There wasn't a thread for this, so I thought I'd kick it off.

Partly curious, since there are so many seasoned photographers here who use Lightroom... workflow tips, anyone?

Some tips:

http://lightroomkillertips.com/

This post has been edited by TheWandererX: Jun 15 2011, 10:43 PM

Great thread. Currently, LR is the PP software that I use 99% of the time. Hopefully we can fuse the knowledge from all forum members regardless of their preferred camera brands.

I use LR too haha , easier and faster to process loads of new images.

me too. though the price are beautiful unless u got student license =)
its great. workflow? i love pick,unflag and delete~not to mention fast live raw editing.

Wondering.. what do you guys usually do after editing?

Save in a separate Catalog?
Export a copy of the processed image & delete from Catalog?
Save in main Catalog?

I'm curious.. picking photos and editing photos are fine, just wondering to what happens after.

This is also one of the reason why Malaysia is one of the best country to take up photography as hobby.

I wanna ask how much you all bought LR for -.-

A little over RM300 (student discount & bought from a friend), but I'm sure we got those *ahem* sites you can download off

Let's not touch on sensitive topics, shall we? Later kena banstick

Waiting to enter college to be eligible for student discount.

less than a year left. Sigh.


LR rocks la.

LR to have the most versatile workflow. here my workflow after importing all images :
1. LIBRARY = use 'pick' to choose usable + great photos
2. then go to DEVELOP = filter all the picked photos, edit them,export them
3. LIBRARY again = 'reject' all broken, underexposed,not in good composition, no value ( i shoot RAW, but still some are died)
4. see through again all photos(i shoot so many images,forgot to do shutter count...), rejected photos i delete forever. photos like 50:50 i left unflagged.

5. after few months, burn all the photos into DVD according to session and functions. (its RAW,its eat your HD in raw)

thats all the functions that i use for daily usage.

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Added on June 10, 2011, 11:17 pm---yeah,RM 320 if im not mistaken. use your cousin name~akikiki


This post has been edited by kuihbahulu: Jun 10 2011, 11:17 PM

Some of the nice preset i get from here Lightroom Killer tips

A question, why every raw far i import to lightroom, the contrast will +25, is that normal?

You might have accidentally clicked on 'Apply During Import'. Check the fields to the top right of the Import dialog.

My workflow, which how most professionals do as how i understand it.

1. Shoot subject, multiple times, different settings/angles/etc. important ones, or underexposed/overexposed/not in ideal environment ones i shoot in raw.
2. Go back, insert memory card to pc. run lightroom
3. import everything. One catalog per camera (my NEX3, Pen EE2S, Fuji X100, all different catalog)
4. go through every image, the ones that i want/need, i press 5 for 5 stars. additionally, ones that i wanna upload to facebook, i flag it as blue. useful because once you upload the images in albums, copy the download link so you can link it everywhere on the net (like use the img tag in lowyat, for instance)
5. filter the non 5 star images, delete them permanently. No point saving gazillion semi-good or almost good images... that's why you gotta practice taking as much as you possibly can. Rule of thumb: take all possible perfect images during the shoot and save editing time.
6. Develop the image
7. do the sharpening at the final stage. since lightroom's editing workflow doesn't destroy the image, it's unnecessary to make a copy - unless you wanna make multiple, different editing styles of the same image lah. Either use the sharpen slider, or your own plugins, like Nik's Software for instance.
7. Select the blue-flagged ones, make a new album if needed, upload to facebook. you can make it private if the images in the album are only for posting in lowyat or internet, for instance.

Added to first post for reference (:

So photogs, I'd love it if you guys dropped by & share your workflow with us

i like to use LR aso..but want to know what's is include in the software when u purchased it?any free upgrade?

Lightroom 3 is d best, with nik software plugins, its become easy as ABC with all presets

Lightroom can't do colorsplash like photoshop right???

