As Summer winds down to a close here in Chicago, we’ve taken some time to reflect on the past few seasons and some of our favorite posts.
These little gems are a small taste of our upcoming Best Practices in Workflow book coming out in December*.
We guarantee one of the below posts will shave 10 minutes or more off of your existing workflow(s) or our name isn’t X-Equals!
Dig in!
The Name Game – Keywording and Tagging in Lightroom
We got lucky on this one because master Lightroom Guru Scott Rouse walks through all you need to know to become a master working with keywords in Lightroom.
The Name Game – Keywording and Tagging in Lightroom
Sharpening in Lightroom
Our resident author and master-in-workflow Mike Gray delivers a special 2-part series that teaches you all the Jedi mind tricks necessary to master sharpening in Lightroom
Sharpening in Lightroom – Part 1 of 2
Sharpening in Lightroom – Part 2 of 2
Making Your Mark – Watermarking with Lightroom
Rob Sylvan from Photofocus shares his insights and expertise to deliver all things related to watermarking your images in Lightroom like a pro.
Making Your Mark – Watermarking with Lightroom
Monochrome Mojo – Mixing in Grayscale
Good things come in 2’s, and this is no exception. We go through a mountain of approaches to converting your images to grayscale and sweeten the deal … with 15+ FREE Lightroom Presets available for download.
Monochrome Mojo – Mixing in Grayscale – Part 1 of 2
Monochrome Mojo – Mixing in Grayscale – Part 2 of 2
Film to Digital – Scanning Essentials 101
Got a roll of film in your hands and want to best utilize your scanner for post-processing in Lightroom? … there’s a post for that.
Film to Digital – Scanning Essentials 101 – Part 1 of 2
Film to Digital – Scanning Essentials 101 – Part 2 of 2
Digital Asset Management – The X= Way
Go under the hood too see exactly how we organize, store, and catalog images in Lightroom … over 2 milion and counting
Digital Asset Management – The X= Way – A Prelude
Digital Asset Management – The X= Way – Part 1 of 4
Digital Asset Management – The X= Way – Part 2 of 4
Digital Asset Management – The X= Way – Part 3 of 4
Digital Asset Management – The X= Way – Part 4 of 4
Smart Is As Smart Does – Photoshop Smart Objects
Photoshop Smart Objects are one of the most under-rated features in Photoshop. Mike Gray explains how to take advantage of them in your Lightroom workflow.
Smart Is As Smart Does – Photoshop Smart Objects
Proportional Exposure Management
When you must tweak exposure proportionally across many images … and Syncing fails you … accept no substitute!
Proportional Exposure Management
Presets and Adobe Camera Raw – A Match Made in Heaven
Many Lightroom users are unaware that they can convert their favorite Lightroom presets over to ACR. Here’s a straightforward workflow that streamlines the conversion process using the metadata power of Adobe’s DNG file format.
Presets and Adobe Camera Raw – A Match Made in Heaven
Lightning Quick Galleries
Create and preview multiple versions of images utilizing varying presets with nothing more than a few simple key commands and a few minutes in the Web Module.
*not ALL of the above posts will be included in our Lightroom Best Practices in Workflow book