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Lightroom Classic Preferences & Catalog Settings

Best Practice Settings for Lightroom Classic — Part I

Lightroom Classic Preference Settings

I was configuring the Preferences and Catalog Settings for a new Lightroom Classic catalog the other week and I realized that there isn’t a lot of good information about which settings are the most important to pay attention to. So, I conferred with D.A. Wagner and we came up with a list of the most important settings that need attention for running Lightroom Classic.

Lightroom Classic has a …

By |2020-03-26T05:54:13+00:00February 28th, 2020|Adobe Lightroom Classic, How To's|0 Comments
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Should You Back Up Your Lightroom Catalog?

Best practices for finally taking care of that annoying pop up!

Ever find yourself in this situation?
You go to quit Lightroom and this pops up … Do you want to back up your catalog?

Lightroom Back Up Catalog popup dialog
Do I want to back up my Lightroom Catalog? Um, yeah … I think so???

Let’s demystify what that pop up message really means and understand the best practice to back up your Lightroom catalog.

First, this blog post …

By |2020-03-30T16:17:05+00:00February 6th, 2020|Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Lightroom Classic|0 Comments
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Where’s the PDF Lightroom Classic Manual?

So, we looked for a current PDF of the Lightroom Classic Manual and couldn’t find one!

Lightroom (both versions) has an official URL for user manuals. But there hasn’t been a PDF Lightroom Classic Manual download available for quite some time. The good news is, the Lightroom basics haven’t changed all that much. And there is a somewhat recent Lightroom Classic Manual posted on Adobe for download.

Lightroom Classic Manual
The Lightroom Classic Manual

I keep a copy of this PDF Lightroom …

By |2020-05-28T17:00:37+00:00January 14th, 2020|Adobe Lightroom Classic|0 Comments
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When Lightroom Crashes on Mac

Lightroom Crashes!

I thought I’d seen the last of this, but Lightroom crashes suddenly on Macs. It just disappears from the screen in an instant. I used to see this more often with Lightroom 6, but I still see it happening. Usually after an update to Classic from earlier versions of Lightroom. This issue seems to be MacOS agnostic as it happens with Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave with Lightroom 6, 7 and right up to 8.4.1.

Here’s what happens:

Everything is fine in the Library. Imports, moving folders, …

By |2020-05-28T17:03:17+00:00September 24th, 2019|Adobe Lightroom Classic, Apple Mac, MacOS|2 Comments
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1-2-3 Lightroom Develop Strategy

Our 1-2-3 Lightroom develop strategy is an easy and fast approach to great results for raw captures (JPEGs, too). Beginners and even experienced Lightroom users can benefit from utilizing Adobe Sensei’s ever improving machine learning. These features are incorporated into the Develop module of both Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC. Using the 1-2-3 Lightroom develop strategy takes less time and is far more productive than poking around with sliders, especially if you’re unsure of what the sliders do.

Taking advantage …

By |2020-05-28T18:07:22+00:00April 23rd, 2019|Adobe Lightroom Classic, Developing, How To's, YouTube|0 Comments
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Lightroom Classic Spot Removal Tool is Slow

Recently, we’ve had a number of Lightroom Classic 8 clients on older Macs complain that the Spot Removal tool is slow. Even on a 2015 iMac with decent specs, running on an i7 processor with 16GB RAM and Fusion drive, the Spot Removal tool is slow.

Previous Solutions

But before I get started with the solution, I want to point our readers to the Adobe site for general optimization of your hardware and operating system for Adobe Lightroom.

Spot Removal Tool is Slow
By |2020-05-28T18:09:31+00:00January 15th, 2019|Adobe Lightroom Classic, Developing|0 Comments
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How to Create Copyright Preset for Lightroom Classic

It’s 2019 – Time to update your Lightroom copyright preset.

The method to create a Lightroom copyright preset hasn’t changed over the years. But like many things we only need to do once, we forget the process. So, as a public service, here’s the step-by-step process:

Create the Copyright Preset

In the Library Module, go to the Metadata Panel and from Preset pulldown menu on the right side, choose “Edit Presets.” If you should find the Metadata panel completely blank, you’ll need to select a photograph. Then the Metadata …

By |2020-05-28T18:09:32+00:00January 2nd, 2019|Adobe Lightroom Classic, How To's, Library|0 Comments
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How to Export Photos for Instagram from Lightroom Classic CC (2018)


Instagram
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC

As we work with our clients, one issue that continues to come up, with ever increasing frequency is: How to Export Photos for Instagram from Lightroom Classic CC. So, I figured it would be a good idea for us to put up a post that covers the basic settings. To make this easy for you, I’ve created a set of workflow instructions and essential export presets that you can download and install on your computer (Mac …

By |2020-05-28T18:10:25+00:00October 2nd, 2018|Adobe Lightroom Classic, Instagram|2 Comments
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