I like to use lightroom coz it's fast n easy, one downside for me is unable to put nice watermark, anybody can advise? Using CS5, i make the signature into a brush, like a chop, can chop anywhere in the photo

Possible with the right presets. Possible to do it manually too - you also gain full control over the end result if you do it manually.

You can put a 'nice' watermark. Make a watermark image, and when you're in the Export menu, scroll down to Watermarking, and customize your personal copyright. (:

but when add in the image, it will appear with white background, I dunno u get what I mean? as in it will appear as a rectangular shape image instead of words shape. I wonder can make the white background transparent or not

You have to save the watermark in a transparent .png file.

Hihi, new LR user.. mine is v3.2.. wanna ask, hw i edit watermark in batch ? thx

Go into the export options and tick watermark

But some i need them in certain position... hw to align it differently ?

if like that i think you need to do one by one leh...

thought LR would b better for photo editting. Anyway, i heard if put RAW photos to LR, it will automatically adjust.

Btw, hw to do a B&W photos with certain part (eg. the background is B&W, the model in color) in LR ?

This post has been edited by louis6: Dec 27 2012, 02:27 PM

that is do not think you can do it in LR... that is Color isolation but if cannot means u need to use PS already...
that involves layer if not mistaken, sorry duno much as i do not do it...

Easy job , use brush tools, set ur saturation -100 and brush ur background, then ur bg will be b&w and ur model stil remain colour

that will be a lot of work, consider those small gaps and hairs

It will also be a lot of work in Photoshop. However it's faster in PS because, well, better performance, and it is more flexible. Usually I say general editing/adjustments to the whole image and gradients: Lightroom. Editing certain regions of an image, actual manipulation? Photoshop.

LR shines for example when you are working with many RAW files, you can just synchronize the settings. You can also always go back to the photo and change any setting. In PS at least the RAW developing part is done once done, you'd have to start all over if you need to change something. And you will need to do everything for each file individually, rather than edit once and apply to the rest.

Basically if you can do it in LR you can probably also do it in PS, the other way doesn't always work. However PS is much more expensive, difficult and time consuming.

Thanks for all sifus, I'll try after I'm done with my finals and upload here

can.. why not
go down to the saturation part which has diff color for it
lets say ur object is red color, then set red to 0 or more, the rest of the color drag to -100

if got hairs and small gap.. i think need to switch to PS ad

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Added on December 30, 2012, 12:22 pmlike this one, everything done in LR

Merc SL65 by Song laa, on Flickr

This post has been edited by teetaatee: Dec 30 2012, 12:22 PM

Only works when your subject has a totally different colour from the rest of your picture (works best if your subject consists of only 1 colour).

Trying isolating your human subject from other human subjects in a picture?

ya.. if thats the case, then need to use PS liao

I'm no sifu in Lightroom or Photoshop, but I can tell you that it depends on the complexity of the subject you're trying to isolate.

If there are no tricky situations such as micro details like hair and stuff, you can just:

1) Grab a brush tool and set saturation to -100 and brush off the entire picture.
2) Then use an eraser and erase off the effects on your subject. This is a lot easier than grabbing another brush tool just to saturate your subject back.

This is a simple method to use in Lightroom but the result won't be as good as in Photoshop lar, especially if you're picky with the finer details

For Photoshop, I believe it's by using masking and layers. For the methods, can try youtube

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Added on December 30, 2012, 4:42 pmUntil now, I'm still so n00b in using Photoshop, except for cloning off some stuff

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Dec 30 2012, 04:42 PM

for PS, its quite easy
set the entire pic's saturation to -100
then grab the "History brush" under brush
then just brush the object that u want it to be in color

I add a saturation and dunno what adjustment layer, set saturation to 0. Then I use a brush and select the masking thing of the adjustment layer. Depending on what is less work I either fill the masking thing white or black, and then use the other color to paint in the saturation (or remove it). Advantage is I can use the x key to switch from white to black and vice versa, so I can easily add or remove if I have done too much. Also this way I can still adjust the amount of saturation I want, and I can change the brush size and the sharpness all the time depending on what I am painting on. I do have a graphics tablet, so that also helps a lot.

