Category: Organizing Photos
PhotoActive #156: The Rescue Mission with Derrick Story
On the latest PhotoActive podcast, Derrick Story tells the tale of how he rescued 200,000 photos locked in Aperture.
In-Person Lightroom Training at Kenmore Camera
I'm doing two live, in-person events about Adobe Lightroom at Kenmore Camera. Sign up and bring your questions!
New Third Edition of Take Control of Your Digital Photos
I've just released a big new third edition of my book about organizing and bringing sanity to your photo libraries.
The Paralysis of “Best”
[This post first appeared in Photo AI, my newsletter about how computational photography is fundamentally changing photography as we know it. Subscribe here, or view the archives at TheSmarterImage.com.] Last week the good folks over at Glass posted on Mastodon: "Hi. Hit us with your best photo on Glass. Just because. 🗣️ Show 🗣️ us 🗣️ ...
Photoshop Elements 2021 Classroom in a Book
Did I mention that 2020 was a busy year for me? One of my regular projects for the last couple of years has been updating the Adobe Photoshop Elements Classroom in a Book for Adobe Press/Pearson. I originally worked on it in 2013 when the authors were too busy to update the title, and then ...
How to Save a Lightroom Catalog After an Epic Mistake
The best stories are told from personal experience, right?
The Value of Returning to Your Photos
It’s easy to finish a shoot or a vacation and then move on to the next one. But invariably I find gems and worthwhile photos when I return to them later, even more than a year later in this case.
It’s Here: Direct Lightroom Import on iOS 13.2
Adobe released updates to the Lightroom ecosystem today which finally brings the ability to import photos directly from a memory card or camera to the Lightroom library, bypassing the iPad’s Camera Roll or Files app. I’ve been waiting for this feature since the first version of Lightroom on iOS. The Lightroom Queen blog has more ...
It’s Coming: Direct Lightroom Import on iPad and iPhone
Since the release of iOS 13/iPadOS 13, the options for importing photos directly from a camera or memory card reader have increased, letting you import to the Files app or the Photos app. Now, Adobe has previewed an upcoming version of Lightroom Mobile that allows you to import photos directly into Lightroom on the iPad ...
Alien Skin Exposure X4 Review
It's fascinating to me how Adobe's switch to all-subscription pricing continues to ripple throughout the photo industry. I review Alien Skin Exposure X4 for DPReview.
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