I know LR fairly well, but these videos are so well made in their clarity and conciseness, that they are a pleasure to watch (and better even than most paid courses). Looking forward to more advanced features/post-processing tips.
Ah, happy to hear it! One more video on the Library module, and then post-processing videos to follow (that’s really why I started this course anyway). Keep an eye out!
Now wish I had seen these tutorials when first starting Lightroom... so clear & easy to understans! Thank you so much Spencer - will recommend to others.
Thank you Spencer! This is very timely since I just freed up space on my latop and bought two external hard drives to store my photos. I have been using iphotos on my MacBook Pro for editing and it is a goal of mine this year to start using Lightroom for organizing, editing and exporting onto social media and a website I plan on creating. This series is great!!! Keep the videos coming as I am learning as you teach it. I love your style of teaching as it is very clear and concise. It has been very easy to understand and I am still working my way through your other videos. Love your contact!! Keep up the great work!!
Really enjoying this series. Post processing is a scary place for me. I'm good at getting it right in camera, but that's often not quite good enough. I have been reluctant (scared) to purchase Lightroom, using Apple's Photos instead. You are helping to minimize my discomfort. Thank you.
Happy to hear it, Michael. Whether it’s Lightroom or some other software, mastering one of these advanced raw processors is a very useful part of photography. The goal is not to wildly change how an image looks, but to bring out the best of what you captured, with more tools than what Apple Photos has to offer. Glad you’re finding this video series useful!
This video is great! It would also be helpful if you could share the linked videos (that are in the video) into the description here. I wanted to finish the video first but now I have to go through the video again to find those other linked videos
Thanks for the clear and concise explanation! What do you do when you have finished editing pictures - do you remove them from the library/LR? Or I should rather ask - how do you keep your library clean so that it only shows the pictures you are working on and not all the pictures you have ever imported?
It’s really not recommended to use Lightroom as a program to import photos, edit, and then remove from Lightroom. It’s more of a one-stop shop for organizing, editing, and exporting. (To see any edited photos outside of Lightroom, you need to right click > export.) If you want to keep a group of the photos that you’re currently editing, so that the library doesn’t look too cluttered, my recommendation is to create a collection and call it something like “currently editing.” You can add and remove photos as you like from that collection, which should satisfy what you wanted to do. (Though personally, I find it more helpful to create separate collections for whatever place/photoshoot my images are from, and then not delete those collections.)
Hi Spenser, am new to Adobe apps and just discovered your tutorials. Super clear. You explain really well and capture my attention, which is no small feat! I have a question though, in Navigator, at 1min, your display shows scale with. 1:1 or 2:1 view. Mine is in percentage. How and where do you change this? Thanks
Glad you like the videos! Adobe's 2021 update to Lightroom changed these to percentages rather than magnifications. I don't think you can change it back, but it works the same (2:1 being 200%, 8:1 is 800%, and so on).
Is there a home screen in Light room? I am trying to find the primary folder list. Where lr is stuck now, the 2023 folder is missing, but exploring it on windows, it is right there. And no, it has not been dragged into another folder. What is weird, according to my brother (who is the lr expert and is timezones away) is that meta data shows nothing, unless one goes to the sub-folder. But in the column that at its base has Import/Export, I cannot access the '23 Folder.
Very nice series. Easy understandable. My problem is, when I edit an image in LR, I often send it to PS also, to do some touchups or something. Then I cmd-s to save it back to LR with the new PS edits. But now I have two rather large files on my rather small SSD, the raw file and the new tiff file. And with many images that quickly adds up. How would you go about this?
Good question. There’s no easy way around it; deleting the original RAW is out of the question, and deleting the TIFF makes your new edits pointless. I guess I’m curious what touch-ups you’re referring to. Photoshop certainly can do many things that Lightroom cannot, but Lightroom is still such a vast program that I rarely find myself needing to edit photos outside of it. I only use Photoshop as a last resort anyway, because it clears out your photo’s Lightroom edit history. I don’t know if it’s possible in your case or not, but if so, that’s my recommendation. (Otherwise, your only decent option is to get some external hard drives for overflow.)
