32 Free Lightroom Tips, Tutorials, and Resources

<small>Written by Eric on December 23rd, 2009</small>
If you use Adobe Lightroom as part of your post-processing, then these free resources can help you get the most out of your final images.
1. Lightroom Killer Tips – Lightroom Killer Tips is the gold standard for tips and info on using Adobe Lightroom. Matt Kloskowski heads up this blog with frequent updates, which includes regular presets for download by readers.
2. Using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 – The official Help section from Adobe for Lightroom 2.
3. Using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta – The official Help section from Adobe for the beta of Lightroom 3.
4. Lightroom Journal – Tips and advice straight from the Lightroom team.
5. The Lightroom Lab – A series of tutorials from the Lightroom Lab.
6. 10 Things I Wish I Could Tell Every New Lightroom User – Rob Sylvan’s tips for Lightroom noobs.
7. 10 Things I Would Tell New Lightroom Users – Scott Kelby’s take on the LR tips for noobs.
8. 10 Things I Wish I Could Tell A Slightly Less New Lightroom User – John Beardsworth provides 10 practical points of advice to keep you out of trouble in Lightroom.
9. OnOne Lightroom Presets – 140 develop presets for Lightroom. And yes, they’re free.
10. Layers Magazine – Check out the Lightroom section of the popular Layers Magazine.
11. Lightroom Blog – Lightroom tutorials, tips and news from Sean McCormack.
12. Lightroom for Digital Photographers – Loads of podcasts for Lightroom.
13. Presets Heaven – Regular updates with Lightroom presets.
14. Inside Lightroom – A Lightroom blog authored by Richard Earney, who also wrote the book Inside Lightroom 2.0: A Serious Photographer’s Guide to Lightroom Efficiency.
15. Top Free Lightroom Presets – A collection of links from Yanik’s Photo School that serve up a number of free Lightroom presets.
16. Lightroom Secrets – Another frequently updated Lightroom blog.
17. Lightroom News – Another blog and resource center dedicated exclusively to Lightroom.
18. John Nack on Adobe – John Nack is the Principal Product Manager for Adobe Photoshop and, while his blog covers many topics outside the scope of Lightroom, it is a great way to keep your ear to the ground and pick up good tips and tutorials occasionally in the Lightroom world.
19. Lightroom Forum – Adobe’s official Lightroom forum.
20. Lightroom Presets: The Ultimate Free List – More free presets.
21. Lightroomers – Rob Sylvan’s Lightroom blog. Good stuff.
22. 4 Quick Ways to Boost Lightroom 2 Performance – From JMG Galleries.
*These final few links are videos that come from Matt Kloskowski in Adobe’s Design Center.
23. Adjust an image’s color using the Vibrance slider in Lightroom
24. Synchronize settings in a group of photos in Photoshop Lightroom
25. Use Collections to organize your photos in Lightroom
26. Personalize your Lightroom workspace by changing the Identity Plate
27. Remove redeye with Photoshop Lightroom
28. Adjust hue and saturation in Photoshop Lightroom
29. Create a web gallery in minutes using Photoshop Lightroom
30. Fix the white balance of a photo in Lightroom
31. Straighten crooked photos in Photoshop Lightroom
32. Adjust shadows and highlights in Photoshop Lightroom

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<small>Written by Eric on December 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment</small>

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NASA is a big Nikon fan apparently, having previously sent the Nikon D2Xs to space. NASA just placed an order for 11 Nikon D3S bodies and 7 Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 lenses. That should compliment NASA’s stock of 76 D2Xs cameras nicely.
More details in the press release below.

MELVILLE, N.Y. (Dec. 21, 2009) – Nikon Corporation (Michio Kariya, President) is pleased to announce that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has placed an order for eleven D3S digital SLR cameras and seven AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lenses to be used for photographic documentation.

The D3S digital SLR cameras and AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lenses ordered by NASA will be carried on the Space Shuttle and used to photograph activities at the International Space Station (ISS) in the future. No special modifications will be made to these products. They will be the same products available to end-users, confirming the incredible versatility of the D3S. This equipment will be used along with the Nikon D2XS digital SLR cameras, NIKKOR lenses, and Nikon Speedlights already in use at the International Space Station.

Nikon has spent many years contributing to NASA’s study of space through the development and manufacture of advanced and extremely durable cameras as well as of NIKKOR lenses that make the most of Nikon’s optical technologies, and of which production has recently reached fifty million units. To date, NASA has captured more than 700,000 images using Nikon equipment carried into space. Space, however, is not the only extreme environment in which Nikon equipment is used. Nikon also provides official observation equipment used in exploring the Arctic. Nikon equipment contributes to observation and research of these little explored regions with durability, reliability and technical capabilities that stand up to even the most severe environments

Nikon’s history with NASA

• 1971: Nikon Photomic FTN* (NASA specifications) was used on Apollo 15
• 1980: The “Small Camera”, based on the Nikon F3 and equipped with a motor drive, and the F3 “Big Camera”, which utilized long film, were delivered to NASA. The “Small Camera” was used aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia launched the following year.
• 1991: The Nikon F4 and F4S were delivered to NASA
• 1999: The Nikon F5 and AF Nikkor lens were carried aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery to photograph extravehicular activities (EVA)
• 2008: D2XS digital SLR cameras were delivered to NASA. Six D2XS cameras are used in space to document activities such as inspection and maintenance
• In addition, approximately about 15 types of NIKKOR lenses (more than 35 lenses all together) are kept aboard the International Space Station for intravehicular and extravehicular photography to provide continued support for NASA’s space activities

*Nikon F equipped with Photomic FTN viewfinder that supports TTL center-weighted metering.

The D3S was released in November 2009 as the latest flagship model for Nikon FX-format digital SLR cameras. This camera is equipped with a new CMOS sensor (36.0 × 23.9 mm) developed by Nikon and supports standard ISO sensitivity settings of 200 to 12,800. Sensitivity can also be set as high as Hi 3 (ISO 102,400 equivalent) or as low as Lo 1 (ISO 100 equivalent). Image-degrading noise has been minimized to enable shooting at high sensitivities under even extremely dim lighting. In addition, the D3S is equipped with the D-Movie function, enabling HD video capture and includes high-sensitivity movie mode and movie editing functions for trimming start and ending footage or saving selected frames as JPEG stills. Naturally, the camera itself is representative of an all-round flagship model offering basic performance and operation that meet the strict demands (fast, support for high sensitivities, superior image quality) of professional and advanced amateur photographers in a number of fields, including the press, sports and nature photography.

The AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED is the world’s first ultra wide-angle zoom lens to offer a focal length of 14mm with a maximum aperture of f/2.8. The performance of this lens has been extremely well received by the camera industry, and recognized by Europe’s Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), which awarded it The Best Professional Lens in Europe 2008, and the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), which awarded it European Professional Lens 2008-2009.