Presetpond is a new online community for photographers enabling them to share preset-files for the two popular photo-editing applications Aperture produced by Apple Inc, and Lightroom produced by Adobe Systems Incorporated. … [Read more...]
How to Move a Lightroom Catalogue (The Easy Way)
Over the last few months I have been aware of the unavoidable need for me to move my Lightroom catalogue to an external drive. My internal harddrive was filling up fast so taking a 250GB external USB drive I decided to move my library over. As usual I started the move at the worst possible time and what should have been a simple task ended up a complete disaster. I … [Read more...]
Moving photos from iPhoto to Lightroom in 3 Easy Steps
One of the nicest non photo-related aspects of Lightroom is its ability to library files without moving them to a new location. If you have an iPhone or especially an AppleTV then you will know how great it is to be able to sync photos directly from your iPhoto / Aperture library. A number of photograph friends have cited this as a reason for using iPhoto or Aperture … [Read more...]
Hydra : High Dynamic Range (HDR) Made Easy ?
Over the last couple of years the term HDR has entered the jargon dictionary of most photographers. You hear it mentioned regularly by the guys at Photoshop user, and intensively featured again and again in various magazines at different levels of photography, almost to the point where it needs no introduction. However everyday the art that is photography sees more and more … [Read more...]
Is Lightroom 3 Beta 2 the way to go ?
Adobe have released Beta 2 of the Lightroom 3. This version is apparently closer to the final release with the developers being more focused on receiving feedback on the improvements made since the original public beta. I am pretty much hooked on Lightroom as both a photo management and editor, if you haven't embarked on a Lightroom journey then this free beta is the best … [Read more...]