I think the most important skill in PS is to know how to work with layers and this masking thing, and to do it ALL THE TIME. It's very easy, and it makes life so much easier. Do it for everything, because you'll be able to adjust later. You just have to get used to it. I've had a photo with about 100 layers, where I was then told to change something that was done long time ago. Took me a minute to find the layer, and then a few seconds more to do the actual change, rather than having to select etc. from scratch.

Question.
I noticed that the JPEG files I exported from RAW->JPEG are way smaller than JPEG I got directly from my camera. ~2mb vs ~7mb. Any idea why?

Photo size is the same (4928 x 3264).

JPEGs in the camera is already processed with the in built settings (colour profile) such as sharpness, vibrancy, saturation and also other settings such as Noise Reduction/etc. There might be some compression done on the files too.

RAW--> JPEG in LR4 is basically just converting RAW files to JPEG without any processing/compression done.

Correct me if I'm wrong

sorry I think I have confused you.
the RAW->JPEG files are ~2mb
and the JPEG direct from camera are ~7mb.

You sure or not? Try to shoot RAW+JPEG and then process the RAW to JPEG in LR4 without any extra processing and compare both JPEG sizes

ok I just did what you say.
and I think the difference is because of the DPI. LR exports photos at 240dpi while JPEG from my camera are a 300dpi.

How do I change that on LR from 240 top 300 dpi? (just to see if that's the reason)

At the export options, do NOT resize or adjust anything, just leave the image resizing/watermark/sharpness/Noise Reduction unticked.

Make sure your file quality is set to 100%

ahhhh Thank you. Found it.

Lightroom does a very good job on pulling down the highlight



Besides,it does deliver very good skin tone as well



This post has been edited by lucuias: Jan 22 2013, 06:19 PM

any goods presets to use for landscape photography?

lazy to process vacation photos one by one sometimes

usually give more TLC to those money shots

good info...bravo...

Since this thread is all about Lightroom. I would like to ask..... i got a pc and a laptop already install with the lightroom 4.0 (the same Serial number), so now i want to change my laptop, can i install my copy of lightroom on the new laptop? Adobe mention that lightroom license can be install on 2 pc, since my old laptop will not be in used anymore can i still install it on my new laptop?

Hi all, Want to ask some tips on lightroom.

Can the lightroom 4 watermark apply both text and graphic style together as the same time?

Or how about difference font text at the same time?

This post has been edited by xeonsam: Jun 7 2013, 07:09 AM

PS vs LR? I found both can do the same thing, jst PS need a bit of more time to edit

Wrong. PS more feature lah. LightRoom best when u do it in bulk and if you want more detail editing like doing the Masking technique(as expample) you can choose edit in PS.

Guys, I have a question and like to see how you guys save the settings on the raw file after editing? For me I just export the setting I changed. So my folder have another set of XMP files. (If not mistaken it's called XMP). Any betterr ways to do this??

For those who wanna know what LR can do to your pics. I use them all the time esp to pop the colours out. Here's an example of one of my pics b4 and after in Lr with some light touch-ups..



This post has been edited by sp6068: Jun 8 2013, 04:58 PM

The watermark you can choose either Image or Text only. You can change different fonts for Text WM incl opacity etc.

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Upgrade from old version (download) is RM 260.40 RM 243.36 ex. TAX

PS best for edit cosplay photos....

Photoshop and Lightroom and any number of hundreds of software out there can be used to edit cosplay photos.

I heard Photoshop is very hard to use, does it apply to Lightroom as well?

Sometimes after applying some recovery on highlight, those over-exposed skin tone will become too warm. Anyone has any idea what to do? Besides lowering the saturation?

This thread is dead ?

If you post something interesting to talk about, then it will become alive again. Otherwise just let it rest in peace

Any1 using LR5

May i know what is the different between 32 & 64 bit?...
is it for computer requirement or how?...

ram usage.

