If you import JPG files or other images in Lightroom which haven’t been captured by a camera or lost EXIF and other timestamp data, you can add a capture time this way:
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A quick demonstration of the spot removal tool in Adobe Lightroom 4, based on a photo taken by Imke Bavay. The church is situated in Aalst, Belgium.
Before:
After; removed streetlights (church positioned horizontally, highlights):
Normally in grid view only an index number is shown. When you hoover an image, you’ll see the filename and date taken/capture date. When selecting images based on filename this becomes a nightmare if you need to wait until the tooltip is showing.
Fortunately, there’s an option to show the filename in the grid view.
View > View options (ctrl + J) > tab Grid view “compact cell extras’ > check ‘Top label’ > choose copy name of file base name.
Here’s a crash course into Lightroom 4: two youtube video’s and a few of my own tips.
One of my favorite features is the vigneting lens correction.
