I’ve had a number of emails in the last couple of days asking if there’s a free update to my version 2 book as Lightroom is now at version 2.2, so let me take this opportunity to clarify… So far, the Lightroom 2.1 and 2.2 program updates have only fixed bugs and added cameras, and… Click to continue
Why do my photos look different in Photoshop?
Excerpt from Adobe Lightroom 2 – The Missing FAQ Usually a mismatch in colors is due to either incorrect color profile settings or a corrupted monitor profile. For example, a ProPhoto RGB photo mistakenly rendered as sRGB will display as desaturated and flat. This is a ProPhoto RGB photo correctly displayed as ProPhoto RGB: This… Click to continue
Top 100 Photography Blogs
I’ve just had an email from photography-colleges.org, who have been compiling a list of their top 100 photography blogs. Whilst not strictly Lightroom, we are all lovers of photography, and there are some interesting websites on this list, including some of my favourite Lightroom blogs. Take a look at http://www.photography-colleges.org/the-top-100-photography-blogs/
Corrupted monitor profile
There’s an updated Lightroom 4 version of these instructions in the Knowledgebase. A corrupted monitor profile is often to blame for Lightroom preview issues, whether that be a mismatch in colours between programs, or simply blank grey previews. Lightroom uses the profile differently to other programs (perceptual rendering rather than relative colorimetric), so corruption… Click to continue
If I can use all of Lightroom’s controls on JPEG files, why would I still want to shoot in my camera’s raw file format?
Extract from Adobe Lightroom 2 – The Missing FAQ Think of it this way… did you ever play with colored modeling clay when you were a child? Imagine you’ve got a ready made little model, made out of a mixture of different colors, and you’ve also go separate pots of the different colors that haven’t… Click to continue
What is the difference between Minimal previews, Standard previews and 1:1 previews?
Extract from Adobe Lightroom 2 – The Missing FAQ There are a number of options to choose from when importing your photos, and which you choose will depend on your own browsing habits. Minimal shows the thumbnail preview embedded in the file. It’s the quickest option initially, but it’s a very small low quality preview… Click to continue
2.2 – Disc burning disabled
Some people are reporting problems burning CD’s or DVD’s from Lightroom since the 2.2 update. The 64-bit version not burning is a known issue – that’s in the release notes, however some have been having trouble with the 32-bit version. The solution – uninstalling and reinstalling seems to fix it in most cases, so it’s… Click to continue
Lightroom 2.2 Compatibility with CS3
There’s some confusion over a dialog box which has reared its head again in Lightroom 2.2. It appears when you try to edit a raw file in CS3 rather than CS4, and warns that you need ACR 5.2 for complete compatibility. Are Adobe saying that you have to upgrade to CS4 in order to use… Click to continue
I have a long list of folders – can I change it to show the folder hierarchy?
There’s an updated Lightroom 4 version of these instructions in the Knowledgebase. Extract from Adobe Lightroom 2 – The Missing FAQ Yes, in fact it’s a very good idea to do so, and just have one or two top level folders. If Lightroom ever loses track of all of your photos, perhaps as a result… Click to continue
Why do my photos change color? Also known as ‘Why did Lightroom mess up my photos?’
Extract from Adobe Lightroom 2 – The Missing FAQ When the first preview appears, it looks just like it did on the camera, and then that disappears and it applies other settings. How do I turn that off? The initial preview you’re seeing is the JPEG preview embedded in the file by the camera. That… Click to continue
