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Bringing it Home – The Lightroom Import Module – Part 1 of 2

Bringing photos into Lightroom has never been one of my favorite tasks. Lightroom 1 and 2 both had an import interface that seemed like it was thrown in as an after thought. Personally, I never used anything but the Import from Folder option in the prior versions of Lightroom. Never did I allow Lightroom to move [...]

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Lightroom 3 – the new ‘Process’

Lightroom 3 is a great product. It retained all the feel of Lightroom 2 while further refining and improving upon the formula that has made Lightroom the image processing tool of choice for many photographers. To many, the transition has been seamless, as if Lightroom 3 was simply an improvement to [...]

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X-Equals Image Kit – Vol. 2

Throughout the years we’ve released a bunch of free presets. Over time, it had become a bit of a challenge to find and download batches of our presets in an easy manner … so we created the X-Equals Image Kit Vol. 1. With our Email Digest, we’ve continued the tradition of releasing a new preset in [...]

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What’s your setup? – Ryan Klos

I don’t know about you, but I love learning how other photographers work. From their lighting setup to post processing tips, I find it intriguing. Heck, I find it downright fascinating! You can only deconstruct an image so far without talking to the photographer who made it. Until you do, it’s pretty much [...]

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Lens Correction and Alteration in Lightroom 3

Now that Lightroom 3 has finally arrived, everyone gets to take advantage of the new Lens Corrections panel. Adobe has many common lenses from various manufacturers profiled, and Lightroom can automatically correct any abnormalities and perspective issues present in the lens. Another benefit is that Adobe Labs has pre-released the Adobe [...]

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Link Party – Grab a drink and dig in …

I was cleaning up my laptop the other day in anticipation of my Lightroom 3 upgrade and I ran across a big hunkin’ list of bookmarks so let’s have a good old fashion Link Party! There’s a good mix of Photoshop, Lightroom, and shooting tips in here along with a bunch of free downloads and inspirational [...]

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Hack No More! – The Lightroom 3 Tone Curve

When you launch Lightroom 3 and head over to the Develop Module, you may notice some minor differences from Lightroom 2. The point of interest today is located in the Tone Curve palette. At first glance you see the old, friendly Parametric Tone Curve tool Lightroom has had since day one. But look closer. At the bottom, [...]

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Hands on the Thermostat! – Color Temperature in Monochrome

When working with a monochrome conversion it is all too easy to simply rely on the Grayscale Mixer in Lightroom to help you achieved your desired tone. The Grayscale Mixer does a fantastic job of allowing you control over the tonality of your image, but only as it relates to a particular color [...]

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Lightroom Print Templates – Picture Packages

Everyone knows about Lightoom’s presets (if not you should). From Development Presets to Export Presets – presets make you life easier. However, in the print module there are not any presets, per se. Instead you have the ability to save templates, maintaining a layout of images for print jobs. Personally I do [...]

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Freezeframe – Editing Action Sequences in Lightroom

This workflow from our May 12th Email Digest was so popular I thought I’d pull it over to the blog as well. I’m still having a blast shooting sequences, and would love to hear how you folks are shooting them out in the field. I’m looking forward to your comments! Something new We ran a contest a while [...]

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