Trying Lightroom CC

I installed the trial for Lightroom 5 a month or so ago. It has since expired. Once CC was announced I decided to give it a try to see if it was indeed better and if it would be worth purchasing. Since my Lightroom 5 trial expired though, it won't let me try Lightroom CC. Is there a way to be able to try out CC even if you have already tried version 5?
Matt

I haven't used the trial for the CC version (obviously, it just came out) but I did try version 5.

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I have used lightroom for years on my PC and just installed it on my new iMac. I cannot import NEF files from iPhoto or from my Lacie hard drive into Lightroom. I have tried Lightroom Help but still cannot import NEF files. What am I doing wrong?

I have always used Lightroom with a PC and now have installed Lightroom 3.6 on my new iMac. I cannot import raw (NEF) files from iPhoto (or from my Lacie drive for that matter into Lightroom. I have tried Lightroom Help to no avail. How do I import NEF files from the iMac into Lightroom?

If they are the same nef files that you were importing into your PC, see if the reason is an error message like the thread above this one. Permissions issue.

Trying Lightroom trial; two questions?

Sorry if these have been answered. I searched but maybe didn't use the right set of search words.
I just imported a directory with subdirectories, 3000 pics, into my Lightroom trial. Sometimes I use the finder to change file names or move them. Not the smartest thing when using Lightroom, I know, but I seem to fall into doing it fairly often. It worked out in Bridge because it was a browser.
Can the folders and files (if renamed) be refreshed if changes are made outside Lightroom?
I like to save a copy of my Master photo. Even though I think the changes in Lightroom are non-destructive, can I save a master copy and another edited copy? I had to make a copy of the photo before using Camera Raw from Bridge. Possible to revert, I know, but then I would lose my edits. Would you make a separate folder to keep Master Copies?
Summarizing: can folders/files be refreshed from within Lightroom?
Can I save a Master copy and use a second copy for developing?
Whoops, one more question. Can I have a preview pane showing in Lightroom like in Bridge? I'm looking, but haven't found one yet.
Thanks in advance for advice!

Thanks Jeff. i was beginning to wonder if my questions were too basic to bother with ;-)
i did figure out how to use the compare feature as a preview.
Can you tell me how to refresh the folders and files from within lightroom, just in case I get the saving keywords problem figured out and can use the program at all.
I am having a major problem saving keywords to files as mentioned in another post. In fact am getting so frustrated I'm in the process of trying fusion so i can go back to ACDsee which was perfect for what I needed.
Very possibly lightroom and the like are more complicated than i need.
I appreciate your response.

How do I access camera raw from withing Lightroom

Bear with me as I am new at this. I am trying lightroom and have read several reviews of 1.1 and Camera Raw 4.1. I read Martin Evening's update on 1.1 and he has a whole section on using CR to make adjustments to the raw file.
I imported several raw images in nef and dng formats into lightroom. I cannot see any way to open Camera Raw from any of the menues in lightroom. Could someone tell me how I get to Camera Raw 4.1 from within lightroom?
I have no problem accessing the image in Camera Raw from Bridge. It was my understanding that you do not need Bridge, just Lightroom to use Camera Raw.

ACR operates as a plugin within Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and does not operate on its own.
Lightroom is a separate software program which incorporates the ACR conversion processes for working with raw files. It does not require your having Photoshop installed on your computer.
I think Adobe has created a lot of the confusion in re naming the program "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom" from the earlier name of "Adobe Lightroom" since it is not a part of Photoshop.

Color Profiled Screen and ACR or Lightroom (Vista)

Hi,
My screen is calibrated and works with an .icc profile. I have set up the proofing colors in Photoshop to be my .icc profile. I do not attach any profiles to my pictures when I edit them in Photoshop and so they look the same in Photoshop and in non-color managed internet browsers. I also have a good correspondence between colors I see there and the printed pictures.
My problem is with how I see the colors when I open a file in Adobe Camera Raw, Bridge and Lightroom (actually in Windows Gallery too but this would be a topic for a different forum). They look very saturated, especially yellows, and very far from what I see on my camera (Canon 350d) screen, Explorer or the Canon's Raw Converter.
This problem is driving me crazy and I think I have tried everything with ACR and Bridge I could think of. Yesterday I have tried Lightroom and the colors there are absolutely the same as in ACR and Bridge. Which probably means that this is not a matter of the software version, but of something else I am missing.
Is there anyone who have had the same problem? How did you solve it? Is there anyway to set up something like proofing profile in either of those programs? Or is there any other way to fix this?
Thank you very much,
Vera

Thank you Zeno, I will try to reset them.
My problem is with how ACR shows colors though, not how it converts them.
If I open a RAW file in ACR the colors look really ugly. I convert it to JPEG without touching anything. If then I open this JPEG in Photoshop or IE the colors are fine. There are slight differences in colors if I compare them to JPEG I get from the Canon's software. But this is to be expected and can be corrected by the camera calibration.
I do not think that the way ACR displays colors can be corrected by this calibration.

