Today, I have a video that I want to share with you.
In today’s video you’re going to learn how to export images from Lightroom with watermarks to protect them. I’ll guide you step by step through the entire process.
Enjoy!
Posts Tagged ‘Lightroom 3’
Export images with Watermarks in Lightroom 3
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Post to Google+ from Lightroom
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Some of you may have started using Google+, so have I. I have actually been encouraged to look at it by someone and I liked it, so I started posting on Google+.
If you haven’t heard about Google+, have a look online. Google+ is a great place to share images etc, and many photographers have already joined it. As the photographers are using Lightroom (and not just professionals, some serious hobbists as well), there came an idea to share images on Google+ from within Lightroom.
You can share your images from Lightroom to Google Picasas service and then share them on Google+.
To start with, you will need to install Jeffrey Friedl’s Export to Picasaweb Lightroom Plugin. You may have heard about Jeffrey before, I have posted about him and his plugins in the past. He has created a number of plugins for Lightroom. Definitely, have a look at his website, you may find something interesting.
Once you’ve downloaded the plugin, just follow the instructions to install it and link to the google account. You can also create Picasa album:
I will expand in that in the next post later this week.
Enjoy! 
Why do I need the latest version of Lightroom or Photoshop?
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Welcome to today’s post. I know what you’re thinking - I need the latest version of Photoshop or Lightroom to get all the new features, bugs and fixes. Well, yes obviously but I actually had something else in mind.
Following the yesterday’s post, I wanted to talk a bit more about camera support in Camera Raw (by the way, Camera Raw found in Lightroom and Photoshop, and Bridge is the same, so Camera Raw 6 is found in Photoshop CS5, Bridge CS5, and Lightroom 3). In case you missed yesterday’s post, here’s the link for you:
Lightroom/Photoshop doesn’t support my camera…
What I wanted to talk about today, is the following question I get asked quite a lot on my Lightroom and Photoshop training for Photographers:
” Why do I need to have the latest version of Photoshop/Lightroom to get my camera supported? Why older versions of Photoshop/Lightroom don’t support new cameras? “
My answer is: You don’t have to have the latest version of Photoshop/Lightroom to work with your raw images from a new camera. You can access your raw images in Lightroom 1 and 2, and in Photoshop CS2, CS3, and CS4 as well. However, there is a trick here… Well, not really a trick, just kidding 
You can access your raw images by using the Adobe DNG Converter. This is one of the advantages of using DNG – backward compatibility. Let me explain before I give you a link to the DNG Converter.
There are a number of advantages of using DNG files as opposed to the raw format from your camera (remember, every camera uses a slightly different raw specification, so raw files from different cameras, even from the same manufacturer, are different. Here are some advantages:
- DNG files are smaller, so you save disk space
- DNG file format is open-source, which means that it is widely available for developers to contribute to the development of the format
- All the adjustments, keywords, and all metadata is stored in the file, so you don’t have to worry about using sidecar files
Which file format you choose is completely up to you, these are just some of the advantages of using the DNG file format and the Converter to convert your raw files.
Finally, let me give you a link to the DNG Converter:
Adobe DNG 6.4 Converter – Windows
I hope you found it useful and I hope to see you here tomorrow for a great photography post.
Lightroom 3.5 announced
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Adobe have announced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 RC – Release Candidate.
What does Release Candidate mean? Here’s what Adobe say about that:
A “release candidate” label indicates that this update is well tested but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all of our customers.
Lightroom 3.5 brings support for many new cameras and lens profiles:
- Fuji FinePix F600EXR
- Olympus E-P3
- Olympus E-PL3
- Olympus E-PM1
- Panasonic DMC-G3
- Panasonic DMC-GF3
- Phase One IQ140
- Phase One IQ160
- Phase One P40+
- Phase One P65+
- Sony Alpha NEX-C3
- Sony SLT-A35
Plus there are many new lens profiles in this update as well:
| Canon | Canon EF 14mm f/2.8 L USM |
| Canon | SIGMA APO 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 2.2/100 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 2.8/80 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.2/150 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.2/150N |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.5/35 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.5/50-II |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.5/50 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.5-4.5/50-110 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 4/210 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 4.5/300 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC Macro 4/120-II |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC Macro 4/120 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HCD 4/28 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HCD 4-5.6/35-90 |
| Nikon | Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED |
| Nikon | Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED |
| Nikon | Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G ED |
| Nikon | Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G |
| Nikon | SIGMA APO 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM |
| Pentax | SIGMA 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM |
| Sigma | SIGMA 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM |
| Sony | SIGMA 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM |
| Sony | TAMRON 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II PZD B008S |
| Sony | TAMRON SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di USD A005S |
As usual, some issues have been fixed in the release. New releases are not just about new cameras support, but fixing bugs. Among many improvements, these are just a few:
- Lightroom 3.2 introduced preview cache inefficiencies
- For non-English language operating systems, folder names in the import dialog may not have been translating properly
- When exporting images with the “Write Keywords as Lightroom Hierarchy” enabled, keywords with “Include on Export” deselected would still have been included on export
and many more.
To download Lightroom 3.5 Release Candidate, visit Adobe Labs website.
