Have you considered moving from Lightroom Classic to the Lightroom Cloud Ecosystem to benefit from mobile editing and web sharing? Perhaps the Lightroom Ecosystem doesn't have all of the features you need yet. Maybe you have too many photos to store … Click to continue
How do I update my Copyright for 2023?
2023 already! How do you update your copyright in Lightroom? Here's the simple steps.It's so easy to forget this as the year only changes - well, once a year! So, if you automatically add your dated copyright when importing photos, did you … Click to continue
How can I clear space on my mobile device?
The Lightroom mobile apps have become a significant part of the photographic workflow. You may be automatically adding photos shot on your phone, or loading photos from a memory card while traveling. Or perhaps you're sorting and editing photos … Click to continue
How do I know what’s synced to the Adobe Cloud?
There are several ways to get photos to the Adobe cloud so they're accessible on all of your devices. The Lightroom (cloud-based) desktop is one main portal to your cloud photos. Also, Lightroom mobile apps sync with it. Lightroom Classic is able to … Click to continue
Lightroom Gadgets – Sandmarc phone accessories
Sandmarc phone accessories aren’t technically Lightroom Gadgets. However, as mobile photography is so well integrated with Lightroom and Lightroom Classic, when Sandmarc asked us if we’d like to test-drive some of their phone accessories, we thought … Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – selective editing using the brush
Last week, we learned to use the Linear and Radial Selection tools. This week, the brush allows you to apply edits to specific areas of the photo. It works well with a finger, but even better with the Apple Pencil on an iPad Pro. Here's the … Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – selective editing with the linear & radial gradients
Last week, we learned about the global editing sliders, which affect the entire photo. The Linear and Radial Gradient Selection modes allow you to edit specific areas of the photo, for example, to darken the sky or create an off-center vignette. Here … Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – editing using global slider adjustments
Last week, we started editing using the Crop tool and Presets. This week, let's learn the use the sliders themselves.The main Edit mode is broken down into a number of different sets of sliders, which you select from the toolbar at the bottom of … Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – cropping & applying presets
Last week, we introduced the Edit views. This week, we'll start some basic editing using the crop tool and presets.CroppingIn an ideal world, you'd have the time to make sure a photo was perfectly composed in the camera at the … Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – introduction to editing photos
After discussing how to view, organize, rate and add metadata to photos, we finally get to the reason most people are using Lightroom mobile - editing!Some say that you shouldn't edit photos on a mobile device because you can't calibrate the … Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – adding metadata in Info view
Last week, we used the first of the Loupe views - Rate & Review - to add star ratings and flags to the photos. Once you've chosen your best photos, you may want to add additional metadata, such as a Title or Caption. To do so, tap the pop-up at … Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – reviewing & rating photos
When you tap on a photo in Grid view, which we discussed last week, you’re taken to the Detail view. The Detail view displays one photo at a time. There are four different Detail views - Rate & Review, Info, Edit and Activity - and you switch … Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – viewing photos in Grid view
Last week, we looked at the Organize view. This week, tap on the Lightroom Photos collection to open the Grid view. Here are all of the tips and tricks you need to know:In the Grid view, you can:View thumbnails. Segment thumbnails by … Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – organize photos into collections
Once you’ve added some photos to Lightroom, you can start browsing and ranking them. Being able to do this on your mobile device means you're not tied to your computer. You can use an odd few minutes here and there to clear a backlog, and you have … Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – how to add photos from your DSLR or mirrorless camera
In the last post, we learned how to import photos captured using other camera apps on your phone or tablet… but if you can import photos from the camera roll, that means you can also import photos shot on real cameras too. It's a great way of backing … Click to continue
