Where should you store your photos? And why does it matter? Because Lightroom doesn’t hide your photos away from you, they’re kept as normal image files in folders on your hard drive. It's one of the common misunderstandings we discussed here.The … Click to continue
Lightroom Classic Catalogs – Top 10 Misunderstandings
Lightroom Classic has two primary functions - organizing your photos and editing them. Although its organizational tools are powerful, they're also the most misunderstood. These are some of the most common catalog-related misunderstandings. #1 - … Click to continue
How do I change my monitor profile to check whether it’s corrupted?
If you're having preview problems of any description, the monitor profile is a likely suspect. This is especially if you've recently upgraded your operating system or graphics card driver, or installed a new monitor. To rule out the monitor profile … Click to continue
Why do my photos look different in Photoshop?
Sometimes you open a photo in Photoshop from Lightroom and the colors are different - often dull. So, why do your photos look different in Photoshop? A mismatch in colors is usually due to one of two reasons. Either it's a corrupted or incompatible … Click to continue
How do I consolidate photos from multiple drives?
When you start to run low on hard drive space, you may try to solve the problem by buying additional hard drives. However, over time, it's easy to end up with photos all over the place, and then it’s hard to check that they're all being backed up. In … Click to continue
Lightroom thinks my photos are missing—how do I fix it?
At some stage, most people run into worrying exclamation points or question marks denoting missing files. These warnings appear when Lightroom can no longer find the photos at their last known location. But if Lightroom thinks my photos are … Click to continue
How do I move only my photos to another hard drive, leaving the catalog where it is?
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 one for moving a few photos/folders, but option two 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
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
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