Lightroom

Lightroom FAQs

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Biggest misconception about Lightroom

Delegates on my Lightroom courses often keep asking certain questions about certain specific features in Lightroom. So I thought I would put together a set of most common questions and give you answers. 1) How does Lightroom handle edits I make to images? Everything you do in Lightroom is non-destructive. Any edits you make to […]

Web Technologies

Adobe Ending Flash

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Adobe have announced the end of life for Flash plug-in. Adobe are going to stop supporting and the distribution of Flash by 2020. Some websites are still using Flash but the future belongs to HTML5. Adobe dropped Flash as an application last year and Flash became Animate CC, clearly stating what it can do and […]

Lightroom

Lightroom CC 2015.12 Released

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Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.8 update

Adobe released a new update to Lightroom – version CC 2015.12. New version of Lightroom, as usual, adds support for new cameras: Canon EOS 6D Mark II Canon EOS 200D(EOS Kiss X9, EOS Rebel SL2) Leica TL2 Nikon D7500 Olympus Tough TG-5 as well as fixes several bugs, for example a bug with missing iphone […]

Lightroom

Adobe admit Lightroom’s Performance a Priority

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Adobe Lightroom

Adobe admit that Lightroom’s performance has to be sped up. Many of us have struggled with very slow Lightroom in recent times and Adobe noticed that and are saying that Lightroom performance is a priority. One of very common complaints from most photographers is Lightroom being very slow. Even users with some ridiculous amounts of […]

Photography

The End of Lexar Memory Cards

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In a sudden surprising announcement, Micron – the parent company of Lexar – said that they’re discontinuing the Lexar memory cards. As Micron said: “The decision was made as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to focus on its increasing opportunities in higher value markets and channels.” It looks like all removable storage of Lexar […]

Applications

Now you can check Lightroom edits online

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View edits of Lightroom images

A web developer, Piotr Chmolowski, created a web application that you can use to check how the image was edited in Lightroom. Pixel Peeper, that’s the name of the software developed by Piotr, is an EXIF viewer, which shows how an image – JPEG to be specific (it doesn’t work with raw files) – was […]

Applications

Adobe Scan

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Adobe have launched Adobe Scan, an app that will turn your mobile phone into a scanning device. This new app from Adobe will make it easier creating documents on the go. With their app, Adobe are leveraging their advanced imaging technology  so that you can create PDFs using Adobe Scan. What seems to set Adobe’s […]

Technology

New Powerful Surface Pro

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Microsoft have announced a new powerful Surface Pro (they seem to be dropping numbering as the new one is called just Surface Pro). The new Surface Pro comes with the latest Intel i7 processor (7th generation) (you can also opt-in for Intel i5) and it supposed to deliver an impressive battery life of up to […]

Photography

Have DSLRs lost the battle?

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I think it’s time to say openly that DSLRs have lost the battle. Their time is over. Mirrorless won. Why would I say that? Well, there are a number of reasons. Mirrorless cameras are so much cheaper than their DSLR counterparts. My mid-range mirrorless Fuji X-E series is about £500 (New), the mid-range counterpart Canon […]