The Ultimate Collection of Lightroom Tips and Tricks! Introduction:You will surely agree that Lightroom is an incredibly powerful and capable softwarebut did you ever want to have a ready reckoner of all the best Tips and Tricks that you can use for Lightroom? Then this is the blog post for you! We have compiled the Ultimate Collection of Lightroom Tips & Tricks in this blog post.Just because we all love Adobe Lightroom, doesn’t mean that we should be spending a lot of time using it.
As a photographer, you should rather be shooting images and doing photography than editing. The key is to work smarter inside of Lightroom than harder!So without much further adolet’s get to it The Ultimate Collection of Lightroom Tips and Tricks!1. #LRTip1 – Lightroom Is Not Just An Editing Software.
It’s A Complete Photo-Organising, Rating, Culling, Editing and Management Tool!2. #LRTip2 – The USP Of LR Is That It’s A Complete Photo Mgmt Software Consisting Of Image Catalogs and Databases and Not Just An Editing Tool.3.
#LRTip3 – Lightroom Makes Possible All The Basic and Intermediate Image Editing So That The Use Of Photoshop Can Be Minimal and Only If Needed.4. #LRTip4 – Lightroom Doesn’t Substitute Photoshop But Complements It Beautifully and Efficiently.5. #LRTip5 – Lightroom Is A Lot Easier Than Photoshop. It Cannot Do Everything That Photoshop Does But It’s Still Quite A Capable Editing Tool.6. #LRTip6 – Lightroom Can Help You Import, Organise, Rate, Fave, Edit and Export Images In The Most Elegant and Versatile Manner Possible.7. #LRTip7 – If You Shoot Thousands Of Images Every Year And Wish To Take Control Of Your Post-Production Needs, Then Lightroom Is For You!8.
#LRTip8 – Editing In Lightroom Is Completely Non-Destructive. The Original Images Are Always Kept Untouched.9. #LRTip9 – Lightroom Keeps A Complete History Of All The Changes You Make To An Image In Its Catalog Without Ever Modifying The Originals.10.
#LRTip10 – Lightroom Is The Primary Go To Editing Software Of Most Pro Photogs. Photoshop Is Only Used If Required. That’s The Workflow!11. #LRTip11 – Basic Lightroom Workflow - Import Metadata Sort Rate Organise Edit Watermark Export!12.
#LRTip12 – You Can Use Lightroom Also 4 Creating Photo Books, Slideshows, Soft Proofing, Printing, Web Galleries and Seeing Images On The Map!13. #LRTip13 – To See Any Image In Lightroom Full Screen, Press ‘F’ On Your Keyboard!14. #LRTip14 – To Quickly Switch To The Library / Import Module, Press ‘G’ On Your Keyboard!15. #LRTip15 – To Quickly Switch To The Develop Module, Press ‘D’ On Your Keyboard!16. #LRTip16 – To Quickly Import Images Into Lightroom, Press ‘Cmd + Shift + I’ On Mac or ‘Ctrl + Shift + I’ If You Are On Windows.17. #LRTip17 – To Quickly Export Images Into Lightroom, Press ‘Cmd + Shift + E’ On Mac Or ‘Ctrl + Shift + E’ If You Are On Windows.18.
#LRTip18 – Press 1,2,3,4,5 On Your Keyboard For Equivalent Star Ratings: 6,7,8,9 For Assigning Color Labels and 0 To Remove Any Star Ratings!19. #LRTip19 – To Flag A Photo Press ‘P’ As In Pick and To Unflag The Photo Press ‘U’ As In Unpick On Your Keyboard.20. #LRTip20 – To Hide Both The Left and Right Side Panels Press ’Tab’ and 2 Hide the Left, Right and Bottom Panels, Press ’Shift + Tab’ On Ur Keyboard.21. #LRTip21 – Use Develop Module In SOLO Mode. Right Click On Any Editing Panel Tool On The Right and Select Solo Mode From The Options.22. #LRTip22 – Using Develop Module In SOLO Mode Helps U To Focus On One Editing Panel At A Time Instead Of Having All Of Them Open and Expanded.23.
