Tips for Lightroom Beginners

Posted: April 25, 2014

[caption id="attachment_11863" align="alignright"]Image from digital-photography-school.com[/caption]Lightroom, a post production software for photography, is often perceived as difficult to use. This is especially true for beginners. These helpful tips can get new users off and running when using Lightroom.

[caption id="attachment_11863" align="alignright"]Image from digital-photography-school.com[/caption]Lightroom, a post production software for photography, is often perceived as difficult to use. This is especially true for beginners. These helpful tips can get new users off and running when using Lightroom.

Andrew S. Gibson, writer for Digital Photography School, shares tips for new Lightroom users.

Seven Pieces of Advice for New Lightroom Users

A Digital Photography School poll held earlier this year revealed that the majority of readers carry out their post-processing in Lightroom. Lightroom is attracting users all the time as it is not just a photo processor – it helps you organize, search and view your photos as well. If you are new to Lightroom then these tips will help you get started.

1. Understand the Lightroom Catalog

The Lightroom Catalog is a database containing all the information that Lightroom holds about your photos. It includes metadata, records of any edits you have made, star ratings, keywords, Collections and the locations where your photos are saved.

***An important note: the Catalog doesn’t contain any photos, just information about them.***

The Catalog is important, and for maximum peace of mind you should set Lightroom to make a backup copy every time you close the program.

Read the entire article Seven Pieces of Advice for New Lightroom Users on Digital Photography School.