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Introduction: 1 - Why Lightroom? 2 - Do Everything in Lightroom 3 - Catalog Confusion 4 - Backup the Catalog 5 - Saving in Lightroom 6 - This & That 7 - Five Modules Typical Workflow Importing Photographs Library Module: 1 - Work Area 2 - Tool Bar 3 - Three More Places Place #1 - Navigator Panel Place #2 - Histogram Panel Place #3 - Filmstrip 4 - Panels in the Library Module 5 - Library Module Panels on the Left Side 6 - Library Module Panels on the Right Side Develop Module: 1 - Editing Principles 2 - Editing Order 3 - Panels in the Develop Module Basic Panel: 4 - White Balance Section 5 - Tone Section 6 - Presence Section 7 - Five Tools on Top of the Basic Panel 8 - Tone Curve Panel 9 - HSL / Color / B&W Panel 10 - Split Toning Panel 11 - Detail Panel 12 - Other Panels on the Right Side 13 - Panels on the Left Side Export Print Module: 1 - Set Up 2 - Print Module Panels on the Left Side 3 - Print Module Panels on the Right Side 4 - Print Buttons 5 - Printing Workflow 6 - Printing Tips More:
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Change & Reset the Develop Module Defaults Color Labels Color Space Compare Original to Edited Version Edit in Photoshop Elements Flags Importing Import the Organizer Catalog Lightroom File Locations on Your Computer Presets & Plug-ins Previews Resources Set Up Lightroom Shortcuts Speed Up Lightroom Stacks Star Ratings Troubleshooting Updates from Adobe Virtual Copies Zoom Topic Tutorials: Convert to B&W Retouch a Face
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Two of the benefits of digital photographyare also two of its problems. Where there's a plus, there's a minus.
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Photographers take many photographs. You probably have thousands of photographs on your computer.
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You can edit your photographs without mixing up some chemicals.
But, how does one effectively use all of those editing tools?
The Solution
Lightroom largely solves the two problems. You can manage thousands of photographs with aplomb. You can edit easily and faster.
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Summary
The only pixels in Lightroom are the previewsnot the actual pixels of your photograph files.
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Catalog Preferences
Do the following. 1) Go to Edit > Catalog Settings (Windows) or Lightroom > Catalog Settings (Mac). 2) Click the General tab. 3) Look for the Backup section. 4) Look for the Back up catalog menu, and select Every time Lightroom exits.
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Your Lightroom catalog becomes corruptedas well as your back ups of the catalog. You can save the metadata and editing instructions to the photograph file. With JPEG, TIFF, PSD, and DNG files, the metadata and editing instructions are embedded in the file. When using a raw file from a camera manufacturer, the metadata and editing instructions are saved to a separate file. This file is called a side car file, and has xmp as the file extension. To save the editing instructions, do the following.
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Calibrated Monitor
Your monitor must be calibrated. Go to Monitor Calibration.
Mac Users
Ctrl = Cmd Alt = Option Delete = Backspace
If you're using a Mac computer: Press the Command key (Cmd) whenever you see Ctrl below. Press the Option key whenever you see Alt below. Press Delete when you see Backspace below.
Keyboard Shortcut
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Menu on Top of the Screen On Thumbnail Border? Other & Related Methods
Photo > Set Rating Yes Press the Caps-lock key to engage Auto Advance.
Assumption
This tutorial assumes you've just installed Lightroom with all of the defaults in place. No one else has used the program. If this is not the case, something may be mentioned that's not visible. If so, it may be because another user of the program has made a change from the default settings.
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Module Picker
The Library module is for inputting stuff, such as importing your photographs. The Develop module is for editing. The Slideshow, Print, and Web modules are for outputting the results of your editing.
Library Inputting
Develop Editing
Slideshow Outputting
Print Outputting
Web Outputting
Typically, you start in the Library module. Then, you move to the Develop module.
Have a Look
Click the five modules, and have a look at each one.
Shortcuts
You can press g, e, or d, to move from Library - Grid View to Library - Loupe View to Develop.
