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Re: Keywords and Exported Images — Lightroom Secrets

Gene McCullagh — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 06:14:49 -0000

Thanks, John!

Re: Keywords and Exported Images — Lightroom Secrets

John — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 01:08:28 -0000

thought you may care to know your link is broken

http://www.lightroomsecrets...
should be....
http://www.lightroomsecrets...

Regards

John

Re: Victoria Does It Again! — Lightroom Secrets

Gene McCullagh — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:31:05 -0000

My pleasure, Victoria! Thanks for all you do and for another wonderful version of The Missing FAQ!

Re: Victoria Does It Again! — Lightroom Secrets

Victoria Bampton — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:44:48 -0000

Thanks for the great review Gene! That was a lovely surprise!

Re: Thanks! — Lightroom Secrets

Ken Tam — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 06:53:44 -0000

Good

Re: Get Your Site Running with CE4 and Lightroom

lamblf — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:53:03 -0000

Mr. Campagna, I am glad to hear your business is doing well, and I did not question the power of your software. Instead, I found fault with your documentation. I said that it is disorganized and unnecessarily wordy. Your reply has provided further evidence of both flaws. As a retired writer, I offer you some professional advice: Hire a good editor. I rebuilt my CE3 website using CE4 components, and it looks good and meets my needs. But I will pass up the next upgrade.

Re: Get Your Site Running with CE4 and Lightroom

mjcampagna — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:45:59 -0000

Our plugins aren't for everyone, and you certainly have lots of options from which to choose. Though if I thought any of those options were worth a damn, I'd be using them rather than designing my own tools.

If you want a turnkey solutions -- sign in, switch on, walk off -- then The Turning Gate is not for you. What we offer is a web publishing platform with more flexibility in customization and capability, and more under-the-hood benefits than anything else available. While most other Web plugins are satisfied with "Oh, this looks nice", we go to lengths to ensure solid search engine optimization, social media integration, and Google Authorship compatibility. To make sure our galleries work on desktop and mobile browsers alike, in a way that is suitable for each platform. We've built a full-on shopping cart system to liberate users from Zenfolio and its ilk. And our Publish Services plugin allows you to update your image galleries without having to go through an awkward web-based interface.

As for our documentation, there are dry sections about what the controls are for, but also step-by-step tutorials to help new users get up-and-running quickly. Setting up and running one's own website is not easy, but we provide sufficient education and support to help inexperienced users get to the point where they can do so confidently. And we must be doing something right, because we've been at it seven years, have received a great many unsolicited compliments for our work, and have a loyal following of returning customers.

So best of luck with "another provider's software". You might find options that are easier to setup, but I doubt you'll find anything as full featured or as flexible as CE4.

Re: Get Your Site Running with CE4 and Lightroom

lamblf — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 12:12:05 -0000

I cannot agree. I used CE3 to build a website and was pleased with the result, receiving many unsolicited compliments. However, I found the documentation poorly organized, unnecessarily wordy and abstruse. I purchased the CE4 upgrade and sadly learned that this provider may have improved its software but not its ability to explain how to install it or configure it. If you are patient and enjoy tinkering with plug-ins and webengines and creeping reloads, this package may be just right for you. I have abandoned it and will move on to another provider's software.

Re: Where Do My Keywords Live? — Lightroom Secrets

Gene McCullagh — Wed, 21 May 2014 07:52:02 -0000

Hi Diego!

There are only two cases in which I've seen this happen: (1) images are exported and the include in Catalog option is checked or (2) an already exported image is imported into the Catalog. In both cases the "Export Synonyms" option is checked on the keyword definition dialog.

When this is unchecked these two cases don't result in the synonyms being added to the keyword list.

What steps did you take between the time the list was as you want it and the list as it is now? Check those keywords by double clicking and turning off the "Export Synonyms" option. Unfortunately you will need to manually delete the new keywords that were created from the synonyms already reimported.

--Gene

Re: Where Do My Keywords Live? — Lightroom Secrets

Diego — Tue, 20 May 2014 23:41:49 -0000

Hello, I have a problem.

Last week I added a short list of keywords with their synonyms and everything went fine for the whole week.

This morning I go in again and I realize that all my keywords and synonyms are shown in the LIST OF KEYWORDS, all as separate keywords. For example, under JAPAN...I also used the spanish version of the word: Japón. But now both Japan and Japón appear on the list as separate keywords.

The crazy thing is that if I double click on JAPAN, I can see the list of synonyms I previously entered, where I can read also Japón.

CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME? i WANT TO GET MY SHORT LIST BACK AGAIN! and not this HUGE massive cluster of words!

