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If you’re not using Presets in Lightroom’s Develop module, you’re missing out on one of the best features. You can reduce your image processing time considerably and presets let you get a consistent look to your photos.
You’ve seen me reference the Lightroom Killer Tips website a number of times. Starting in October of this year [...]

The other night I was reviewing some of the video tutorials from Lightroom Killer Tips and came across the Edgy Effect. Matt Kloskowski shows a technique he admittedly labels “outside the norm”, but it produces interesting results. Check out the full video here.
He starts by pushing the Exposure up a stop or more. Set the [...]

One of the most useful parts of the Library module is Keywording. Being able to assign Keywords quickly and easily to a single photo or a group of selected photos really speeds workflow. In order to reduce your typing, and to standardize the keywords you use, set up a few Keyword Sets.
Lightroom comes with a [...]

When working in Photoshop, you can use Layer Sets and Snapshots to save all your corrections up to that point. I’ve used Layer sets to do color and B&W versions of an image and have it all saved in one PSD file. Just turn on the set you want and then export or print.
Lightroom has [...]

Quick, go run and get the Lightroom 1.2 update at the Adobe website. And if you also use Photoshop CS3 or Elements 5 (or Elements 4.01 MAC) you’ll have to get the Adobe Camera Raw 4.2 Update too. The ACR (and DNG) update will give you full compatibility when moving between Lightroom and your [...]

Previously onOneSoftware had released these presets for Lightroom. So many people asked for them for Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) and now Jack Davis delivers. Users of Photoshop Element 5 won’t be able to take advantage of these time saving tools. Dang!! The install files looks for Photoshop CS3 and ACR 4.1 or it won’t install.
Open [...]