Develop Module d
Press g, e, and d, to see how you can travel easily from module to module. We'll cover the Grid and Loupe views shortly.
Auto Hide
If you close the Module Picker, by default, it will reopen if you move your cursor near it. If you find this annoying, do the following. 1) Right click on the gray triangle at the top of your screen, in the middle, that open-and-closes the Module Picker. 2) Select Manual. Below, we'll concentrate on the Library and Develop modules. First, we'll look at a typical Lightroom workflow.
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Typical Workflow
Here's a typical workflow using Lightroom. Skim through it. Return after you're more familiar with Lightroom. Let's say you just got back from Yosemite with lots of photographs. First, go to Set Up Lightroom. Then, proceed down the workflow below. You can download a Word document of the text below. Edit the document to fit your needs and preferences. Go to My Lightroom Workflow (Word file).
Typical Workflow Notes
1) Connect your camera (or card reader) If Lightroom doesn't open to the Import module, do the following. to your computer. Turn your camera on. By default, Lightroom will open the Import "module." More: Check Three Settings and Unique Folder Names 1) Open Lightroom. 2) Press g to make sure you're in the Library module. 3) Click Import in the lower-left corner. More: Change the Memory Card Setting Remember, your photograph files are not in Lightroomeven though you imported them into Lightroom. They're in My Pictures or Pictures. Lightroom only imports the: Shortcuts to the photograph files. Metadata from the files. Previews, which are the thumbnails created by your camera. 3) Remove the duds now? You can: Remove the duds from Lightroom at this juncture. Wait to remove the duds until you make a collection set. Keep the duds. If you choose to remove the duds now, you can create a subfolder called Duds. Or, you can remove the duds from Lightroom. To sort the duds from the keepers, you'll flag them. More: Flag in the Folder You can removeoryou can delete. Know the difference! Do the following to learn the difference between Remove and Delete. 1) Right click on a thumbnail. 2) Select Delete Photo. In the Confirm window, you'll see: Delete from Disk Remove If you click Remove, the photograph is removed from Lightroomnot from My Pictures or pictures. If you click Delete from Diskthe photograph is deleted from Lightroom and from My Pictures or Pictures. 3) Click Cancel. 4) Close the Folders panel and open the Collections panel. You can make Lightroom close the current panel when you open a new panel. Press and hold Alt, and click on the gray triangle that opens-and-closes the panel. Or, right click the panel and select Solo Mode. 5) Make a collection set with two collections. You're going to create a collection set. Below, there's the collection set, Yosemite. This collection set contains two collections, Best and Duds. This assumes you didn't cull out the duds in the Folders panel. Folders used to be: For storage. For organizing. With Lightroom: Use folders for storage. Use collections for organizing. More: Collections Panel
2) Click Import. Lightroom will create a folder in My Pictures or Pictures with your photograph files. A shortcut to the folder will appear in the Folders panel on the left side of the Library module. More: Importing Photographs and Importing
You could also create different collections, such as the subject matter you photographed at Yosemite:
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You could combine the above two hierarchies. Below, Best and Duds are collections sets. The Best collection set has the subject collections.
Let's create the first example, a collection set with two collections, Best and Duds. 5) Press the + icon in the Collections panel. a) Select Create a Collection Set. b) Name the collection set Yosemite, and make sure the Set menu is at None. c) Press the + icon in the Collections panel. d) Select Create a Collection. e) Name the collection Best. f) Click the Yosemite collection set in the Collections panel to select it. g) Press the + icon in the Collections panel. h) Select Create a Collection. i) Name the collection Duds. You can now flag the thumbnails, and drag them into the Best folder and the Duds folder. You can use the folder-flagging methods with collections. More: Flag in the Folder You could also use Color Labels to designate which stage a photograph is in your workflow. For, example, red could be Edit This. More: Color Labels 6) Press e to go to Loupe view. In Loupe view, the selected thumbnail is enlarged. More: 1 - The Work Area 7) Press g to go back to Grid view. If you want to choose the best photograph from several, read on. If not, jump ahead. 8) Press and hold Ctrl, and click on five of the thumbnails of the same subject. 9) Press n to go to Survey view. More: Compare View 10) Choose the best one, by clicking the x in the lower-right corner of the rejects. When you have one photograph left . . .
