Lightroom Resources

Danger! Warning! Do not upgrade to Lighroom 4.0 from 3.x.

The Adobe Lightroom 4.1 RC2 is now available. – This includes a fix for the Point Curve bug Adobe blessed us with in version 4.0.

Check back every few weeks as I will update this page with interesting things whenever I run across something.

Lightroom 4.x

Here is a good post about all the new things in Lightroom 4: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/7481161037/lightroom-4-public-beta-whats-new

Getting used to the PV2012 Develop Sliders – some quick but useful tips.

What’s new in Lightroom 4.x videos from Adobe.

Setting Up & Configuring Lightroom

Download the Adobe DNG converter here:

For Windows:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=106&platform=Windows

For Mac:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=106&platform=Macintosh

Detailed information on optimizing LR’s setting can be found here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/400/kb400808.html

The official Adobe LR support forum. http://forums.adobe.com/community/lightroom

Adobe TV – Lightroom – video tutorials. http://tv.adobe.com/product/lightroom/

Photoshop Express – an online version of Photoshop. http://www.photoshop.com/tools/expresseditor?wf=editor

Lightroom 3.x Manual in PDF format: http:/204EastSouth.com/pdf/lightroom_3_help.pdf

Lightroom 3.x keyboard shotcuts in PDF format: http:/204EastSouth.com/pdf/lightroom_3_shortcuts.pdf

Lightroom 2.x keyboard shotcuts in PDF format: http:/204EastSouth.com/pdf/lightroom_2_shortcuts.pdf

I put a video up on YouTube where I go over creating the shortcuts to your catalogs, backups and presets and why you would want to do this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr6yehNAbNM

Develop Module:

How to simulate a tilt shift look in Lightroom: http://lightroomsecrets.com/2011/06/tilt-shift-simulation-in-lightroom/

Develop Presets – free unless otherwise specified.

Over 190 free presets for Adobe Lightroom from onOne Software: http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/perfect-presets-lightroom/

Lightroom Extensions:

LR/Enfuse – Blend Multiple Exposures together in Adobe Lightroom – will work for free but only produces a small image. Donate money to unlock and create full size images.

Jeffrey Friedl’s Blog – Lightroom Goodies – There are some fantastic things here, both plug-ins and extensions and presets plus good information about Lightroom. He has also written an extension which lets you export from LR straight to Twitter. It’s pretty damn cool. I’m a fan.

The Turning Gate – Flash Web Galleries you can add to the Web Module.

An extension that allows you to publish to your fan page or business page on Facebook: http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/facebook

Lightroom General Tips and Help and Tutorials:

I’ve read more than a few Lightroom books. One that I think is very good and worth your time is The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby. In fact pretty much any book by Scott Kelby is worth your time. This guy is very good.

Another good LR book is the massive 600 page The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book by Martin Evening. Be warned – this is not an introductory level book. I would not suggest reading this one if you are totally new to Lightroom.

Lightroom Killer Tips Blog – pretty much what the title says it is. You can pick up some good ideas here. http://lightroomkillertips.com/

10 Quick and Easy Lightroom Tricks Every User Should Know. http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/post-processing/10-quick-and-easy-lightroom-tricks-every-user-should-know/

100 reasons Lightroom is better than Bridge. What’s really good about this isn’t so much that it’s going to persuade you to use LR over bridge, what’s good is that it will show you 100 useful things you can do with LR, such as the lights out feature I showed y’all in the first session. These videos are short and very much worth your time. http://www.photoshopuser.com/lightroom#

[SLR]Lounge has a slew of video LR tutorials that are fantastic. Still confused about something from class? Want a different perspective than mine? Go here and watch their videos. They are organized and focused. I’ve watched almost all of these and they are great. http://www.slrlounge.com/