Today’s Question In Lightroom Classic, is there a way to filter photos that contain both of two selected keywords, rather than showing images that have …
Searching for Multiple Keywords
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Searching for images
Today’s Question I always believed that Lightroom Classic’s real power was in its ability to search for images. However, I’ve noticed that when I search …
Exporting Metadata
Today’s Question When exporting photos from Lightroom Classic with the “All Metadata” option, I still don’t see the location metadata when viewing the exported images. …
Crafting the Perfect Print
Today’s Question Does the “Create Saved Print” tab in the Print module perform the same function as exporting an image from Lightroom Classic and re-importing …
Colour Fringe
Today’s Question I’m revisiting an older file I captured years ago. I really like the image, but the unprocessed RAW file has some red artefacts …
Preserving the Print Version of a Photograph
Today’s Question When I complete post-processing an image in Lightroom Classic and print it, I want to ensure that the version remains unchanged. If I …
Renaming a Virtual Copies
Today’s Question In Lightroom Classic, when I create a virtual copy, it automatically gets named “Copy 1,” “Copy 2,” and so on. However, if I …
Selecting Metadata Fields
Today’s Question You mentioned that the Default view in the Metadata section of Lightroom Classic can be customised to include additional fields. How can this …
Turning off Face Detection
Today’s Question While organising images in the Library module of Lightroom Classic, a message about face recognition unexpectedly appeared, shortly after, the main screen displayed …
Backup Photos Included in Catalog
Today’s Question My external backup drive, where I store all my photos, has somehow been included in my Lightroom Classic catalog, resulting in duplicates of …
Avoid Importing to the Wrong Destination
Today’s Question I occasionally import photos into the wrong destination in Lightroom Classic, such as the internal hard drive instead of my external drive. Is …
Apple Pro Raw
Today’s Question I recently transferred photos from my iPhone to my computer and noticed that all the images were in JPEG format – none of …
Hard Drives Connected
Today’s Question I’ve been wondering whether I need to keep my external drives connected to my laptop all the time while I’m at home. Is …
Catalog Settings v Preferences
Today’s Question You’ve mentioned settings for Lightroom Classic being spread across both the Preferences and Catalog Settings dialogs. Why not consolidate all these options into …
Embedded Previews
Today’s Question With a high-resolution camera, would you recommend using the embedded preview option in Lightroom Classic instead of generating Standard previews during import? Mark’s …
Classic Previews with XMP files
Today’s Question When choosing to build previews in Lightroom Classic and have XMP sidecars enabled, are the previews stored in the XMP file? Mark’s Answer …
Image Previews
Today’s Question Can Lightroom Classic display previews of photos stored on an external hard drive that isn’t currently connected, provided the previews were previously generated? …
Images : Gradient from the middle
Today’s Question Is it possible for a linear gradient to impact only the central portion of an image? If not, could the desired effect be …