Quick tip: How to get “Photoshop-like” Guides in Lightroom

If you use guides in Photoshop, you know they can help you position and align the elements of the photo accurately. But do you miss these guides in Lightroom? If you do, it’s good to know Lightroom offers them, too. This option is kinda “buried” in the menu, and you may easily miss if you […]

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Adobe CC Keyboard Shortcuts. Every. Single. One.

So there a great debate out there: which method is faster? Using the mouse or using keyboard shortcuts? I was sure that keyboard would be the fastest but test results are inconclusive [pdf] (some even suggest the complete opposite). One thing that stands out on research is that if one is very proficient with keyboard shortcuts, then […]

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Test Shown Lightroom Import Screen Is X6 Slower Than The Next Slowest Alternative

Do you like Lightroom’s new import screen? That’s what I thought. It turns out that in addition to the import being over simplified for some and too complicated for others, it is the slowest (by far) from the competing photo management applications out there. How much slower? Jim Harmer of improve photography took Lightroom for a spin […]

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Latest Lightroom Update Takes Away Multiple Card Import, This is How You Bring It Back

If you are shooting weddings and your workflow involves importing photos from multiple cards simultaneously, you may want to hold with the latest Lightroom CC update. I know of quite a few wedding photographers that use a USB hub and several card readers to unload all their cards simultaneously into lightroom. While this process is not […]

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