Create a Custom Crop Aspect Ratio | Adobe Lighroom Tutorial With the release of Adobe Lightroom 4.3 in June 2021 Adobe released a new feature called the Custom Crop Aspect Ratio. While not that exciting, this new feature allows users to quickly enter an aspect ratio to create an image crop natively within Adobe Lightroom. Also, users can select from their list of previously used aspect ratios once everything has been entered. So if users need a certain ratio for a set of images, the preset can be made efficiently. Creating custom crop aspect ratios is [...]

Creating Multiple Versions of Photo Edits | Adobe Lightroom Tutorial With the release of Adobe Lightroom 4.0 in October 2020 Adobe updated a feature they titled Versions from the 3.3 release with Auto Versions. Versions allows photographers and editors to quickly preview multiple variations of edits across the same photo. Creating Versions as well as working with Auto Versions is simple and the following 7 steps contains all the information needed to use the feature efficiently. The Problem Before, if you closed out of the program Lightroom would not create [...]

Color Grading Panel | Adobe Lightroom Tutorial With the release of Adobe Lightroom 4.0 in October 2020 Adobe released a feature they titled Color Grading. The new tool allows for photographers to have deeper control over the shadows, midtones, and highlights of their images. Featuring a three color wheel design similar to that of Adobe Premiere’s Lumetri Color Wheels. Those familiar with these color wheels should have no issue grading photos within Lightroom. Step One: Open the Photo Open a photo within Lightroom desktop and click the Edit icon in [...]

How to Double Image Resolution Using Super Resolution in Adobe Lightroom With the release of Adobe Lightroom 4.3 in June 2021 Adobe released a feature they titled Super Resolution. This new tool allows for photographers to double the resolution of an image utilizing machine learning. Similar to Adobe’s Super Zoom Neural Filter in Photoshop, this filter however works to double the resolution across the whole image, not just the selected section of the image. Step One: Open the Image Open the raw image, JPEG, or TIFF within Lightroom desktop. [...]

How to Use Graphical and Signature Watermarks | Adobe Lightroom Tutorial With the release of Adobe Lightroom 4.0 in October 2020 Adobe released a feature they titled Graphical Watermarks. This new tool allows for photographers to quickly export and share an image with a custom watermark. Step One: Open the Image Open the image within Lightroom desktop and click on the Share icon in the upper right hand corner of the program. Step Two: Share Menu This will open up the Share menu, from which [...]