One hidden feature of the Lightroom print module is the ability to add a frame to an image. In this post I’ll show you how to add a frame to an image before exporting it as a JPEG image ready for uploading to the web or printing.

In Lightroom 3 you can create an image and export it as a JPG image from the Print module – however before you set this up, it’s a good idea to create a frame to use. I’m going to use a hand drawn border but you can use anything of your own design.

Step 1
Start in a program like Photoshop and create a new image the size that you want to print from Lightroom. This is a critical step because the border image that you’re about to create cannot …

Venice. It is one of the most enchanting places in the world. There is an old-world charm to this city that endears you to it like no other destination you’ve traveled to.

I spent only 1.5 days in Venice, but took hundreds of photos there. When I came back and started my sorting and editing, it was very important to me to preserve that enchanting look and feel. The shadows and highlights were equally strong. The colors were vibrant and subtle all at the same time. And the textures were diverse and beautiful.

Editing to preserve a look and feel can be very challenging, and it does take time, effort, and care to accomplish. Rather than giving you “tips” to consider while editing your own photos in Adobe Lightroom, I thought it may be productive to walk you through my …

By Joseph Eckert

A few months ago, DPS published an article I wrote entitled “How to See in Black and White.” That article had a small bonus section at the end, in which I talked about how useful HDR can be to the monochrome photographer – a fact that is initially somewhat counterintuitive, since HDR is stereotypically held to be all about garish, over-done colors and excessive haloing.

In fact, as I talked about in that previous article, HDR can be extremely useful in bringing out microtexture, enhancing the effect of light and shadow, and in creatively influencing the overall tone of the image. All of these things lend themselves immediately and powerfully to black and white photographs, making HDR another viable tool in the monochrome photographer’s arsenal.

That section of the article received …

Todays deal in the dPS 12 Days of Christmas is one that we’ve had people already guessing at and asking for because it was our most popular day in our 2010 Christmas promotion.

It is from the very popular Topaz Labs and is 20% off any of their post production software. All you need to do to get the savings is use the coupon code of DPS12DAYS.

Many of our readers are already fans of Topaz software but since last year they’ve added two new products to their range – bringing their full set to 10 products!

Their products solve a wide range of problems that photographers face and are:

• Topaz B&W Effects – high impact black and whites [NEW]
• Topaz Lens Effects – lens, filter and camera simulation plug-in [NEW]

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This is the written article for our Weekly Lightroom Edit – Episode 2 that was released on November 25, 2011 on SLR Lounge. To view this tutorial in video form, click here.

Hey guys, welcome to Episode 2 of our Weekly Lightroom Edit. Last week, we had a few questions regarding black and white workflow. So, in this tutorial, we are going to do a black and white edit of the RAW image that you see below.

Our final image will look like the following:

Download the Exercise File

First thing, let’s download the exercise file by clicking here. (Note: This image is provided by Lin and Jirsa Photography for …