Color management is a huge topic in its own right, but Lightroom handles most of it for you. It’s only when you come to export photos that you need to pick the right color space for your purpose. So, here's a quick introduction to the subject. If … 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
What’s the difference between Render Using Lightroom and Open Anyway in the ACR mismatch dialog?
If you’re working with a mismatched ACR version (i.e. ACR 5.7 in CS4 with Lightroom 4.0), you should see the ACR Mismatch dialog, which allows you to choose how to handle the file. There’s a diagram of the options and their results at the end of this … Click to continue
Lightroom can’t find Photoshop to use Edit in Photoshop—how do I fix it?
When Lightroom starts up, it checks to see whether Photoshop or Photoshop Elements are installed, and if it can’t find them, then the Edit in Photoshop menu command is disabled. If you install a new version of Photoshop, and then uninstall an … Click to continue
What happens if I’m still using an older version of ACR and Photoshop?
Yesterday David asked the question... "If I am using CS4 (PS4) and I upgrade to LR3, if I choose “EDIT WITH PS” will I get a warning message regarding ACR versions (6 vs 5)? I assume that PS4 does not support ACR 6 and will thus not maintain ACR mods … Click to continue
ACR 5.7 and LR 2.7… and LR3, CS4, CS5 and how they all fit together
There's still considerable confusion about the recent Lightroom 2.7 and ACR 5.7 updates and their compatibility with Lightroom 3. To complicate it further, although LR 2.7's basic processing matches the ACR 5.7 release, on this occasion ACR 5.7 … Click to continue
How do I change the primary External Editor from Photoshop CS4 back to CS3?
Lightroom automatically chooses its own primary External Editor, based on registry entries on Windows and preference files on Mac. It'll generally default to the newest version of Photoshop, and if it can't find Photoshop, it'll use Photoshop … Click to continue
Lightroom 2.2 Compatibility with CS3
There's some confusion over a dialog box which has reared its head again in Lightroom 2.2. It appears when you try to edit a raw file in CS3 rather than CS4, and warns that you need ACR 5.2 for complete compatibility. Are Adobe saying that you … Click to continue