Today’s post (from the vault) is inspired by a question I get asked a lot when I’m out there teaching, and that is “Should I be using Smart Previews?” or “Why should I be using…
View More 5 Reasons Smart Previews Are So Awesome For Lightroom Classic Users
Following up from my post last week on applying color labels to photos, I wanted to share how you can extend that practice to folders and collections too. Applying Color Labels to Folders and Collections…
View More Making the Most of Color Labels in Lightroom Classic: Part 2
This is a quick trick, but it’s really effective for helping you to quickly see which photos from your shoot would look good in Black & White. STEP ONE: Here’s a collection of color images…
View More Quick Way To Find Out Which Photos Look Good in Black & White
Here’s a pretty cool little tip (from the vault): in Lightroom Classic’s Library module you can use the Paint Can (in the toolbar along the bottom of the thumbnail grid) to “spray” on the preset…
View More Using Lightroom’s ‘Spray Paint’ feature to “Spray” Presets Across Multiple Images
First, before we kick into the Q&A for today, I wanted to thank everybody who joined us for ‘The Landscape Conference” this week. What a wonderful, gracious, fun crowd to present to (over 1,400+ photographers…
View More Lightroom Printing Q&A
I love using Lightroom Classic and Lightroom (cloud) together, and use them together every day. As powerful as that combo can be, there are some aspects that don’t flow as seamlessly between applications as I…
View More Keeping Your Collection/Album Organization in Sync
The other day Scott shared a great post on Auto Hiding local adjustment pins in Lightroom Classic, and that’s my preferred way to use them too. However, in the comments, Dave and Al asked if…
View More Tips For Finding Those Adjustment Pins
Adjusting, enhancing, and correcting color is often a necessary part of editing in Lightroom Classic. While we have been able to modify hue, saturation, and lightness (HSL) on a global level (using the HSL/Color panel),…
View More Explore the New Hue Controls in the Local Adjustment Tools