom but managing a 30k plus catalog is hard and would appreciate the consumer friendly version in ...
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How can I get Adobe Lightroom to automatically crop two different 5x7 photos to fit on one 8.5x11 sheet?
When using the standard Lightroom templates for printing I can select the Zoom to Fill option so the photos will get cropped to the appropriate size BUT I can not select 2 different 5x7 photos on the ...