Photography Life Oh, many times I make all sorts of manipulations which LR is no good for, but I like to start in LR because I’m more used to that software. One told me, though, that I could “save as”, choose jpeg and then save the file in the same folder as the rawfile. Then synchronise the folder in LR and the jpeg should show up. I’ve tried that, but nothing happens, not sure what I’m doing wrong.
@MadsHilde - That process should work as you describe, so I’m not sure why you haven’t seen those images show up in Lightroom. Do you see them on your hard drive in the proper folder? Regardless, there’s an issue with that method. Although the JPEG is significantly smaller, it is also much more heavily compressed than a TIFF. So if you want to do any further editing on that photo, I’d be really wary of saving as a JPEG. Unfortunately that puts you back to square one with a TIFF, which is why I think your only options are to minimize your visits to Photoshop as much as possible, or get some external hard drives for overflow.
Very personal and non-asked opinion, but since you're already good with Lightroom I wouldn't swap back and forth with Photoshop, but rather leave Photoshop for more creative or painterly works.
Silvia Sánchez I quite often use PS to clone out stuff or use certain filters, so I have to go back and forth. But I might just take my finished files and move from my SSD to a normal HD, so I don’t fill up my SSD too fast.
Hello sir, ty for this video, i have a question that frustrated me so much, WHy The photo looks different in Library and in Develop module? it seems When i click on develop module LR add some effects by default like sharpening and other things, what is the solution ?
Lightroom occasionally uses different preview algorithms for develop vs library module. It could be because you have Preview Quality Low or Medium selected in your catalog settings, or Lightroom may not have fully loaded the image preview in the library module, or any number of other reasons. The develop module preview is the more accurate of the two, if that's what you're wondering.
Do you have Lightroom Classic? The word “Library” is at the top right of the screen written pretty large, you can’t miss it. Click that and you’re in the Library.
@lymanmedeiros903 Yeah - do you not see it on your screen? You can also press the “g” key on your keyboard at any time to see the grid view of your photos in the Library module.
I know LR fairly well, but these videos are so well made in their clarity and conciseness, that they are a pleasure to watch (and better even than most paid courses). Looking forward to more advanced features/post-processing tips.
Ah, happy to hear it! One more video on the Library module, and then post-processing videos to follow (that’s really why I started this course anyway). Keep an eye out!
Now wish I had seen these tutorials when first starting Lightroom... so clear & easy to understans! Thank you so much Spencer - will recommend to others.
This Lr tutorial series is massively helpful, thank you for sharing this solid knowledge 👌🏼
Sure thing!
The best tutorial on Lightroom catalogues
Thank you Spencer! This is very timely since I just freed up space on my latop and bought two external hard drives to store my photos. I have been using iphotos on my MacBook Pro for editing and it is a goal of mine this year to start using Lightroom for organizing, editing and exporting onto social media and a website I plan on creating. This series is great!!!
Keep the videos coming as I am learning as you teach it. I love your style of teaching as it is very clear and concise. It has been very easy to understand and I am still working my way through your other videos. Love your contact!! Keep up the great work!!
So easy to understand, thank you!^^^
Really enjoying this series. Post processing is a scary place for me. I'm good at getting it right in camera, but that's often not quite good enough. I have been reluctant (scared) to purchase Lightroom, using Apple's Photos instead. You are helping to minimize my discomfort. Thank you.
Happy to hear it, Michael. Whether it’s Lightroom or some other software, mastering one of these advanced raw processors is a very useful part of photography. The goal is not to wildly change how an image looks, but to bring out the best of what you captured, with more tools than what Apple Photos has to offer. Glad you’re finding this video series useful!
This video is great! It would also be helpful if you could share the linked videos (that are in the video) into the description here. I wanted to finish the video first but now I have to go through the video again to find those other linked videos
You're a champ - a massive help!
Sure thing! Glad it could be useful.
Thanks for the clear and concise explanation! What do you do when you have finished editing pictures - do you remove them from the library/LR? Or I should rather ask - how do you keep your library clean so that it only shows the pictures you are working on and not all the pictures you have ever imported?
It’s really not recommended to use Lightroom as a program to import photos, edit, and then remove from Lightroom. It’s more of a one-stop shop for organizing, editing, and exporting. (To see any edited photos outside of Lightroom, you need to right click > export.) If you want to keep a group of the photos that you’re currently editing, so that the library doesn’t look too cluttered, my recommendation is to create a collection and call it something like “currently editing.” You can add and remove photos as you like from that collection, which should satisfy what you wanted to do. (Though personally, I find it more helpful to create separate collections for whatever place/photoshoot my images are from, and then not delete those collections.)
