Wacom Intuos Draw Unboxing and tablet advice
Using a tablet is a surefire way to improve your retouching. I recently had to update mine, so here’s my unboxing and tips for getting started with a tablet.
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Setting up Palette for Lightroom
Yesterday I had an informal look at Palette, so here’s a look at how you set it up for use with Lightroom.
Continue ReadingGetting on with it during Import
Possibly the most annoying thing in Lightroom is when you’re working on a set of photos, but have another set to ingest. You put in the card, fill in the bits you need, and start import- even faster if you don’t need to enter anything and use an Import Preset. But then the Import takes […]
Continue ReadingBreaking a Raw myth
I bought a tutorial video yesterday. I may choose to review it at some stage, but I’m not sure it would be a good review. Loads of good facts, but a few inaccuracies to say the least. One of these was ‘Only use Raw’-which is spot on for most things. But next it talked about […]
Continue ReadingOne or more catalogs?
Sara Collaton asked this question on Twitter yesterday of a number of Lightroom users. I could say experts, but it’s you guys and girls that get to decide who is or isn’t an expert! Anyway, to the topic at hand and my opinion on the matter. Lightroom can have as many catalogs as you like, […]
Continue ReadingFrom Lightroom to iPad and back again.
I’ve already been raving about Photosmith, so here’s a tale of workarounds and workflow. This is entirely unsupported, but it may be useful for you, if you need to move from Lightroom to the iPad/Photosmith and back again as I do. Before I went to Scotland I did an editorial shoot with a full team […]
Continue ReadingWhat is Lightroom?
Lightroom is a workflow program specifically designed for photographers. Rather than go down the traditional route of being browser based, Lightroom uses a database to store information about files that are added to the program. With browsers, previews and information are stored in each folder that is accessed by the program. Lightroom on the other […]
Continue ReadingLightroom Delete
Deleting images might seem like a straightforward thing to do. If you’re sitting in a Folder in Lightroom then hitting the Delete key should do just that, shouldn’t it? Well kinda. If you hit Delete in a Folder you’ll be presented with a dialog that gives you 3 options: Delete from Disk, Cancel or Remove. […]
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