How to Prepare a Lightroom Catalog

  • In Adobe Lightroom Classic select the images you want us to edit

  • Go to File > Export as Catalog

  • Make sure Build / Include Smart Previews and Export Selected Photos is selected

  • Quit Lightroom after the catalog is created

  • Zip or compress the resulting folder and put it in the shared Dropbox folder (or use the personalized upload link)


 

 

How to Provide Anchor Images

  • Anchor images are images you’ve edited in your Lightroom catalog

  • We will use your anchor images as a guide when editing the catalog

  • We recommend turning 5% of your catalog into anchor images

  • Select images from throughout the catalog

  • Select images from various lighting conditions

  • Label the images red prior to sending the catalog to us

  • Please do not include local adjustments on your anchor images (unless we are doing local adjustments for you)

 

How to Import Edited Images into Lightroom

  • Open the original catalog

  • Go to File > Import from another catalog

  • Select the .lrcat file that you’ve downloaded from us

  • In the replace dropdown: select metadata and develop settings only

  • Make sure the preserve old settings as a virtual copy is unselected

  • Click Import

 

How to Export Presets

  • In Adobe Lightroom Classic go to the develop module

  • Right-click the preset you want to send to us

  • Click export

  • Save to desktop and then send us the .xmp file

 

How to Locate and Send Profiles

  • In Finder, click Go while holding the Alt key then click Library

  • Click on the folder named Application Support, then click on the folder named Adobe

  • Copy the entire CameraRaw folder and paste it to the Desktop

  • Please compress this folder and send the .zip file to us

 

How to Create Cull to Targets in Lightroom

  • Select the images you want us to cull

  • Create a new collection

  • Provide the cull to target as the collection name

  • Make sure Include Selected Photos is checked

  • If there are multiple session in the same catalog, repeat the process for each session

 

How to Provide Culling Feedback

  • Flagged images are selects

  • Not flagged images are rejects

  • Mark the flagged images that you would have excluded in red

  • Mark the not flagged images that you would have included in green

 

How to Add Future Sessions to the Our System

  • Once you’ve become a client, go to www.luxeditlab.com/schedule

  • Enter your email address

  • Click the plus icon to add future sessions

  • All sessions that are not weddings are considered portraits in our system

  • If you need to edit a session’s information, click the edit icon next to the session

  • Once we receive a session's catalog, the session will no longer be viewable on this screen