Depending on your Import dialog settings, the folders may be in one long list regardless of their hierarchy on the hard drive. That can make them hard to find and relocate if they’re ever marked as missing. As a preventative measure, you can configure Lightroom to show a few top level folders, with subfolders below….
Visit LinkWell, I guess it should read, “one or MORE of these seven reasons: 1) Your Lightroom Catalog (and preview files) are NOT on your computer (you’ve stored them on an external hard drive). It’s fine for photos to be stored on an external hard drive (in fact, I recommend it), but not your Lightroom Catalog file or previews…
Visit LinkTips for Teekesselchen Plug-in. Original story is updated regularly and may be more accurate than this post. Install the Plug-in Download the latest ZIP file and double-click to access the plug-in inside. Move the teekesselchen.lrplugin file somewhere safe. I keep mine in a Plug-ins folder with my presets and templates. To find this folder, go to Lightroom’s Preferences dialog…
Visit LinkLightroom Keywords Keywording photos should be an important part of everyone’s digital workflow in Lightroom. When keywords are added to images, those same keywords can later be used to search and find images in a Lightroom Catalog much more quickly – especially in a large catalog! Keywords are basically metadata (or information) in the form of words that you can add…
Visit LinkTrim a Video or Audio File RELATED: Use Your Mac’s Preview App to Merge, Split, Mark Up, and Sign PDFs To get started, open an .mp4 file or another video with QuickTime. QuickTime is the default video player, so you should just be able to double-click your video file. You can also open an audio file in…
Visit LinkNote: Adobe engineering is aware of the issue and plans to address it in a future update. High CPU usage Some users may experience high CPU usage after launching Adobe products. If you think you are affected by this issue, check the following. Mac OS: Launch Activity Monitor, go to the CPU tab, and check whether…
Visit LinkWhen you first launch Lightroom after a major update, such as the recent update to 9.0, it asks your permission to upgrade your catalog – but why? Is it safe? What does it actually do? Sometimes database changes need to be made in the catalog to enable new features or to improve performance. Lightroom asks…
Visit LinkIn the previous post in the series, we discussed how to apply flags and star ratings to your photos, and how to filter them… but when you’re faced with thousands of photos, where do you start? How do you decide which photos deserve which ratings… and how do you keep the meaning of the ratings consistent over…
Visit LinkIn the last post, we discussed using collections to group photos. You don’t need to create additional collections for your best photos, because you can use flags/stars and filter them. Flags vs. Stars Lightroom offers multiple ways of rating your photos. Flags have three different states—flagged (picked), unflagged and rejected. It’s a popular ranking system among Lightroom users, but flags…
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