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 Overview

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

offers a complete environment
for digital photography, from SLIDESHOW
raw capture to creative output.

Start with the Library module,

where you import your images,
move seamlessly to the Develop
module to perform advanced
image adjustments (or export
them to Photoshop), and share LIBRARY DEVELOP PRINT
your photos as slideshows, prints,
or web pages.

Export to WEB
Photoshop

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Getting images into your Library

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom takes a unique approach to importing

and managing your files. The Import dialog box offers valuable tools,
including file handling options, metadata templates, keywording,
and exposure presets.

Library 
 Lightroom is designed for easy, non-layered editing. If you import For convenience, you can set up Lightroom preferences to detect Importing Photos FILE HANDLING
a layered PSD file, Lightroom will handle it as a flattened file. when a memory card is connected to your computer. Lightroom
When you edit that image in Adobe Photoshop, the layers will will automatically bring up the Import dialog for the images on
still be available. that card. Using Lightroom as your primary ingestion tool can
save you steps and speed up your workflow. Choose Lightroom >
Preferences (Macintosh) or Edit > Preferences (Windows).

Importing images into Lightroom is Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Move Photos to a New Location and
the first step. Images can be imported gives you four ways to handle your Import relocates the original image
from memory cards, removable imported files. files to the User > Pictures folder.
media (CDs, DVDs), or hard drives,
and can be in a variety of formats: 1 Look at your file handling options Advantage: This will be helpful if you have
limited hard drive space or just want to keep
camera raw files, JPEG, DNG, TIFF, in the menu at the top of the
all your files in one place without creating
and PSD. Import Photos dialog box. Four duplicates.
choices appear.
If you’re not already shooting raw Copy Photos as Digital Negative
files, we recommend that you adopt Import Photos at Their Current (DNG) and Import converts the image
this method for your photography Location leaves the images where files to DNG (digital negative) and
workflow. A raw file contains more they are and stores their location then adds them to your Library.
information, and as you’ll later see in the Lightroom database.
Advantage: Lightroom writes all your
in the Develop module, Lightroom processing changes directly to the DNG file
can easily change the color balance Advantage: Lightroom lets you preserve
instead of using a sidecar file.
the current organizational structure of
and recover blown highlights and
your folders.
other detail you might have lost when 2 Select Copy Photos as Digital
capturing JPEGs. Copy Photos to a New Location and Negative (DNG) and Import.
Import will leave the originals in their
1 Make sure you have selected the current location and add duplicate
Library module. Choose File > Import files to Lightroom.
Photos and navigate to the images
Advantage: Copying your images keeps your
you want to import. This will bring up
data in two locations until you are ready
the Import Photos dialog box. to delete the first set of data as an added
measure of safety.
Photoshop Lightroom Window Overview, Library Module
Lightroom can automate several
functions for you during the import
process, including back-up of your
images, renaming, applying Develop
presets, and adding metadata
and keywords.

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 OrganizING Images RENAMING Images

Metadata Copying or moving your images into The remaining Organizing choices To rename files in the Import dialog 2 Choose Edit from the File 4 Save the preset containing your
Metadata is information about data.
Lightroom triggers another menu are variations on organizing by date: box, select one of the Copy or Move Naming pull-down menu to bring Custom Text, using the Presets menu
Lightroom stores exposure and
processing information, camera exif
that determines how your images YYYY/MM/DD, YYYY/YYYY/MM/DD, options. Choosing any of the copy up the Text Token Presets Editor. The above the token editing window.
(Interchangeable Image File) data, are stored. YYYY/Month/DD, and so forth. methods as your file-handling option filename choices are represented by Name the preset to distinguish it from
copyright and image ratings as either will trigger the File Naming menu. blue tokens that you can arrange into the other presets, and click the Done
a sidecar file (XML) or a component The default option, By Original Advantage: Many photographers track their any order you want. To access the button.
of the Lightroom database. images by the date they were shot. This op-
Folders, creates a new folder with The File Naming menu lets you variations for each token, click the
tion allows you to continue to reference your
Camera Raw the same name as the folder that images in the same manner.
choose from predefined sets of data token to activate it and use the menu A new text box, Custom Text, will
The raw file format is the digital ver- contained the imported images. to rename your files during import. triangle on the right hand side. appear in the File Naming area.
sion of a negative. Just as a negative
needs to be printed for optimum vis- Advantage: This is a good choice if you store 1 Choose Date-Filename. The Four categories of renaming choices
ibility of the reverse image captured your images in folders according to the name
on the film, a digital raw file must
example will change to reflect your are available in the Text Token Presets
of the shoot.
be processed from 1s and 0s into a choice. Try each of the presets, and Editor: Image Name, Numbering,
format that can be machine-read and The next choice is Into One Folder. see if any of them fit your current Additional (metadata), and Custom.
manipulated. Shooting JPEGs lets the naming scheme. To add a token to the text box, click 5 Enter the desired text, press the tab
This creates one big folder of images
camera make all the processing deci-
for your entire Lightroom library, the Insert button next to any of the key, and the example filename will
sions for you. When combined with a
workflow tool like Lightroom, the raw and triggers a hidden option You can also add custom text to the renaming choices. update with your changes. This is how
file format gives you greater control that enables you to add a named front of your new naming scheme all your imported images from this
over the final image. subfolder on import. to create a new preset. 3 Click the Insert button next batch will be named.
to Custom Text to add the Custom
DNG
Adobe’s Digital Negative (DNG) is an
Advantage: This is a good choice if you Text token to the text box. Drag
are importing from memory cards, or from the token to the front of your other
archival format for raw files generated
an unorganized group of images. You
by digital cameras. DNG addresses naming tokens, so that it becomes
can establish a logical order by creating
the lack of an open standard for the the first one.
named subfolders during import.
raw files created by individual camera
models and helps ensure that pho-
tographers will be able to access their
files in the future. The free Adobe DNG
converter easily translates raw files
from popular camera models.

For more information please go to:

http://www.adobe.com/dng

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 Develop Settings METADATA KEYWORDS Show Preview

Develop Settings provides a way to The Metadata menu lets you create 4 Add any pertinent information you During the import process, add 1 Select the option in the lower-left As your images are importing,
transmit exposure, white balance, and a preset that can be applied to all want to include, such as your e-mail keywords to the images by typing area of the dialog box to bring up a status bar at the top of the left
other instructions to your images as imported images. This is a good address and phone number, into the each keyword (separated by a preview thumbnails of the images panel will indicate the time remaining
they are imported. Lightroom uses way to quickly add your copyright appropriate fields. comma) into the text box. you are importing. You can control until all images are loaded.
this information to build the Library information to all your images. Once the thumbnail size by using the slider
previews. created and named, the preset will 5 Click the Create button to finalize 1 Type a descriptive word into the at the bottom of the right panel. Your images will then appear
be available in the Metadata presets your entry and then choose your text box. as thumbnails in the main window
Lightroom handles processing menu. template from the menu. 2 Select every image you want of the Library module.
information in a non-destructive 2 Add a second and third keyword, to import into Lightroom, and click
manner, without altering the original 1 From the Metadata menu, making sure to separate each one the Import button.
image data files in any way. In choose New. with a comma.
addition to the standard presets,
you can save your favorite Develop
Settings in the Develop module
and use them here. Choose from a
standard list of settings, or create
your own with Develop Presets.

