A Question about Lightroom 5

Why do I get a message telling me my photos that I am trying to download from my canon 60d and 7d into Lightroom5,that it cant read these files.
I have downloaded the Addons for Raw files and also Coverting to DNG, but still cant load pics into library

Why don't you tell us exactly what you are doing and tell us about your system. You are moving the files from where to where and your OS is????

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I have a question about Lightroom 5... I used it last night, I go to get on it today and its will not open. I have an error msg "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit" Lightroom will attempt to fix the proble

I have a question about Lightroom 5... I used it last night, I go to get on it today and its will not open. I have an error msg "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit" Lightroom will attempt to fix the problem when reopened

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See if the issue in the thread above helps you to solve your problem.

Fundamental Question about Lightroom and saving images

I have to laugh as I get ready to pose this question because I've been working with the program for two weeks with Scott Kelby's book and with Lynda.com, and I'm still profoundly confused about what is happening to the photo. To wit: I open a camera raw file in lightroom and start playing with it, even taking snapshots at various stages along the way. If I don't export the photo to Photoshop and save it there, what becomes of these changes? Do they stay with the photo always? Do they disappear when I shut down the program? There's no SAVE button with Lightroom which just plain flummoxes me! Can anyone 'splain this to me, please? Thanks.

To clarify. Nothing happens to your originals. Lightroom stores the edits in a database (and if you wish alongside the original in a xmp sidecar file) as a set of instructions that the program uses to recreate the end product by following the instructions. These instructions are changed in the database while you're changing parameter values in Lightroom, so there is no need to save. Also, Lightroom stores a history of changes you did, so you can always go back. Both Lightroom and Adobe's camera raw plugin for photoshop can be used to follow the set if instructions. This way, you always get the highest fidelity image and you can always go back to your development choices without loosing any quality or having to dig up backups. Because of this, you can create multiple virtual copies with different development approaches without having to make a copy of the original and therefore saving you gobs and gobs of disk space. When you need a file for consumption such as a jpeg for a web page, simply export a copy, which burns in your development changes in a developed copy (just like printing a negative would have in the olden days) and trash the copy when you're done with it. You can always recreate it very quickly. This is a radically different approach than you're probably used to.

Question about Lightroom 5 licence

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I'm trying the Creative Cloud Photography plan (one-year) I have a only one question ( at the moment) If I decided to cancel my subscription after one year, what about the licence ?
If I want to stay with that version in my computer , do I get the licence for it ? Who is the owner ? If I make reinstallation in my computer how can I put back lightroom 5 in my new computer or new system without not connection with Adobe cloud ? In this case some point is not clear for me.
Thank you

The answer to your question is section 2.1.2.3 in the Lightroom CC EULA on this page Licenses and terms of use | Adobe

2 questions about lightroom 3 and windows7

Hi
i have 2 questions
1) i get lots of errors shutting down lightroom 3
should i setup run like administrator ? i mean right click on l3 , and click on run like administrator to avoid this error (i guess the error is ntrl.exe)
2) about the exif browswer
i 'm a lightroom 1.4.1 users
i did not like lightroom 2.x , but i gave a shot to lightroom 3 and i like it a lot , i guess i will upgrade soon
1) may i customize the tool tip information ?
i mean when i move the mouse over the thumbs, the tool tip pop up?
i get few informations , can i customize and add more exif information
2) there is the exif browser in the 1.4.1 ,in lightroom 3 the exif filter
i know bridge cs4 and cs5 can read subject distance
is there a way to edit and add subject distance in the exif filter?
i mean the exif drop down list is poor ,there are not many exif items
thanks
windows 7

1) may i customize the tool tip information ?
i mean when i move the mouse over the thumbs, the tool tip pop up?
i get few informations , can i customize and add more exif information
Yes, you can. Tooltips show the same information you see in Loupe Info Overlay. Customize the overlay and you change what tooltips show. Also you can customize what the the thumbnail borders themselves show. For example, right-click on the file-name or rating label, and you can change to something else.
2) there is the exif browser in the 1.4.1 ,in lightroom 3 the exif filter
i know bridge cs4 and cs5 can read subject distance
is there a way to edit and add subject distance in the exif filter?
i mean the exif drop down list is poor ,there are not many exif items
No. You can only read the focus distance in the Metadata panel.

