You have a load of images you scanned or photographed, now you want them to appear in your Lightroom catalog in the right order - usually in some sort of date sequence. But of course, they all have current dates as that’s when they were created. If … Click to continue
How do I invert a negative scan in Lightroom?
Many photographers have boxes of old film negatives they would like to access in Lightroom. While most film scanning software can automatically invert the photos, this won't work when using a camera to photograph them. So, how do you invert your … 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
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 … 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 … 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, … 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 … 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 … Click to continue