1 Click on the menu and look at your 2 Name the preset so that it makes
available Develop Settings choices. sense for your workflow. We used My
Copyright in our example.
2 Select None to apply the
Lightroom default settings during 3 Select the Copyright option and
import. The Lightroom default setting type © [Your Name].
is a good starting point for properly
exposed images.

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Viewing & Using your Library

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom provides a simplified interface

design that lets you focus on editing your photographs.
At the heart of Lightroom is the Library module. It enables
you to easily store, locate, sort, and adjust individual images
as well as entire groups.

Library 15
 Window Overview

The main window of the Library 1 Click the triangle in the middle of Solo Mode
If you want just one panel at a time to
Module Picker module is your primary photo the outer border of the Filmstrip, and
be visible, right-click one of the panel
work space. The default Library it will disappear. headers, and choose Solo Mode from
view displays thumbnails in a grid the menu. Opening one panel will
pattern. This is called the Grid View. automatically close the other panels
Thumbnails are also available in the in the same panel track.
Filmstrip, which is anchored below Panels can also be removed from the
the main window. At the upper-right panel track. Right-click (Control-click
is the Module Picker, which displays in Mac OS) the header of any panel in
the current working module and 2 Move your cursor over the area the a panel track and choose the panel
you want to hide or show from the
Left Panel Main Window Right Panel lets you navigate quickly to the Filmstrip used to occupy, and it will
menu. For a menu that lets you select
other modules. pop back into view. Auto Hide & Show, Auto Hide, and
Manual modes, right-click (Control-
Lightroom uses a panel approach 3 Move your cursor off the Filmstrip, click in Mac OS) the outer margin
similar to the palettes in Photoshop. and it will vanish. It will continue of the window on the side of the
panel. Your choices for each mode are
Panels are anchored at the edges of to behave this way until you lock it
retained on a per-panel basis.
the screen. Clicking the triangle at the down by clicking the triangle into the
center of the outer border will cause up position. You can adjust the font size in the
the panels to collapse. The panel panels with the Interface tab in
the Preferences window. Choose
will reappear if you click the triangle
Main Window Toolbar Lightroom > Preferences (Macintosh)
again, or allow your cursor to hover or Edit > Preferences (Windows)
Filmstrip Toolbar
over the extreme edge of the area
Filmstrip formerly occupied by the panel. The
tab key will also show and hide the
side panels.
Photoshop Lightroom Panels and Toolbars, Library Module

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 View Preferences Toolbar

The first thing you will want to do is 5 Select the Loupe View tab Now that you have set your viewing 5 When you are finished comparing, 6 Type a keyword into the text box
set up the Grid and Loupe viewing and Show Info Overlay: Info 1 from preferences and know how to use click the Done button and use Loupe next to the Stamp tool in the toolbar.
options. the menu. the various window views, it’s time to View for your selected image.
learn about the toolbar at the bottom 7 Click on the Stamp tool to activate
1 From the menu bar, choose View > 6 Choose File Name and Date Time of the main window. You can show The menu triangle at the far-right side the stamp tool, and stamp any
View Options. from the Loupe Info 1 menu and or hide the toolbar using keyboard of the toolbar controls the action or appropriate images with your new
select None for the third option. shortcut T. information available on the toolbar. keyword. The stamp remains active
2 From the Grid View tab, select until you click its toolbar location.
Show Grid Extras: Compact Cells. Advantage: Your Loupe View image Sorting gives you the ability to If an image already contains the
now has an information overlay change the way your images are keyword, the Eraser icon will remove
specifying the filename, date shot, and 2 Command-click the far-right image viewed in Grid mode. The default the keyword.
image location, for quick reference. to remove it from Survey View. setting is Import Order, which means
that the thumbnails appear in the
At the left side of the toolbar are the 3 Use the Select button to compare order they were added to the Library.
3 Choose Include Pick Flags and Grid View and Loupe View buttons. one of your selected images with When you add the Sort tool to your Pick lets you flag your selected or
Include Thumbnail Badges as the The Grid View button lets you see other images from your Library. toolbar, clicking the down triangle rejected images. The Lightroom
general information you want to view. your images in the thumbnail grid will give you sorting options. Sorting default is to hide any images tagged
mode. Loupe View brings up a single, adds the ability to change the way with a Rejected flag. To see your
4 From Compact Cell Extras, choose full-screen image. The Compare View your images are viewed in Grid mode. rejects again, either click the Rejected
Top Label: File Name and Bottom button enables you to see multiple The default setting is Capture Time, flag in the Filters area of the Filmstrip
Label: Rating and Label. images together. which means that the thumbnails toolbar or use Turn Off Filters, on the
show up in the order they were far-right side to disable, filtering.
Advantage: Each thumbnail will now contain captured. Once you add the Sort
a visual representation of the filename,
tool to your toolbar, click the down
as well as any starring or labeling attached
to your images. The compact Grid View
triangle next to it for sorting options.
4 Use the keyboard arrow keys to
maximizes the available space on your 1 View multiple images in Survey
move back and forth in your Library. 8 Customize your toolbar for
computer screen. mode by choosing three Library Keyword adds a Stamp tool to the
As you do so, the image on the right the way you like to work, using the
images from either the Grid View or tool bar that lets you add or remove
will change, but your selected image menu triangle.
the Filmstrip. Control-click (Windows) keywords for your images.
remains the same. This enables you to
or Command-click (Mac OS), and
easily compare your current favorite
click the Survey button. The images Rating and Color Label allow you to
to your other images.
load side-by-side, making it easy to mark your toolbar selections.
compare them. Starring and labeling
options are available below
each image.

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 WORKING WITH LIBRARY VIEWING OPTIONS LEFT PANEL
OVERVIEW

Library offers several viewing options • T o get a large preview of the image that fills the Once you know how to view and rate Folders provide a hierarchal view of Quick Collection
Quick Collection is a temporary
and shortcuts. To get started, available application screen area, double-click the your images, you need to be able to the locations of your images, based
holding place that helps you with
select the first image from your image or click the Loupe View button on the toolbar, sort and locate them. on your import decisions. If you chose quick sorting or editing. Add selected
Library thumbnails. or use keyboard shortcut E. to refer to your images in their current images to Quick Collection by
After import, your images will be location, the Folders view will show using the B key. The B key can also
•  eturn to Grid View—by clicking the Grid button
R available in Grid View in the main you where those images reside. If be used to remove images from
Quick Collection.
or pressing keyboard shortcut G—to display the window. you moved or copied the images on
thumbnails in columns and rows. The selected image import, the files will be located in
has a light gray background and a white border. The left panel lets you locate and the folder you designated to store
view your images using Library, Find, images when you imported them
• Use the tilde key to alternate between Loupe View Folders, Collections, Keyword Tags, into the Library.
and Grid View. and Metadata Browser.

• 
Navigate to the next and previous images by clicking
the arrow buttons in the main window toolbar. (Select
the Navigate option in the toolbar menu.) This works
the same way in both the Grid and Loupe views. Collections lets you group images
from your Library in one place for
• F or the 100% Zoom view, click once anywhere on the easy viewing. An image can be part
image, or use keyboard shortcut Z. of more than one Collection. Think of
Collections as a sorting tool.
• T he return key will switch views between Grid, Loupe
and 100% Zoom. 1 To add an image to a Collection,
The Find panel lets you perform a select your image and click the
•  se the tab key to view your selections with minimal
U text-based search of your Library, plus sign in the upper-right of the
screen distractions. using several choices as moderators, Collections panel.
including Capture Date Range.
•  se keyboard shortcut L (for Lights-Out mode) to gray
U 2 Name your new Collection, and
out the background. Repeat, and the background select Include Selected Photos to
becomes black. Pressing these keys a third time will add your images. Once a Collection
restore visibility to the application window. is created, you can add additional
images by dragging them onto the
Collection name.

