Category Archives: Troubleshooting
A sad tale of hard drive disasters and Lightroom backups
Last night I received a sad email. It was from a young woman whose external backup hard drive had died some time ago, and she hadn’t yet found time to replace it. Unfortunately now her main working drive, which held her only remaining copy of her images, has also died and is not recoverable. She [...]
I accidentally deleted my photos from my hard drive and I don’t have backups! Can I create JPEGs from Lightroom’s previews?
David just posted this very question in one of my blog comments, so I thought it was about time I posted this for reference… If you’ve deleted your original files, you don’t have backups, and they’re not in the Recycle Bin (Windows) / Trash (Mac), the next thing to check is whether the photos are [...]
Why can’t CS2 save as jpeg when local adjustments were used in Lightroom?
Edit a file in Lightroom using the new local adjustments – the gradient tool or adjustment brush – and then open that file in Photoshop CS2 via Edit in Photoshop or Export…. and if you try to save it as a jpeg, Photoshop will complain with an error message which says “Could not complete your [...]
Lightroom Top 10 Gotcha’s
If you’re just starting out with Lightroom, there are a few CRUCIAL bits of information which will save you hours of headaches and untangling. They’re the kind of thing that just make you say “I’d wish I’d known that before….” These are my top ten gotchas, direct from the forums. Lightroom is all about non-destructive [...]
How do I move Lightroom to a new computer?
It’s a question that comes up over and over again, because people expect it to be complicated. It’s not really! Even moving Windows to Mac is a straightforward operation. First, a bit of preparation will go a long towards preventing headaches… Make sure your regular backups are up to date. Set Lightroom’s folder panel to [...]