Are All Your Lightroom Brushes Mixed Up After the Recent CC Update? A couple of weeks ago a customer alerted me to a problem with her brushes after running an update to Lightroom CC. I did the update myself, and exp...
How to Customize the Lightroom Toolbar Lightroom users who have fast workflow generally take advantage of one of Lightroom's handiest features: Is it a secret? No, but most Lightroom users don't know how to best util...
Lightroom Organization One of the most frustrating challenges I faced when learning Lightroom was how to organize my images. I took a class from a local professional photographer who teaches an Intro to Photography ...
How to Reconnect Missing Photos & Folders in Lightroom Have you ever encountered a folder of photos in Lightroom that has a question mark by it? Or a photo thumbnail that has an exclamation mark? Why are these q...
Lightroom Export Settings You have successfully imported images into Lightroom and edited them. Awesome!  Now you need to get those precious little files OUT of Lightroom and off to the printer, or onto a thumb driv...
"Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place." Journey. It’s a funny thing, right...
Why Should I Use Lightroom Brushes? We all love that perfect one click edit. You know the one. It’s already perfectly exposed, perfectly composed and one simple click on your preset of choice transforms it into you...
Lightroom Tips to Enhance Fall and Winter Photos There's a different aesthetic to every season. In the Winter, we feel a cool, frosty atmosphere that brings cool blues, creams, and touches of rich reds and greens. ...
Adobe announced some exciting Lightroom news yesterday. I am sure you have questions and we have ANSWERS! Will my Pretty Presets work in Lightroom Classic? Yes! The same Pretty Presets you have been using in Lightr...
Adobe announced some new changes to Adobe Lightroom yesterday. And, while Lightroom had received regular updates in the past, this one was a little confusing so I thought it would be worth it to explain the various ...
As with everything in life, we are always searching for the "easy button" when it comes to editing photographs, both in Lightroom and Photoshop. Presets and actions come close to being easy buttons, but often you, th...
Recently a participant in my Lightroom workshop (at Pretty Forum) mentioned how her Lightroom CC did not look exactly like mine, that it was missing some tools or abilities that were showing on mine. Thankfully she f...
One of the hidden, under-used gems in Lightroom is the graduated filter. I've written tutorials on this particular tool before, but I decided to do another one to highlight why this tool is so useful. Panels (Global)...
I saw this come up in a conversation in the Pretty Presets Facebook Group the other day. Â It isn't the first time I have seen this conversation happen. Â So let's address it clearly! Are Lightroom Presets Cheating? Ab...
How to Correct a Blurry Eye in Lightroom It happens to every photographer, hobbyist and professional alike, when we capture a wonderful image only to find out later, in post processing, that one of the eyes is "soft"...
3 Import Settings in Lightroom (You Should Change TODAY) When I first starting using Lightroom several years ago, a BIG mistake I made was not understanding how important the import feature was. One of my missions a...
Editing faces and skin is such an important part of any portrait session. Â I don't like to do a heavy edit on a face. How I Use the Perfect Portrait Brushes in My Editing Workflow The Perfect Portrait Brushes are ...
Mastering Brushes and Graduated Filters in Lightroom We'd like to help you save time while editing in Lightroom! This one-hour training has been dedicated to helping you use brushes and graduated filters to their fu...
Where Are Your Photos Now? I recently ran into a friend at Target. She was at the photo kiosk with the memory card from her camera getting a few photos printed. She went on to tell me that she has every photo of he...
Using the White Balance Dropper Achieving a good white balance in your photo will make all the difference in the quality of your final edit. Luckily, Lightroom has some fantastic tools that will help you achieve a ...