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 Left Panel RIGHT PANEL Editing
OVERVIEW (cont.)

The physical location of the images Keyword Tags lists the keywords of Quick Develop enables you to Now that you know how to quickly change your viewing
in a Collection doesn’t change. If you all the images in your Library. Click make basic changes to multiple options, the following editing technique will make the
delete an image from a Collection, it on a keyword to find corresponding images simultaneously. More robust selection process painless.
will remain in the Library. images. adjustments should be made in the
Develop module. 1  hoose an image and bring it into Loupe View
C
1 Select several images and click the (keyboard shortcut E).
plus sign in the Collections panel to Advantage: After processing a single image
in the Develop module, you can easily apply
bring up the Create Collection 2  hile holding down the shift key, use numeric
W
your processing instructions to multiple
dialog box. images in your Library by clicking the Sync
keys 1-5 to assign ratings to your images. Once an
Settings button. image has been rated, the next image will advance
2 Name your collection Test Portfolio The Metadata Browser lists all automatically. You can edit your shoot efficiently,
and make sure you have chosen metadata in your Library. Click on Keywording and Metadata options using minimal keystrokes.
Include Selected Photos. any highlighted metadata to find the in the right panel also allow you to
corresponding images. make quick adjustments manually, or
by creating and using presets.

Advantage: This is a good place to quickly

apply or correct settings from import.

3 Click the Create button to add the

images to the Collection.

4 Select several more images from

your Library Grid View, and drag them
onto the Test Portfolio Collection.

You will find the Library interface

invaluable for managing your image
selection and workflow.

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Image Adjustments

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Develop module

offers sophisticated image adjustment tools in a convenient
set of panels.

Develop 25
 TOOLBAR

The toolbar in Develop provides 1 Click the Crop tool and select Crop Use the Clear tool to reset the
additional tools specific to the Frame. Draw your crop on the image. image crop.
Develop module. If you don’t like the results, use the
Clear button to reset the image.
The Develop module has a Before/
After button (similar to a Compare 2 When you’re pleased with the The Remove Red Eye tool isolates
button) that lets you see your crop, place your cursor inside the the area of the eye that needs
processing changes in relation to your cropped image. Drag the image adjustment and provides sliders
original file settings. Click the down within the crop guides until it is to finesse the settings.
arrow for viewing choices. optimally positioned.

The Remove Spots button activates

the Clone/Heal tool, which lets you
remove spots and blemishes in
metadata at the raw level and apply
the same procedure to multiple
images simultaneously. You can easily
1 Enlarge the preview to 100% by remove a blemish that is in the same
clicking once on the image window. spot on several frames by using the
Copy and Paste settings.
2 Click the Before/After button
repeatedly to cycle through before-
and-after views. 3 Move the cursor outside the
cropped area to activate the
The Crop tool creates handles that Straighten tool. You can use the
Window Overview, Develop Module allow you to drag the top and sides Straighten slider in the toolbar,
of the image to the desired crop. The or drag the image into a properly
File: Lightroom_597.dng Crop tool also provides access to the rotated position.
Located on the Lightroom CD in the Sample folder
Crop Frame tool, Aspect Ratio menu,
and Straighten tool.

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 WHITE BALANCE RGB SHOW CLIPPING

Eyedropper Setting the White Balance can Once you choose a preset, you can Another way to set White Balance Because Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Before you continue your
If you don’t have a gray card in the
be accomplished in several manually adjust the White Balance is to use the White Balance was designed to meet photographers’ adjustments, take a few minutes to
shot, you can use someone’s teeth
or the whites of their eyes as a good
ways. The White Balance menu with the Temp and Tint sliders. The eyedropper tool. current and potential future needs, learn how to use the Highlights and
starting point for white balance. in the Basic panel (located in color-coded slider bars indicate the it incorporates several innovative Shadows warnings.
Remember that you are not locked the right panel) provides nine color you are adjusting. Move the concepts, including a new way of
into this setting. A perfectly neutral pre-programmed choices. Temp slider to the left (toward blue) calibrating RGB readings. The Histogram shows you the level
image may be inappropriate for a
to make the image cooler, and to of highlight or shadow. To see a visual
portrait. Skin tones often look better
with added warmth.
1 It is best to start by choosing a the right to warm it up. The Tint slider 1 Click on the eyedropper tool, and When you view RGB values with representation on your image of the
preset that most closely resembles works the same way, using green select a portion of the image that a program such as Adobe Photoshop, clipped pixels, hover your cursor over
the original shooting conditions. and magenta. is white with detail, or a neutral gray. readings of 0 to 255 represent 8-bit the Highlights or Shadows warnings.
color space. That means the color is To keep the warnings active, click the
The sample image 1 On our sample image, the Flash 2 Experiment with several neutral made up of color bits from 0 to 255 triangles once. Clicking again turns
“Lightroom_597.dng” (found setting looks too orange. To cool areas of your image to see different for each of the three channels. With off the warning indicators.
on your Lightroom CD in the Sample down the image, move the Temp variations of White Balance. (See Lightroom, RGB readings are roughly
folder) was shot in a studio using slider to the left, to add blue. Eyedropper sidebar on this page.) based on a 16-bit color space. They
strobe lights, so we chose Flash as read as percentages of the color,
our initial White Balance setting. 2 Move the Tint slider slightly toward from 0 to 100.
magenta until the green in the color
cast is neutralized. The Temp setting is 1 Move around the image and
now 4050, and the Tint setting is -27. view the RGB readout in the toolbar.
Pure white is represented by a 100%
reading in each channel, black by 1%,
and medium gray by roughly 50%.

2 Experiment with other settings

to see if you prefer a different look.

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 SHOW CLIPPING (CONT.) TONE BRIGHTNESS AND TONE CURVE
CONTRAST, VIBRANCE