Does it mean 64 bit is better but use more ram?...

Let's post a photo of how your lightroom looks !

Can anyone share presets as well ?

it's better because it can utilize more ram

32bit ram usage is restricted to 3.5gb

I see...does it mean i cant use if my laptop only using 2gb ram?...

if your processor is x64 you can use, but you wont benefit since you dont have the extra ram.

It will laggy or cant use at all?...

can be used. no practical difference between 32bit

Hi guys,
Do you know where to get Lightroom 5 for a cheap price? Mind tell me any seller in lowyat who are selling.

Can i install it in my lap top and PC with one CD?
btw, i am using Microsoft XP.

Thanks.

Guys, mind knowing what is the purpose of flagging photos?

I not sure if this is the right usage, but i used to to mark which one i want so that later i could easily filter out those i don't want.

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got the latest Lr and Photoshop~~ Free

Hi,

Where do i get to purchase Adobe Lightroom?

Thanks.

Hi, you can either purchase online, through adobe website, you can register an account and have a free trial for 30 days. I believe through website cannot get the standalone version of the adobe lightroom. Its only the version which you have to pay monthly, or in other word rented software. If you preferred standalone version, means pay once use forever, then you can try contact the Malaysia Reseller, check the website below,

Adobe Software Malaysia Reseller

Find the company Kenfil, I called once and they are selling lightroom 6 business version for around RM600-RM700 depends on the Ringgit to USD changing rate. Happy buying.

This post has been edited by neohwengtart: Sep 13 2015, 09:17 AM

Hey guys, I just purchased the Panasonic Lumix LX-100 mirrorless camera and what I want to ask, in lightroom 6 under camera calibration section, how is it for me to find more preset profile? As I only can choose adobe standard for the moment... I shot in RAW using the camera...

This post has been edited by neohwengtart: Sep 13 2015, 09:22 AM

Presets from other 3rd parties... normally got to pay

But my the RAW files shoot by my Nikon DSLR have the camera calibration profile... they are camera vivid, camera portrait, camera landscape and camera neutral...

hi guys. want to ask where to get cheap copies of Lightroom 6? Looking for original one... not ahem ahem version... just cheaper since it is black friday today.

Lightroom is not hard to learn. And it is such a useful software! You can edit a photo heavily in less than 10 minutes.

Is it worth buy the lightroom in one lump sum around rm400++ or subscribe to monthly ~rm40 creative cloud to use LR.

If you always buy a new camera often like every year. Creative cloud is better with with the latest updates of Lightroom CC being available to you. Some of the newest camera RAW files cannot be read by older ver of lightroom.

So yeah new camera might need the newest latest lightroom.

Are you getting direct from Adobe Asia website? RM450, still the cheapest I've found compared to US, SG, etc.

Sorry its about rm450.... From adobe asia

This post has been edited by Dannyoski: Jan 23 2016, 10:41 PM

How about new lens? Will it support new lens profile?

i start using lightroom with mac pro not long ago , i just notice when i loading pic , i automatic creating a new files .dng
do it was normal ? because i did not notice this on window .

need some help, whenever i edit my pic with LR, my photo become grainy. any ideas?

i do agree with you, because we need more information to taking care of size every picture.

anyone have bought the lightroom 6 full ver recently?

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is this the price you all get?

Got mine for RM450.22

how u get cheaper price???

got mine, cracked and hacked version > totally free

when connected to internet, no issue as well because i've put the firewall from getting auto updated.

good using, always used it for my photo editing with sony a7r2 RAW.

Your price is including tax? As you wrote Msia price without tax.
I use Capture One Pro mostly though, the quality and colour output is much nicer than Lightroom, but features are more limited and it's damn pricey...

Does anyone here use older version of lightroom?
Mine is LR 5.2 and it seem it unable to reed my new Olympus E-M10 MKII .orf RAW files. It seem only the new LR supported this. Anyone havinf the same issue?