Besides optimizing your computer and Lightroom settings, you can also save yourself a lot of frustration by thinking ahead and allowing your computer to do many of its processor-intensive activities at a time when you're not using the computer. Let's … Click to continue
What’s New in Lightroom (Cloud Service) June 2021 release?
The Lightroom cloud ecosystem has been updated today, with updates for Windows & Mac (4.3) and iOS & Android (6.3). (Lightroom Classic has also been updated.) Super Resolution The Enhance tool now has an additional checkbox … Click to continue
What’s New in Lightroom Classic 10.3 (June 2021)?
Lightroom Classic 10.3 has been released today. The entire Lightroom Cloud ecosystem has also been updated.Notable new confirmed bugs (updated 11 June):Sony images may shift towards green/yellow Open as Layers in Photoshop doesn't work … Click to continue
Lightroom Performance – Previews & Caches
Lightroom uses numerous kinds of previews and caches for different purposes. Having a basic idea of their usage can help you pick the right ones for your needs. The main ones you need to know about are rendered previews and smart previews. To fully … Click to continue
Lightroom Performance – Preferences & Catalog Settings
In addition to optimizing the computer, you can optimize your Lightroom preferences and catalog settings for best performance. Lightroom Updates Lightroom is usually updated every 2-4 months, and these updates frequently include … Click to continue
Lightroom Performance – General System Maintenance
Lightroom can't perform well if the operating system is struggling. While not specific to Lightroom, it's worth running regular computer maintenance and optimizing other software running on your computer. This includes operating system and driver … Click to continue
Lightroom Performance – What Computer Hardware Do I Need?
Every single day, we see posts asking how to choose a new computer for Lightroom. We're not going to go into specific hardware recommendations, because they'd be out of date almost immediately. (If you want specifics, Puget Systems are doing regular … Click to continue
How do I extend my Adobe subscription using an Amazon.co.uk activation code?
Occasionally, Amazon offers one of the Lightroom subscriptions at a discounted rate. Even if you're a current Adobe subscriber, you can purchase the additional 12 months and it'll simply extend your expiry date. But how do you extend your existing … Click to continue
Which Lightroom version am I using?
Since Adobe rebranded Lightroom, many photographers are confused about which version they're using. So how do you check which Lightroom version you're using?The easiest way to figure out which Lightroom version you're currently using is to open … Click to continue
Lightroom Performance – Debunking Myths
In prepping this series of articles, we read much of the information already published elsewhere. Some of the suggestions work. Others are complete myths. Some of the advice (including in our old blog post!) is simply outdated. Some suggestions can … Click to continue