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Not sure if this counts:

‘What makes Lightroom 3 better than Aperture 3?’

I know both have benefits but I’d like to see what one of the devs think.

Hi there,

In terms of future plans, are the lightroom team looking at:

1) Ability to customize keyboard shortcuts
2) Relative develop adjustments in presets (i.e. Brightness +20)
3) Export to FTP (not the web module)
4) Export to WordPress
5) Face Recognition would be an absolute boon for me
6) Lightroom Express for iPad (primarily library functions for me with ability to sync back to main catalog)
7) Dark printing issue on Mac / Epson / in general

Regards,

Jonathan

I would like to really see some general photo processing ‘status’ and folder flagging tools concentrating on further increasing the workflow process efficiency.

Such as being able to color code / flag / label a folder, check folders processed etcetera.. something more than stars and keywords on individual photos.

Facial Recognition could be a cool app for past photos but.. but more of an oooh ahhh feature than some more processing ones that can aid a photographers workflow.

Built in PanoRamic merging without having to have Photoshop installed would be a big plus.. especially as free camera software and Elements now come with it.. why should we have to exit Lightroom to have this step in our workflow.

Built in tools to either export your image data into a format like CSV or XML so you can generate reports using third party tools or have a basics statistics engine that can generate statistics on major data elements in a catalog.

For Slideshows.. support of Playlists so it isn’t just a single track and you can build playlists to change photos that match the music or insert audio delays in the slideshow for major transitions. Right now the single track think just isn’t cutting it; though I do like the Fit to Music feature that currently exists.

Built in HTML5 Web Export with Right Click Protection.. both to support Mobile Device browsing (Iphone) and protect photos from being just saved off by everyone.

Christopher S.

Regarding LR 3.0:
How serious is the problem I read concerning handling metadata from photos brought in through 2.0, but accessed through 3.0?
How can these problems be corrected?

When will Microsoft be releasing Lightroom XP? :-\

Don’t know if you heard of the work of Vilém Flusser, a Czech philosopher who lived in Brazil for several years after since the WW2, but one of the key elements of his work is the “black box”.

Summarizing the this issue, a black box is, basically, a device (or a process) where one has no control, or, better put, no knowledge, over what goes on inside it.

Thinking about photography, one of many forms of technical imagery, as Flusser call it (referencing Walter Benjamin), a “black box” can be a camera, a 35mm film camera, for example. A painter or a sculpturer need to know absolutely every think about his art. The different kinds of inks, oils, brushes, stones, marbles, etc… All of counted in the final work. It was almost impossible to do it without this knowledge. There blank spaces.

In photography this isn’t necessarily true. You can shot a magnificent photo without even knowing what it is exactly that a camera does, how the film behaves when exposed to the light or what the chemicals do to it when it is developed. The photographer depends on a black box to do his work. To gain control of this art form, photography, the photographer needed know what goes on inside that black box, the camera, and even after gaining that, he would have to know how to produce the film, to fix the mechanical parts of the camera, and so on…

But this is all on film. It we think of todays digital photography, the number, varieties and complexity of the black boxes are absolutely mind blowing. If in film photography it was very, very, hard, in digital photography it is impossible.

My question, if my brief summary was clear and my english not to bad, is: Does Adobe thinks about this issue, the absolute dependency of the photographer (or even photography in general) on their software, their black box, to do his work, when developing something like Lightroom 3? I hope I was clear enough to point out that I’m not talking about a customer-like relationship here…

Thank you for the opportunity.

Hello:

I have a question re: the Print Module: If I bring in a photo when in Custom Package mode, and I add a border using the “Photo Border” slider, my photo gets cropped on all sides when I print to PDF or to a printer, even though it is not cropped on-screen.

A workaround is to use Picture Package, or Single Image/Contact Sheet, but Single Image/Contact Sheet does not have the Photo Border option (just Stroke border). Also, for a feature request, it would be great to be able to go up to 100 or 200 pixels wide for the Photo Border. Having the ability to choose 100 or even 200 pixels for Stroke Border in the Single Image/Contact Sheet mode would also be great primarily because crop marks can be made around each photo. That makes for easier cutting of individual photos. There may be a reason why Photo Border is not an option in Single Image/Contact Sheet, but that could also be added and used for the same purpose.

All the best,

Andrew
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Andrew Darlow
Editor, The Imaging Buffet
http://www.imagingbuffet.com
Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques:
An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers – http://www.inkjettips.com
and
Pet Photography 101:
Tips for Taking Better Photos of Your Dog or Cat – http://www.PhotoPetTips.com

Hi Jonathan:

Re: your question about dark printing in Lightroom, I don’t think that has anything to do with Lightroom per se. I routinely print from Lightroom to Epson printers using custom profiles with no problems.

It could be that your monitor is set too bright, it could be that you need to update your Epson driver, it could be the profile you are using, or it could be that the light that you are using to evaluate your prints is not appropriate. Most standard bulbs, for example, are about 3500 Kelvin and tend to make prints look dark compared with 5000 Kelvin bulbs, even if they are relatively bright. I would evaluate your prints under daylight streaming in from a window, or with a light like the 50 Watt Solux light I mention in this article:
http://tinyurl.com/25eurl6

I have four other articles on Photofocus.com about matching monitors to printers that you may find helpful. You can search for my name in the search box and all of the articles will pop up.

Hope that helps,

Andrew
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Andrew Darlow
Editor, The Imaging Buffet
http://www.imagingbuffet.com
Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques:
An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers – http://www.inkjettips.com
and
Pet Photography 101:
Tips for Taking Better Photos of Your Dog or Cat – http://www.PhotoPetTips.com

You should rename this, “Things Wanted in Lightroom 4″, as there is nothing(not everything) regarding Lightroom 3 on this page.

I have a question. What is the purpose of the extra checkbox “Enable Auto Import”. Why not just autoimport it.

great tutorial on light room on lynda.com for light room
worth the money

I want to make the switch, but i’m not sure i’m ready to use. I guess the ease of use makes the idea a little easier.

the soft wear is relatively cheap and easy to learn. if you are serious about photography then make the switch