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Ask Darlene Anything – Facebook Live Q&A

July 5, 2017 by Darlene Hildebrandt

Today I held my first ever Facebook Live event where I did a little Q&A. If you joined in and watched, thank you! Watch the video recording where I answered seven questions that came in from you, the Digital Photo Mentor readers. If I didn’t get to your question, don’t despair! I hope to be…

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Using Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts

June 12, 2014 by Darlene Hildebrandt

In this video tutorial I will show you some of my most used Lightroom keyboard shortcuts, in particular for the Library and Develop modules. If you’re not a shortcut fan, I urge you to have a watch of this and see how quickly I move around without using my mouse much, or at all. It…

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6 Common Lightroom Catalog Questions – Ask Darlene

April 17, 2014 by Darlene Hildebrandt

Answers to 6 of the most common Lightroom catalog questions. What’s a catalog? where’s my catalog? backup my catalog? huh? Here are the answers.

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