When you turn on the Shadows The Exposure slider moves from The Recovery slider works in the Brightness and Contrast function The Tone Curve panel provides 1 Use your cursor to hover over each
or Highlights warning, the areas of darker (on the left side, expressed extreme highlight areas of an image. in a similar way as Adobe camera an intuitive new way of editing of the Tone Curve tools. A highlight
your image that have lost all shadow in negative numbers) to brighter. The Use the Recovery slider to recapture raw sliders. tone curves. The white point and shape will appear on the Tone Curve
detail will be assigned a blue/violet numeric indicator represents 1/10th blown highlight detail without black point on the Tone Curve graph, showing the available range
overlay. All blown highlights will have of a stop movement, and covers an affecting the overall exposure. are determined by Exposure and of motion. By determining the range
a red overlay. 8-stop range (from -4 to +4). Blacks. Instead of locking down of curve points best suited for each
Fill Light lets you lighten the shadow the other points manually, you image, the Tone Curve helps limit
The advantage of shooting raw areas of your images, to bring out Vibrance, a sophisticated relative adjust Highlights, Lights, Darks, and the amount of posterization (abrupt
is that you can correct the exposure more detail. of the Saturation tool, raises and Shadows by using the appropriate changes from one tone to another)
by several stops (over or under) lowers overall saturation values slider. This approach gives you most and other artifacting (distortion that
in processing. However, after The Blacks slider is similar to Shadow without pushing the extremes to of the traditional Curves controls is a result of compression) caused
three stops, the image quality Detail in ACR. Moving the slider to the the clipping point. Vibrance makes without having to deal with clipping when the curve clips or folds back
rapidly degrades. right deepens the shadow areas and allowances for skin tones when you against extreme values and foldback onto itself.
darkens the overall look of the image. adjust saturation. (places where the curve starts
decreasing instead of increasing). The Highlights and Shadows sliders
Our sample image shows some 2 Move the Blacks slider to the far adjust the lightest and darkest image
“acceptable” loss in the shadow detail right and then slowly drag it toward areas at both ends of the curve. The
on the left side of the image. the center until you are satisfied with Lights and Darks sliders are your mid-
the shadows. tone controls.
The visual representation in the
1 Move the Exposure slider to the
Histogram panel lets you quickly We set our sample image to 10 to
left and right to see how it affects
determine the level of detail your achieve a good level of detail.
the image.
image needs to hold, and the areas
that aren’t as important. If the image was exposed properly,
the Lightroom default of 0 will
You can turn these settings on probably be very close. The Histogram panel will change
and off as needed to evaluate your to reflect the new settings. If your
image adjustments. Our sample image is set to +.5. This Shadows warning is still on, you’ll
represents 1/20 of a stop increase, see more violet/blue as you drag the
and opens up the overall exposure. slider to the right. You can turn the 3 Move the sliders to get a feel for
Shadows warning on and off to better how they work. Use the Reset button
assess your adjustments. or the History panel (in the left panel)
to return to your original settings.

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 TONE CURVE (CONT.) GRAYSCALE CONVERSION COMPARISON VIEW

The arrows at the bottom of the Tone 5 Another way to adjust specific tonal The Grayscale button in the basic You’ve carefully made all your 1 Use the triangle next to the Lens Vignetting
The Lens Vignetting sliders in
Curve graph define the workable areas of your image is to use the small panel lets you convert the photo to adjustments, proceeding step by Before/After button to activate the
the Lens Corrections panel are
range of highlight, shadow, light Target button in the upper-left corner black-and-white. The preview in the step through each possible option. Split function, and choose Before/ designed to help remove vignetting
and dark areas that will be reflected of the Tone Curve window. main window will reflect the change. But you may be uncertain whether After Left/Right Split. Zoom into (unwanted darkening at the corners
in the Tone Curve. If you move the your changes actually enhance the image to activate the split. Try a of a photograph) from wide-angle
Highlights arrow all the way to the Click the Target button and let your your image. In Adobe Photoshop magnification of 1:4 for optimal Split images. You can also use this feature
to make a photo more dramatic by
right and the Shadows arrow all cursor hover over the portion of the Lightroom, you can judge your image Screen viewing.
darkening the edges of the photo.
the way to the left, the Lights and image you wish to adjust. Use the adjustments using the Before/After To darken the edges of the photo,
Darks sliders will affect a much larger arrow keys on the keyboard to move button in the main window toolbar. 2 In the Navigator panel header, push the Amount slider all the way
In addition to the Exposure and
section of the curve. the Point Curve that corresponds click the Zoom menu and choose 1:4. to the left.
Tone Curve adjustments, eight color
to the targeted image area. Click The Before/After button provides Drag the image around to see the
channels can be adjusted by using
the Target button again to turn off four viewing modes that let you see split effect in different areas.
the sliders in the Grayscale panel.
this feature. the images side-by-side and top-to-
When you want to convert an image
bottom, with or without a split view.
Now that you have a feel for how to black-and-white, the Auto-Adjust
The Split options divide a single-
the Tone Curve sliders work, you can button is a good place to start.
image window, using either a left/
fine-tune your image.
right or top/bottom configuration.
If your files were shot under
controlled lighting conditions,
the images will look good at most
Lightroom default settings.

3 To darken the highlights,

adjust the Highlights slider to
approximately -10.
The Point Curve determines how the
S shape is applied to your Tone Curve.
4 Move the Shadows slider to
-10 to darken the shadow areas,
increasing the overall contrast.
To see how your new settings
have changed the image, click the
on/off switch in the Tone Curve panel
header to the off position. Alternately,
you can use Before/After views to see
your changes.

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 Image Adjustment Recap

1 White Balance
2 Exposure Slider
3 Blacks Slider
4 Brightness and Contrast
5 Vibrance
6 Tone Curve
7 Grayscale Conversion

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 DEVELOPING PRESETS Adjusting MUltiple Adjusting MUltiple
IMAGES USING IMAGES USING
SYNCHRONIZE SETTINGS Copy and paste

When you finish making adjustments 3 Keep the Check All default setting 1 Select an image in the Filmstrip This brings up the Synchronize 1 Select your adjusted image, and 4 Choose an image, and use the
to your photo, you can synchronize to include all the settings in your panel. The image will now have Settings dialog box, which lets you click the Copy button to load the Quick Develop settings to make
multiple images to these settings, presets. a wide white border. choose which settings to apply. adjustment settings. adjustments.
or save them as a Develop preset. If you want to change a setting,
The settings appear in the Presets 4 Name the preset and save it. Your 2 Command-click (Mac OS) or such White Balance, select the Make a radical change to the color
panel in the left panel, and they also saved preset is now available in the right-click (Windows) on several corresponding box. balance so you can easily see your
become available during the import Presets panel. other images. changes in Grid View.
process. Presets will save you a lot of 4 For this exercise, select all As in the Synchronize Settings dialog
time if you tend to make the same Your selected images should the settings (the Synchronize box, the Copy Settings dialog box
adjustments to your images. all have a light gray background. Settings default). provides the option of pasting all
Unselected images retain their dark image settings or any sub-selection
1 Select the image you just adjusted. gray background. of settings.

2 Click the + button on the Presets 2 Use the Paste button to add
panel header to bring up the New your settings to other images,
Develop Preset dialog box. Choose either one at a time or by making
the image adjustments you want to multiple selections.
use in your preset.
The image you selected in Step 1 You can also apply settings to
is still the one previewed in the multiple images in Library mode,
main window. using the Sync Settings and Sync
Metadata buttons. Using the buttons
3 Click the Previous button to apply in the Library mode enables you to
the settings from the previewed quickly make image corrections to
image to all the selected photos. large numbers of photos in Grid View.

Another way to adjust multiple

images is to use the Copy and
Paste buttons.

3 Return to Library mode, using

keyboard shortcut key G.

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 Adjusting MUltiple
IMAGES USING
Copy and paste (CONT.)

5 Change the White Balance menu The first image selected has a white Presets, synchronizing, and pasting Remember that Lightroom
to Tungsten. The file will turn blue. background, while the others have can speed up your workflow works with camera raw data in a
a light gray background. The settings exponentially. To save time, use non-destructive fashion. When
will be copied from the first image your preferred settings when you you assign a White Balance, Tone
and synchronized to the others. import images. Curve, and so forth, all you are
doing is instructing Lightroom how
to build the preview image. These
settings serve as guidelines until you
process—or export—the images.

As in Photoshop, the Undo command

4 Keeping your first image selected, and History panel enable you to
add several other images from your return to a previous state of an image.
Library and click the Sync Settings The History panel in the Develop
button. All the selected photos will module tracks all changes globally.
turn blue. You can also save the current
state of an image by using the
Snapshot panel.

