and then she snapped: I'm in love, I'm in love and I don't care who knows it!

Quick, name the movie that that quote is from.

Let me tell you, friends, I am in LOVE with Lightroom. I have spent the last 36 hours or so ~~obsessing over~~ learning everything there is to know about the organization part of Lightroom and I am 100% sold on using it as compared to Photoshop Elements Organizer. And I haven't even used it to edit anything yet! Other than applying presets (which are like photoshop actions). On this particular photo I used whoiswolf-retro-style-2 which you can download from presets heaven (for FREE!)

I also created my own export preset which gets my photo "blog ready" with one click (which for me means resizing it to 750 pixels on the longest side, changing resolution to 72, and adding my watermark). If I could figure out how to add rounded corners at the same time I would, but I haven't figured that out yet, (and just realized I forgot to round corners on this little gem). But seriously, one click and it sticks it on my desktop, ready for me to upload to blogger. Done.

We're off to Heidi's to eat some pizza and some pie. I'll be back with pictures.

18 comments:

RitaSeptember 24, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Elf!!! Love that movie.
AnonymousSeptember 24, 2011 at 5:39 PM
Elf! Love that movie too :)

Great picture!

Totally want to get lightroom when i can..
UnknownSeptember 24, 2011 at 7:15 PM
Check out Click it Up A Notch for rounding edges - http://www.clickitupanotch.com/2010/11/creating-rounded-corners-in-lightroom-why-didnt-i-think-of-that-wednesday/
RachelSeptember 24, 2011 at 8:18 PM
Love that shot! What a great preset... I'm still trying to learn PS Elements, so I'm begging off Lightroom for now :)
UnknownSeptember 24, 2011 at 8:36 PM
Love your photos, I just found you via SITS and I love it and your photos. I can't believe that I've been using presets and never thought to make my own - thank you.
Amber :)
Ps. Rounding your corners is easy, drop me an email if the tutorials don't work out.
graceSeptember 24, 2011 at 9:18 PM
ELF ELF ELF ELF ELF!
HeidiSeptember 24, 2011 at 9:49 PM
Love this shot. And Lightroom.
NicoletteSeptember 25, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Such a cute pic! Are you using a book or tutorial to learn lightroom?
MelanieSeptember 25, 2011 at 10:04 AM
OMGosh Rachel, LOOOOVE this so much. Serioulsy love this! I have to be a big girl & start to use Elements & Light room)
Moments and ImpressionsSeptember 25, 2011 at 12:28 PM
How exciting - push a button and photos ready to publish. How awesome.
AnonymousSeptember 25, 2011 at 3:21 PM
Very cute!
thatgirlblogsSeptember 25, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Aperture does the same, but no presets. I'm doing an Aperture-Elements kind of flow lately. Expensive hobby we have.
UnknownSeptember 25, 2011 at 5:11 PM
Anything that makes life/blogging easier is good in my book! Cute photo!!
TaraSeptember 25, 2011 at 7:14 PM
I can't figure out how to add my watermark yet! frustrating! HELP!
LindseySeptember 26, 2011 at 1:56 PM
My dad has been a fan of lightroom for a bit now. I guess I need to ask for a copy!
Daniele ValoisSeptember 26, 2011 at 4:22 PM
ok I have lightroom, and I don't know where to start!!!
LaurenSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:29 AM
Thank you for sharing the link to those lightroom presets!
CandyOctober 2, 2011 at 11:44 AM
You and Grace have been talking about how great lightroom is lately, so I've downloaded the trial! I can't wait to try it out!

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