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 beyond its intended purpose. I’ve long been a fan of Matt Campagna’s work at The Turning… 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 like the presets you can create yourself. The key is knowing which combination of sliders to move… Click to continue
I accidentally deleted my photos from my hard drive and I don’t have backups! Can I create JPEGs from Lightroom’s previews?
There’s an updated Lightroom 4 version of these instructions in the Knowledgebase. David just posted this very question in one of my blog comments, so I thought it was about time I posted this for reference… If you’ve deleted your original files, you don’t have backups, and they’re not in the Recycle Bin (Windows)… Click to continue
Plug-ins Galore!
There seems to have been a recent flurry of plug-in releases, with many being real time-savers, and adding great new functionality to Lightroom. Here’s a few of the latest additions for you to explore: SLR’s with video have quickly become popular, but until now, Lightroom hasn’t had the facility to import or manage those video… Click to continue
Watermarking with Lightroom and LR2/Mogrify
It’s true, the watermarking facilities currently in Lightroom 2 are a bit limited. Ok, very limited! But all is not lost… Lightroom plug-in programmer Timothy Armes came to the rescue with the well known LR2/Mogrify plug-in, and LR/Mogrify before that, adding fully configurable presentation options. LR2/Mogrify is donationware, and the trial allows you to process… Click to continue
LR/Transporter marks files from text list
Tim Armes has just released an update to his LR/Transporter Lightroom plug-in. This is hot off the press – it’s not even documented yet. The new feature is for Lightroom 2 only. Many online ordering cart systems will provide a text file with a list of the files that the customer has chosen. Particularly for… Click to continue