LIGHTROOM 2.0

So my recommendation to Adobe is that they get rid of the wizard that asks you if you want to upgrade your Lightroom 1.4 catalogs. They should even warn users that they should only create new catalogs in Lightroom 2.0. That apparently would solve a lot of the problems that they are having with this new release.

Meanwhile I’ve started to clean up my keywords in my new catalog. I’m also finding the capabilities of this version amazing. The graduated filter helps to keep the dynamic range of the picture closer to what you saw with your eyes. And having a tool to do selective edits is great.

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LIGHTROOM 2.0 SOLUTION?

I think it's fixed. Turns out you have to delete the preferences. (Which took me forever to find.) In Vista you need to go to
C:\Users\[yourname]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Preferences

Change the name of the LIGHTROOM 2 PREFERENCES.AGPREFS file. Then when you reopen Lightroom it creates a new preferences file. You do lose your catalog but the data in your files is still there. So when you reimport the files they are OK.

Hopefully now I can report on the benefits of the tool.

LIGHTROOM 2.0 THE NIGHTMARE

I'm getting so frustrated with Lightroom 2.0 it's not even funny. Now it won't import or Synchronize folders!! If I could go back to 1.4 I probably would. But I've worked on a LOT photo's in the new version. I don't think 1.4 will work for this. I'm not even sure what to do next.

LIGHTROOM WORK SLOW (2.0)

I love the additional functionality in Lightroom 2.0. The gradient tool alone is worth the price of the upgrade. And the planned interface with Photoshop should make my workflow much easier. You can send 2 files to Photoshop as layers in one document. You can send multiple files to Photo Merge or High Dynamic Resolution. Cool stuff.

But there are a couple of serious bugs in this software that are making my workflow a work slow…

The first problem was that you couldn’t send a file to Photoshop. It would open Photoshop and no file would open. Then I’d get an error message that Photoshop couldn’t be opened. Reading up on the forums, I found that applying patch 10.0.1 to Photoshop would fix this problem. I applied the patch and now Lightroom plays nice with Photoshop.

The second problem hasn’t been resolved yet. You’re supposed to be able to Export photos out of Lightroom. And with the use of Plug In’s you’re supposed to be able to send your exported JPEG’s directly to Flickr or Smugmug. But now when I click on export in Lightroom… the system freezes up. Nothing. I have to go to Task manager to kill the app. I’ve found a work around. The “export as full size JPEG” works. So I use this function, and then move the files manually to where they need to go.

I’m hoping that this 2^nd problem gets fixed soon. I’ll let you know what I find out.

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PHOTO BLOG

Hi,
I plan to document my learning process as I develop as a Photographer. I'll be giving you ideas to try & a few things to avoid. I've had a real passion for Photography for years, and have decided that it's time to get more serious about the process.

Some of the things that I'll be filling you in on shortly are
- My upgrade to Photoshop Lightroom 2.0
- The Canon Rebel XT that I had converted to Infared
- The Photography business I'm planning to launch.
- My travel plans.

When I'm covering a topic that seems appropriate I'll include a photo to illustrate the point. Usually I'll try to keep the postings short and to the point. I hope that you'll find the process interesting and hope you follow along. By the way please check out my website at:

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