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It’s Looking Like a Great Spring

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:25:00 +0000

It’s looking like it will be a great spring. While I’ve received some recent snow here in Colorado, I’m still looking forward to the nicer weather, time outdoors, longer days and more.

To add to the great news, Adobe is releasing software this spring – lots and lots of software!

On Monday, April 12, they are announcing the new features and additional information for Creative Suite 5! New versions of InDesign, Photoshop and more – I can’t wait. Check out the Adobe site for registration information so you can be part of the launch.

To add to the excitement, Adobe recently released Lightroom 3 Beta 2. Tethering, noise reduction and more. Hopefully, we’ll see a full release of Lightroom 3 sometime later this Spring!!

5 Great Lightroom Resources and an Honor

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:55:14 +0000

I’ll start off by briefly mentioning an unexpected honor I received today; a promotion to Lightroom Guru over at LightroomForums.net. I ran across the forum a few months ago and began answering questions I thought I could add my (limited) expertise to. It turns out that the moderators at the forum felt I was adding enough value to make me a Guru. Go figure.

So, speaking of quality Lightroom Resources, the following lists my top favorite/most valuable resources. While this list isn’t a comprehensive, non-stop shopping list, it does provide a solid start for anyone wanting to learn more about lightroom.

LightroomForums.net

As I just mentioned, I check this on a daily basis. The people are great and the discussions rarely, if ever, degrade into the types of arguments you see on other forums. If you have a Lightroom question, post it here and you’re likely to get a quick and thoughtful response. Link.

Lightroom Killer Tips

Matt Kloskowski does a great job at posting regular tips and tricks for Lightrom users, many of which are video tutorials. Beginners and experts alike will benefit from this site. Link.

Lightroom User to User Forums (Adobe)

This is Adobe’s user-to-user forum, allowing you to post questions and receive answers to Lightroom questions. Another resource similar to LightroomForums.net. Link.

Jeffrey Friedl’s Blog

Jeffrey Friedl is one of the most prominent Lightroom plugin developers out there today. He’s released a wide variety of tools, ranging from tools that let you export to Facebook or Flickr to a GeoTagging plugin (which is my personal favorite). Some are free. Some can be unlocked by donating as little as a penny to Mr. Friedl (all are worth far more than that, IMO). Link.

The Photo Geek and Lightroom-Blog.com

Okay, this is technically two resources. As I recently started following them both, I thought I’d include them as one. Both are blogs from guys who really know Lightroom. They share insight, tools and more. Both are worth a look. Photo Geek link. Lightroom Blog link.

Lightroom Keyboard Shortcut Quick Reference Cards

Sun, 31 May 2009 01:16:00 +0000

I just posted up keyboard shortcut quick reference cards on my site. You can access them at this link.

This is the easiest place for me to collect any feedback on the cards. Feel free to post any questions, suggestions or other thoughts in the comments below.