Lightroom and Camera Raw

I am in the early stages of trying Lightroom 4. There are some great features and may purchase a copy after the trail ends.
However, I have a question about using Lightroom with older versions of Photoshop.
I made some changes to an image, mostly used the Lens Correction feature, changed the white balance and changed the tone curve as my images always look a little flat.
At the end of "developing" I like to add some sharpening. I prefer to use Photoshop for this as I use different mettods depending on what result I want.
When I chose Photo > Edit In > Photoshop CS4 (CS4 being the version of Photoshop I have) I get a message along the lines of Lightroom needing Camera Raw 6.7. If I select open anyway I see the original flat image before I made the changes in Lightroom. Is this correct.
My version of Photoshop is fully updated but the version of Camera Raw is 5.7. Can I get Photoshop to "use" Lightroom instead of Camera Raw?
I did once click a button that said something along the line of Use Lightroom, but Photoshop started to "do stuff" with the images I had imported into Lightroom. What was it doing?
I hope that makes sense.
Thanks for any help.
Chris.

You should choose the option to open a copy with Lightroom settings. When you open an image from Lightroom into Photoshop, ACR is used to translate the adjustments made in Lightroom. Since you are using an older version, ACR cannot translate all of the adjustments. So it's best to let Lightroom create the copy first because it will include all of your Lightroom adjustments. It's really only a difference of WHEN the copy is made because after you make changes in Photoshop the new file has to be created anyway.

Camera Profile in Lightroom (X20)

Hi, I'm just beginning with a fujifilm X20 camera and .raf files.
I'm trying Lightroom 5.0 and still not sure if I should use Photoshop instead, here is why :
I tryied to found my camera profile, and it's not in lightroom, found X100 not X20.
I tried by the adobe lens profile downloader, I found 5 profiles for the X10, none for the X10.
Googling about that, I found out that the X20 is supported by Camera Raw, but I can't see how I could get that without Photoshop.
So my question is : what should I do :
- don't care about lens correction ?
- do care and chose one of the five available X10 profiles (but how to chose.. between them)
- switch to Photoshop + Camera Raw wich is supposed to support the X20
Thanks for any help

You may be confusing two concepts.
RAW file support for you camera means that LR will open the RAW file. LR has the Adobe ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) system built in and you don't see it. Photoshop uses the same ACR system, but you do see it as a separate function.
There are two ways you can see if your camera is supported by Lightroom or ACR. One is to find the list of cameras. The other is to see if it works.
The second concept is lens profiles. For fixed lens cameras like yours, the lens corrections are built into the data in the RAW file the camera makes. Unless you have a DSLR with multiple lenses, you can leave the "Lens Corrections" disabled or set to "Default".

Aperture 2 and Lightroom 2

Hello everyone.
I know this question has been asked before, and I have read some previous threads about these two products. However, I was hoping to have a few things clarified for me that I was not to sure about.
I just recently started to really become involved with Digital Photograph. Purchased my first SLR (Nikon D80) and love it. I really found a hobby I enjoy.
With all the pictures I am taking and will be taking, I obviously need to find post processing software that suits my needs. Here is where Aperture 2 and Lightroom (and to a degree, CS3) come into play.
Let me ask some obvious questions first.
1.) Lightroom 2 is a organizing piece as well as editing software piece correct? lets you get into the photo, make adjustments. Pretty good editing from what I can tell.
Can it be said that LR2 and A2 do the same thing, just differently? A2 lets you organize your photos and edit them as well. They just do it differently correct? For example, A2 lets you edit in full mode.
I guess that is one of my main questions.
2.) Fundamentally, what are the main differences between L2 and A2?
Down the road, I am planning on using CS3 (or CS4) to take advantage of layers and do the really cool fun stuff. But that is down the road when I am more experienced.
I downloaded both LR2 and A2 and installed the trials and plan to use them over the next 30 days to 'test them out.'
A2 seems to 'plugin' better to the iMac, which I expected.
With LR2, from what I can see, I could use LR2 instead of iPhoto for my organizing/cataloging, and if I wanted to move photos from LR2 to iPhoto (to make books, calenders, etc. etc.), I would need to export it out of LR2 and import it into iphoto. That correct? Where as Aperture 'co-exists' easier with iPhoto?
Is there really anything that stands out and separates the two?
The other thing I need to consider is when I bring in CS3 down the road. What is the easier way to integrate everything.
Appreciate the help.
Cheers,
Jason

