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10 Awesome Lightroom Cropping Shortcut

The first one is “super awesome,” the next nine are just awesome. Here we go: When you’re using the Crop Tool, if you apply an aspect ratio (like 8×10 for example), and then switch to…

Here’s a Handy Lightroom Shortcut I’ll Bet Ya Didn’t Know

Ya know those handy little Target Adjustment Tools (known as TATs for short) that you find in Develop Module panels like the Tone Curve as well the HSL/Color panel? Well, this little known set of…

Merging Two Drives Into One

… And keeping Lightroom Classic from freaking out. That was just too long for a title, but that’s what I set out to do. I’ve had the bulk of my photo library stored on two…

How to Save Your Image as a JPEG

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Today is Pre-Conference day at the Flash Photography Conference, and I’m kicking it off this morning with a “Flash For Absolute Beginners” Class at 11:15 am ET (even if you miss it, you…

Get right to the panel you want without having to scroll down

If you’re in the Develop module working in the Basic panel and then decide you want to jump to: …the new Color Grading panel, just press Command-4 (PC: Ctrl-4). To jump back up to the…

Digital Competition Results for November 2020 – General & Monochrome

Congratulations to our winners from this month’s Digital Image Night competition for the General and Monochrome categories. ** Judge: Greg Cuda **

Replacing the Sky Instead of Cleaning It

One of the least fun editing tasks in Lightroom Classic is cleaning up sensor spots in the sky. Starting with a noisy and mottled sky makes it even worse. I wondered if it wouldn’t be…

How To Do Regular Ol’ Split Toning In Lightroom’s New Color Grading Panel

Now that Lightroom’s Split Toning panel is gone and has been replaced by a more robust Color Grading panel, how do you create a simple Split Tone (like we used to do)? Here’s how: STEP…