If You Print From Lightroom Then Watch This Video
Happy Friday! Over on my personal blog at www.MattK.com, I told a little story about how I hadn’t removed some spots/sensor dust/debris in a photo that I had printed. See, when it comes to your web images, it’s really hard to see those little spots. But when you print, all bets are off – those things show up like you wouldn’t believe. While most people would never see them, because they don’t typically walk up and look at your photos from 6 inches, photographers examine photos extremely closely. For me personally, while it didn’t ruin the print for me, I was kinda ticked that I missed those tiny little spots.
Anyway, there’s a really quick trick (actually two) inside of Lightroom that helps find the spots so you can get rid of them more easily. Enjoy and have a great weekend!
http://youtu.be/_gEHhavkLps
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Very nice tip.
I am not sure here you’re getting your info, but great topic.
I needs to spend some time learning more or understanding more.
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Thanks Matt. This means I will be kicking myself less in the future! 🙂
Thanks for the tip but I must say that I find printing in Lightroom to be painful, at best. LR is an amazing program but I tell others not to buy it if you plan to print from it. I tried to print multiple photos at one time, just plain 4×6 prints, and there is no way to do it. I had to print each photo one at a time.
Hopefully I am missing something obvious and easy…
ctrl right click each photo that you want to print. you should be able to print multiple images. I do it all the time.
Thanks for the tip. I was having fun with it when I remembered once on PStv someone said try the shift key. It works side to side also.
Very useful tips. I got some important idea from your post. A big thanks for sharing with us !!
Sweet tip! I just got into using lightroom (been using photoshop forever!!) and this is a great tip I can use when printing photos.
Hi Matt, I tried what you said in the video and it did not work. I pressed the page down button and nothing happened. I have a Dell PC. What could be the problem?
Thanks,
Albert Acosta
WOW, I’ve been moving that box around ‘manually’ for a long time. The ‘Page Down’ Key is a FANTASTIC tip. One of your better ones.
Thank you.
Very useful tips, i learn something from your post. A big thanks for sharing !!
great tip, Matt! thanks for posting.
Thanks so much for a great tip as this . Like All your tips I have viewed over the past year you make working on my photos a enjoyable part of my day.
Had to leave a comment for this tip, Matt. Really great. Thank you!
Hey Matt-
I have known about and used the Page Down option for a couple of years. My problem is that when I switched over to a MacBook Pro, there is no Page Down key. Do you know of any workarounds or key combinations that would work?
Thanks,
Eric
Hi Eric – Sorry, I can’t resist 🙂
Let me google that for you: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+do+I+page+down+on+apple+keyboard
Wow, thanks for that. I have printed before and regretted not removing spots before, but I had to really look hard to find them on the original. This was really enlightening.
Wow, thanks for that. I have printed before and regretted not removing spots before, but I had to really look hard to find them on the original. This was really enlightening.
Such a great tips. Thanks a lot for sharing with us !!
Hey Matt-
I have known about and used the Page Down method. Unfortunately when I switched over to a MacBook Pro, there is no Page Down key on the keyboard. Is there a workaround or a key combination that does this?
Thanks,
Eric
“Fn” (bottom left key) + “Down Arrow”
Thanks
Thanks Matt….these are great tips and will be used often…
I had made a curves adjustment that was every 10 or so, but the one you suggested is actually easier to see, not as busy with fewer inverse colors. I did the page down trick on a couple of files, and fixed some spots and also used the curves setting to find and fix spots, but actually saw more spots appear when I applied your Blue Sky Preset.
Thanks, Matt. Excellent tips. I do a good bit of film (yes, I’m that old). Since I saw the technique, I think in a back edition of “Photoshop User” mag, I’ve been using the tone curve idea for dust removal. You can imagine how much dust is on 45 yr old negs / slides. I’ve found a curves shape that does a good job of differentiating dust from film grain.
BUT, I was not aware of the “page down” thing. I was going bats**t, at 2:1 or 3:1, even using the navigator, remembering where I had been and was going. Thank you, again!
Great tip. Thanks
Matt, that is a GREAT tip on the page down key! Man, every day I pick something up on your blogs!
Thanks,
Dennis
Thanks Dennis! 🙂
Before long you’ll know everything I know.
Matt, I have to to say…….just when I think I know everything about Lightroom, I tune into your site and learn something new!!!!
Keep up the GREAT work!!!
🙂
Reakky neet tips thanks
Dave
Thank you for such a brilliant tip..