We often hear about resolution and PPI. But what do they mean? How do they interact? And how do you know which settings to select for different uses? Why is resolution important? When digital photographers speak of image size, they’re … Click to continue
How do I add a graphical watermark to my photos?
Last week we looked at adding a text watermark to our photos. We often use this to identify us as the photographer. But you may prefer to use a graphical watermark, perhaps to add your signature. Or businesses often want to include their logo. How do … Click to continue
How do I add a text watermark to my photos?
Some photographers use a subtle watermark to ‘sign’ their artwork. Others use it as part of their branding, promoting their website. Many believe a watermark helps to discourage people from stealing their photographs. All Lightroom versions allow you … Click to continue
The Turning Gate’s Client Response Gallery
You may have looked at Lightroom's Web module and decided the galleries are... well... a little boring. Taken straight out of the box, that might be a fair comment, but there are some fantastic third-party galleries that stretch the limits well … Click to continue
What PPI setting should I enter in the Export dialog?
The PPI (Pixels Per Inch) setting, or Resolution, is generally irrelevant as long as the overall pixel dimensions are correct. As a side point, DPI refers to Dots Per Inch, which doesn’t apply to digital images until they’re dots on a piece of … Click to continue
Lightroom Calendars for 2014
How about a nice little Lightroom project for the weekend? 2014 is coming up quickly - do you have your calendar yet? What if you could easily make a 2014 calendar in Lightroom, featuring your own favorite photos? Now you can! So what will you … Click to continue
Book Page Templates
I haven't run into anyone else distributing Book Templates yet, but these look useful! If you know of any more that you think should be included, please let me know. Enjoy! Ferdinand Veldman's template creation tool Tania Vesta's … Click to continue
0kb Lightroom exports? Dropbox are on to it
There's been a sudden flurry of reports about Lightroom Export creating 0kb files when exporting to a Dropbox folder. The cause is very simple - Lightroom creates a placeholder while exporting, and Dropbox is now grabbing those 0kb placeholders to … Click to continue
Print Templates
In addition to the roaring trade in Develop Presets, Print module templates have also become popular. I've listed some of the most popular ones below. If you know of any more that you think should be included, please let me know. Enjoy! MCP … Click to continue
Web Galleries
If you have a Lightroom web gallery template that you’d like considered, feel free to send me an email. Matt Campagna - Turning Gate Koken Tim Armes - Photographer's Toolbox Juicebox Gallerific … Click to continue
Lightroom Calendars for 2012
How about a nice little Lightroom project for the weekend? 2012 is coming up quickly - do you have your calendar yet? What if you could easily make a 2012 calendar in Lightroom, featuring your own favorite photos? So what will you … Click to continue
Watermark Downloads
Don't know quite where to start with designing your own watermark? Feel free to download the examples below and adapt them to your own needs, or just use them to give you a few ideas. Need a really obvious watermark? Then how about … Click to continue
An inventive use of print templates
I do love to see the inventive ways that people find to use Lightroom's many tools, and this one really caught my eye... Ariana Falerni has just released a set of room images and Lightroom Print Templates that allow you to preview groups of photos … Click to continue
Why can’t CS2 save as jpeg when local adjustments were used in Lightroom?
Edit a file in Lightroom using the new local adjustments - the gradient tool or adjustment brush - and then open that file in Photoshop CS2 via Edit in Photoshop or Export.... and if you try to save it as a jpeg, Photoshop will complain with an error … 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 … Click to continue