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 between them using the pop-up at the top… 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 hour, day, month or year. View basic metadata – flags, stars,… 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 the photos to hand if you meet up… 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 up and even starting to edit your… Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – how to add photos from the camera roll
If you decide not to use Lightroom’s built in camera – or you occasionally forget – you’ll want to add other photos to Lightroom. This can be done automatically, so you don’t even have to think about it, or manually. How do I add photos and videos automatically? To automatically add new photos and videos… Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – how to use the camera and sync with the cloud
The Lightroom mobile apps include a built-in camera (not currently available on Android tablets), but why would you bother to open Lightroom instead of using the default camera app? The Lightroom camera has a number of advantages: Pro Controls – The app has a wide range of pro features, including the ability to set the… Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – workflow overview
Before we dive in too deep, it helps to understand some of the terminology and core concepts behind Lightroom mobile, so here’s a quick overview of the Lightroom mobile workflow… First, you need to get photos into Lightroom mobile, whether they’re shot using Lightroom’s built-in camera, using another camera app, using your camera and then… Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – who can use it?
Before you can start exploring the apps themselves, you need to know 3 things: How much it costs (if anything). What you need to run Lightroom mobile. How to get started. How much does it cost? The mobile apps are free so anyone can use them. A few advanced features – and of course, the… Click to continue
Lightroom mobile – what is it?
More than 3 years have passed since the release of Lightroom mobile, but I know many of you still haven’t had time to investigate where the mobile apps fit in the Lightroom ecosystem, and more importantly, how they can help in your workflow, so in this series of blog posts, we’ll explore the mobile apps… Click to continue
Lightroom Mobile Infographics
Trying to find your way around Lightroom mobile? This free set of Lightroom Mobile Infographics shows exactly what all the buttons, sliders and switches actually DO. New features are usually tested on the iPhone first, and then rolled out to iPad and Android too, so we’ll use the iPhone version for the infographics. If you… Click to continue
How do I rearrange existing photos into a new dated folder structure?
Last week, we discussed how to create, rename and delete folders, and how to move photos between folders. If you’re moving to a dated folder structure, Lightroom won’t create the folder structure automatically, but it can help. Here’s how: Create your new dated folder structure in the Folders panel. Month folders inside of year folders… Click to continue
How do I reorganize my Folders panel?
Lightroom only automatically organizes photos (for example, into dated folders) while importing, but if your existing folder structure is a mess, you can tidy it up manually by creating, moving, renaming and deleting folders and photos. While Lightroom doesn’t care where the photos are stored, it does make it easier to back up and move Lightroom.… Click to continue
How do I copy metadata or edits between photos?
In last week’s post, we identified all of the duplicate photos in your catalog and deleted many of them. There may still be some duplicate photos left, whether these are real files on the hard drive or virtual copies created during the merge process, with edits you don’t want to lose. For example, you may… Click to continue
How do I clean up duplicate photos?
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been learning how to merge multiple catalogs into a single catalog. In the process, you may have ended up with a load of duplicated photos that you now need to clean up. But it’s not just merging catalogs that can introduce duplicates. Importing photos with Don’t import suspected duplicates unchecked, or importing… Click to continue
Merging Catalogs – Stage 4 – Cleanup
In the last few posts, we’ve been merging multiple catalogs into a single new Master catalog. Once the photos are all in a single catalog, you can finish cleaning up. Fix Missing Photos If any photos are still marked as missing, now’s the time to track down the originals and relink them. It’s important to… Click to continue