The most recent release of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a photographer’s dream come true. The new and improved database catalogs add a new level of flexibility, control, and organization. Yet, much of the new Lightroom catalog functionality and strength isn’t being tapped into. In this tutorial, we’ll solve that problem by providing some tips that will improve how you use Lightroom.
- Show photos in the grid view and the filmstrip;
- Navigate between images;
- Rearrange photos in the grid view;
- Select photos in the grid view and the filmstrip;
- Rotate photos in the library module;
- Flip photos in the library module;
- Rotate or flip photos using the painter tool;
- Compare photos in the library module;
- Browse photos by folders;
- Synchronize folders.
Finding photos in the catalog - Lightroom tutorial:
- About finding photos in the catalog;
- Search for photos using the Find panel;
- Find photos using collections;
- Find photos using the Metadata Browser;
- Find photos using EXIF data;
- Find photos using the Keyword Tags panel.
Watch and uncover the most efficient way to work with multiple catalogs in LIghtroom. Discover how to combine catalogs by merging a “location “ catalog with one in the studio.
Painting light into an image using exposure controls on the adjustment brush in Adobe Lightroom 2. Also, tips on working with catalogs and quick groups. From an Intermediate Lightroom seminar held in Provo, UT in March 2009.
In this video tutorial we show you how to merge different Lightroom catalogs and move files between hard drives so that the work you've done in the Library module is preserved and Lightroom always knows where your images are. This technique is especially useful if you have created a separate catalog while on vacation or on a location shoot and now need to merge it with your main Lightroom catalog.