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Library | Develop | Slideshow | Print | Web

Exporting Images

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom gives you the ability to export

your images in different formats while renaming and resizing
them into your preferred color space—either one at a time
or as a group.

Develop 41
 Export options

Export finalizes your images for For E-Mail creates a 640 x 480 web- 3 Use the default Filename template
delivery. It can be used to process sized JPEG appropriate for e-mailing. and chose your Export file format:
a single image or multiple images. JPEG, PSD, TIFF, or DNG.
Save as New Preset gives you the
1 Select an image or group of images option of saving a customized Preset. 4 Choose TIFF as the export file
from your Library and hit the Export format for this exercise.
button in the Library module, or use 2 Chose your destination folder, and
the menu command File > Export decide whether to put the file(s) into
from any module. a new subfolder.

The number of photos you are

exporting is listed at the lower-left
corner of the Export dialog box.
This brings up the Compression
menu. TIFF compression options
The Preset menu offers five options:
save space but require more time to
Custom, Burn Full-Sized JPEGs, The Template menu gives you an
open and close the images. If you
Export to DNG, For E-Mail, and Save opportunity to rename files by using
are delivering TIFFs to clients, None
as New Preset. presets and/or the Text Token
is the best compression choice.
Presets Editor.

One reason you might want

to rename on export is to match
a client’s naming scheme without
Burn Full-Sized JPEGs exports having to alter your internal
your images as full-size JPEGs and name structure.
then automatically launches your
Window Overview, Export from Library Module disc-burning software.

Export to DNG saves the images in

Adobe Digital Negative format.

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 Export options (CONT.) EDIT IN PHOTOSHOP

Your next decisions are based on the The next menu lets you select bit 6 Click the Constrain Maximum From the After export menu, Photoshop users might want to open The following step shows what
format you chose. depth: 16-bit or 8-bit. Both choices Size box, and enter 1000 into the choose Show in Finder to locate your an image in Photoshop for pixel- happens when you save a major
have the same resolution, but Width and Height fields. Then click exported images. based editing. change in Photoshop.
The Color Space menu lets you 16- bit images contain more color the Export button.
determine which color space information in a file that is twice 1 Go to the application menu bar and 2 In Photoshop, go to Image >
is tagged to your image. You can the size of an 8-bit image. choose Photo > Edit in Photoshop. Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, and
choose sRGB, Adobe RGB (1998), change the Saturation slider to +50.
or ProPhoto RGB. 5 Choose 8-bit for this lesson. This will bring up the Edit Photo Click OK.
dialog box.
It is best to select the color space you This should make it easy to tell if
7 Before you click the Export button,
are using in Photoshop. Lightroom If the image you are working Lightroom updates the preview
save this export as a preset by using
operates in 16-bit color mode, using with is a raw file, like the sample image based on the changes you
the Preset menu at the top of the
a custom color space similar to If you want to resize the image(s) photo, you will have only one made in Photoshop.
You also have the option of adding dialog box.
ProPhoto RGB. during export, click the Constrain option available: Edit a Copy with
a copyright watermark to your image.
Maximum Size box and enter your Choose Save as New Preset and name Lightroom Adjustments. 3 Save the image in Photoshop and
Lightroom uses your Identity Plate
For good workflow, set up and desired size into the Maximum Width it TIFF 1000 to reflect the settings. close it.
for your watermark.
export your Photoshop color space as and Height fields.
ProPhoto. This procedure would work 4 Return to Lightroom, and check
just as well for Adobe RGB (1998). Contrary to what you might think, the preview image to see if it has
Use sRGB only as a final output for the selecting 1000 pixels for Width and been altered. Lightroom loads the
web or for certain printing processes. 1000 pixels for Height will not create copy of the image to the left of the
Because of its small size, sRGB is not a square image. This opens your image in original thumbnail—unless you chose
an optimal working color space for Photoshop, using the settings Stack with Original, which will load
8 Double-check your export by
digital photos. The longest side will be set to the chosen in Lightroom > Preferences the images to the right.
opening the photo in Photoshop and
maximum number and the other side > External Editors (Macintosh) or
making sure that your color space, file
will fall accordingly, so that vertical Edit > Preferences > External Editors
type, and sizing are correct. Note that
and horizontal images can be resized (Windows). The default setting
the image has retained its rectangular
in the same action. creates a 16-bit PSD copy to work
shape and is not 1000 pixels square.
on in Photoshop.

If you are delivering digital files to a Once you make adjustments in

This workflow enables you to use
client, Adobe RGB (1998) is the most Photoshop and save your image,
the power of Photoshop when you
widely accepted and useful choice. the changes will be reflected in the
need it, but still allows Lightroom
For professional digital delivery Lightroom copy that is added to
to manage your files.
guidelines, visit http://www.updig. your Library.
org/guidelines/color_space.php

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 Auto Import

The Auto Import feature 1 Choose File > Auto Import > 9 Next follow your camera
automatically imports photos into Enable Auto Import. manufacturers instructions for setting
the Lightroom library by monitoring up tethered shooting.
a watched folder for photos and 2 Choose File > Auto Import >
then moving the photos into the Auto Import Settings. 10 Choose the same folder you
library and a folder designated by the picked for Lightroom to watch.
photographer. The feature has many 3 Choose a folder to watch using
uses. For example, if your camera the Choose button. Note: You cannot 11 Test fire a shot and notice it
manufacturer’s software provides a choose an existing folder containing quickly load into your Library. To see
tethered connection feature and can photos as a watched folder. only the images from the watched
download the photos to a watched folder, use the Folders panel to select
folder, Lightroom can monitor the 4 Choose a destination folder. It is the destination folder you picked for
folder and automatically import the a good policy to create a sub folder your watched images.
photos as they’re being taken. for each shoot so that the incoming
images are grouped together. Now you can work in Lightroom
while shooting tethered. Your camera
5 Rename your images as they are manufacturer software is just loading
copied to your Library. See page 11. the images from the camera and
into your watched folder. All image
6 Select your Develop and Metadata adjustments can be made using
presets from the pull-down menu. Lightroom’s intuitive interface.
See page 12.

7 Apply any keywords you wish

to incorporate as you import.
See page 13.

8 Select Render Standard-Sized

Previews to have Lightroom render
previews of the imported photos
rather than only using the embedded
previews in the photo files. Your
thumbnails and loupe previews
will now reflect the chosen develop
preset settings instead of the camera
generated settings.

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Slideshow

Slideshows are a great way to share your images. Adobe

Photoshop Lightroom provides you with easy-to-use tools
that will give you impressive results.

Slideshow 49
 SELECT IMAGES Window Overview

1 For this lesson, choose several Your Slideshow options are available There are five custom settings
images from your Library. in two locations. The left panel for Slideshow on the right panel:
contains the Template Browser. The Options, Layout, Overlays, Backdrop,
2 Select the Slideshow module. right panel lets you customize your and Playback.
selected Template.
Your first image will appear in the
main window.

1 Select all the options in the Options controls how the images
Template Browser. Each option has themselves are displayed on
special built-in settings, which will be your slide.
reflected in your preview.
Layout enables you to select the
2 Select a different image than the position of your images in the slide.
Slideshow Controls
one you’re currently viewing by
clicking the Filmstrip panel. The main Overlays provides additional text
window will reflect your selection. and rating information that can be
placed on each slide.
3 Choose the Default template.
Window Overview, Slideshow Module Backdrop lets you customize your
slide background.