Enjoy!
Time saving techniques in Lightroom
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Are you a kind of person that is always looking for new techniques and new ways to doing things? I know I am this kind of a person. I am always looking for new, better ways to achieve the goal. New keyboard shortcuts? I’m interested! New time saving techniques? I’m interested!
Today, I want to share with you an article I found online on time saving techniques in Lightroom.
I have found an article by Scott Williams on 5 time saving techniques in Lightroom.
I hope you’ll enjoy it. Have fun!
See you on Monday. Here’s a link for you:
5 Tips That Will Save You Time in Lightroom 3.
Customise the Identity Plate and Panel End Marks in Lightroom
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Hello guys,
It’s time for another episode of Photoshop Lightroom TV!
It’s another week and another episode. This week I’m talking about customising the Identity Plate and Panel End Marks in Lightroom. Maybe not something exciting, but a nice way to customise your Lightroom interface, give it some personal look.
As you customise the Identity Plate, you can use your own text, or a graphic. As an example, you can use a graphic of your business logo, your company logo, or anything you like. Feel free to experiment and try out different options. So let me give you a link:
Photoshop Lightroom TV – Episode 52.
Of course there is much more than just one tutorial on customising your Lightroom interface, so go on and watch it for yourself!
See you tomorrow!
Could Scott Kelby be wrong?
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Hello guys,
This may have caught your attention, right? I’m sure you have heard about Scott Kelby before, he’s a famous author of many books about Photoshop and Lightroom. I have followed Scott for a long time, watching his online videos/tutorials and I have learnt a lot at the beginning. He had lots of interesting tutorials and it was fun to watch.
I remember when Lightroom 2 came out and for the first time we could start shooting tethered straight from your camera into Lightroom. This was an amazing new feature in Lightroom 2 and it still is a great feature in Lightroom 3 (it has been improved a lot in Lightroom 3, because now you don’t have to install all the software that comes with your camera, in case of Canon it used to be around 700MB!).
Somewhere along the time, I remember Scott Kelby saying that when you shoot tethered in Lightroom you shoot straight from the camera into Lightroom without writing the files onto the memory card in your camera. This sounded interesting and I did some tests on my camera but apparently the images are being saved onto the memory card, at least on my canon camera… So I’m not sure what he meant by saying that you can skip your memory card and shoot straight into Lightroom… Maybe it works like that with Nikon camera, or maybe some other Canon cameras? I’m not sure. With Canon EOS 7 that I use, the files are being saved onto the memory card anyway.
Maybe someone here can put some light onto the thing discussed. Let me know what you guys think.
Roundtrip editing with Lightroom and Photoshop – Video
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Last week I was posting about roundtrip editing between Lightroom and Photoshop and I thought I would create a video about it.
Adobe did great job creating roundtrip editing options in Lightroom. When working in Lightroom, you can jump into Photoshop, edit an image, and come back to Lightroom. And even the image you were working on (providing you saved it) will appear in your Catalogue in Lightroom next to the existing image!
You can do additional editing to your photos using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements from within Lightroom. You need to have either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements installed on your computer for this feature to be available.
How do you do it? I have created a video showing different ways of editing images from Lightroom in Photoshop using raw and jpegs.
Enjoy watching!
Change the size of the Thumbnails in Lightroom
Monday, June 20th, 2011Hi,
I know what you may be thinking: “Changing the size of the Thumbnails in Lightroom? Not a big deal…”
Actually, it is a big deal because I’m talking about the Import dialogue box!
Do you know that when you import the images into Lightroom, you can change the size of the thumbnails in the Import dialogue box? When importing images from a memory card you can resize the thumbnails using the preview slider at the bottom right of the Import dialogue box.
Using the slider Thumbnails in the bottom right corner of the Import dialogue box under the previews, you can make the thumbnails as big as you want (or as small as you want). By making the thumbnails really big you can decide which images are good enough to be imported so you don’t waste time importing all the images and then removing many of them. This is a real time saver so you don’t waste time with images that are not good enough to be kept.
I hope you like this tip. You can expect more tips like this one in the next few posts.
Have a fabulous day! And see you tomorrow!
Episode 45 of Photoshop Lightroom TV
Monday, June 6th, 2011Have you watched Episode 45 of Photoshop Lightroom TV already? If you haven’t, go and watch it. I’ve got lots of great tutorials and tips, tricks for you.
You’re in for a real treat!
How about generating previews in Lightroom? Do you know how to generate previews after you’ve imported images into Lightroom? If you don’t, go and watch the latest episode of Photoshop Lightroom TV right now!
Here’s a link for you:
Photoshop Lightroom TV – Episode 45.
How about taking screenshots and preparing them to use in blogs, posts, and articles? Do you know how to prepare a screenshot, crop it, retouch it and adjust it the way you want it? Do you know how to export it to the web, so you get the best quality with a decent file size? That’s what I’m talking about this week on Photoshop Lightroom TV.
Go and watch Photoshop Lightroom TV. You can also watch the previous episodes on the website, although some of them will be removed soon to make more space for all new episodes.
Here’s a link for you:
Photoshop Lightroom TV – Episode 45.
Enjoy!
