Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

I gotta say, when I discovered this week's video tip I was pretty excited. I shoot in Raw 100% of the time now but I'll still have to deal with JPEGs because a) I have older files that I didn't shoot in raw, b) I'll have files from my wife's point-n-shoot that are JPEGs, c) some one gives me a file to work on that isn't raw. Well, one of the biggest challenges is getting the right color balance and Lightroom's white balance preset list (Cloudy, Flash, Daylight, etc...) help out a lot. But they don't work on JPEGs right? Wrong! They do. I'll show ya how in this week's video.

Have a safe and happy new year everyone!

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Hey there! I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and enjoyed the holidays - I know I did. Now that things have settled down, I wanted to share a preset that I created for a family member over the weekend. It's based on a contact sheet but instead of a lot of photos across and down, I created one with just 2 across and 2 down. Then I added an identity plate right below in the white space and it turned out pretty darn cool. Now I personally used (and like best) the vertical version but I've also included a horizontal one too.

Print presets work pretty much like other presets. The best thing to do is just go to your Template Browser in the Print module, right click on "User Templates" and choose Import. Then select the file that you've downloaded from here (don't forget to Unzip it first). Enjoy!

Click here to see a sample of the preset.
Click here to download Matt's Single Photo Flush Left/Right presets
Click here to see a video on how to install presets REMEMBER: YOU NEED TO BE IN THE PRINT MODULE, NOT THE DEVELOP MODULE FOR THESE PRESETS.

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It's time for another update to some presets I released a few months back. If you recall from a previous post, Lightroom 2.2 has included the new camera profiles by default. If you're not sure what they are then make sure you watch this video. Now, if you went ahead and removed the old beta profiles then you'll quickly find the presets I created for them back in the summer don't work anymore. So I've updated them for both the Nikon and Canon profiles. There's actually two downloads so make sure you download the one for your camera brand.

• Click here to download Nikon's Camera Profiles.
• Click here to download Canon's Camera Profiles.
• Click here to see a video on how to install presets.

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Happy video tip Friday! I came up with a really neat tip this week for using Smart Collections for finding my processed HDR images. I started writing it down but it just works so much better as a video. Plus, it gave me the chance to extend on it and explain some examples that, even if you're not into HDR, you can still make use of the tip. If you've got any personal ideas on how you use Smart Collections (or this video spurred some ideas) please make sure you share them with us in the comments. Take care and have a great weekend!

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Once again I have the honor of being a guest blogger today on Scott Kelby's blog so make sure you check it out and leave a comment there for me. (let 'em all know you're a Lightroom Killer Tips visitor!)
Last time I had about a month to prepare for my guest blog appearance, but this time some last minute things happened and I only had a day. Luckily I already had a topic I was just itching to write about and this turned out to be the perfect place for it. I won't spoil it for you if you haven't read it already, but let's just say that it's somewhat controversial and puts many of the things that we're taught in Photoshop (heck, even I teach those things) into question. I also posted a quick tip about removing the old beta Camera Profiles so make sure you check out the next post. See ya!

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