Tutorial: Diptychs in Lightroom

Here is a video tutorial on how to build diptychs in Adobe Lightroom. I was hit with a few emails asking about how this is done, and wanted to share some of my discoveries and workarounds. Man, I wish I had something like this years ago. Cumulatively I have wasted years doing this in Quark (cough!) and PhotoShop (time suck). Finally there is a super fast and intuitive way for photographers to put multiple images together on a page. Your money also gets you additional tips on custom sizing, exporting, and archiving your finished diptychs.

Tutorial: Diptychs in Adobe Lightroom from Jay Watson on Vimeo.

This is the first tutorial shared on this blog, and it feels incredibly geeky of me to post a software demo. Maybe I am paying back the world for all the free demos I have viewed online. Whatever the truth is behind this demo, PLEASE set me straight. If you dig it, share the link. If it is wack, let me know so I can put effort towards building log cabins other things.

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Adobe Lightroom Tutorial: screen capture of diptych settings. © Jay Watson Photography

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22 Responses to “Tutorial: Diptychs in Lightroom”

  1. alessandra Says:

    Thanks Jay! Great tutorial. Very easy to follow.

  2. Eric Says:

    hey thanks for posting this, picked up a couple of things, saving the templates and the custom file dimensions. Will try sometime soon.

  3. Joe Reifer Says:

    Well done — thanks for putting in the effort to share this time-saving technique!

  4. Brad Says:

    That’s great Jay! Thanks a bunch for sharing…

  5. Pete Lotter Says:

    Thx Jay – it solved a certain headache I had. Never thought about changing the paper from portrailandscape!

  6. Arnaud Says:

    Thanks for sharing that tip!

  7. Frank StMarie Says:

    TNX, Jay, Looking forward to more of your insights.

  8. Alex Says:

    Great lesson. Keep it up, looking forward to more!

  9. Mansi Says:

    hi, which version are you using? i dont see custom file dimensions in LR2..:(

  10. Jay Watson Says:

    Mansi – Good point. I should have mentioned this is for LR 2.4 (latest version). I also should have mentioned to access the “custom file dimensions” option you first have to choose the option “print to: JPEG file” in the PRINT JOB settings. Thanks for sending a question.

    Everyone – Thanks for the great response. Much appreciated and I hope the demo helps to save you some time.

    - JW

  11. Mansi Says:

    Thanks much, got it. And did i mention this was extremely useful. I just made my first ever diptych!:)

  12. Mike Says:

    Thanks a ton!!! I have already used this tutorial several times and shared with several friends as well!! Great job and a very useful and easy to follow vid. Thanks again!!

  13. Gill Taylor Says:

    Wonderful … thank you so much for sharing !!

    Gill

  14. Jennifer Says:

    Thank you! I think our Wednesday night class will cover this in an earlier version of Lightroom… but seeing the concepts here first will really help me “get it!”

  15. Abhi Says:

    Great Tutorial mate ! Thanks for sharing !

  16. Scott Oppliger Says:

    Thanks a lot Jay! This is a great tutorial.

  17. mark robertson Says:

    hey man, just a quick thank you for the explanation. i don’t have lightroom yet but I’m trying it out on their trial download to see if I feel like making the investment. this is one of the features I would have definitely wanted in it so thanks a million for explaining very clearly something I wouldn’t have figured out in probably a long time. when I get some time this weekend I’m going to glance thru the rest of your stuff, thanks again.

  18. Jay Watson Says:

    Mark – thanks for the visit. A good catalog software like Lightroom (or Aperture) will change your life. Enjoy your investment and hope to hear back from you.

  19. st3in Says:

    Hey, great tutorial! Have been looking for a way of doing this nice and easy. And now I found it, and the good thing is, I can use LIghtroom! Thanks.

  20. cora Says:

    This awesome, thank you, I’m tweeting this immediately…what a great timesaver…thank you, thank you!

  21. Jas Says:

    Hi,

    I made the diptych, but I could not figure out how to save it.

  22. Jay Watson Says:

    Jas – From the print module, go to the “Print Job” box, print to: choose “JPEG file”, then hit the “Print to File” button. After this is finished you will need to re import the completed diptych. All this is covered in the demo. Good luck.

    JW

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