Playback gives you control over

Soundtrack and Slide Duration.

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 OPTIONS Layout IDENTITY PLATE

Try changing some of these options. The Layout panel lets you control The Identity Plate is a unique feature 3 To set up a text-based Identity 7 To save your settings, select the
image position within your slide. in Lightroom. It lets you custom- Plate, select the Use a Stylized menu to the right of Enable Identity
1 Click the Stroke Border and Cast Moving the sliders to the left or right brand your main Lightroom window, Text option. Plate and choose Save As.
Shadow options on and off. Watch the adjusts the space around the image giving you greater ownership over
preview image area to see how your as well as the position of the image. the display of your images. The Type your name, and click Save.
images are affected. Identity Plate also transfers to your
Show Guides lets you judge Slideshow presentations, prints and 8 Select OK to exit the Identity Plate
2 Select the Stroke Border option. the parameters of the image in web pages. Editor, and your Identity Plate will
Click the color box and choose black, relationship to the edges of the appear in the upper-left corner of the
using any of the color selection frame. 1 Go to the menu bar and select Lightroom window.
options in the Colors window. Lightroom > Identity Plate Setup
1 Experiment with the sliders. (Macintosh) or Edit > Identity Plate Now that you have created your
3 Select the Cast Shadow option. Play Setup (Windows). 4 Type your name in the text box. Identity Plate, it will be available in
with the sliders to see what they do. all the Lightroom modules.
In our example, we set our sliders to: 2 Select Enable Identity Plate. 5 Highlight your text, and use the
• Opacity 35% font menus directly below to change
• Offset 65% You have two options for creating a the font size and color as needed.
• Radius 25% unique Identity Plate. You can use a
• Angle - 40% predefined graphic by selecting Use
a Graphical Identity Plate, or you can
create a text-based Identity Plate.
2 Select Link All to enable the sliders
to work in conjunction with each 6 Assign the Module Picker buttons
other. the same font as your Identity Text
buttons, using the menus.

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 OverlayS Backdrop Playback

1 In the Overlays panel, select the Use the mouse or your arrow keys 6 To enlarge this information and Backdrop lets you change the 4 The other option in this panel Playback determines how long each
Identity Plate option. to move the Identity Plate. move it under the Identity Plate, click appearance of your Slideshow is Background Image. Drag a slide will be visible, as well as the
on the filename. Place your cursor background. thumbnail from the Filmstrip into the length of transitions between slides.
This panel lets you adjust the opacity over any sizing handle, and drag it Background Image area. It also lets you select a soundtrack
and scale of the Identity Plate. out and up. 1 Select Color Wash. Choose a color, from your iTunes™ library.
using the color box. The background 5 Experiment with different
7 Move your cursor over the center of will change to reflect your choice. combinations of the Backdrop 1 If you would like music to
the filename. Select and drag to move features to see the resulting effects. accompany your slideshow, click the
it to a different location on your slide. As you can see, the Background Soundtrack box and choose a playlist
Color setting mixes with the Color from your iTunes™ library.
4 To see any rating stars you’ve 8 To add a custom text element Wash setting. Depending on the
applied to your images, click the to the slide, activate the Custom Text Background Color you choose, you
Rating Stars box on and off. box by clicking the ABC button in may need to readjust the Color
the toolbar. Wash overlay. 2 You might want to adjust the
Slides duration to 2.0 seconds
and set Fades to 1.5 seconds for
speedier transitions.

2 To increase the prominence of the

5 Text Overlays controls visibility
Identity Plate, move the Scale slider
of all text on your slide, other than
to the right until you see the
your Identity Plate. To see available
desired size.
text, make sure you have clicked 9 Type the desired text into the text 3 Choose a complementary color
on the Text Overlays box. For box. Click return. Your custom text will for the Background Color, to see a To change the speed in real time, you
3 To reposition the Identity Plate,
the default template setting, the appear on every slide. different effect. can move the duration sliders while
place your cursor over it until you see
filename is already included as watching the preview. This is a good
the hand tool, then click to select it.
part of your setup. 10 To change any text element way to determine your final settings
on the page, double-click on the text before you export your slideshow.
displayed in the main window, and
use the text box to make your edits. 3 Click the Play button in the
right panel for a full-screen view
of your slideshow.

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 Export Slideshow SLIDESHOW And
QUICK COLLECTIONS

Acrobat PDF To share your completed slideshow, 4 Next, choose a size for your To quickly show clients your favorite
Lightroom uses PDF as the standard
you need to export it as an slideshow. If you’re not happy with images during the shoot, combine
package for Slideshow. PDF is plat-
form-independent, and can be viewed
Adobe PDF. the default setting of 800 x 800, Quick Collections and Slideshow.
with the free Adobe PDF reader. enter a different setting.
1 Click the Export button to bring
up the Export Slideshow to PDF
dialog box. 1 Go to the Library module.

2  ighlight the images you want

H
to show.
Navigate to the location on your
5 Choose Automatically Show Full
computer where you want to put 3  dd your favorite images to
A
Screen as your final setting, and
your slideshow. Quick Collections, using the
click OK.
B key.
2 Type a name for your slideshow. 6 To view your exported slideshow,
navigate to the location you chose, 4 Select Quick Collections in the
and double-click the PDF with the left panel.
name of your slideshow.
5  ake sure the Slideshow button
M
You can now share your slideshow is active in your toolbar. Click
presentation as a file attachment the Play button in your toolbar
3 To save your slideshow at the in an e-mail message. to launch a quick slideshow.
highest quality, move the Quality
slider all the way to the right (100).

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Print

The Print module lets you print directly from Adobe Photoshop
Lightroom, without the additional step of exporting the photos
into an external editor, such as Adobe Photoshop.

Thanks to Draft mode printing and the myriad choices in the Print
panel, proof prints and contact sheets can be more sophisticated
and produced more quickly in Lightroom than in most other
image programs.

Print 59
 SELECT IMAGES WINDOW OVERVIEW

1 Choose images from your Library, You can view your template choices 2 Choose the Fine Art Mat template.
or select a group of images from the in the left panel with Preview.
Filmstrip toolbar. The custom settings in the right
1 Select each of the templates in the panel—Image Settings, Page Layout,
2 Choose the Print module Template Browser. Overlays, and Print Job—are all
to load your first image into the customizable for the print template
main window. The preview page in the main you choose.
window will change to reflect your
template selection. The template
layouts will appear as a grid in the
Preview panel.