Thank you very much

Re: You Registered Your Copy, Right?

Gene McCullagh — Thu, 08 May 2014 11:27:02 -0000

Hey Eric!
There are several fields in the copyright section. You could also use a hierarchical keywording structure to tag images.

Re: Lightroom 4 Tip: New DNG Options

Gene McCullagh — Wed, 07 May 2014 11:20:17 -0000

Much of this data will reside in the Catalog until you save it out to the DNG file. You can do this but selecting one, some, or all the images and pressing Command S (Control S on a PC).

You can also set Lightroom to do this automatically by changing your preferences. Open your Catalog Preferences and go to the Metadata tab. Check the box next to "Automatically write changes into XMP" and any changes will be saved as they occur. This may slow Lightroom a bit depending on your hardware and/or the size of your catalog.

--Gene

Re: Lightroom 4 Tip: New DNG Options

Guest — Wed, 07 May 2014 02:34:56 -0000

I've been struggling exporting DNG from NEF. All the metadata, including develop settings are not included in the DNG produced. This is the case with my LR 3 and 5. Can you help me? I've been using LR since version 1.0 and have been storing all my files in DNG format since 2007, but this time Im really confused.

Re: You Registered Your Copy, Right?

Gene McCullagh — Tue, 06 May 2014 21:18:53 -0000

Hi Eric!

You can put copyright info in the metadata panel in the Library Module. If you don't see the fields try looking at the EXIF and IPTC view and scroll to the copyright section.

--Gene

Re: Do You PUX? — Lightroom Secrets

Harjeev S Chadha — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:18:55 -0000

It surely does Gene. Reminds me of the age old saying that "OLD IS GOLD"
Cheers

Re: Do You PUX? — Lightroom Secrets

Gene McCullagh — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:17:17 -0000

Thanks, Harjeev! PUXing still works in 2014. It's hard to believe the article is seven years old. LOL

Re: Do You PUX? — Lightroom Secrets

Harjeev S Chadha — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:38:58 -0000

Great Article Gene. Though its > 7 years old but I love its simplicity and usability.

Re: Learning Couples Photography — Lightroom Secrets

Gene McCullagh — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:55:51 -0000

Hi Mark!

It couldn't hurt to have some props on hand if you really want to get some shots with them. For example, in the workshop Pye does some shots with an empty frame. I'm sure he brought that along with him and didn't rely on the couple to bring it.

You might ask the couple to bring any props they would like to use. But I'd still have a few standard props I want.

Hope that helps!

Re: Learning Couples Photography — Lightroom Secrets

Mark Batle — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:44:14 -0000

Good day! May I ask do I need to prepare a props for the couple? Because everytime I have a Pre-Wedding shoot they almost forgot what they need to bring, or they could't prepare a props because they were busy preparing for the wedding. Is it good for me to bring such as minor props like the logo of & or a heart sign for the couple or should i stick that every client should prepare that props. thanks!

Re: Wow Your Workflow with Perfect Batch

Gene McCullagh — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 09:40:25 -0000

Hi Terrell!

Yes. This was an unexpected bonus in Suite 8. I was surprised as well that onOne hadn't talked more about it. It makes me wonder if there are any more hidden treasures in the latest version! LOL

Re: Wow Your Workflow with Perfect Batch

Terrell C. Woods — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 22:10:52 -0000

Glad to see this Gene. I was just going to be content with my current version of Perfect Photo but I like this added module. They didn't really highlight that part of the update. Thanks

Re: Wow Your Workflow with Perfect Batch

Gene McCullagh — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:03:22 -0000

Hi Alain!

No. I'm not joking. Lightroom has a lot of power but it can't do everything. If you are a Perfect Photo Suite user you would understand how much Perfect Batch brings to the table. The video is a simple walkthrough of the process.

There is a lot in Perfect Photo Suite that Lightroom just cannot do on it's own. If you have a set of steps that utilize different suite components then you can create workflows via Perfect Batch. Some parts of the workflow can be Lightroom based and others Perfect Photo Suite based.

You are only limited by your imagination!

Re: Wow Your Workflow with Perfect Batch

Alain — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:42:59 -0000

You must be joking...Trying to understand how You can possibly believe to be able to distract from Lightrooms own (better) easy steps...but unbelievable

Re: Remember Everything: Lightroom and Evernote

Gene McCullagh — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 07:34:22 -0000

I agree! The subject line tokens can be a real time saver.

Re: Remember Everything: Lightroom and Evernote

kefoster — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:07:12 -0000

Love Evernote! I always forget to use the subject syntax on my emails I send to EN. Thank you for the reminder!