Curious question about Lightroom previews and Camera Raw Cache

Posted in the Flickr Lightroom Group as well:
I have noticed something about the Lightroom (3.6) previews and Camera Raw cache that have me puzzled.
I create a brand new empty catalog and purge the Camera Raw Cache.
Then I import ONE Nikon RAW (NEF) file with dimensions 2592 x 3872 (10 megapixels - 10,036,224 pixels).
Next I export that NEF file to an uncompressed 8-bit TIFF file. You would expect the size of that TIFF file to be roughly 30 megabytes (10 megapixels x 3 bytes per RGB value) and in fact the TIFF file is 30,135,830 bytes in size. If you export the same TIFF file but specify ZIP compression the resulting file size is 10,834,038 bytes. Obviously the compression obtained here is going to be highly specific to the image but so far no surprises.
During import I specify render 1:1 previews and I go into Loupe mode and view the entire image at 1:1 size. I also visit the develop module and do a bunch of manipulations on the image but no cropping.
At the conclusion of all of that I exit from Lightroom and examine the size of the Camera Raw Cache folder as well as the Lightroom previews folder. It would be my expectation that the previews folder should have a rendered full image and that the Camera Raw Cache should also have a rendered form of the raw data. What would you expect the size of those respective folders to be?
In fact - in my trials the previews folder totals a mere 1,675,264 bytes and the Camera Raw Cache which contains one DAT file corresponding to the one cached image is merely 267,374 bytes. This does not seem like nearly enough bits to preserve the rendered image nor is there a full size image tucked away in the actual catalog either - that file is not large enough to contain that. And yet I can use Loupe mode at 1:1 size and move from image to image with no loading delays (even when importing multiple files).
I'm wondering if I've missed something obvious in my analysis and if not, whether someone might care to speculate as to what magic Adobe is practicing here. Even if we grant them some special algorithm to compress their previews I don't see how they can achieve a compression so much greater than the ZIP-compressed TIFF file achieves.
And for those that might think to ask - I've repeated these experiments with multiple raw images and on both the PC and MAC platforms.
I look forward to some answers or interesting theories or perhaps someone might replicate the experiment and report findings.

MadMan and Hal - thanks so much.
So that was my D'Oh moment of what I was missing - the use of re-rendered JPGS as previews. That certainly does fit with the file sizes I am seeing. I had naively assumed that the previews might have tried to preserve the full fidelity of the image - But as you suggest that full fidelity is likely only there in the develop module.
This perhaps explains another observation from the Develop module - moving from one image to another might display "Loading" either briefly or across a longer duration. My guess is that the length of the loading process might have to do more with what is cached in RAM than cached on disk in the camera raw cache. More of a shame then that 64-bit Lightroom on 64-Bit Windows cannot grab more RAM than it seems to do at present.

Question about Lightroom/Photoshop CC Package

This is the third time I've typed this. I hope this is the last! Basically I've been advised to subscribe to the Lightroom/Photoshop package as an individual. The website tells me the cost and I can see the forums (fora?), video tutorials and the like. What I can't see is a definitive list of what I get for my money - support, guidance materials, length of contract and the like. I also can't see whether downloading the apps will take space on my computer (and if so, how much) or whether it's all cloud based. Surely somewhere there is a link to such a list of basic information? If so, can someone please direct me to it? Many thanks.

You get Photoshop and Lightroom and they install on your machine. See the system specs for the ballpark space requirements. You say you have already seen the forums, video tutorials, and the like. The length of the contract depends on which contract you choose. I don't know what "and the like" refers to as far as what else you cannot see.
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Question about lightroom import

I edit a DNG photo in Photoshop CC from lightroom 5. If I save it as a JPG, it does not go back into lightroom. I can not see the photo in lightroom to import it. It shows in Windows explore but not in lightroom import.

