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How to Sharpen Images in Lightroom

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Apr 08Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

You take a photograph, think it looks great on the camera, but then it turns out to be soft and blurry when you view it on a bigger screen. Bummer, right? Unless it’s being done intentionally, blurry images are pretty much unusable. But if there’s any scope of saving a photograph, sharpening it during post-processing might just keep it from heading to the trash can. Sharp images look cleaner, and the details are more visible too. And the most important part? Sharpening your images could give you better quality prints too. Your couples chose you to deliver only the best to them and to help you do that, in this blog, we will take you through the different steps to sharpen images in Lightroom. 

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How to Crop and Straighten Images in Lightroom

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Mar 23Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

Cropping and straightening photos is a crucial and fundamental step in image processing. For a wedding photographer, it’s one of the most helpful features in Lightroom. With Lightroom’s crop and straighten tools, you can improve the composition of your photos and also align them with your signature style. The best part about using these tools is that Lightroom’s non-destructive editing feature keeps your original images safe! Whether you are a beginner or would like a quick recap of how to crop and straighten in Lightroom, this blog could be your guide.

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Speed Up Your Workflow With Smart Previews in Lightroom

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Mar 05Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

As a wedding photographer, you probably have several TBs of data in the form of photographs and videos. These might be stored on an external hard disk, or you could even store these on your computer. However, saving these on your computer might slow down your system, especially when you start editing in Lightroom. While an easy solution to this is simply saving everything on an external hard drive, working in Smart Previews in Lightroom is also an effective way to keep your system from slowing down as you work on Lightroom. In this blog, we tell you all about Smart Previews and how they can help speed up your post-production workflow. 

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How to Fade Presets in Lightroom

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Feb 18Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

With enough practice and some creative tricks, editing photos in Adobe Lightroom can be a simple and easy process especially with the use of Lightroom Presets! But sometimes, a preset can completely change the look of your photograph or doesn’t match your usual editing style. In this case, we’d like to introduce you to The Fader. If you are looking for a quick and easy tutorial on how to fade presets in Lightroom, then you have come to the right place! Read on to learn more about how to subtly get the desired mood and style for your photographs. 

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12 Easy Steps to Editing Portraits in Lightroom

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Feb 08Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

You may not edit all your photos in Adobe Lightroom, but editing portraits in Lightroom could be another skill to add to your portfolio. It’s a relatively simple process in Lightroom, but you still have to be extra cautious while editing portraits. Even though it’s a part of most post-production processes, these images may sometimes look unnatural and altered. The key is to balance the way you edit and not go overboard. Since editing in Lightroom involves a non-destructive workflow and your actual photos never get altered, you can always go back to any editing stage. And even though it may be a simple process, we narrow down editing portraits in Lightroom to 12 steps in this blog. 

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How to Use Lightroom Presets

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Mar 14Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

Learning how to use Lightroom presets is a valuable skill for you to possess, especially for your post-wedding workflow. Presets can help save time, and they can also “remember” your favorite settings for you. Many editors and photographers spend years learning how to tweak presets to give their photos a specific look and feel, so it can be helpful to learn more about the process in Lightroom.

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How to Batch Edit in Lightroom to Speed Up Your Workflow

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Mar 13Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

As a photographer, your post-wedding workflow is one of the most time-consuming areas of your photography business. This is especially true when it comes to editing images. Editing every single image after a wedding shoot is a huge endeavor best taken on by digital photography editing services, like ShootDotEdit. And since we believe in creating a fast and efficient workflow, knowing how to batch edit in Lightroom can save a tremendous amount of time.

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How to Dehaze in Lightroom

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Mar 12Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

Many of Adobe Lightroom’s tools and features are designed to help you save time, especially when it comes to your post-wedding workflow. Many available features in Lightroom, however, can be difficult to master. This is especially true when it comes to learning how to dehaze in Lightroom. Even if you have your images edited by photo editing companies, such as ShootDotEdit, it can still be valuable to learn more about the process in Lightroom.

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How to Backup Your Lightroom Catalog

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Mar 12Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments

When it comes to skills that can take your wedding photography to the next level, there is plenty to learn. Effectively cropping your wedding images, removing unwanted objects, and touching up skin tones are just a few of the essential elements for complete photography packages. Yet there is one skill that is even more important than any of those for making your business and workflow fast: knowing how to backup Lightroom catalog.

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How to Make a Collage in Lightroom

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Mar 09Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips 1 Comment

As a wedding photographer, there are certain expectations you know you must meet to have satisfied clients and even great referrals from those clients. There are several skills you can develop in Lightroom to increase the value you provide to your clients. One of the services you can add to your portfolio is providing a collage of related, expertly edited photos can make for a very special bonus for your clients to commemorate and share their special day. We’ve put together how to make a collage in Lightroom to add this service to your photography business.

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