Hi,
I migrated to the iMac from PC around a month ago and was evaluating my photo options both before and after the migration. The difference with me is, I guess, that I haven't previously been much of a user or any version of Photoshop, so had no Adobe-centric preconceptions to colour my own evaluation of Lightroom and Aperture.
I guess I qualify as an enthusiastic amateur who finally migrated from film to digital 5 years ago, after 25 years of film. On the PC, my photo management comprised folders on the hard disk plus Picasa to provide some basic abstraction layer and album facility. Editing was very basic and relied on The Gimp if no addressed by Picaca's built-in adjustments. Then I started taking photos in RAW rather than jpeg, and it all went to custard as they say.
Picasa didn't cut it any more, RAW opened up a lot more options and my collection was becoming unmanageable. Tried ViewNX - limited manageability. Tried Lightroom 2 on the PC - wow, this is more like it. Didn't like ACDSee, iview. Migrated to Mac, and started comparing all over again.
Lightroom - given my previous try-out I was expecting Good Things, so left the start of this trial until after using Aperture for 2 weeks. Suddenly Lightroom felt clunky - very modal and constraining.
Aperture - didn't really know what to expect. Imported all of my photos as referenced and found my folder structure replicated by albums. Kind of disconcerting initially as I couldn't work out where the Masters were, nor the true behaviour of albums, projects and folders in Aperture. Then it clicked - great version control and cataloguing, non-destructive edits etc etc, logical collections of photos. It worked more like my thought processes, rather than my thought processes having to adjust to how the software worked.
For my uses, Lightroom's closer integration with Photoshop is a bit of a non-event as I don't chop up photos - just develop them. Anyhow, Photoshop Elements is there if I REALLY need it (so far not at all after a month).
I can see how previous experience with Photoshop or Lightroom would create a preference for continuing with Lightroom. For me, there's no business reason, emotional attachment or previous experience to consider, so Aperture won. Lightroom was uninstalled after 2 weeks.
Regards,
Calx
PS - I think from an interface design perspective, Aperture is an amazing piece of software, leaving aside other comparison aspects.
Message was edited by: CalxOddity

Lightroom 3.2 hangs on open

Trying Lightroom 3.2 but it will not open. Immediate "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 64-bit has stopped working" and goes no further. It will open virtualized and in sandbox ... whatever those are .... but while virtualized or in sandbox the files will not export, so obviously using those methods are not an answer. But it intrigues me that the program will open in those modes. Bottom line, I suppose, is why will the program not load at all when I try to open it normally? I am using Windows 7 on a new computer.

WOW! You're a genius in my book .... very simple solution and worked like a charm to delete the preferences file. Thank you so very much!

Lightroom for Mac, PowerBook G4, Operating system OS X 10.2

Hello all
Is there a version of Lightroom that can be downloaded for Mac, PowerBook G4, Operating system OS X 10.2. I have tried Lightroom 1.1 but that needs 10.4 or above. Any advice is appreciated.

No way. A lot of the system-level things that LR requires are 10.4 only.
Time to upgrade your machine ;-)

Workflow and Adobe Products. Is Lightroom the best way to go?

