Thanks.

1. When do you need PhotoShop? Seems Lightroom can do it all now.

2. Same with plug-ins. Seems like plug-ins like Define and Sharpening are no longer needed. Even Viveza, Silver Efax Pro, and Color Efax Pro become useful only for special enhancements.

Thanks, and keep up the great work helping folks like me learn these great programs.

Charlie

I have a question regarding Lr2, and saving for a desktop wallpaper.

My Laptop screen resolution is 1280 x 800.

If I export a photo as a jpeg at the resolution of 1280 x 800 x 96 in the export comes out as a 1280 x 800, but will not fill the right and left sides of the screen, it needs 53 more pixels to fill out the screen.

If I export the same photo at the resolution 1280 x 1280 x 96 it comes out at the required resolution of 1280 x 853 x 96. Can you explain this difference in pixels for me.

Thanks in advance,
George

Ok, so it’s about using Smart Collections based on keywords. I tend to keyword all my photos with the names of the people in the photos. I then like to create smart collections so I can easily pull up all photos with a particular person. I’m running into some problems though. I’ll give you a specific example for three people: Jordan Michael Scoggins (me), Rhonda Jordan Scoggins (my mom), Michael David Scoggins (my dad). If I create a smart collection to look for all photos containing Jordan Michael Scoggins it also gives me photos with either of my parents. I can’t very well eliminate last name since my first name is also in common with my mother and my middle name is in common with my father. I’ve tried putting “Jordan Michael Scoggins” in quotes to get the Smart Collection to look exactly for that keyword–but it doesn’t work.

What DOES work is filtering outside of Smart Collections. I can select the keyword for a name there and it does indeed show me exactly just those photos. I know I can save filter presets but it’s annoying to have certain thing organized with smart collection while others are organized with filters.

So there are kind of two questions here: (a) Is there a way to make Smart Collections look for an exact keyword that happens to be multiple words and (b) Is there any way to bridge the functionality between filter presets and smart collections? The difference is subtle, but it is important. For example, while you could bring up a filter preset then go into another module, you can’t switch to a different filter preset without going back out of the module). With Smart Collections you don’t have that problem.

I hope I’ve described this clearly. Let me know if I need to clarify.

I wish I knew the exact terms for my question, I dont so I will do my best to ask.

Ok… I take raw photos with my D300. I import into Lightroom and when I switch from Library into Develop and click on a photo, Lightroom applies automatic settings to all the picture previews. I understand that RAW needs some application of initial settings to be previewed/worked on but how to I create an automatic setting that Lightroom will apply so I dont continue to start my editing with Lighrooms settings which cause so much work for me as they always are overexposed, etc. Hope that makes sense, I want to get rid of the auto application of settings such as brightness/exposure, blacks, etc. and replace with my own preferences so I can cut down on editing time. Thanks so much!!!!