Window Overview, Print Module

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 Image Selection Layout Options

You can add multiple images to each 3 To delete an image from your Lightroom has a variety of settings 4 In our example, we increased the 8 Choose black as your color, and 11 Choose Page Options, then select
of your print layouts. If you have too selection, you can: that let you quickly customize your bottom margin to 1.2 inches. You will click OK. the Page Numbers option. This will
many images to fit on a single layout photo prints. soon see why. add a page number to the lower-right
page, Lightroom will automatically Select the visual representation of corner of each contact sheet.
create additional pages. your choices in the main panel, and 1 To use a contact sheet as a print
hit the delete key, which will then sample, make sure you have a
1 Choose Edit > Select All to select all readjust all the other selections as minimum of 20 images selected,
your images. well as your page count; and choose 4x5 Contact Sheet
in the Template Browser. 12 Choose the Photo Info option.
If you select Fine Art Mat as your or 5 The Overlays panel lets you choose Use the Custom Settings menu
layout, you will have many pages of The template lays out four columns the text elements and metadata triangle to select Filename, which will
images. You can see the page count in Use the Command key and deselect of thumbnails in five rows. information that will appear on print the filename under each image.
the toolbar under the main window, the image in the Filmstrip. each photo. If you select Edit, you will bring up the
You should now see your Identity
along with the current page number. 2 In the Image Settings panel, you Text Token Presets Editor described
Plate at the bottom of the contact
can choose different options to see First, you need to decide whether you on page 11, which allows you to
sheet in the main window.
how they affect your image. want to include the Identity Plate on customize the Photo Info that will
your prints. 9 Use the Scale slider to change be displayed and printed.
Zoom to Fill Frame completely fills the size of the Identity Plate to your
2 Navigate through each of the each frame and crops the images. 6 Select the Identity Plate option. specifications. Any change you make in the right
print previews, using the keyboard Command-clicking again will add panel will be implemented in real
arrow keys or the arrow buttons images back to Print Preview. Auto-Rotate to Fit responds (See page 53 for more information on 10 Select the Identity Plate by time in the main window. This makes
below each preview. To jump forward to the camera rotation flags, auto- how to set up an Identity Plate.) clicking on it in the main window. it easy to see how your choices will
or back, click the page count and type 4 Shift-clicking among a sequence matically rotating the images to their Move the Identity Plate to the affect your final printed images.
the appropriate page number in the of images will add them if they are proper orientation. 7 Click the Identity Plate preview in lower-left side of the contact sheet.
Go To Page dialog box. not already selected, or deselect them the Overlays panel. (This is why the lower margins 13 Click the Add button at the
if they are selected. Repeat One Photo per Page is were increased.) lower-left of the left panel to save
useful when you want to repeat Choose Edit from the menu to open this contact sheet, and name it
a single image. the Identity Plate Editor dialog box. It 4x5 Custom.
lets you customize the color and font
3 Navigate to the Layout panel. to suit your needs. This custom template will retain
all your settings, which you’ll find
The settings shown in our example useful when making additional
are the default settings for a 4x5 contact sheets.
contact sheet.

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 DRAFT MODE PRINTING

Acrobat PDF Options (Mac Only) The Draft Mode Printing option lets 2 Click the Page Setup button to
Save PDF contact sheets by clicking
you print contact sheets and proofs select your paper size, and the Print
the Print button to bring up the dialog
box and then selecting the PDF menu.
quickly and easily. Settings button for printer selection.
Save As PDF creates a full-resolution
PDF file. Mail PDF attaches a web- Draft mode tells Lightroom to use Note: The preview page in the main window
sized PDF to an e-mail message in will change the image sizes to reflect your
the already cached preview images.
your default mail application. This is Page Setup choice.
This means that you don’t have to
a great way to send proofs to clients.
wait for each image to be processed
before it can be printed, which greatly
reduces printing time. Draft mode is
not meant for large, higher resolution 3 Click the Print button.
prints, but it works well for small,
medium-resolution prints. Draft If you are making a final print
mode is especially useful for making and don’t want to use Draft mode,
contact sheets. deselecting it will give you access
to the other Print Job settings for
1 Go to the Print Job panel and select resolution, color management,
Draft Mode Printing. rendering intent, and sharpening.

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Web

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom gives you a comprehensive

and streamlined system for creating your own web photo gallery.
Professional, intuitive presets are provided to get you started,
but Lightroom also allows for basic customization of your
web pages.

Web 67
 WINDOW OVERVIEW

1 Choose about 18 to 20 photos from 3 Try each of the options in the Now focus your attention on the
your Library. Template Browser panel to get a feel customization settings in the right
for the capabilities of each one. panel. They let you personalize your
2 Navigate to the Web module, using web pages by controlling Labels,
the module buttons at the top of the Color Palette, Appearance, Output
application window. Settings, Image Settings, and Output.

The main widow is your preview

area. In the left panel, you’ll find the
Template Browser. The right-side
panel contains custom web settings.

Window Overview, Web Module

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 Gallery LABEL OPTIONS COLOR PALETTE APPEARANCE OUTPUT SETTINGS

Gallery offers you two choices, 1 In the Labels panel, locate the Color Palette lets you customize Once you are satisfied with the colors, 4 If you would like to add the Identity Output Settings controls the
Lightroom Flash Gallery and text box under Site Title and type your gallery with your preferred you can determine the layout. Plate as an additional header on your size and quality of the web JPEGs
Lightroom HTML Gallery. a title for your website. Press the tab color scheme. web page, select the Identity Plate Lightroom creates.
key to move to the next text box. 1 Go to the Appearance panel. Click option. (See page 53 to find out how
HTML Gallery creates a standard 1 Click the color box for each aspect Show Cell Numbers to remove the cell to set up the Identity Plate.) Moving the Preview slider to
web gallery interface with a grid The Site Title area at the top of the of the gallery that you want to index numbers on each thumbnail. 1024 pixels creates a large web
of thumbnails that link to larger main window displays your new title. change. This brings up the Colors preview that is easy to view
images. Site, photo information, and dialog box. Lightroom uses a visual grid to on a standard monitor.
navigation elements are included 2 Now change Collection Title to determine the number of thumbnail
on the page. a title that relates to your images. It is often helpful to start with images displayed per page. The
larger areas of color, such as the lowest count is three down and
Flash Gallery creates a row of 3 Change the Collection background, and then determine the three across.
thumbnails and a large preview Description, Contact Info, and Web other colors you want to use when
window, with the option of or Mail Link by using the tab to displaying your photos on the web. 2 Click the fifth cell down and
You can turn your Identity Plate into
a slideshow view. move to each text box, and typing across in the cell grid to create five
a link by typing a URL in the text box
the corresponding information. thumbnails across and five down
directly under the Identity Plate. The
in the main panel preview.
default is the home page of the Web
Gallery, which is index.html.

2 Add color to your gallery, using

the color boxes. Don’t be afraid to
experiment. You can always click the 3 Click the Cell Grid again to choose
HTML Gallery default template to the number of columns and rows
The preview area in the main window return to your original color scheme. you prefer.
reflects your changes.

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 IMAGE SETTINGS OUTPUT The Web module offers powerful way to create
sophisticated web sites without any HTML or Flash
knowledge. Be sure to experiment with the various
settings, including the Flash template.

Image Settings determines which The Output panel provides a way

information is displayed on each to preview your gallery in the
web page. browser of your choice and load it
onto your website.
To place the filename at the top 5 Click the OK button to apply
of every large preview image in your 1 In the FTP Server menu, choose your changes.
web gallery, choose Filename from Edit Settings.
the triangle at the right of the Title The next choice you need to make in
option. Choosing Edit brings up the Output panel is whether to load
the previously discussed Text Token your web gallery into a subfolder.
Presets Editor (see page 11). You should consider using subfolders
if you plan to load multiple web
galleries as client proofs. The home
page of every web gallery you create
2 Enter your FTP server address, is index.html. If you try loading
username, and password. multiple galleries into the same folder
on your server, you could end up
3 If you have FTP access to your overwriting your other galleries.
website, use the Browse button
to check the server path. This allows 1 In Subfolder, select Put.
you to determine the exact location
where your website will be loaded. 2 Highlight the text to the right
Clicking this button tells Lightroom to and name the folder. The Lightroom
connect to your FTP server using the default is the name of the folder
address, username, and password you containing the images in your Library.
supplied earlier. This is a good way to
check if your settings are correct and Before you hit the Upload button,
if your connection is working. it is a good idea to click the Preview
in Browser button to test your
4 Name your preset (for example, gallery in your preferred browser.
My Website), and save it using the
menu at the top of the Configure FTP
File Transfer dialog box.