#LRTip23 – Using Develop Module In SOLO Mode Will Save You A Lot Of Time and Make You More Efficient In Your Editing Process! #lightroom #tip24. #LRTip24 – Histogram Gives You A Quick Overview Of The Luminance Levels In An Image. Learn To Read A Histogram.25. #LRTip25 – Hover Your Mouse On The Histogram, Drag To Left Or Right To Edit The Blacks, Shadows, Exposure, Highlights and Whites In Ur Image!26. #LRTip26 – To Correct White Balance, Click On the White Balance Selector Tool (Eyedropper Icon) and Click On A Neutral Grey Point In Ur Image!27. #LRTip27 – Double Clicking Any Slider On The Right Hand Side Develop Panel Resets That Slider To 0.28.
#LRTip28 -Hover Your Mouse On Any Slider On the Right Hand Side Develop Panel and Use The Up / Down Arrow Keys 2 Increase Or Decrease the Effect!29. #LRTip29 – Hover Your Mouse On Any Slider In The Develop Panel and Use the Shift + Up / Down Arrow Keys To Substantially + Or – The Effect!30. #LRTip30 – If You Happen To Do Certain Lightroom Adjustments All The Time, Create Presets For Them And Automate Your Workflow!31. #LRTip31 – Lightroom Presets Help You To Automate Repetitive Tasks You Do All The Time and Make You More Productive In Your Editing Workflow.32. #LRTip32 – In Lightroom, Presets Can Be Created To Automate Not Just Editing But Almost Every Single Step Of Your Post Production Workflow!33. #LRTip33 – Create Presets 4 Importing, Applying Metadata, Editing, Filtering, Cr8ing Smart Collections, Watermarking, Exporting and Lots More!34. #LRTip34 – Keep Your Lightroom Photo Library Properly Organised Into Folders and Collections.
It Will Save You Hours Of Post Production Time!35. #LRTip35 – Tone Curve, HSL and Split Toning Have The Potential Of Completely Changing The Look Of An Image. Use Them Wisely.36.
#LRTip36 – the Bst Way 2 Use HSL Panel Is Using The Targeted Adjustment Tool. It’s An Icon With 2 Circles Nxt 2 Each Of The H,S,L Sliders.37. #LRTip37 – Use The Targeted Adjustment Tool 4 Hsl Panel.
Click On The Tool and Pick Any Area In The Image and Drag To Left Or Right 2 Adjust.38. #LRTip38 – Always Use Masking When Sharpening An Image.
To See The Areas Masked, Press Alt Key While Moving The Masking Slider In Lightroom.39. #LRTip39 – Exceeding Beyond 25 Luminance Noise Reduction and 40 Color Noise Reduction Would Make The Image Way Too Soft.
Reduce Noise Sparingly.40. #LRTip40 – Do Not Reduce Noise Too Much. Images Lose Detail and Sharpness and Become Very Soft In The Process.41.
#LRTip41 – Vignetting Helps Create Focus In The Image By Closing The Image But Overdoing It Ruins The Image.42. #LRTip42 – Vignetting Is Best Done By Using Varying Levels Of Graduated Filters On Each Of The Sides In An Image. Some Sides More and Some Less.43. #LRTip43 – Camera Calibration Is A Powerful Toning Tool When Used In Conjunction With Tone Curve, HSL and Split Toning.44. #LRTip44 – Create and Use Lightroom Presets Anywhere and Everywhere In Lightroom.
Work Smart, Not Hard. Become A Preset Whore?45. #LRTip45 – When Editing A Lots Of Images From A Photo Shoot, Try Working On One Image and Then Sync That Effect On A Batch Of Similar Images!46. #LRTip46 – Ctrl-C / Cmd-C and Ctrl-V / Cmd-V Is Used For Copying and Pasting In Windows and Mac. It Works In Lightroom Too! #LRTip47 – The Quickest Way To Reset An Image In Lightroom Is By Pressing ‘Cmd + Shift + R’ On Mac or ‘Ctrl + Shift + R’ On Windows.48. #LRTip48 – Amateur Photographers Mostly Use Global Adjustments Only In Lightroom.
Professionals Also Use Local Adjustments.49. #LRTip49 – Using Local Adjustments In Lightroom Is The Secret Sauce Of World Class Professional Photographers.50. #LRTip50 – For Local Adjustments In Lightroom, Never Keep The Flow and Density At 100. Always Build The Effect Slowly 2 Make It Look More Natural.51.
#LRTip51 – For Local Adjustments In Lightroom, Always Have A Good Amount Of Feathering To Ensure That The Image Is More Believable.52. #LRTip52 – To Quickly Compare The Before and After Of An Image In Lightroom, Press The ‘’ Key On Your Keyboard.53. #LRTip53 – To See The Effect Of Changes Made 2 A Photo Using Any Develop Panel, Toggle The On / Off Switch Located On The Left Of Each Panel.54. #LRTip54 – Sometimes Cropping A Photo Can Make It Compositionally Better and More Artistic.