If you save, it will go back to LR as a tiff or PSD,depending how you have your preferences set for external editing.
If you save as the saved file will not go back to LR, you will have to synchronize or import depending on here you saved the file.
My preference is to let the tiff go back to LR and stack alongside tthe orgonal raw file. Makes life much simpler when trying to find files.
If I need a jpg for email or other purposes I export one in the size and flavor (Prophoto, AdobeRGB, sRGB, etc) needed for the purpose.
HTH
Rich

Question about Lightroom and Tiffen's DFx filter

Have loaded Tiffen filter software in Elements 10 and Lightroom 4 Can find and use it in Elements but can't seem to locateit in Lightroom What am I missing
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Do you mean filters as in Lens filters? Or do you mean rendering filters like Halftone and Find Edges?
Then you mention presets. Lightroom presets are very different than Photoshop/Photoshop Elements presets. The presets are for specific modules and are only saved values for the various sliders. Presets that work in Photoshop Elements are not expect to work in Lightroom.

Question about lightroom tutorials

Why aren't adobetv videos tutorials for lightroom able to play in either firefox 21 or IE 10? I have tried both browsers and the video area is black with no play button. Weird. There isn't an ad blocker on -- I need help. Anyone?

I use IE10 and I have no problem watching Adobe videos.
So you must have either a slow internet connection or a setting in your web-browsers prevents the display of the videos.
If slow internet connection: Wait some time until your computer was able to download enough "buffer" for the video to start. Since internet connections often vary in speed (depending on the usage) the computer downloads a portion of the video in advance before the video starts in order to have a "buffer" when the download slows down.
If it is not that, check the security settings for your web browsers, and also allow pop-ups for the Adobe website.

Question: about accessing Nik collection through Lightroom

I have recently purchased and installed Nik collection. I have no problem reaching the plug-ins in Photoshopbut can't in Lightroom (except for HDR)

Thanks! Technology senses my fear and always makes it difficult for me! Ha! I can use the Nik programs so if I have to, I'll work on them there.
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I suspect there are potential issues on some systems with the Google "combined" version, when I installed it I had recieved a copy of the Google complete version free because of my purchase history. I was advised that I could install over the Individual Plugins I had. I never got as far as trying it with Lightroom, only in Elements. The plugins appeared but the load times were abysmal and I mean realy bad , far longer than the Nik individual Installs, so I dumped it and reverted to the originals. Pity cos I wanted the Sharpen Plugin that I have'nt got. After reverting all was back to normal The Nik individual Plugins load very quickly. It was this that convinced me there is a difference in the Google setup.There are people on here with far more knowledge than me, hopefully one of them can help you, alternatively you might try asking Google for help with this.
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Two questions about Camera Raw and Lightroom

I am now shooting in RAW image format only and cataloging those images into Lightroom.
My first question is: How do I open an image in Camera Raw from Lightroom? When I right click on an image in Lightroom it gives me a choice to edit in > Photoshop, but does not offer the choice of editing in Camera Raw. In fact, when I go outside of Lightroom and just double-click on one of those RAW images, it opens in Photoshop. What is going on? Before I installed Lightroom, double-clicking on a RAW file would cause it to open in Camera RAW.
My second question is: Lightroom seems to have all of the same controls over processing a RAW image as the Camera Raw plug-in does. Does that mean I no longer need to open images in Camera Raw? Should I just do all of my adjustments inside of Lightroom? I take it that the sidecar xmp file is the same whether modified in Lightroom or in Camera Raw.
Pleas set me straight on this.
Thank You,
Ken