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11) . . . press d to go to the Develop module. 12) Press Ctrl + ' to make a virtual copy. You can edit the virtual copy, instead of the original. More: Virtual Copies 13) Edit! Use the Editing Principles, and use the panels and their tools in this order. Remember: There's no need to save your work because Lightroom automatically and continually saves everything. Your original file in My Pictures or Pictures is never changed.
14) Print q
15) Export a) Press g to go to Grid view in the Library module. b) Select one or more thumbnails. c) Click Export in the lower-left corner of your screen. d) At the top of the Export window, select Export to: Hard Drive. You can choose other locations on your computer later. e) On the left side of the Export window, you can use a preset to configure the values on the right side, such as For E-Mail. f) Next, select the export destination in the Export Location section. You've got several of choices. g) In the File Settings section, you can select the file format. h) There are four more sections with many settings. i) If you want to save your settings, click Add in the lower-left corner of the Export window, enter a name, and click Create. Your preset will appear in the User Presets section on the left side of the Export window. j) Click Export. More: Export 16) Delete Older Backups You may want to periodically delete old backups, as they take up a lot of hard drive space. Don't delete the most recent backups. More: Backup the Catalog
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Importing Photographs
If you use Adobe Bridge or Picasa, read on. If you don't use these programs, jump ahead.
Importing Means . . .
As described, Lightroom doesn't import your photograph files. Lightroom imports: The locations of the files in My Pictures or Pictures. The metadata and previews (thumbnails) from the files. Again, when you read . . . import your photographs into Lightroom, Think . . . import shortcuts to my files, their metadata, and their previews.
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Start Small
Don't import hundreds of photographs at first. Start with about ten. Experiment with Lightroom before you import everything on your computer.
Doesn't Open?
If Lightroom doesn't open to Import when you connect a memory card, do the following. 1) Open Lightroom. 2) Press g to make sure you're in the Library module. 3) Click Import in the lower-left corner.
Include Subfolders
If you want to import subfolders, do one of the following.
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Select Include Subfolders at the top of the File panel Right click on a folder, and select Include Subfolders.
Dock Folder
To remove clutter, do one of the following. Right click on a folder, and select Dock Folder. Double click on a folder. When you do so, the other folders are hidden.
Windows or Mac?
Choose Windows or Mac.
Windows
1) Click Import in the lower-left corner. 2) On the left side, click the black triangle to open your hard drive (C:). 3) Click the white triangle to open Users. 4) Click the white triangle to open Your Name. 5) Click the white triangle to My Pictures or Pictures. 6) Click on a folder to select it. 7) Click Import on the lower-right corner. 8) Click Uncheck All. 9) Check about ten of the thumbnails in their upper-left corners. 10) Click Import. Thumbnails of your photographs appear in the middle of your screen, the work area.
Mac
1) Click Import in the lower-left corner. 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) Thumbnails of your photographs appear in the middle of your screen, the work area. For more about importing, go to Importing.
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Click a Thumbnail
The gray area around the thumbnail is called the cell. Press j repeatedly to cycle through three variations on what appears in the cell. Click on the thumbnail for one of your photographs. The cell color changes from a dark gray to a lighter gray. The thumbnail is selected. Press / to deselect it.
In a Row
To select a contiguous series of thumbnails, do the following. 1) Click the first thumbnail. 2) Press and hold Shift. 3) Click the last thumbnail.
Willy Nilly
To select thumbnails from many different locations, do the following. 1) Press and hold Ctrl. 2) Click the thumbnails.
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Most Active
Selected
Not Selected
Move a Thumbnail
To move a thumbnail, do the following. 1) You have to click on the bottom-most folder or bottom-most collection. Let's say you've clicked on a folder called Paul & John Wedding. There are several sub-folders under the Paul & John Wedding folder. You won't be able to move the thumbnails. You have to click on one of the sub-folders, such as one called Reception. 2) Click and hold on the image, and not the border around the image. 3) Drag it to its new position.
