If the color of your images looks off in Lightroom but not in other programs, the likely problem is a corrupted monitor profile. The easiest way to check this is to make sure the histogram of a grayscale image looks gray.

This useful tidbit comes from Victoria Bampton, in her highly useful problem solving book: “Adobe Lightroom 2: The Missing FAQ.” As Bampton explains: Continue reading “Simple Monitor Profile Diagnostic for Lightroom”
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The new version Adobe Photoshop Lightroom—publically available for beta testing for some time—has finally hit the shelves. But how different is LR2 from LR1? Is it worth the upgrade? What do you get?
Adobe’s lists the top ten bullet point features Continue reading “Is Lightroom 2 Worth the Upgrade?”
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