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Creaceed Announces New Hydra HDR Plug-in For Lightroom And Aperture – Supports 64-bit Processing In Both Apps

Creaceed Announces New Hydra HDR Plug-in For Lightroom And Aperture – Supports 64-bit Processing In Both Apps

Creaceed is now shipping 64-bit versions of it’s Hydra HDR plug-in for Aperture 3 and today announced they were covering the all bases and also supporting a new Export Plug-in for Lightroom. A single license of $79.95 is valid for the stand alone version as well as both plugins. The plug-ins are also available as ... read more

February 23, 2010 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Using Lightroom On Small Screens

Using Lightroom On Small Screens

An application like Lightroom really screams out for a couple huge 30" displays. While that might be possible in a studio environment, many times photographers have to make due with smaller laptop displays. In order to accommodate this, Lightroom has several features that allow you to maximize the screen real estate to focus on the ... read more

February 20, 2010 in Tips by John Omvik 0 comments

Lights Out – Quick Way To Change Viewing Conditions In Lightroom

Lights Out – Quick Way To Change Viewing Conditions In Lightroom

Every photographer knows (or should know) that humans perceive images differently based on the surroundings. That is precisely why we frame our prints in mattes. Even though the Lightroom interface has a relatively dark neutral interface, sometimes it helps to remove the clutter to really enjoy and evaluate the final images. For this Lightroom has ... read more

February 11, 2010 in Tips by John Omvik 0 comments

Improving Editing Workflow With Auto Advance

Improving Editing Workflow With Auto Advance

Auto Advance is a little known setting in Lightroom that can help you significantly improve your editing (Selection) workflow by automatically moving on to the next image in a series after you have applied a star or color rating. In this brief tip I’ll show you how you can apply this feature to your workflow.Library ... read more

February 7, 2010 in Tips by John Omvik 2 comments

Using The Histogram And Exposure Tools In Lightroom

Using The Histogram And Exposure Tools In Lightroom

Lightroom has very powerful tools for setting exposure and proper tonal range of images. In this Tip we will explore the four main exposure controls and how to judge an image based on its histogram using the shadow and highlight warning toolsThe ToolsLightroom’s key exposure controls are located on the top right side of the ... read more

February 2, 2010 in Tips by John Omvik 0 comments

Ask Mac Create –  Lightroom 3 Webinar

Ask Mac Create – Lightroom 3 Webinar

Join us for a Lightroom 3 webinar on December 17th. We’ll talk about import and organization strategies and take questions.read more

December 11, 2009 in Tutorials by David Schloss 0 comments

Batch Cropping In Lightroom 3

Batch Cropping In Lightroom 3

How to batch crop multiple images in Lightroom 3IntroductionCropping is typically considered to be an action done to an individual image, but in many cases it can also be a critical component of a high volume workflow. The process of cropping multiple images in Photoshop can be quite tedious and time consuming. Lightroom’s powerful non-destructive ... read more

November 25, 2009 in Tutorials by John Omvik 0 comments