Comments on: Lightroom 3 Print Improvements

By: Tonya

Tonya — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:35:15 +0000

Help…..Lightroom 3 will not allow me to ‘drag and drop’ a photo into the Custom Photo Package in the Print Module. I used to be able to do that and now I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. When I try to drag the photo, nothing happens. :/

By: malinda julien

malinda julien — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:32:07 +0000

other than print module improvement, what else is there to make me want to buy this? I use LR2 first, fix everything I want to fix or adjust and then export to CS5 to take care of any other adjustments. I don’t print – I use a lab, so that is just not impressive enough for me to change….

So, what else is the upgrade offering?

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:53:55 +0000

Thanks for this tip!!! hold the Control key (Command on the Mac) and drag the image inside the container to find the best position for it.

Also, to compose and print a “Seamless Image” (print to image) – I find that I am unable to do this with my Page Setup configured for my HP printer – because it’s unable to print seamlessly to the edges. The solution?

Install Cute PDF! I select “Cute PDFWriter” as my printer output and now I can compose seamless 8×10 shots!
http://www.cutepdf.com/

By: Ally

Ally — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:30:33 +0000

Oh nevermind! I finally found the answer to that in the release notes. (Of course I find it after I posted my question here, lol) They can both be used without interference.

By: Ally

Ally — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:28:00 +0000

Can I install Lightroom 3 Beta without it interfering with Lightroom 2? I’d like to check it out but just want to make sure they are both stand-alone and I won’t have any problems using Lightroom 2.

By: Michael Ziegler

Michael Ziegler — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:23:25 +0000

Neet addition Helen. I wouldn’t have seen this if you hadn’t written the article.
I tried placing 5 images on a 8 x 10 sheet with a gray background which worked as advertised. However, it took a long time (3-4 minutes) to render the image. I hope Adobe can speed this up.

By: Helen Bradley

Helen Bradley — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:36:11 +0000

@Dawn, I am with you there.

I think sometimes upgrades have what I call “deal makers” which are improvements that are, of themselves, enough to justify upgrading and for me this is one of them.

There really hasn’t been a leading photoediting program since Jasc/Corel PaintShop pro which has offered this much control over printing. PaintShop Pro still has strengths in printing, even when weighted up against Lightroom 3, but this new feature in Lightroom is, to my mind, a feature which will make it a must have upgrade for me.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:22:45 +0000

Helen,
Thanks for the article. Being just a hobbyist photographer with limited time I have enough on my plate keeping up with LR2, but this added printing feature will definitely be an important item that I will appreciate when the final version comes out and will likely cause me to buy the upgrade sooner then later.

By: Behzad Zamanian

Behzad Zamanian — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:45:34 +0000

Thanks Eric.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:31:55 +0000

@ Behzad:

I’ve not tried LR 3beta, but:

In v2, when you imported, you specified the location of the original files. Usually, you’d import them to your computer’s hard disk (this is what I do.) There is an option you can check to backup the original files on import. It makes the most sense to back them up to an external hard drive, in case the computer crashes (this is what I do.) Backing up the catalog is a completely different thing, yet just as important. As Lightroom does not actually modify your original photos, your edits and keywords and such are saved in the catalog. LR defaults the catalog backup to somewhere on your hard disk. But this doesn’t make sense, as you’d have two copies of what could be a large file, and if your computer crashes, then you’ve still lost your catalog. I recommend backing up the catalog as well to an external (which I do daily). That way, if your computer crashes, you open up LR, and if you need to, copy the most recent backed up catalog over, have LR open that, and if any photos are missing, you can copy them over from the external, and you should be up and running.

Does this help?