Numbers
The thumbnails are numbered by Lightroom in the upper-left corners of the cells.
Flags
Typically, flagging is used to separate the keepers from the duds. In the upper left corner, there's a flag icon. Click the flag icon to flag the thumbnail. A flagged thumbnail is considered to be a keeper. A rejected or non-flagged thumbnail is a dud. Press p to flag. Press x to reject. To undo the above, press u.
Flagged
Press p
Rejected
Press x
Unflagged
Press u
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On Tool Bar?
Keyboard Shortcut
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Set Flag On Thumbnail Border? Yes Press Ctrl + Up Arrow & Press Ctrl + Down Arrow to change. Press the Caps-lock key to engage Auto Advance. To delete the rejected thumbnails, press Ctrl + Backspace (Mac: Delete). Go to Library > Refine Photos to change all unflagged thumbnails to rejects, and all flagged thumbnails to unflagged.
Go to Flags.
Star Ratings
Typically, star ratings are used to rate the quality of photographs. Look for the row of tiny gray dots below the thumbnail. Click on the dots to rate the photograph with stars.
On Tool Bar? Yes 0 1 2 3 4 5 = No stars = = = = =
Keyboard Shortcut
Yes
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Set Rating On Thumbnail Border? Other & Related Methods Yes Press the Caps-lock key to engage Auto Advance.
Go to Star Ratings.
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Color Labels
Typically, color labels are used to denote what actions have or have not been performed on photographs. The default color label captions are their colors. You can change them to reflect your workflow, such as those below. Go to Metadata > Color Label Set > Edit.
Red Unedited
On Tool Bar?
Keyboard Shortcut
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Set Color Label Yes. Press Ctrl + j. Select Show Grid Extras & Expanded Cells at the top. At the bottom, select Include Color Label.
On Thumbnail Border?
Go to Color Labels.
Rotate
You can rotate a photograph using the two gray arrows beneath a thumbnail. Click on the arrows, even if the photograph doesn't have to be rotated.
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Develop Module d
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Four Views
There are four icons for views on the left end of the tool bar. We've looked at the first two, the Grid and Loupe views. The third icon is for the Compare view.
Compare View
Compare view allows you to pick out a photograph, and then to compare it to others. Click on a photograph. Click on the Compare view icon. The selected photograph appears on the left side. Click the arrows in the tool bar to change the candidate photograph. Press the Make Select button in the tool bar to turn the candidate photograph into the Select photograph.
Survey View
Survey view allows you to view several photographs at the same time. Press g to go to Grid view. Press and hold Ctrl, and click on some of your photographs. Next, click the Survey view icon. The photographs you selected will appear in the work area. To delete one of them from the Survey view, click the X in the lower right corner or press /.
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Painter
Painter Tool
In Grid view, you can use the Painter (spray can icon), to "paint" various attributes, such as a star rating, onto the thumbnails. Click the Painter icon. The Painter menu is to the right. The painter menu has the attributes, the "paint," that you're going to "spray" on the thumbnails. Select Rating, if it's not selected already. The rating stars appear to the right of the attribute menu. There's probably one star, followed by four dots. Click on the first three positions to turn on three stars. Next, click and drag the paint-can cursor on some of the thumbnails in the work area. As you do so, their ratings change to three stars. Then, click Done in the tool bar.
Sorting
The A/Z icon changes the order of the sort from A to Z to Z to A. To change the attribute used for sorting, look for Sort. The attribute after Sort is the sort menu. Click the default attribute, probably Capture Time, to open the sort menu. Choose a different attribute to use for sorting, such as Pick (Flag).
Thumbnail Size
Move the slider to change the size of the thumbnails. Next, we'll look at the tools when you're in the Library module, using the Loupe view.
Other Tools
Click the white triangle at the right end of the tool bar to show the other tools that you would like to use.
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Other Tools
Click the white triangle at the right end of the tool bar to show the other tools that you would like to use.
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Navigator Panel
You can change the size of your photograph in the work area by using the zoom bar in the Navigator panel.
Zoom Bar
Zoom Bar
Click Fit, Fill, and 1:1.