Press ‘R’ On Your Keyboard To Quickly Crop An Image.55. #LRTip55 – The 2 Triangles On The Top Left and Right Side Of The Histogram Help Toggle Shadow and Highlight Clipping. View Any Clipping Using Them.56. #LRTip56 – You Can View Or Hide The Toolbar Located Just Above The Photo Strip In Lightroom By Pressing ’T’ On Your keyboard.57. #LRTip57 – Use Snapshots To Compare Different Effects Made To The Same Photo For Making Artistic Decisions.58. #LRTip58 – Use Virtual Copies 2 Export The Same Image With Diff Effects.
Virtual Copies Are For Making Different Versions Of The Same Photo.59. #LRTip59 – The History Panel On The Left Gives A Step By Step Break Up Of Every Single Adjustment Done To A Photo In Lightroom.60. #LRTip60 – Collections Are A Simple Way To Manage and Organise Photos In Lightroom.
Collections Are Like Virtual Folders.61. #LRTip61 – Use CAPSLOCK For Auto Advance!62. #LRTip62 – Edit from Smart Previews. Lightroom can build smaller versions (Smart Previews) of your images inside of your Lightroom Catalog so that you can keep editing when you disconnect.63. #LRTip63 – Use The Lights Out Mode To Focus Better On the Image64. #LRTip64 – Add Your Own Company Logo to Lightroom Using The Identity Plate Setup65.
#LRTip65 – Watch Out for Highlight & Shadow Clipping! Use the ‘J’ Key On Your Keyboard To View Clipping If Any!66. #LRTip66 – Organise Your Develop Presets Into Folders. Drag & Drop Presets Into Appropriate Folders.67. #LRTip67 – Improve Lightroom’s Performance.
Upgrade your Computer Hardware. Use A Solid State Drive (SSD).68. #LRTip68 – Get Creative While Cropping.
Use the ‘R’ Key On Your Keyboard To Crop Your Image!69. #LRTip69 – Use The Fader Lightroom Plugin To Fade Your Lightroom Presets. (Reduce Opacity)70. #LRTip70 – Auto-Hide Lightroom Panels To Increase Screen Real-Estate While Editing.71. #LRTip71 – Use Solo Mode To Tame All The Lightroom Panels.72. #LRTip72 – Use Collections & Collection Sets In Addition To Folders In Lightroom.73.
#LRTip73 – Store All Your Images Inside One Main Folder.74. #LRTip74 – Do As Much Work In Lightroom As Possible Including Organising Images!75.
#LRTip75 – Create Presets, Templates & Recipes In Lightroom Wherever Possible76. #LRTip76 – It’s OK To Have Multiple Catalogs!77. #LRTip77 – Ask Yourself Whether You Need Lots of Keywords Or Not.78.
#LRTip78 – Throw Away Your Older Backups. Keep Only 2-3 Most Recent Back-Ups!79. #LRTip79 – After Developing, You Need To Export The Images Out of Lightroom!80.
#LRTip80 – Set The Default Lightroom Catalog81. #LRTip81 – Use The Built-In Catalog Backup Function82. #LRTip82 – Learn How To Restore From A Catalog Backup83. #LRTip83 – Know How To Find Your Folders And Photos On Disk84. #LRTip84 – Ctrl / Cmd Click / Right-click Is Your Best Friend85.
#LRTip85 – Use Lightroom To Move Photos Between Folders. Organise Everything ONLY Inside Of Lightroom.86. #LRTip86 – Know Your Screen Modes Inside Lightroom87. #LRTip87 – Customize The Grid View To Suit Your Exact Needs88. #LRTip88 – Compare Groups of Photos To Quickly & Effectively Cull & Pick Your Best Images89. #LRTip89 – Use Photo Mechanic To Cull & Pick Your Images & Import Only The Selects Into Lightroom!90.
#LRTip90 – Use Lightroom Mobile To Edit Photos On The Move!Here’s an Infographic for the Ultimate Collection of Lightroom Tips and Tricks!Here is a Version of the above Infographic!Need A PDF? No Problem?Here is a Version!Question: What are some of your favorite tips and tricks for using Adobe Lightroom? Do you have any additional ones to share? Let us know in the comments section below.Please share this post on Facebook / Twitter / Social Media with your network.
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