mdkxtreme

I didn't read any manual, I just watch videos online of what people do like

Lightroom Clarity
Lightroom Noise
Lightroom Contrast
Lightroom Presets
etc

Whatever I didn't know about Lightroom I try to find a video of it.

Mizouse

i dont know whats in the retail box, but there is TONS of information all over the internet.

try here.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SLRlounge

Mizouse

So i just took delivery of Lightroom 4 today, (thank god it was not the shipment that has not shown up yet even thou it says "delivered")

anyways, all thats inside is the CD and a ticket that says i get 2 free issues of "photoshop user" magazine.

thats it, no instruction manual.


funny the packaging of this thing.

its like a box in a box in a box.

jupitersolo

Instruction manual for software, it's not the 90's....


If you want a book, I suggest Kelby or Seth Resnick

Mizouse

I dont need an instruction manual, I was responding to pttl since he asked what was in the box.

pttl

Thank you Sir!

Mine is on the way. Purchased from B&H it includes a DVD, by Scott Kelby, showing the ins and outs of LR4.

Mizouse

How much was it via BH?

pttl

When I ordered it it was $94. Plus I got an additional discount.

Now its $109.00

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Software.html

Amazon has it for $103 but it doesn't seem to include the Kelby DVD.

Mizouse

Ahh I see, I got mine for $80 via Amazon on Black Friday. so in a way the Kelby DVD would've been like $14

Mizouse

http://m.bhphotovideo.com/mobile/det...466_REG&title=

That DVD?

pttl

I believe that's the one.

mattg

I'm having trouble with LR4 exporting files. Say I export 40 photos into a folder, 8 of them fail to export. When I close LR and refresh the folder the files will show up but they won't be resized like the others. If I export those files again, the next time 4 of them wont export. And so on and so forth.

This is driving me nuts. Could it have something to do with Windows 8? (which is also driving me nuts)

I read something on line about others having the same issues. One tip was to not have the file open when you export to it. That doesn't seem to matter in my case.

mattg

Guess I should join the LR4 forums and ask there?

srika

never seen or heard of that before. It could definitely be some kind of software conflict or issue.

that is a big problem, a dealbreaker. I'd have to get that sh*t resolved.

asianspec

iTrader: (1)

The camera raw needs to be updated?

mattg

I'm kind of a dolt, because I haven't been shooting in raw.

Is there a noticeable difference in the finished image when you do?

asianspec

iTrader: (1)

i guess it could be Win8

einsatz

I've never had anything fail to export, ever. That's weird.

stogie1020

You still convert to jpeg (or tiff) at the end, but you get to post process the entire image data, not just whats left after the jpeg compression. Gives you much more range in what you can adjust about the picture.

leftride

iTrader: (1)

4.3 final is out (a few days ago). So far so good.

einsatz

Yeah... finally both PS and LR look good on the retina display

srika

Workflow speed in LR got so excruciatingly slow (it was taking 5 seconds to move to the next photo, for instance) that I had to find some ways to speed it up. This link helped me a lot:

http://joshjonesphoto.blogspot.com/2...ghtroom-4.html

Undying Dreams

iTrader: (3)

I just ordered LR4, should be here today! Can't wait to play around with it.

leftride

iTrader: (1)

Any of them really stand out for you? I'm curious about the renamed of the pref file and creating a new catalog.

srika

Yeah, the renaming of pref file worked the best. According to the article this should be done periodically. Note: after I did that and started LR, I had to manually choose the location of the LR4 catalog. And then it came up no problem.

I also did this hack where you remove unused modules... a while ago. I don't know if this helps anything but it's something else you might want to consider. On it's face, it makes sense.

http://www.slrlounge.com/boost-light...low-system-dvd

mdkxtreme

srika, since you have a bunch of photos, see if this helps you: http://photo.stackexchange.com/quest...itional-harddr

It's regarding RAW Cache Setting from the top answer.

leftride

iTrader: (1)

I tried it as well...not seeing anything really noticeable yet. I took screenshots of the preference tabs so I could update the handful of changes I had made.

I'm at just about 50k photos in my catalog, not sure what's a lot for lightroom.

einsatz

Here are some suggestions from Adobe:
http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/...nce-hints.html

I found the suggested order of operations to be interesting.

is300eater

Distortion slider in Lightroom FTW!

I know the difference isn't much, but it was bothering me...

before
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63271580@N00/8581186399/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63271580@N00/8581186399/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63271580@N00/, on Flickr



after
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63271580@N00/8583144849/http://www.flickr.com/photos/63271580@N00/8583144849/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/63271580@N00/, on Flickr

jupitersolo

After is much better!

is300eater

Anyone updated to 4.4? It seems faster, I thought it was just in my head but then I read in a forum others claiming the same, just wondering if anyone else here think the same

Mizouse

Probably not fast enough for srika

pttl

Yeah...I think it's faster too.

srika

glad they addressed it, I'll keep using 3. haha

is300eater

...well shit, I think the update took up a whole gb, I would hope they did something to improve the speed (even though I didn't really have any complaints about the speed )

einsatz

Installer said it would take 1.13GB for me.
Runs/ran fine on my rMBP.

srika

I found this information on sharpening useful.

http://www.revellphotography.com/blo...rpening-trick/

pttl

Pretty cool.

srika

so I got 4.4, it's pretty nice. pretty happy with the performance, its noticeable.

Sarlacc

LR 5 Beta is out...or to be announced today.