Photolemur for Windows Install and Use Tutorial

How to download and install Photolemur

You can download Photolemur using the link that you receive after purchasing a license or after registering for the free version. The installation process is the same for both versions.

1. Click the Download button in the email you’ve received or click here. Clicking this link will initiate the download.

2. Double-click the Photolemur3_Setup.exe file to launch the installer application and begin the installation process. You’ll find this file where all other files go that you download from the internet. The default location is your Downloads folder.

3. Click Install to start the installer. You may need to grant the installer permission to proceed.

4. When the installer is complete, leave the checkbox marked for Run Photolemur and click Finish.


Activating Photolemur license

1. The first time you open Photolemur, choose Activate with the serial number.

2. Enter your email address and the serial number you received by email. 

Important: Make sure you enter your serial number correctly without any spaces or other invisible symbols. If you’re activating Photolemur for the second time, make sure you use the same email address that you used when you activated it for the first time.

3. Click Activate Photolemur 3.

Once you do that, you can begin using Photolemur.

Importing photos to Photolemur

To start using Photolemur, you first need to upload a photo. If you want to see how Photolemur works, you may want to open a sample image first. To do that, click on Open Sample Image at the bottom of the Photolemur window.

To start enhancing your own photos, either:

• Click the Open button in the Photolemur window, while will open a File Explorer window where you can select photos to upload; or
• Drag and drop an image to the Photolemur window. You can drag your photos from any computer location (e.g. Pictures or Downloads). You can also drag and drop a whole folder with images to start batch processing.

Important: Photolemur supports RAW, JPEG, TIFF, and PNG files that are at least 800x600 px.

If you have a single image open in Photolemur and want to replace it with a different one, you can drag a new image to Photolemur while holding the Control key on your keyboard. This will replace the open image with the new one.

If you drag a new photo to Photolemur without holding Control, the new image will be added alongside the one that was already open and the Photolemur batch window will open.

In the single image processing window you can see the difference between the original image and the Photolemur result using the Before & After slider. 

You can use the Boost slider to change the intensity of the adjustments. To open the Boost slider, click the brush icon next to the Export button.

By default, the slider is set to maximum Boost. If you move it all the way to the left, you’ll see your original photo.

To save the enhanced image, click Export and select where you want to save it.

Batch processing

Batch processing in Photolemur allows you to process an unlimited number of photos at the same time. You can upload your photos to Photolemur in the following ways:

• Click the Import button in the Photolemur window, which will open a File Explorer window where you can select photos to upload
• Drag and drop images to the Photolemur window. You can drag your photos from any computer location (e.g. Pictures or Downloads)
• Drag and drop a whole folder with images to start batch processing

After you upload photos, you’ll see their thumbnails in the Photolemur gallery. 

To process all of them with the default Boost slider setting, simply click on Export # photos and choose your export preferences. All the adjustments will be applied on export.

If you’ve uploaded several photos to the Photolemur gallery and you want to change the Boost setting for some of them, you need to open those photos one by one to adjust the Boost slider.

Once you’ve changed the intensity of the adjustments for an image, you can close that image window and go back to the Photolemur gallery. Photolemur will remember the Boost setting for each individual image.

If you’re done with the Boost slider, click on Export # photos and choose your export preferences. All the adjustments will be applied on export.

Exporting photos in Photolemur

To save changes applied to your image, you need to export it. To do that, click Export button in the bottom right-hand corner of Photolemur window and select Disk.

When you click on Export > Disk, you can select the file format, image quality, and folder where you want to save your image.

There’s also an Advanced Settings button that opens a Photolemur window with advanced export options.

Photolemur export: advanced settings 

Photolemur’s advanced settings allow you to choose the location where you want to save your photos, rename and resize your images, choose a file format, set the quality, and select a color profile. 

All these setting can be saved as presets. The list of presets is located on the left side of the export window.

There are 2 default presets in Photolemur: ‘WEB JPEG’ and ‘FOR EMAIL’.

If you want to save your settings as a preset, click on ‘Save settings’ button on the bottom of the window. After that your modified settings will be saved as a user preset.

Important: Your original photo will be overwritten only if the exported image and original image names match.

Naming

The filename of your image can be modified in several ways. You can add a prefix or suffix to your original filename, change the base, and make the letters uppercase or lowercase.

The prefix, suffix, and base can be modified in the following ways:

• NONE

If you select this option under Prefix and Suffix, no prefix or suffix will be added to your filename. This option can’t be selected under the base and is replaced by the Filename option. If you select Filename under base and None under Prefix and Suffix, your filename won’t be modified.

• FILENAME

If you select FILENAME under Prefix, the prefix will be the name of the imported file. If you select FILENAME under Suffix, the suffix will be the name of the imported file.

Let’s say you want to modify an image named London.jpeg and select Prefix > Filename. In this case, the exported image name will be London_London.jpeg. If you also select Suffix > Filename, the image will be saved as London_London_London.jpeg.

• CUSTOM TEXT

Custom text allows you to enter a name manually. If you want to modify your image name without adding any prefixes or suffixes, select Custom Text under Base and enter a new name.

• COUNTER

In the counter, enter a starting number that will be added to your images. If you’re exporting more than one photo and type 4 in the counter field under Suffix, for instance, your images will be saved as Filename_4.jpeg, Filename_5.jpeg, Filename_6.jpeg, and so on. If you select Counter under Base, your filename will be replaced by that number.

• TIMESTAMP

If you select Timestamp under Prefix or Suffix, the current date will be added before or after your filename. If you select Timestamp under Base, the current date will replace your original filename.

Letters contains the following options:

• Leave as it is
• Upper case
• Lower case

Format, Color Profile

In Photolemur, you can save images in the following formats:

• JPEG
• PNG
• TIFF
• JPEG-2000
• Photoshop
• PDF

The following color profiles are supported:

• sRGB
• Adobe RGB
• ProPhoto RGB

Resize

You can resize your images by setting the long edge, short edge, or absolute dimensions. Or you can maintain the original image size.

Resizing by long edge means that you can set the desired length of the longest side of your image. The shorter side will be resized proportionally.

Resizing by short edge means that you can set the desired length of the shorter side of your image. The longer side will be resized proportionally.

Dimensions allow you to enter absolute dimensions in pixels.