Tips for a Lightroom Noob ??

**bigdazzler** · 18-11-2009, 7:51am

Been an Aperture user from day one but just bought a copy of Lightroom ... gimme your best user hints and tips

Thankyou

**ricktas** · 18-11-2009, 8:04am

Go out and buy Scott Kelby's Lightroom book, that's my tip.

**kiwi** · 18-11-2009, 8:20am

www.lightroomkillertips.com

and what Rick said

Lots of tutes on youtube etc

**IanB** · 18-11-2009, 8:26am

Rick's suggestion is spot one; but its free at the library

**Bill44** · 18-11-2009, 9:33am

Darren, this forum can be a lifesaver, some of the members are on the Lightroom team.
http://www.lightroomforums.net/index.php

**oldfart** · 18-11-2009, 9:45am

My no1 Tip, you can never have enough Pre Sets
but don't have them in 1 huge list of you spend all your life scrolling looking for the ones you use the most

**bigdazzler** · 18-11-2009, 9:49am

Originally Posted by ricktas

Go out and buy Scott Kelby's Lightroom book, that's my tip.

Thanks Rick. Just put in an order at fishpond. Got myself Kelbys LR and CS4 books, as well as Hotshoe Diaries. Love my books

Thanks for the other tips too guys .. ill have a look at all of them .. Cheers

**CherylB** · 18-11-2009, 2:02pm

Originally Posted by bigdazzler

Thanks Rick. Just put in an order at fishpond. Got myself Kelbys LR and CS4 books, ...

Me too! About time I learned how to use them properly!

Thanks for the mention of fishpond Darren - I didn't even know it existed! Should be a damn sight faster than Amazon.

**Lani** · 18-11-2009, 4:12pm

Originally Posted by CherylB

Thanks for the mention of fishpond Darren - I didn't even know it existed! Should be a damn sight faster than Amazon.

Don't bet on it Cheryl.

...based on experience it can sometimes take about the same time.

**bigdazzler** · 18-11-2009, 4:20pm

all my fishpond deliveries have been here inside 5 working days .. I dont find them too bad, certainly quicker than Amazon.

**kiwi** · 18-11-2009, 4:23pm

Biggest tip for new to LR though - there is no save function, don't look for it

Changes happen to the image in develop mode all the time and are held in a database so that you can revert, step backwards any time. Lossless.

You have to export an image to use it/print it etc

Tip #2, master tip #1 then get back to me

**Lani** · 18-11-2009, 4:44pm

Originally Posted by bigdazzler

all my fishpond deliveries have been here inside 5 working days .. I dont find them too bad, certainly quicker than Amazon.

Maybe they find Tassie a bit harder to locate...down here in the boondocks

**CherylB** · 18-11-2009, 7:15pm

I've had two emails so far (I ordered 3 books in all), and they both say they should arrive between Tuesday and Friday next week. Last time I used Amazon, I chose the expedited shipping (not the very top one, the next one down), and the parcel took almost as long as normal shipping would have - ie. about 6 weeks. So if fishpond can get my books here next week, I'll be very happy!

(but if I see any Tanzanian postmarks on it, .....

)

**bigdazzler** · 18-11-2009, 10:28pm

Originally Posted by kiwi

Biggest tip for new to LR though - there is no save function, don't look for it

Changes happen to the image in develop mode all the time and are held in a database so that you can revert, step backwards any time. Lossless.

You have to export an image to use it/print it etc

Tip #2, master tip #1 then get back to me

Exactly the same as Aperture

**bigdazzler** · 19-11-2009, 2:38pm

ok so somehow with my playing around with preferences in LR , ive added a watermark to all files exported from LR ... can someone tell me how/where to get rid of it ?? I seem to remember checking a "add watermark" box somewhere, but now I cant find it for the life of me ...

**ricktas** · 19-11-2009, 2:48pm

Daz..

File > Export > (scroll down to metadata) and untick "add copyright watermark"

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