Hi Spenser, am new to Adobe apps and just discovered your tutorials. Super clear. You explain really well and capture my attention, which is no small feat! I have a question though, in Navigator, at 1min, your display shows scale with. 1:1 or 2:1 view. Mine is in percentage. How and where do you change this? Thanks
Glad you like the videos! Adobe's 2021 update to Lightroom changed these to percentages rather than magnifications. I don't think you can change it back, but it works the same (2:1 being 200%, 8:1 is 800%, and so on).
Is there a home screen in Light room?
I am trying to find the primary folder list.
Where lr is stuck now, the 2023 folder is missing, but exploring it on windows, it is right there. And no, it has not been dragged into another folder.
What is weird, according to my brother (who is the lr expert and is timezones away) is that meta data shows nothing, unless one goes to the sub-folder.
But in the column that at its base has Import/Export, I cannot access the '23
Folder.
Very nice series. Easy understandable. My problem is, when I edit an image in LR, I often send it to PS also, to do some touchups or something. Then I cmd-s to save it back to LR with the new PS edits. But now I have two rather large files on my rather small SSD, the raw file and the new tiff file. And with many images that quickly adds up. How would you go about this?
Good question. There’s no easy way around it; deleting the original RAW is out of the question, and deleting the TIFF makes your new edits pointless. I guess I’m curious what touch-ups you’re referring to. Photoshop certainly can do many things that Lightroom cannot, but Lightroom is still such a vast program that I rarely find myself needing to edit photos outside of it. I only use Photoshop as a last resort anyway, because it clears out your photo’s Lightroom edit history. I don’t know if it’s possible in your case or not, but if so, that’s my recommendation. (Otherwise, your only decent option is to get some external hard drives for overflow.)
Photography Life Oh, many times I make all sorts of manipulations which LR is no good for, but I like to start in LR because I’m more used to that software. One told me, though, that I could “save as”, choose jpeg and then save the file in the same folder as the rawfile. Then synchronise the folder in LR and the jpeg should show up. I’ve tried that, but nothing happens, not sure what I’m doing wrong.
@MadsHilde - That process should work as you describe, so I’m not sure why you haven’t seen those images show up in Lightroom. Do you see them on your hard drive in the proper folder? Regardless, there’s an issue with that method. Although the JPEG is significantly smaller, it is also much more heavily compressed than a TIFF. So if you want to do any further editing on that photo, I’d be really wary of saving as a JPEG. Unfortunately that puts you back to square one with a TIFF, which is why I think your only options are to minimize your visits to Photoshop as much as possible, or get some external hard drives for overflow.
Very personal and non-asked opinion, but since you're already good with Lightroom I wouldn't swap back and forth with Photoshop, but rather leave Photoshop for more creative or painterly works.
Silvia Sánchez I quite often use PS to clone out stuff or use certain filters, so I have to go back and forth. But I might just take my finished files and move from my SSD to a normal HD, so I don’t fill up my SSD too fast.
Hello sir, ty for this video, i have a question that frustrated me so much, WHy The photo looks different in Library and in Develop module? it seems When i click on develop module LR add some effects by default like sharpening and other things, what is the solution ?
Lightroom occasionally uses different preview algorithms for develop vs library module. It could be because you have Preview Quality Low or Medium selected in your catalog settings, or Lightroom may not have fully loaded the image preview in the library module, or any number of other reasons. The develop module preview is the more accurate of the two, if that's what you're wondering.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel Ty sir
Where is the Library? There are no videos on how to open/where is Library?
Do you have Lightroom Classic? The word “Library” is at the top right of the screen written pretty large, you can’t miss it. Click that and you’re in the Library.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel Lightroom 7.2. Is that Classic?
@lymanmedeiros903 Yeah - do you not see it on your screen? You can also press the “g” key on your keyboard at any time to see the grid view of your photos in the Library module.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel Yes I do have Grid. So in 7.2 , what was Library is now Grid? Ok Im good. Thank you for your help. Much appreciated.