Moving between Lightroom and Photoshop by Julieanne Kost
Learn how to take a single image or multiple images for editing seamlessly between Lightroom and Photoshop. Also, see how to use Photoshop tools like Photomerge, HDR pro, and the export dialog in Lightroom for exporting multiple files.
Lightroom 3.2 RC and ACR 6.2 available
Lightroom 3.2 and ACR 6.2 have just been released on Adobe Labs as release candidates.
You haven’t missed anything – there was no 3.1.
The numbers have been shifted to match up with ACR’s .2 release to prevent further confusion.
Besides corrected bugs, new lens profiles, new camera support, there is one new Lightroom feature which is the ability to publish directly to Facebook from within the Library module.
More info and download: Lightroom 3.2 Rc and ACR 6.2
Edit in Photoshop 32bit with Lightroom 64bit
I got the question whether it is possible to edit in Photoshop 32bit with Lightroom 64bit version, because some Photoshop plugins only work on the 32bit platform.
This can be done! You can add the Photoshop 32bit as an external editor.
To do this, go the Edit menu, choose Preferences and click into the External Editing Tab.
Then click on the ‘choose’ button in the additional External Editor and point the photoshop.exe file in your file system.
In most cases ‘C:>Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4’. Then click on the preset drop down menu and click “Save Current Settings as a new Preset.” Name it like CS4 32bit or Photoshop 32bit.
Lightroom: Speed up Rating, Picks and Flags
If you want to speed up the rating and flagging process you can turn Auto Advance setting on in the Photo menu.
Every time you rate, pick, unpick or set a flag, the current image will be tagged as normal, but the filmstrip will auto advance by one image.
Lightroom: Set the Exposure and ISO above thumbnails
In Lightroom 2.2 you can set, in the grid view, the Exposure and ISO above each photo thumbnail.
To activate this handy feature:
-go to the grid view (g)
-go to the menu -> view -> view options (ctrl + j)
-go to compact cell extras and check “Top Label” and choose “Exposure and ISO)
-close the view options window
