Lightroom
Tips & Tricks
How to Enable the Publish Services Panel If It’s Hidden
Here’s how to enable the Publish Services, Catalog, Folders, or Collections panels in the Library module if they’re not visible.
How to Rotate Photos in Lightroom
A step-by-step guide to rotating photos in Lightroom, including 90-degree rotation, auto straighten, precise straighten, and rotating multiple photos.
Lightroom 3.6’s Much Improved Recovery Tool
The Recovery tool in earlier versions of Lightroom introduced unwanted side effects like color shifts. Lightroom 3.6 fixes many of those.
How to Crop and Straighten Photos in Lightroom
A step-by-step guide on how to crop and straighten photos in Lightroom.
How to Use Lightroom’s Crop Overlays to Help with Composition
If you want more control or precision in your cropping than just eyeballing it, Lightroom has some built-in tools to help. Guides include Golden Thirds, Golden Spirals, or Aspect Ratios.
How to Install Aurora HDR as a Lightroom Plugin
Aurora HDR 2019 can be used as a standalone app, but it can also be used as a plugin for Lightroom. Here’s a quick guide on how to install and use Aurora HDR 2019 as a Lightroom plugin.
Correcting GoPro Lens Distortion in Photos Using Lens Correction Profiles
GoPros have a distinctive fisheye look to its photos and videos by default. But it that’s not what you want for your photos, here’s how you can correct it in Lightroom.
Lightroom Classic’s New Ability to Use Embedded Previews
One of the new features in Lightroom Classic is that you can use the embedded previews more effectively to speed up importing and culling.
How to Import from Multiple Memory Cards at Once into Lightroom
If you have a memory card reader that supports it, it is possible to import photos and videos from multiple memory cards at once in Lightroom. Here’s how.
How to Emulate Instagram’s Filters in Lightroom
If you’re trying to get that Instagram filter look in Lightroom, here’s a set of premium Lightroom develop presets that mimic Instagram’s filters.
Revealing Clipped Highlights and Shadows
Lightroom has a very useful feature that shows you precisely the parts of an image where highlights or shadows are getting clipped as you adjust the settings.
How to Convert RAW to JPG in Lightroom Classic
Trying to figure out how to convert RAW files to JPEG in Lightroom Classic? Here’s how to do it.
How to Change the Thumbnail Image for a Video in Lightroom
Changing the thumbnail image, or poster frame, used for videos in Lightroom can be a handy way to provide a more useful visual reference point when you’re trying to find the video you’re after. Here’s how to do it.
Can Aurora HDR 2019 Salvage Otherwise Unusable Photos?
HDR is traditionally all about the drama. But it doesn’t have to be all about overly saturated and uber dramatic images. The tone-mapping tools built into apps like Photomatix and Aurora HDR 2019 can be useful for making otherwise blah photos more interesting and perhaps salvaging them as keepers.
How to Make a Contact Sheet in Lightroom
Contact sheets are a throwback to film days, but they still have their uses. Here’s a guide on how to make a contact sheet in Lightroom.
Using the Loupe Overlay Guides to Align a Spot or Vertical or Horizontal Lines
Lightroom’s Guides loupe overlay is a simple yet flexible tool for aligning either a specific spot in the frame or aligning horizontal or vertical lines. It’s one of a few different overlay tools available in Lightroom.
How to Install and Use Luminar as a Lightroom Plugin
Luminar 4 is designed as a standalone app, but you can also use it alongside Lightroom. Here’s how to install and use Luminar as a plugin in Lightroom Classic CC.
How to Filter Virtual Copies or Master Files
Lightroom has a quick way to separate out the virtual copies from the master versions. Here’s how to do it in the Library module.
