Mac file permissions are often the causes of random issues, and can even cause crashing. Lightroom has been lax about permissions, but with more bug reports coming in related to them, Adobe have taken a step to force users to fix the issues before allowing Lightroom to run. It’s a pain for most affected users, […]
Continue ReadingLightroom 6.2.1 is out now and fixes a major Mac crasher, as well as increasing stability on both Mac and PC. With this release out, product manager Tom Hogarty has issued an apology for the issues with 6.2. “I’d like to personally apologize for the quality of the Lightroom 6.2 release we shipped on Monday. […]
Continue ReadingNikon D810 users that have updated to Lightroom 6.1/CC.1 are reporting that Lightroom has lowered the contrast in their images. What’s happened is that profile library file is somehow missing the presence of the Adobe Standard profile. The profile is actually there in the correct location, but it’s hidden to Lightroom. Lightroom then selects the […]
Continue ReadingBy default Lightroom will have the GPU on, unless it encounters an error with the GPU. The GPU really needs to be good, or Lightroom will actually be slower to use. Sometimes you can have crashes on startup, even with the 6.01 update so here’s a way to turn off the GPU without opening Lightroom. […]
Continue ReadingI’ve posted about the announcement relating to Lightroom 5 Hot Issues, but it’s a different ball game when that issue is one you’re really feeling. I export a lot of stuff for web. Blogs, Facebook, Twitter etc, so this one is a pain. What is it, I hear you ask? Well, if you’re exporting at […]
Continue ReadingIn case you’re having issues with Lightroom 5, they’ve posted a list hot issues over on Lightroom Journal. The list includes: Noise Reduction and Sharpening Not Visible on export Incorrect photos selected when working with Publish Services Presets Disappearing when Upgrading Catalog to Lr5 Revel Publish Service Lightroom 5 in the Adobe Application Manager There […]
Continue ReadingLightroom Product Manager Tom Hogarty has posted a list of Lightroom 4 issues that have cropped up and details on how Adobe are working on them. Included in the list are Point Curve Migration Issues-LR4 lose custom point curves. Edit In.. issues with 3rd party plugins notably NIK Edit In Photoshop requires 7.0-Camera Raw 6.7 […]
Continue ReadingAfter a comment by Derrick Story on Twitter, Tom Hogarty (Lightroom Product Manager) posted an announcement on installing Lightroom under Snow Leopard. Due to an incompatibility between the original installer for Lightroom 2.0, Lightroom cannot be installed from the disk. While this issue was fixed with Lightroom 2.1, you’ll still be better off downloading the […]
Continue ReadingBecause Lightroom use a percentage scale rather than the older 0-255 scale, a lot of people ask for such a scale to be added to Lightroom. While in theory it seems like you just convert the numbers and you’re done, it’s actually not that simple.The 0-255 scale is a measure that comes from 8 bit […]
Continue ReadingThere’s been some questions and concern expressed in a few places about the where you should keep your Lightroom plugins (I’m not referring to Web Engines here, they do have a specific place). The SDK tells us that Lightroom looks in a specific place for Plugins. In Mac OS (current user) ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/ModulesIn Mac OS […]
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