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October 2020 Lightroom Updates

Today is the first day of Adobe MAX, and in case you just awoke from a coma or were rescued from a deserted island, it is 100% free and virtual this year, so be sure…

Moving Photos and Folders with Confidence

Moving photos between folders and moving folders between other folders (and possibly drives) are two of the most fundamental Lightroom Classic tasks everyone should know. As basic as it seems, it is a common pain…

5 Reasons Smart Previews Are So Awesome For Lightroom Classic Users

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…

Making the Most of Color Labels in Lightroom Classic: Part 2

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…

Quick Way To Find Out Which Photos Look Good in Black & White

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…

Using Lightroom’s ‘Spray Paint’ feature to “Spray” Presets Across Multiple Images

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…

Lightroom Printing Q&A

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…

Keeping Your Collection/Album Organization in Sync

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…