If you need to move photos to another hard drive, perhaps because you’ve outgrown your existing hard drive, there are two main options. As a rule of thumb, you can use option two for moving a few photos/folders, but option one is safer when moving … Click to continue
How do I find and move or rename my catalog?
When you opened Lightroom the very first time, Lightroom created a catalog to store the information about your photos. Whether you're tidying up, moving to a new hard drive, or even just checking your backups, you'll need to know where to find … Click to continue
Why doesn’t my Lightroom version support my new camera?
You buy a lovely new camera, the latest released, shoot some photos and excitedly connect your SD card to import your photos into Lightroom - and Lightroom says your raw files are an unsupported raw file type. Yet the file extension is the same as … Click to continue
Moving Lightroom to a New Computer – New FREE eBook
One of the questions we're most frequently asked is ‘How do I move Lightroom to a new computer?’ It's one of those scary moments when you know all your precious photos and edits rely on getting the move right, and unfortunately there's plenty of … Click to continue
Which Lightroom files do I need to back up?
Whether you're backing up Lightroom ready to move to a new computer, upgrade your operating system, or you're just double checking your main backups, you'll need to know which Lightroom files to include in your backups. There's a fair number of … Click to continue
How do I clean up duplicate photos?
Over time, you may have ended up with a load of duplicated photos that you need to clean up. Merging catalogs can introduce duplicates, but so can importing photos with Don't import suspected duplicates unchecked, importing exported photos or using … Click to continue
Lightroom and macOS Mojave Compatibility
The newest Mac operating system, macOS 10.14 Mojave, went live yesterday. The big question is, does Lightroom work? Lightroom The good news is Lightroom Classic 7.5, Lightroom CC 1.5 and Lightroom 6.14 (and as-yet-unreleased later … Click to continue
Where have my default presets (like Punch) gone in Lightroom Classic 7.5?
If you're wondering where your Lightroom Classic default presets have disappeared to, Adobe has just hidden the legacy ones in the latest release. It's very easy to bring them back though... Go to the Presets panel + button and select Manage … Click to continue
How do I sync my Lightroom Classic profiles & presets to the Lightroom CC mobile apps?
A couple of days ago, Adobe announced custom profile & presets syncing via the Lightroom CC cloud. Lightroom Classic does NOT sync these profiles/presets, but don't worry, there is still a way to get your profiles and presets to the mobile apps - … Click to continue
Lightroom Classic File Locations
If you need to find Lightroom’s files at any time, you’ll need to know where to look, so here are the most frequently used Lightroom file locations. By default, the boot drive is C: on Windows and Macintosh HD on Mac. If your operating system is … Click to continue
Lightroom Raw & Creative Profiles
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
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 and macOS High Sierra Compatibility
The newest Mac operating system, macOS 10.13 Sierra, goes live later today. The big question is, does Lightroom work? The good news is Lightroom CC 2015.12 and Lightroom 6.12 and later do work on High Sierra. Older Lightroom … 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
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