In the last post, we were talking about the kind of keywords to add to your photos, but this week, let’s talk about the pros and cons of flat vs. hierarchical keyword lists. On the left, we have a single long flat list of keywords, and on the right, a hierarchy of keywords nested inside other… Click to continue
What kind of keywords should I assign to my photos?
In previous weeks, we’ve discussed the benefits of keeping all of the photos in a single catalog and using Lightroom’s tools to organize them. For the next four posts in the series, we’re exploring keywords. Keyword tags are text metadata used to describe the content of the photo. Unlike collections, keywords can be stored in the metadata of… Click to continue
How do I change or create keyboard shortcuts?
If you’re using the English version of Lightroom with another language keyboard, some of the keyboard shortcuts might not work. Mac only On a Mac, the easiest way to change a keyboard shortcut is to use the operating system keyboard preferences. In Lightroom, make a note of the menu command, being careful to note any… Click to continue
What’s New in Lightroom CC 2015.9 / 6.9?
Lightroom CC 2015.9 and Lightroom 6.9 have been released today, with new camera/lens support and bug fixes for everyone. (For the update links, skip to the end of the post.) So what else is new? There’s better error reporting for sync errors. If you click on the Sync Status in the Identity Plate, it opens the Sync Progress section of the… Click to continue
My rating workflow
In the previous post in the series, we discussed how to apply flags and star ratings to your photos, and how to filter them… but when you’re faced with thousands of photos, where do you start? How do you decide which photos deserve which ratings… and how do you keep the meaning of the ratings… Click to continue
10 Years of Lightroom
On February 19th 2007 – 10 years ago today – Adobe officially announced the release of Lightroom 1.0. How time flies! So today, I thought we’d take a trip down memory lane… Lightroom Betas On January 9, 2006, Adobe released the first public beta of Project Shadowland, which became Lightroom. The project had already been in… Click to continue
How do I use flags and star ratings to identify my favorite photos?
In the last post, we discussed using collections to group photos. You don’t need to create additional collections for your best photos, because you can use flags/stars and filter them. Flags vs. Stars Lightroom offers multiple ways of rating your photos. Flags have three different states—flagged (picked), unflagged and rejected. It’s a popular ranking system among Lightroom users,… Click to continue
How do I create and manage collections?
In the “Why use collections to organize photos?” post, we learned why you might want to use collections to group photos. Now let’s learn how… How to create a collection To create a collection, scroll down to the Collections panel, which you’ll find in the left panel group in all modules, click the + button at… Click to continue
Why use collections to organize photos?
In previous posts, we’ve learned how store photos and videos in folders on your hard drive, but now let’s start organizing them into virtual collections based on their content. Collections are designed to group photos and videos for a specific purpose. Unlike folders, a single photo can be in multiple different collections without taking up extra… Click to continue
How do I use the Import dialog’s Destination panel to put the photos in per-shoot folders?
In the last post, we learned how to automatically place photos into dated folders, but if you need to find photos outside of Lightroom, you may want to store your photos in a year/shoot-named hierarchy instead. This still meets the best practice principles described in the How to organize your photos post. Here’s an example of a… Click to continue