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 RESOURCES INDEX

It’s easy to get up to speed quickly with Lightroom Help menu 16-bit color space 29, 44, 45 Cast Shadow 52 Develop Settings 12
4x5 Contact Sheet 62 cells 18, 71 DNG (digital negative) 9–10, 43
Lightroom, but the more you work with it, Lightroom Design Center: 8-bit color space 29, 44 Clear tool 27 Draft mode 58, 64
the more functionality you will discover. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/ A Clone/Heal tool 27 duplicate files, how to create 9
designcenter/search.cfm?product= add images to print layouts, how to Collection Description 70 E
The goal of this guide is to get you up and Lightroom&go=Go 62 color balance, how to change 28 e-mail address, how to add 12
running. For detailed explanations, including adjust individual image, how to 24-36 Color Label 19 edit in Photoshop, how to 45
Lightroom product page: adjust skin tones, how to 28, 31 Color Palette 70 edit your photos, how to 23
information about all the options available http://www.adobe.com/products/ adjusting multiple images, how to color space 29, 44 Export button 56
for each module, consult these resources: lightroom/ 36–38 Color Wash 55 Export options 43–45
Adobe Photoshop 8, 29, 38, 44–45 compare photo adjustments, how to Export Slideshow to PDF 56
Project: Lightroom: Appearance 71 27, 33 Export to DNG 43
Author’s Blog: http://projectphotoshoplightroom. artifacting 31 Compare View 18 exposure presets 12
com/ Auto-Adjust 32 compression 31, 43 exposure settings 12, 30
http://www.ImageMechanics.com/lightroom Auto-Rotate to Fit 62 Configure FTP File Transfer 72 Exposure slider 30
Adobe Photoshop CS2 Digital Auto Hide 17 Copy and Paste 27, 37–38 Eyedropper tool 28–29
camera raw file support: Auto Hide & Show 17 Copy Photos as Digital Negative F
http://www.adobe.com/products/ Automatically Show Full Screen 56 (DNG) and Import 9 file handling options 9
photoshop/cameraraw.html B Copy Photos to a New Location Fill Light 30
Backdrop 51, 55 and Import 9 Filmstrip 17–19, 36, 51
Digital Negative (DNG): Background Color 55, 70 copyright information, how to add 12 Filters area 19
http://www.adobe.com/products/ back up photos, how to 9–10 Create button 12, 22 Find panel 21
dng/ Before/After button 27, 33 Crop Frame tool 27 Fine Art Mat template 61
black-and-white, how to convert Crop tool 27 Flash Gallery 70
Camera Raw Forum: photo to 32 customize your prints, how to 62–63 foldback 31
http://www.adobeforums.com/ black background, how to view custom settings 51, 61, 63, 69 Folders view 21
cgi-bin/webx?13@@.3bb6a858 photos against 20 Custom Text 11, 54 G
Blacks slider 30 D Gallery, Flash 70
Digital Negative (DNG) Forum: blown highlights, how to recover 30 darken highlights, how to 32 Gallery, HTML 70
http://www.adobeforums.com/ Brightness and Contrast 31 darken shadow areas, how to 32 gray out background, how to 20
cgi-bin/webx?13@@.3bb5f0ec Burn Full-Sized JPEGs 43 Darks slider 31–32 Grayscale Conversion 32
By Original Folders 10 delete photo from selection, Grid View 17–18, 21–22
C how to 62 H
Camera raw 9–10, 39 delivering digital files to a client 44 Highlights slider 32
Capture Date Range 21 Develop module 4, 9, 12, 22, 24–47 Histogram panel 30
Capture Time 19 Develop Presets 9, 12, 36 History panel 31, 38

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 HTML Gallery 70 Output panel 72 Scale slider 54 Toolbar, Library 18–19
Hue/Saturation 45 Output Settings 69, 71 Shadows slider 31–32 Toolbar, show/hide 18
I Overlays option 51, 54 shooting raw, advantage 9, 30 Turn Off Filters 19
Identity Plate 44, 53–54, 63 P Show Grid Extras: Compact Cells 18 U
image adjustment tools 24–35 page count 62 Show Guides 52 Undo 38
Image Name 11 Page Layout 61 Show Info Overlay: Info 1 18 uploading your website, how to 72
Image Settings 61–62, 69, 72 Page Numbers 62–63 show photos to clients during shoot, Use a Graphical Identity Plate 53
Import dialog box 9–13 Page Setup 64 how to 57 Use a Stylized Text 53
importing photos, formats 9 panels, how to make them Show Preview 13 V
importing photos, how to 6–13 appear/disappear 17 Site Title 70 Vibrance 31
Import Photos at Their Current panels, how to remove from Slide Duration 51, 55 View Preferences 18
Location 9 panel track 17 Slideshow, how to add soundtrack 55 vignetting 33
Include Pick Flags 18 PDF contact sheets, how to save 64 Slideshow, how to change W
Include Selected Photos 21 phone number, how to add 12 appearance of background 55 web gallery, displaying information
Include Thumbnail Badges 18 Photo Info 63 Slideshow, how to change speed 55 70, 72
Into One Folder 10 Playback setting 51, 55 Slideshow, how to create 48–57 web gallery, reason to use subfolders
iTunes™ 55 posterization 31 Slideshow module 48–57 72
K Presets 11–12, 36, 38, 43 sort photos, how to 19 Web module 66–73
Keyword 19 Preview in Browser 72 Soundtrack 51, 55 White Balance 12, 28–29, 37, 38
Keywords, how to add 13 print contact sheets and proofs, split-screen viewing 33 Z
Keyword Tags 21–22 how to 62–64 Stamp tool 19 Zoom to Fill Frame 62
L Print Job 61, 64 starring 18
Labels 69–70 Print module 58–65 Straighten tool 27
Layout 51–52 Q Stroke Border 52
Lens Corrections 33 Quality slider 56 subfolders 10, 72
Lens Vignetting 33 Quick Collection 21, 57 Synchronize Settings 36–37
Library module 4, 6–23, 43, 57 R Sync Metadata 37
Lights slider 31–32 Rating stars 54 T
Loupe View 18–19, 20, 23 Raw data 9–10, 39 Target button 32
M Recovery slider 30 Template Browser 51, 61–62, 69
Manual mode 17 Rejected flag 19 Template menu 43
Metadata 10 Remove Red Eye tool 27 Temp slider 28
Metadata Browser 21–22 Remove Spots 27 Text Overlays 54
metadata templates 12 rename photos, how to 11 Text Token Presets Editor 11, 63, 72
Module Picker 17, 53 Repeat One Photo per Page 62 thumbnail views, how to control size
Move Photos to a New Location 9 reset image crop, how to 27 71
N resize photos, how to 44 TIFF compression options 43
New Develop Preset 36 Resources 74 Tint slider 28
Numbering 11 RGB values 29 Tone, how to adjust 31–32
O S Tone Curve 31–32
Options setting 51–52 Saturation tool 31 Toolbar, Develop 27
Organizing photos 10 Save as New Preset 43, 45 Toolbar, Filmstrip 18–19, 61

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