I am somewhere between a serious hobbyist and pro just based on shear number of photos I take and because in shoot in RAW. I've been using Elements for years. I'm dedicating my year to upping my game process wise at least.
I added Bridge but it doesn't play well with Elements 11. I tried Lightroom 4 in the past and hated it. And now Adobe has both Photoshop and Lightroom available for $10/month. What to do what to do? I could stick with Elements. I could add Lightroom 5 and tweak it for Elements. I could abandon Elements and switch to Lightroom 5 plus Photoshop CC. What kind of workflow do you use?
Last night I started trialing Lightroom 5 and it does not have face recognition like Elements 11 does. I'm not sure I can live without face recognition.
Today I tried adding 275 photos to the map in Lightroom. I couldn't figure it out. After 20 minutes I gave up. This is another feature that I use heavily in Elements 11.
I thought Bridge or Lightroom would be the way to go but both seem to be coming up short. I go through about 500 pics a week so I need something to improve my workflow.
Thanks,
-AJ

ajhuff wrote:
In Elements I can open and edit raw files but it seems limited on batch processing. Bridge seems much better at batch procesing but I can't open Raw files without a proper parent program which is not Elements.
You might try posting your PSE questions here:
Photoshop Elements
There are also PS and Adobe Bridge forums:
Photoshop General Discussion
Bridge General Discussion
I've been using PS since 1994 (v3.0) and Lightroom since 2007 (v1.0). In my opinion, for digital photography work LR is the best tool for organizing, editing, and creating output of your camera image files. For more complex edits LR's 'Edit In Photoshop' feature quickly gets your image inside PS (or PSE) with your LR edits for further processing. If you talk to some of the other PS "old-timers" in the PS forum many will tell you LR is for amateurs and PS with Bridge is for "serious" work. I guess it depends on your preference and how experienced you are with PS and Bridge. I use all three (PS, Bridge, LR), but 95% of my work is done using only LR.
As dj_paige has already mentioned, you'll be disappointed if you jump in and use LR without watching and reading the many LR tutorials available. The LR Forum is full of posts from LR beginners who simply haven't gotten a clue on how to use the program's tools. As you said, "I've been using Elements for years. I'm dedicating my year to upping my game process wise at least." If you're willing to put in some time to learn how to use LR you won't be disappointed.

Lightroom 2 Trial breaks iPhoto

I have been silly.
Whilst trying Lightroom 2 recently I imported my full Pictures folder into the application and allowed the application to move the images. This has destroyed my iPhoto 'database'.
Where once I had 3.5k images arranged in a few hundred events, I now have 9.5k images in one folder. When opening iPhoto it can obviously not find a single thing or show a single event. All of my hard work organising my library over the years has evaporated.
I have got nearly 10k images now because Lightroom 2.0 imported the original file and any modified files of the same images separately.
I don't think this can be fixed - and I know it is my own fault - but moving on...
I am now using Adobe Bridge CS3 to begin the task of organising my Pictures folder once again. It seems like the ideal piece of software to bring some order to this chaos. Once I have a new file structure in place I hope to slowly import back into iPhoto. However, I was going to import without copying images to the iPhoto Library so as to avoid duplication and because I would rather use a file structure in Finder to keep my images organised.
I think I only really need iPhoto to enable me to access my images for use in other iLife and iWork applications and to 'share' my images easily online and in print.
Is this a sensible way to go? I will consider any other option as I am really starting from the very beginning and can take any path.

Also, there seems to be a lot of duplication that worries me with 7.5GB spare on my 80GB hard drive.
First things first: OS X needs about 10 gigs of HD space for normal OS operations. You need as a first priority to make space on that HD. If you don't the OS will slow down, apps will crash and the *risk of data corruption is greatly increased.*
Therefore, should I import all 10k images into iPhoto at this stage and begin organising from there?
No, sort the wheat from the chaff first - get rid of the thumbnails and modified versions first. as this can be done by filesize, use the Finder or Bridge.
Can you explain the difference between referenced and un-referenced library please?
If you're running a Managed library, then it's the default setting, and iPhoto copies files into the iPhoto Library when Importing
If you're running a Referenced Library, then you made a change at iPhoto -> Preferences -> Advanced and iPhoto is NOT copying the files into the iPhoto Library when importing.
and the only other thing I do is to work on the very best images in Photoshop CS3.
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
I just don't like the thought of all of my images being 'hidden' in the iPhoto Library and not in folders that I have control over.
Your images are not 'hidden'. The images are perfectly available in the iPhoto Window. The files are stored in the iPhoto Package File. Want to see inside? Right click on it and go 'Show package Contents'.
Also, you have control of the location of the files in the pkg file:
Events in the iPhoto Window correspond exactly with the Folders in the Originals Folder in the iPhoto Library package file (Right click on it in the Pictures Folder -> Show Package Contents).
You can move photos between Events, you can rename Events, edit them, create them, as long as you do it via the iPhoto Window. Check out the Info Pane (wee 'i', lower left) the name and date fields are editable. Edit a Event Name using the Info Pane, the Event Folder in iPhoto Library/Originals will also have the new name.
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
For 10.5 users: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto. With 10.5 you can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
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If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
Or, if you want to access the files with iPhoto not running, then create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
I don't have a vested interest in which you decide between Bridge and iPhoto. Many times when I write answers I have one eye on folks who may read this thread in a week or a months time. But your first priority is to make space on that HD.
Regards
TD

