More Lightroom Shortcuts

Everyone knows how much I like keyboard shortcuts. They speed things up so I can spend less time in front of the computer and moire time shooting. Well I found this great link to all the keybord shortcuts available in Lightroom (versions one and two). This is a great resource provided by Victoria Bampton that any user of LR should check out. Read more...

Straightening Horizons Part II

Well it has taken us quite a while to sort out the second part of this video on how to straighten horizons but we weren't happy with the quality of the last one and spent a while trying a few recording techniques and are finally happy with the results so here it is. This time we show you how to straighten horizons with Lightroom and Camera Raw. Both are much faster and more elegant than Photoshop I think you will agree. Anyway hope you enjoy and more to come.

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Lightroom 2

Adobe has finally released Lightroom 2 after an extended beta testing period. My guess was early August, not too bad really and the new version is greatly improved. A wealth of information on the new version is available here and a list of updates from the beta version is over here. After a few hours use I can say that this is a great improvement over LR 1.4 and well worth the upgrade price. It also supports Raw files shot with the new D700. There is also an update to the Camera Raw plug-in for Photoshop that offers many (not all) of the features in LR2 improving compatibility between the two aplications. We will have to wait for Photoshop Next (CS4) before full compatibility is offered. Read more...