(I’m actually confused as to why Adobe would even offer them!) I’ve ignored the ‘Lightroom Only’ and ‘Photoshop Only’ plans since they don’t represent the best value for money. I’m definitely qualified to recommend to you the best options -)
I’ve been using the software for over 10 years, and have recently published an in-depth Lightroom review. In this guide, I’ve done my best to simplify the ways you can buy Lightroom, so you can choose the most appropriate Photography Plan for your needs.
Still having trouble deciding how to buy Lightroom? Keep reading…īeing able to edit and share your photos on a phone and tablet is incredibly liberating.
Whether you’re a professional or an amateur photographer, or simply someone who just wants to make your photos look their best in the least amount time, Adobe Lightoom is still the best photo editing software. While there are several other good alternatives to Lightroom, none of them offer the same seamless multi-device integration, and no editing software comes close to the power of Photoshop. These ‘Photography Plans’ include online cloud storage space for your photos to be backed up, shared, and edited remotely on desktop or mobile devices.Īlso bundled into the main photography plans is Adobe Photoshop, which can be used on the desktop and more recently via an incredible iPad app. Here in December 2021, photographers can only use the latest version of Adobe Lightroom by paying monthly or annually as part of a subscription plan. It’s what I (and thousands of other photographers) use every day to edit, backup, sync and share photos. Hope you see you here again tomorrow.The Photography Plan (1TB) is the best way to buy Lightroom in 2021. That’s a quick seven to get us up and running this Monday. This is also handy if you’re retouching a facial feature like a mole, where if you remove it everyone that knows the person will realize the photo has been retouched, so in that case, don’t remove it - just reduce it’s impact. That way, their wrinkles are reduced rather than removed. Hold the Shift key, then Double-click the Whites and Blacks slider to have Lightroom automatically set your white and black points for youħ. If you’re using the Spot Removal tool to remove wrinkles, but you don’t want to “remove” them, you just want to “reduce” them, try this: right after you use the tool to remove the wrinkle, go to the Spot Removal tool’s Opacity slider and lower the opacity to bring some of the wrinkles back. This is really handy when you’re painting over a large area (maybe a sky) and you want to make sure you didn’t miss any areas.Ħ. Press the letter “o” when you’re painting with the Adjustment Brush to not only see the area you’re painting on appear in a red tint, but it’s stays “on” so you can continue painting. If you don’t like the area where the Spot Removal tool chose as the source for your spot removal, press the ‘ / ‘ key (slash) and it will pick a different area.ĥ. When you’re cropping, press “x” to toggle between a horizontal and vertical cropĤ.
When you’re done, press “v’ to return to full color version (or, if you fell in love with the black & white version, don’t).ģ. If you’re wondering if a certain image would look good in black & white, just press the letter “v” and it shows you the black & white version.
When you’re using the Gradient filter, you can flip the direction of the gradient by pressing the ‘ key (apostrophe)Ģ. I thought I’d kick off this week with some of my favorite Lightroom keyboard shortcuts - some of these I use daily and some I just think are so handy and I hope you find them helpful (note: yes, I’ve mentioned some of these here before). Happy Monday everybody (I know, that’s an oxymoron).