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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is photography software for managing large numbers of images and handling post-production.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is photography software for managing large numbers of images and handling post-production. It is developed by Adobe Systems and available for Windows and Mac OS X.

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Using Lightroom with images on a NAS with Windows and Mac?

The licence for Lightroom allows one to run it on their primary PC and laptop as long as both are not running at the same time. Has anyone tried running it on a shared set of images (e.g., on a NAS) between a Windows PC and a Mac? Does Lightroom…
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dynamiclinkmediaserver folder in ~/Documents from Lightroom

Every time I view a video in Lightroom 4, it creates an empty folder in ~/Documents called "Adobe" with the folder "dynamiclinkmediaserver" inside. This is very annoying because I would like to keep my Documents rid of useless folders. Is there any…
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Are lrprev files in Lightroom just previews that I do not need to back up?

In Adobe Lightroom, it is my understanding that the .lrprev files it creates, are only previews of pictures, but that these can be regenerated from the real pictures in case of disaster. Is that correct?
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Speeding up Lightroom

I'm a photographer and work a lot with lightroom. Which is obnoxious on a HDD. Given that I have an iMac, I really don't want to have to take it apart. My current HDD is a Seagate 7200 RPM drive now. 4GB RAM. Which option makes more sense to help…
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Lightroom does'n switch to GeForce

I have a LR 4/5, but not of them switch to GeForce GT630M on my laptop, photoshop, cinema 4d, illustrator and other graphic soft work normally through the GeForce, but not the LR. anybody know the reasen? pls, help EDIT: Acer V3-571G Intec Core…
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Is there a keyboard shortcut in the Windows version Adobe Lightroom for "Edit Metadata"?

I'd like to be able to click the first picture, <-edit metadata command->, type keywords, arrow key to next photo... rinse repeat. However, I can't surmise the keyboard shortcut for 'edit metadata'.
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Photo Management Software for OS X That Supports Multiple Library Locations

I'm looking at the possibility of changing our photo management software. Thinking about Aperture or Lightroom. And want to know if either supports: Having folders/libraries on separate harddrives/Volumes. Tolerates having network folders…
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Lightroom causes system wide connectivity issue

Problem When starting LR all network activity on my WiFi connection stops (as observed in the "Performance" tab of the Task manager) and I can no longer access anything from the web (websites through a browser, LR Mobile in LR, Skype etc). How can I…
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How can I convert .lrprev in .jpeg?

I broke a hard drive but I notice that the pictures in the catalog have been saved in the C:\Users\Vyrus\Pictures\Lightroom\LightR ... 3 Catalog Previews.lrdata. they are in a format other than .jpeg (they are .lrprev) What can I do?
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Adobe Lightroom starts automaticaly

Every time I insert a SD card into my computer, Adobe Lightroom starts and tries to import images from the card. How do I stop this? I use Windows 7.
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Lightroom 4 slow to render in Develop mode; what part(s) of my PC is/are dogging it?

I made the jump from Picasa to LR4 and switched to shooting RAW in the process. The software boost did not come with a PC boost, but I didn't think it would be necessary; my machine seems adequate for all other tasks (gaming, software development,…
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Does Adobe Lightroom store metadata in the pictures?

Does Adobe Lightroom store metadata in the pictures? Which metadata is actually stored in which isn't?
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What is the difference between Aperture and Adobe Lightroom?

In terms of user experience, handling, expandability (support for third-party plugins such as Photomatix), ability to seamlessly publish to Flickr/Picasa etc? Apple has a temporary action - buy an iMac and get E75 gift at app store. Aperture cost…
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importing iPhoto library to Lightroom (preserving rating and events if possible)

I'm trying to switch to Lightroom, currently using iPhoto, so I'd like to import all my existing libraries while keeping photo ratings, events and tags too. Is there a way to do that? Ratings are the most important think I'd like to be able to…
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Will increasing RAM improve Lightroom 3 large tiff loading times

Set up: mid 2009 17" unibody MacBook Pro 4GB RAM 2.66 Core 2 Duo Snow Leopard 10.6.6 Lightroom 3 When working with 12 MegaPixel RAW files from a Nikon D700, no problem. Lightroom is fine. Recently I've been scanning film and they result in large…
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