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Software is inherently required for digital photography, and opens up options for post-processing film as well. Questions related to the tools used for digital image editing, processing, organization, distribution, and presentation should have this tag.
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Archiving digital photos while keeping thumbnails on the original computer
Any decent Digital Asset Management software will do this - it will allow you to index and catalog photos (including a small thumbnail) using its database while the actual files themselves may live on …
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What are the benefits of using Collections in Adobe Lightroom?
Standard collections are similar to folders (although they are manually created and can incorporate files from multiple storage locations), but the real power are the smart collections.
A smart colle …
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Seeking Mac Software Solution for Correcting Barrel Distortion
It's not an Aperture plugin and it's probably not the answer you want to hear, but a quick search seems to indicate that there's an Adobe Lens Profile for this lens meaning that if you're using Lightr …
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Is it possible to shoot tethered with a preview on the screen?
Nikon's Camera Control Pro 2 supports LiveView with the D90 on both Windows and Mac.
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What limitations does Lightroom have for portraiture? Why might I need/want additional soft...
As someone who uses Lightroom and creates a fair amount of portraits, but there's one big area where I find Lightroom's tools lacking and I jump to Photoshop: retouching.
Cloning - Lightroom has a s …
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What photography workflow software can be kept on a central server?
The server works with the Extensis Portfolio desktop software to allow multiple users to browse, edit, and manage a variety of media. …
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Is there a way to synchronise JPEG metadata into RAW files in Lightroom?
I don't think it's possible to take metadata from JPGs in Windows Live Photo Gallery and automate the process of attaching it to RAW files via Lightroom.
This article from Microsoft indicates that Win …
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What tool can visualize metadata from many photos on a Mac?
It's not a program specifically for that purpose, but Adobe Photoshop Lightroom allows for filtering by various bits of info including lens model, focal length, and so on. It will allow you to see th …
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Does anyone have any tips to make Lightroom run faster?
Without knowing the amount of RAM or processor speed, it's hard to make specific recommendations, but Lightroom will perform significantly better with more RAM and a faster processor.
It also doesn't …
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Getting started with photo editing suites
While "play"ing around is a great way to experiment, if you're looking for tutorials on how to do specific things there are a lot of them available. Some are available for free on YouTube, and if you …
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What are best practices for using Lightroom libraries?
Keep everything in one library. Lightroom 3 has overcome some of the past performance issues with large catalogs, so the benefits of having a good search ability dictate a single library.
I use a lo …
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Is there a way to sort Lightroom images by 'edit' status?
Create a smart collection based on "Has Adjustments" - that'll give you photos that have been edited.
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Is the version of Aperture on the Apple Mac App Store identical to boxed version?
The software is the same. As you note, you won't have physical media. In theory this shouldn't be a problem since the App Store will allow you to install it on any of your OS X computers. …
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Is there an Aperture equivalent for Windows, or do I need to use both Picasa and Lightroom?
I'd concur with the analysis you've done thus far.
Adobe has added people recognition to Photoshop Elements 9; I wouldn't be surprised to see this added to Lightroom in the future.
There is at least …
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What benefit does Lightroom 3 offer over Photoshop + Bridge?
One big workflow benefit is that you're in a single application. Importing files, performing file management, keywording, editing, publishing, and printing can all be done from a single interface. I …