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Congratulations Alex Vincent! March 2024 PFRE Photographer of the Month

Congratulations Alex Vincent, March 2024 PFRE Photographer of the Month! The theme this month was "Kitchen". Alex Vincent - #906 Yvonne Raaijmakers - #909 Peter Wingfield - #902 Here's what Alex has to say: Thank you for the award of Photographer of th ...

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How to Make Presets on Lightroom

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19/04/2021
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By: PFRE Admin
Photo processing can quickly become a tedious task if you are dealing with a large number of photos and want to achieve the same look on every shot. Lightroom Presets make it a breeze to edit several photos quickly. Learning how to make presets on Lightroom can help you apply changes to multiple images and spend less time editing and more time shooting.
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How to Copy Edits In Lightroom

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14/04/2021
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While working with a large number of photos in real estate photography, we often need to give the same editing effects to all of them. Doing so allows us to achieve a homogeneous look to a batch of photos. Let us walk through how to copy edits in Lightroom to process multiple images simultaneously.

How to Select Multiple Photos in Lightroom

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14/04/2021
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To save time and to streamline the editing process, Lightroom allows us to select multiple photos concurrently. Learning how to select multiple photos in Lightroom will speed up the process of comparing them, choose the best shot among them, or even apply the same Develop settings to a series of images.

How to Move a Lightroom Catalog to an External Hard Drive

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13/04/2021
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Lightroom Classic CC catalog functions as a database to track and manage your photos. You can store your Lightroom Classic catalog on an external hard drive if you have less space on your internal drive, use more than one laptop, or need access to the catalog while traveling.

How to Blur Background in Lightroom

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09/04/2021
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Sometimes, the background in an image distracts our attention from the subject. Blurring your background slightly so that it isn’t as sharp as the subject can make your subject pop. We will explain how to blur the background in Lightroom through simple steps.

How to Export Lightroom Presets

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07/04/2021
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When you install a preset in Lightroom or even create one yourself within the program, you might initially think that it can only be used on that specific computer. If you edit with Lightroom on multiple computers or want to sell presets, this may seem problematic. Luckily, Adobe created a way for you to export presets, and we'll walk through how to export Lightroom Presets.

How to Add a Watermark in Lightroom

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07/04/2021
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Watermarking your photos is a way to promote your work and protect it from plagiarism by claiming its ownership. You can add a watermark to a photo via an easy process with Lightroom Classic CC. Learning how to add a watermark in Lightroom will enable you to add a text or graphic identity to the images you have taken.

How to Use Lightroom Presets

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06/04/2021
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Lightroom Presets are an easy way to alter your photos to a particular look that increases their aesthetic appeal. If you know how to use Lightroom presets, it will speed up your photo editing process. Besides, using presets will give wonderful effects to your photos which may be hard to get right if you haven’t mastered editing with Lightroom Classic CC yet.

How to Add Presets to Lightroom

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05/04/2021
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Save a lot of time editing your pictures by following these basic instructions on how to add presets to Lightroom.

What Lightroom Export Quality Should You Use With JPEGs?

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04/02/2021
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Suppose you've changed your camera setting back to 'fine' for better photos, yet the MLS does not allow uploads over 10MB.

Aspect Ratio for MLS and Free Lightroom Preset

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17/10/2019
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By: Garey Gomez
As a real estate photographer, it can be challenging to shoot real estate photos with the right composition and still achieve an aspect ratio required by most MLS. So, how do you handle delivering photos outside of landscape orientation?  Recommended Aspect Ratio For MLS MLS stands for Multiple Listing Service, which is an online database […]
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