Lightroom installation issues

A few months ago I tried Lightroom 5 with the 30-day free trial. Today I purchased a software download card from an office supply store to buy lightroom. I followed the instructions and entered the code on my purchased card to retrieve the serial number. After I entered the serial number there was the option on the webpage to download lightroom. I clicked that and ran the installer and now when I open up Lightroom it's still taking me to the screen that I saw after my 30 days were up (the "i have a serial number and want to license lightroom" v. "I want to try" screen.) I click next and enter my serial number (again) and it tells me that the serial number is invalid. I don't know how to avoid this. I don't know if it's because I already entered the serial number to download it in the first place but if that's the case, how to I avoid this screen and get into lightroom. I already deleted my trial version and redownloaded lightroom and it still didn't work.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Figured it out!

Elements/Premiere 12 PC stopped working after trial version of Lightroom CC was installed / and uninstalled - I need help deactivating prior to rebuilding

Dear forum
After I installed a 90 trial version of Lightroom CC. I had an issue with it so uninstalled it, since then I have had Error dialog pop up after Win7 x64 Ultimate startup; and also every session, with Photoshop elements / premier 12,
I constantly get dynamiclinkmanager has stopped working.
ElementsAutoanalzer has stopped working,
and Adobe premier Elements 12 has stopped working
I'm fed up trying to resolve this issue which I believe was down to Lightroom CC installation, so I now want to upgrade from W7 Ult x64 to Win 8.1 x64 and reinstall all my apps.
However I need to deactivate Elements 12 / Premiere 12 on this PC before I rebuild / upgrade, but cannot, Premiere 12 does not load at all, and while Elements 12 loads, there is no option to deactivate the licence on this PC
This is my 2nd PC, I have Elements / premiere 12 also on my w8.1 laptop, which is fully working, so I don't want to touch that. I never tried Lightroom CC on my laptop.
Any ideas as to how to deactivate, I tried Adobe Sign in, but there is no option or link to email or call them, the support flowchart directs me here only.
Any help much appreciated, or even a contact Phone no for Adobe in UK
TIA
Ken

As the crash report says - your outdated video card driver is crashing. You need to update your video card driver from the GPU maker's website (AMD/ATI in this case).

Lightroom 2 develop sliders

Hi
i bought lightroom 1.4.1 and now i'm using photoshop cs4
well lightroom 1.4.1 , i mean the develop sliders are very smooth
and the cs4 (or cs3) acr is amazing blazing fast , again the sliders
i tried lightroom 2 last version on different pc , very powerful and normal pc
i updated every drivers , but the lightroom 2 sliders are not very smooth , are sticky
i tried to delete every preference
now my question
is a problem related only to me , i'm running it under windows xp sp2 and windows xp sp3
or is a general issues
thanks

Hi Victoria,
I have read several of the nVidia tweak notes but they never seem to have the same terminology as the setting that show up when I bring up my nVidia control panel. Here are the global defaults on my system - can you guide me as to which ones I should focus on changing? I have tried many combinations and can't see any significant difference but unsure which ones are really important. I have also customized these combinations such that they are limited to when Lightroom is running but unsure if that feature works or not. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Anisotropic filtering :: Application-controlled
Antialiasing - Gamma correction :: Off
Antialiasing - Setting :: Application-controlled
Antialiasing - Transparency :: Off
Buffer-flipping mode :: Auto-select
Conformant texture clamp :: Use hardware
Enable overlay :: Off
Error reporting :: Off
Exported pixel types :: Color indexed overlays (8 bpp)
Extension limit :: Off
Maximize texture memory :: Off
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Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration :: Multiple display performance mode
Stereo - Display mode :: Use on-board DIN connector
Stereo - Enable :: Off
Stereo - Swap eyes : Off
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Triple buffering :: Off
Vertical sync :: Use the 3D application setting
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