Since version 3, Lightroom has offered a number of profiles to emulate different in-camera picture styles, but they’ve been hidden away in the Camera Calibration panel so most people didn’t know they existed. In the April 2018 Lightroom releases, … Click to continue
How do I change the default settings?
Go into Preferences > Presets panel and decide whether you want ‘Make defaults specific to camera serial number’ and ‘Make defaults specific to camera ISO setting’ turned on or off. Select a photo. Ensure that it’s updated to PV2012 and set … Click to continue
Why do photos in Lightroom have a yellow tint when they look fine elsewhere?
Strange colored previews that don’t match the exported photos in color managed programs are usually caused by a corrupted monitor profile. Lightroom uses the profile differently to other programs (perceptual rendering rather than relative … Click to continue
Should you use Lightroom Develop presets?
A few days ago I updated the list of free and paid Develop preset downloads, and spent some time experimenting with some of the downloaded presets. Like most things, presets have pros and cons. Applying a preset is an easy way to try a variety of … Click to continue
Slimming down for 2014
2013 flew by quickly, and 2014 is already upon us. Have you set any goals or new year's resolutions? Weight Loss with Lightroom According to Lifehacker, the most common resolution is to lose weight. Perhaps you've gained a few pounds … Click to continue
Updated list of Lightroom Develop presets
A cottage industry has grown up around Lightroom, with creative users making a range of Develop presets available for download. There's no secret sauce in commercial Develop presets. They simply move the Develop sliders to new positions, just … Click to continue
Getting used to the PV2012 Develop Sliders?
The Lightroom 4 beta was released just over a week ago. Are you getting used to the changes? The new Develop controls undoubtedly take a little getting used to, particularly if you've used ACR or Lightroom for some years. There are some great … Click to continue
Develop Presets
These are some of the most popular websites for downloading presets. The presets listed here are a mix of PV2012 (Lr4/5) and earlier (PV2010/2003), and I've split them into Free vs. Paid to help your search. If you know of any more that you think … Click to continue
Sneak peak at lens corrections – ACR 6.1 RC
A couple of weeks ago, Tom Hogarty, Lightroom Project Manager, gave a quick preview of the powerful new lens corrections tools that are promised for Lightroom 3's final release. You've been dying to play, ever since? ACR 6.1 for CS5 is now … Click to continue
Why won’t my white balance sync?
This one catches all of us out at some time or other... The white balance is perfect on photo A, so you sync the settings to photo B... but it doesn't change. So you try it again... and it still doesn't change. Why? As Shot is the key. If photo … 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 … 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 … Click to continue