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So, Should I Be Using Lightroom or Camera Raw?

Yesterday we wrapped up our first ever all-online, all live Photoshop Conference and it absolutely rocked (you can read more about it over on my daily blog today — here’s the link). Anyway, one thing…

My Experience Photographing the Comet

You’ve probably heard about Comet C/2020 F3, aka NEOWISE this week as it has finally made its debut in the evening skies of northern latitudes. If not, earthsky.org has a nice write up about it,…

Time For Some Lightroom Q&As

Beside my role as Editor/Publisher of Lightroom Magazine, I also write the Lightroom Q&A Column in each issue as well, and heading into this weekend I thought I’d share my Q&A from the current issue we publish…

Create an Auto Transform Preset

Recently, a comment was left on Scott’s post on how to apply an auto settings preset on import, asking, “What about when you want to apply the “auto” under the upright adjustments? I do a…

10 Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts I Use Every Day

Here are 10 I use everyday to speed my work and get things done. Here we go: If you don’t like the area where the Spot Removal tool chose as the source for your spot…

LFL #16 | Making + Using LUTS, Black +White, Fix My Photo

In this weeks Live from Lockdown Colin Smith shows you how make your own LUTs as well as creative ways of using them. Discover the best way to make black and white, and time to…

Using Lightroom Classic on Multiple Computers

This article originally appeared in Issue 62 of Lightroom Magazine, but since it is one of the most frequent questions I have gotten over the last few years I wanted to share it here too.…

How to Sharpen a photo in Photoshop

One of the first things people want to know how to do in Photoshop, is to sharpen a photo. This would seen pretty easy, right? It’s not really clear to a beginner, because, they would…