Your second question:
My second question is: Lightroom seems to have all of the same controls over processing a RAW image as the Camera Raw plug-in does.
Answers your first. Lightroom and ACR share code, so the rendering you get from Lightroom with the same settings is exactly the same as in ACR. What happens is that when you say "edit in Photoshop", ACR gets called by Lightroom and the Develop settings get passed along. ACR then renders the RAW with those settings and opens it in Photoshop. So, because you already have a working interface to the settings, there is no point in showing them to you again.
Does that mean I no longer need to open images in Camera Raw? Should I just do all of my adjustments inside of Lightroom?
That depends on your workflow. I no longer open any images in ACR directly as Lightroom provides a more effective interface in my opinion. Other people I'm sure prefer the Bridge/ACR approach.
I take it that the sidecar xmp file is the same whether modified in Lightroom or in Camera Raw.
Lightroom does not modify the sidecars by default. All edits are stored in the database. This allows you to have virtual copies with different Develop settings and more tricks like that. You can have Lightroom write out xmp sidecars by choosing "save metadata to file" from the metadata menu in Library or by turning on automatic xmp file generation in preferences. There is usually no real point to doing that however as the "edit in Photoshop" route works just fine. It's only really useful when you have a mixed workflow that still uses Bridge. If you share images with others, you're better off exporting dngs, or exporting subsets of images as catalogs with the images included.

Several Questions about Aperture Problems

Having used Aperture for some time, and being a Mac user since 1985, I have a list of questions about Aperture that I need help with.
1. Periodically operating the sliders will make an image turn black. Sometimes this is early in a session, sometimes late. Various workarounds will bring the image back, but once this starts, quitting seems the only option. Can anyone help me with why this happens and how to stop it?
2. About 20% of the RAW files from my supported camera display the Unsupported Image Format error screen. These files operate perfectly in the manufacturers software and in other image management software that does not use the OS RAW libraries. Can someone help me with the cause of this and the solution (not a "workaround" but a way to make it stop happening).
3. ALL of my RAW files from my supported camera, when I try to lift metadata, return the error message that there is no metadata to lift. But in fact, the metadata inspector displays metadata. How can I stop this from happening and experience normal metadata lifting?
4. When I use the DNG format from my supported camera, a great many EXIF fields do not display, such as lens data. Can someone help me with DNG files, since these never generate the UIF error screen (cf. #2 above) as the manufacturer's RAW files do. I'm forced to use DNGs to have all my shots, but the EXIF data is not fully displayed.
5. Today I opened Aperture and no previews would display. Aperture froze while updating thumbnails. I'd not done any non-routine edits or imported any unusual files or formats. Aperture then would not quit. Is it safe to attempt to restart Aperture?
6. At times Aperture slows to the point of not working at all. Long pauses simply in trying to enlarge the selection circles for redeye removal, for example. What would cause Aperture to slow down without warning at any point in the workflow? How can I experience a more consistent operating speed from Aperture.
7. How do other image management programs like Lightroom compare on these points? Is Aperture typical or should I seek a change in my workflow, improvement in my hardware, or some adjustment in my installation?
Info: MacBook Pro, 4 GB RAM (apple), 320 GB drive, 45 GB free on drive; library of 3800 images. Fewer than 12 projects.
Thanks for your assistance.

n #3. It looks like you're absolutely right on this. I went back and checked on photos I'd edited and there was the altered metadata. +Many thanks for dispelling that concern!+ I love being a happy camper. Check that one off the list!
On 1, I've followed the black-screen issues and pretty much all we know is that a workaround exists--usually selecting the crop box restores the picture, but a lot of times it blacks out again. Having used Apple products over 25 years, all of which was in my adult professional life, I haven't seen Apple willing to just let users tolerate an irritating "workaround." I think this is something that needs fixing.
On 6--I don't understand how the rotational speed would produce erratic performance issues. I can go a month of reasonable performance, and then suddenly things bog down. Also, if that is the reason, this really ought to be part of the System Requirements, or at least, a recommendation. Maybe it is already--I should check to be sure. I confess this is one aspect I had not thought about.
Thanks so much for thinking about these. I love my Apple products and have owned almost every generation of Mac since the "Fat Mac" (512K RAM! 800Kb Floppies!) and hate to stare at the screen and think I've been given a truly poor product--not in my DNA--but these things break my heart.
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