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Technology Previews in Lightroom on Mobile and Web

I sometimes forget that features I use all the time are only accessible after enabling them as Technology Previews. For example, the Long Exposure function found in the camera module in Lightroom for mobile has…

Photoshop For Lightroom Users: The Power of Layer Masks

Welcome back once again and by now, you’re probably getting a little tired of the whole learning Layers thing, but I have good news. This week wraps up the Layers portion of our Photoshop journey,…

I released a special version of my “SLIM System” just for Lightroom ‘Cloud’ users

We just released a new Lightroom course at KelbyOne which is a special version of my “SLIM” system (Simplified Lightroom Image Management) just for Lightroom ‘cloud’ users. This version is even more slimmed down (get…

Another Benefit of Optimizing Your Lightroom Catalog

OK, put this in the “Scott didn’t realize this” category, but on Wednesday night, we wrapped up our two-day Landscape Photography Conference (which went awesome, by the way – thanks to everybody that came out – over…

Recovering from Catalog Loss or Corruption

Thursday, March 31st is World Backup Day, and I thought it would be a good idea to look at the process of how to use a Lightroom Classic catalog backup copy to get back to…

Photoshop for Lightroom Users: 10 Handy Tips For Working With Layers

Welcome back once again. This week we’re going to divert from our regular style tutorial and instead, we’re going to look at 10 things you should probably know about working with Layers before we dig…

Great Trick For Balancing Lighting Using Lightroom’s New Masking Feature

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Today is pre-conference day for our all online Landscape Photography Conference, and besides our orientation class, I’m doing a class on “What makes a great landscape photo?” and it’s not too late to…

How To Fix Perspective Issues Using Lightroom’s “Guided Upright” Feature

This one’s by request: a while back I created an online course called “A Photographer’s Guide to Chicago” and one of the locations I talked about was a parking garage where you can shoot down…