Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

Hi all. A while back I created a video on the non-Lightroom (but still very important) topic of calibration using a hardware calibration device. From what I can gather out there, a lot of photographers have heard the message loud and clear - use a hardware calibration device. I don't really care which one, just use one. However, from being out on the road I have seen a bit of confusion surrounding what type of calibration you need. There's monitor calibration to create a color profile for your screen, and there's printer calibration to create a profile for your printer. Which do you need? Watch the quick video I created to see.

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This week I wanted to tackle a tiny setting in the Lightroom 3 beta that you'll want to be aware of. It's called the Process Version. Even if you're not using the LR3 beta, this will eventually come into play in your life in the full version of LR 3 when it comes out, as well as Camera Raw.

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Well everyone, after this week I think we will have successfully beat this DNG thing into the ground. It's all good though. I think the topic is worth a little extra time. Anyway, I realized there was one question that came up a lot. It deals with if/how/when Lightroom will save all of your edits to the DNG files and where those edits get saved to. After trying to write out a long explanation I figured we could cover a lot more ground in a video.
Enjoy and have a great weekend!

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I sat down to write a quick post about all the little shortcuts and tips that I know about the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom 2 (and 3 beta) and I realized there's a truckload of them. So I created a video instead. I didn't actually go through and count but there's definitely more than 10 and I think most of them are pretty useful things to have around. Some are just shortcuts to sliders and effects you could do without the shortcut but some aren't actually found anywhere in the interface so without the shortcut you'd never be able to get to the same result. As I mentioned in the video, I'm sure there's something I'm missing so please drop a comment if you have anything to add. Thanks!

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Here's another one of those before and after videos for you folks. I know these are popular because they really show the workflow and the link between the two programs we tend to use most - Lightroom and Photoshop. I thought this particular photo made a great candidate because I was able to do some very neat things in Lightroom (more than a lot of people think is possible) but I also needed to move into Photoshop for some quick retouching. Hope you enjoy it. I'm actually taking the day off to spend with the family since they're off from school, but have a great Veterans Day / Wednesday.

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