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
Tags: Adobe Lightroom, diptych, tutorial
August 7th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Thanks Jay! Great tutorial. Very easy to follow.
August 7th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
hey thanks for posting this, picked up a couple of things, saving the templates and the custom file dimensions. Will try sometime soon.
August 8th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Well done — thanks for putting in the effort to share this time-saving technique!
August 8th, 2009 at 9:23 am
That’s great Jay! Thanks a bunch for sharing…
August 10th, 2009 at 2:24 am
Thx Jay – it solved a certain headache I had. Never thought about changing the paper from portrailandscape!
August 10th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Thanks for sharing that tip!
August 10th, 2009 at 8:56 am
TNX, Jay, Looking forward to more of your insights.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:26 am
Great lesson. Keep it up, looking forward to more!
August 11th, 2009 at 4:15 am
hi, which version are you using? i dont see custom file dimensions in LR2..:(
August 11th, 2009 at 10:29 am
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
August 11th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Thanks much, got it. And did i mention this was extremely useful. I just made my first ever diptych!:)
August 12th, 2009 at 9:37 am
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!!
August 18th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Wonderful … thank you so much for sharing !!
Gill
September 7th, 2009 at 6:49 am
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!”
September 11th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Great Tutorial mate ! Thanks for sharing !
September 14th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Thanks a lot Jay! This is a great tutorial.
December 4th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
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.
December 9th, 2009 at 9:54 am
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.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
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.
December 30th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
This awesome, thank you, I’m tweeting this immediately…what a great timesaver…thank you, thank you!
January 27th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Hi,
I made the diptych, but I could not figure out how to save it.
January 28th, 2010 at 11:24 am
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