Creating an Eclipse Composite in Lightroom Only

[@Barongal1]

Thank you Matt. This was so much easier than using photoshop.

[@ronnuval]

thanks Matt. This is very helpful. Cheers!

[@kasunrphoto]

Thank you for this great and valuable video

[@DarrellBaldwin-nm7re]

Thanks Matt. I photographed the Oct 2023 annular eclipse I am currently going through your Lightroom Local course and would like to know if Lightroom Local will handle making an eclipse composite the same way your video showed for Lightroom.

[@LarryFasnacht]

I have never used the print module. Thanks Matt.

[@eastkyphotos]

Awesome!

[@tristramstout8988]

Thank you so much for this video. I am actually a beginner photographer, so I haven't employed all the technical stuff I probably should have when photographing the eclipse. But, still it would be nice to put what I have together. So, thanks again. I just subscribed to your channel, so I'm hoping I'm going to learn more stuff!

[@MarkJgr]

Very helpful - it worked for me first go, cheers! :)

[@philipculbertson55]

Matt, I had an unrelated thought and a question when watching this. Can you add a border to an image such as a white border using margins in the photo module in LR and then save as jpeg? I usually go to PS to create a white border around my images that I will post on line but wondered if there is an easy way in LR to do that?

[@JeremyEvansPhotography]

Thanks for the great video

[@jimstadler]

I get a vertical, white page when I create my background. How do I get a horizontal with black background?

[@jimstadler]

got the horizontal down, still white background

[@markattardo]

I'm not a fan of using the print module, but this is cool!! Thank you!

[@curtislewis3555]

Very helpful. When I have 12 boxes, I can only drag to the outer 4 boxes on each end. The middle four will not take the photo.

[@RubyRoof]

I cannot get past the "page setup" section. It does not offer me a "manage custom sizes" option" and even if I select "custom", it will not let me input 60", 8.5" is the maximum I can find on the page setup for custom sizes. After that, I don't know about the issues with the background color or not being able to drag all of the photos. I cannot get that far. Does anyone have any other options? I have never used Lightroom before and just downloaded a trial. Thanks!

[@bryanholliman3763]

I'm running into the same issue. Matt's screen shot has two buttons in the lower left "page set-up and "print set-up", mine only has 1 "page set-up" and it I can't find a way to set the page to 60" x 10" (or similar numbers). I'm using the Windows version of LRCC.

[@RubyRoof]

bryan holliman same exact issue here. Could it be a different version? His post is recent so it doesn't make sense. Do you have other suggestions?

[@bryanholliman3763]

Matt is using the Mac version of LRCC, I have the Windows version, maybe that is the difference? I spent another 20 minutes last night experimenting with different settings to try to get the page set-up wide enough to follow Matt's technique, but no luck... I may have to use PS to put together my composite.

[@RubyRoof]

OK, thank you. I have Windows. That must be it. What is PS?

[@bryanholliman3763]

Sorry, short for Photoshop. Unfortunately, my Photoshop skills are pretty weak, that's why this Lightroom process was so appealing.

[@anticsofahusky]

nice idea but does not work in my version of LR. all I get is a white page with blue grid and I am unable to select any page size. Do you know how to fix this? I think it has something to do with the printer driver used?

[@anticsofahusky]

I figured it out. I had to select a PDF writer for my printer and do a advanced setup on the printer page.

[@VFDirector]

when I go to the Page Setup and try to manage custom sizes, it gives me sizes in milimeters. How do I change this to Inches?

[@dvsrn1]

I know it's an old video - but thanks SO much!

[@catherines7865]

Can you help walk me through editing my photos I took Please

[@MattKloskowski]

You can join my webinar on Thursday and submit photos: mattk.com/eclipse

[@catherines7865]

Ok, I did. I don't know how many people you have joining but thank you. I have done everything I can think of with the photos and they just don't come out the way I would like them to. All the photos are in raw and I know I sent a lot of them but I wasn't sure which ones to send or not

[@RubyRoof]

Matt Kloskowski will you be offering any more tutorials. Many of us seem to be running into the same issues. Thanks.

[@markriley7472]

Unfortunately this cannot be done in Lightroom 6! There is no option for a custom paper size, they are ALL preset!!

[@MattKloskowski]

Mark Riley hi. There is an option. Been there since LR1. Depending on OS you may have to poke around for it but it’s there

[@billmeador215]

Nice idea, but does not work..........no matter what I do I cannot get a black background, everything is white with light blue grid lines on it............got some great shots, but guess getting them in a strip with LR is not gonna happen!!!

[@damnfk063]

Am I the only one bothered by the number of photos. It should 11 or 13. Totality goes I. The middle

[@mosabsasi6439]

Thanks Matt. Here's an eclipse photo I did with the help of your video: instagram.com/p/BYKRN5JjUpK/

[@DoloresLowe]

Love the image you created!