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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Can I programatically manipulate Lightroom's “rejected” flag in images?
Can I use a tool like exif2 or exiftool to programatically inspect and manipulate the flag used for "Rejected" in Lightroom? I can't find a field that seems to correspond to it. If not, is there ...
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What metadata editor is capable of overwriting originals?
Photography workflows seem to be oblivious to version control systems like git. Instead iPhoto and Lightroom seem to expect you to keep multiple copies of edited/catalogued images.
I simply want to ...
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Excluding nested keywords from smart collection
I like to keep track of where I take a picture, and of course, what is in the picture. Often the two are not the same: I might be on top of a mountain, taking a picture of another peak.
I have the ...
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Why does the eye dropper in LR Develop module stop working?
How do I get the eye dropper tool in Lightroom 4 Develop module to stay on? When I move the eye dropper tool across the image it turns off, and then sometimes turns back on again. Can anyone tell me ...
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Just upgraded to a newer version of Photoshop, how do I get Lightroom to recognize it?
I had PS5.1 when I installed LR4 and now I have CS6, but LR4 still opens everything in CS5.1. How do I make it open everything in CS6?
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How do I convert/re-compress select photos in Lightroom in-place?
As my Lightroom catalog grows there are some photographs I would like to preserve, but where I don't need all the editing latitude offered by RAW.
I know I can convert them to DNG, but are there ...
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Can Lightroom & Elements on different PCs share the same photos?
I use Lightroom for my management & editing etc & love it, however my wife needs to access the same pictures via a separate laptop, preferably via Elements or ACDSee.
I can copy my folders to ...
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How to create Lightroom 4 import customization using filename and path?
I want my photos to be stored like this
YYYY/YYYY-MM-DD_Name_of_shooting/YYYY-MM-DD_Name_of_shooting_001.nef
(The date is the date of shooting)
Is it possible to setup LR 4 in such a way that the ...
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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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How to emulate the In-camera processing into Lightroom? [duplicate]
First off, I'm a beginner in matters of digital photo processing (and photography for that record). I already know that the RAW file is a dump of raw sensor data with no processing whatsoever applied ...
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How to view side-car JPGs on lightroom? How to easily manage RAW+JPEG image reviews?
I've been shooting RAW+JPEG and I'm importing them together into Lightroom (i.e. the JPEG becomes a side-car of the RAW file).
trouble is, I can't seem to find a way to review the out-of-camera JPEG ...
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Does reducing Lightroom export file size reduce image quality?
Sometimes I reduced the file sizes of my jpeg images for faster uploading to the web.
Does this reduce the image quality?
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Is there a way for Lightroom to export without changing the ppi? [migrated]
Currently I am creating .psd images "to scale" by changing the ppi so that 1mm = 1mm. This way I can drop the image in InDesign and it will print at the actual size. I cannot however find a way for ...
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How can I force Lightroom to export metadata for all photos?
I created a temporary catalog for several shoots, but forgot to enable the (IMHO most important and should be enabled by default *shakefist*) check-box in Catalog Settings: Automatically Write Changes ...
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Can Lightroom 4 user export presets automatically increment sequence number?
I would like to be able to set up a preset that will export a file to a given directory with a specific name, and append a sequence number that increments on each export, so for example the first ...
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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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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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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 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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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 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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Best way to move photos to another drive (Lightroom)?
My wife uses Lightroom for her Photography business. Her main drive is filling up and I installed another drive into our Mac Pro to be used as an archive. She has groups of files (Weddings, since ...
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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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Lightroom vs. Elements vs. Photoshop: Side-by-side comparison?
I'm a bit overwhelmed by the available options in regards to the three major photo editing apps from Adobe.
Does anyone know of an article or site that lists the features of Lightroom, PS Elements, ...
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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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Is Lightroom Auto Tone very dodgy?
I don't know if it is just my taste, or is lightroom's auto levels like rolling a dice? Sometimes is makes subtle adjustments that do improve the visibility of highs and lows, but 50% of the time is ...
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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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Is there any way to disable 'Library' feature in Lightroom 3?
Is there any way to disable 'Library' feature in Lightroom 3? I don't need it and i do not want to waste my free space on it.
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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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Reorganizing After Import In Lightroom
When I import into LR I get a lot of options about how I want the imported photos to be put into folders in the destination. Is there someway I can access that flexibility when moving photos that ...
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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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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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What's the best way to get a photo from Lightroom to another PC for printing?
All my photos are managed in Lightroom 4.4 running under Windows 7 64-bits which has a Print module. Only, my computer with Lightroom does not have a printer anymore and I want to print this on ...
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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 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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What were the optimal JPEG settings for Facebook photos in 2010/2011? [closed]
Every time I upload a photo to facebook I'm disappointed; the photos just look really bad. What size do you recommend, dpi, etc? If it helps, I'm using lightroom.
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Is GPU or CPU more important for Photoshop and Lightroom?
I'm looking to buy a laptop (for a spare) and I'm not ready to spend the amount I did on my first one. The machine will only be used for photo editing. Should I go for the dedicated graphics card or ...
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What's the difference between using RAW or JPG with After Effects?
I am making some timelapse videos. And I have around 1500 photos in RAW format. I did some adjustoments in Lightroom and then imported these RAW files to After Effects. But After Effects processed ...
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How best to manage multiple virtual copies of an image in Lightroom?
in the process of improving a photo, I often end up with lots of virtual copies (eg. I apply some basic adjustments, then create 3 copies to experiment with, then choose one of these and create a few ...
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Lightroom Tethering and EOS Utility: How to get LR to accept sub-folders in auto-import?
I use EOS Utility when tethering, but all photos end up in Lightroom, and I like auto-importing into LR as I shoot. So I use auto-import in LR, combined with a Monitor Folder provided by EOS Utility. ...
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How do you make Lightroom 4 create virtual copies in same collection as master?
I tend to organize my photos in LR in collections, and organize them on disk based on a hierarchical date structure. When I'm browsing in the collections and make a virtual copy of a file, it does not ...
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SmugMug pixelation in dark parts of jpg from lightroom
I'm new to Lightroom and new to SmugMug, so I'm hoping someone can help me out.
I have this set of photos I took of a sunset, shot in jpg, edited in Lightroom to my liking and then published via the ...
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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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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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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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How do I update a Lightroom Catalog? (not just the meta data)
How can I refresh a LightRoom catalogue (i.e. re-read all files) to reflect changes I made to existing photographs?
Synchronizing folders works for meta-data but it does NOT pick up changes made to ...
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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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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 ...
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Organizing and moving photos from one device to another [Lightroom 4 and Apple devices]
I am using Time Capsule to store my photos. The catalogs folder is on my laptop because LR4 cannot store catalogs on remote drives.
Suppose I transfer the photos to another drive, or I change laptop, ...
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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 ...
