Adobe Lightroom Tip #1 – Where is my missing thumbnail zoom slider?

This one is a personal frustration point with Lightroom that seems to happen every 6 months or so.  When in the library mode the lower bar that allows you zoom the size of your thumbnails disappears.  This same bar also has the functinality to sort thumbnails by capture time, file type, etc.

Fix = Go to the “view” menu and then do “show toolbar”.   Such an easy fix for a point of frustration.

You can also zoom the thumbnails by hitting “+” and “-” on the keyboard.

Adobe version number currently used for this posting = 3.4

Double Ti Locks - How did I shoot it?

Double Ti Locks - How did I shoot it?, a photo by Creative Outlet Images Photography on Flickr.

How did I do it?

1) Setup a tripod.
2) Set the camera to manual settings and locked iso.
3) Place the knife on a flat dark surface (a speaker here)
4) Take the first picture.
5) Turn the knife over and move it to a different spot.
6) Take another picture with exactly the same camera, zoom, and tripod settings.
7) Upload to Lightroom.
8) Correct for croping, exposure, normal corrections.
9) Export as layers to Photoshop
10) Set the top layer to a layer mask
11) Select a paint brush and the black color.
12) Paint in the other knife to reveal it.
13) Save and your done!


Canon 5d Mark 2, 85mm 1.2l, Transcend CF card, manfrotto tripod.

Adobe Lightroom 3.4 Performance

I'm loving the new features of Lightroom 3.2 and greater, but I'm really struggling with the performance.

Observations:

1)  Don't leave lightroom open on your computer for very long.  Shut it down and restart it when you need to pickup work again.

2)  Do clear out your image cache every once in a while.

3)  Usually smaller catalogs when you can, but I have to say I don't like this one.