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Carl Mckie
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Very quick Lightroom adjustment brush tip
When using the adjustment brush tool (red arrow no.1) in Lightroom, hold down the control(or Command) key at the same time and it will...
Carl Mckie
- Jan 12, 2020
- 1 min
Lightroom’s hidden arrows
A little known, and overlooked feature in Lightrooms metadata tab(Library module) are the small arrows in the check boxes at the right-hand
Carl Mckie
- Dec 8, 2019
- 2 min
Batch Process for export in Lightroom 2020
Since the 2020 Adobe update for Lightroom it has been possible to export files for multiple uses at the same time using presets in the...
Carl Mckie
- Aug 4, 2019
- 1 min
Lightroom colour picker tool
The colour picker tool in Lightroom is often overlooked, probably because it appears as a rectangular box with a cross in it and pretty non-
Carl Mckie
- May 25, 2019
- 1 min
Super quick Lightroom tip
To bring a folder in the collections panel to the top of the list of collections, high light the collection then right click to bring up...
Carl Mckie
- May 12, 2019
- 2 min
Using Photoshop actions with Lightroom via Droplets
A little known feature of Lightroom is the ability to use Photoshop actions, or actions that have been turned into “Droplets”, this...
Carl Mckie
- Mar 10, 2019
- 1 min
Creating more “screen real estate in Photoshop cc”
Tapping the Tab key once in Photoshop will hide the Toolbar and panels (fig 1. Screen space). Tapping it a second time brings s them...
Carl Mckie
- Feb 24, 2019
- 1 min
Lightroom quick tip, how much space left on a drive, managed by Lightroom
To find out what space you have left on hard drives that Lightroom manages; Disk Space, photo count, and on/off line status in the header...
Carl Mckie
- Jan 26, 2019
- 1 min
Hiding unused panels in Lightroom
To toggle the visibility of a panel, Control -click (Mac) | Right -click (Win) on the panel header and select/deselect them from the...
Carl Mckie
- Dec 9, 2018
- 4 min
Using the Memory setting and FN button on Sony Alpha cameras
This is an often overlooked and under used feature on many camera models, not just Sony Alpha. Partly I think that a lot of people in...
Carl Mckie
- Dec 2, 2018
- 3 min
Back button focus on Sony “A” mount cameras
Back button focusing takes away the focusing operation from the shutter button and assigns it to either a dedicated, or button on the...
Carl Mckie
- Nov 25, 2018
- 1 min
Red Kites in Suffolk
A recent trip over to Suffolk to photograph red kites, was rewarded with the juvenile in the images bellow, landing and feeding on...
Carl Mckie
- Nov 18, 2018
- 3 min
Lightroom Key wording, Part two
The key word dialogue box Key wording is a necessary evil, time consuming, tedious but never the less something that needs to be done, it...
Carl Mckie
- Nov 3, 2018
- 3 min
Key wording in Lightroom,part 1
Key wording is quite a large topic to cover in one small quick tip so I have split it into three separate parts, 1 The keyword list 2...
Carl Mckie
- Oct 14, 2018
- 3 min
Using Lightroom’s spray can
The spray can or painter tool in Lightroom is more useful than people realise. Available to keyword multiple images, star rate or assign...
Carl Mckie
- Sep 30, 2018
- 2 min
Sharing with clients/friends through Lightroom
This is a nice easy way to share/show images to people through Lightroom. First you need to be synced with Lightroom mobile, this is done...
Carl Mckie
- Sep 28, 2018
- 1 min
Sika Stag, in Kent
On a recent trip to Kent to photograph Fallow deer, I was surprised to come across this Sika stag- not that I didn't know they where...
Carl Mckie
- Sep 15, 2018
- 2 min
Auto stack for HDR and Pano
A very useful feature in Lightroom is the Auto stack, I use this feature mostly when creating HDR or Panoramas, but it can be useful when...
Carl Mckie
- Aug 31, 2018
- 1 min
Flip an image in Lightroom
A little known detail in Lightroom is that it is possible and easy to flip an image both horizontal and vertical or left to right-and it...
Carl Mckie
- Aug 25, 2018
- 1 min
Shortcut menu sheet |Lightroom quick tip
While in, Lightroom - by holding down cmd or ctrl and the forward slash key, you will bring up a list of the keyboard shortcuts for...