Fit
Fit fits the entire photograph into the workspace.
Fill
Fill fills the work area with the photograph. The photograph may be cropped.
1:1
1:1 magnifies the photograph to 100%. 1:1, and larger magnifications, may take a moment to be created.
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Previews
As you move the cursor, the image in the Navigator panel previews the photograph below the cursor. The panels and features mentioned below will be described later.
Filmstrip
The Filmstrip is located at the bottom of your screen. If you move the cursor over a thumbnail in the Filmstrip, it is previewed in the Navigator panel.
Presets
In the Develop module, there are presets. Presets carry out a series of editing actions with a single click. For example, you can convert color to black-and-white by clicking a preset. When you move the cursor over a preset, the image in the Navigator panels shows the effect of the preset.
Histogram Panel
A histogram displays how many pixels there are of each tone. The vertical axis is the number of pixels.
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The horizontal axis are the tones. Shadows are on the left, midtones in the middle, and highlights, on the right. The histogram is useful for identifying clipping. Clipping may occur: When photographing, a photograph is underexposed or overexposed. When editing, the exposure tools are used too strongly. We'll cover clipping in the Develop module section.
Place #3 - Filmstrip
At the bottom of your screen, all of the thumbnails in the work area appear in a row in the Filmstrip.
Smaller/Larger
To make the thumbnails smaller or larger, do the following. 1) Position your cursor over the top of the Filmstrip. 2) The cursor will change to a double arrow. 3) Click, hold, and drag the Filmstrip up or down.
Disappear/Reappear
Click the white arrow, located at the bottom of your screen in the center, to make the Filmstrip disappear. Click the gray arrow in the same location to make the Filmstrip reappear. Or, press F6 to make the Filmstrip disappear and reappear.
Selecting
You can select a thumbnail, or several, and using the same methods as those in the work area.
Move a Thumbnail
To move a thumbnail, click and hold, and drag it.
Scrolling
Scroll back-and-forth on the Filmstrip by using the left and right arrow keys.
Auto Hide
If you close the Filmstrip, by default, it will reopen if you move your cursor near it. If you find this annoying, do the following. 1) Right click on the gray triangle at the bottom of your screen, in the middle, that open-and-closes the Filmstrip. 2) Select Manual.
Filmstrip
Before looking at the panels we haven't covered yet, we'll learn how to manage the panels.
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Press Tab
Press the Tab key to make all of the panels disappear on the left and right sides. Now, you've got more space in the work area in the middle of your screen. To restore the panels, press Tab again.
Triangles
Look for the triangles on the far left and far right sides of Lightroom. Click the triangle to hide the panels on the left or right side.
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Navigator Panel Catalog Panel More than One Catalog Folders versus Collections Folders Panel Collections Panel Publish Services Panel
Navigator Panel
The Navigator panel was discussed previously.
Catalog Panel
The Catalog panel contains your catalog, which is probably in My Pictures or Pictures on your hard drive, in a folder called Lightroom. There are up to five shortcuts under this catalog.
Add Photographs
There are several ways to add photographs to the Quick Collection shortcut.
On Tool Bar? Keyboard Shortcuts Right Click Menu No b Select Add to Quick Collection
Menu on Top of the Screen No Click the tiny circle in the top right corner of the thumbnail. The circle is on the image, not on the gray area. Click and hold on a thumbnail or image, and drag it to the Quick Collection shortcut. This can be done in both the Grid and Loupe views.
On Thumbnail Border?
Delete Photographs
When viewing the Quick Collection, do one of the following to delete a photograph from the Quick Collection.
On Tool Bar? Keyboard Shortcuts Right Click Menu No b Select Remove from Quick Collection
Menu on Top of the Screen No Click the tiny circle in the top right corner of the thumbnail. The circle is on the image, not on the gray area.
On Thumbnail Border?
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Menu on Top of the Screen Under File On Thumbnail Border? Other & Related Methods
Target Collection
When you're using a target collection, Quick Collection is inoperable.
Folders
The folders you see in the Folders panel in Lightroom are always located on your hard drive, probably in My Pictures or Pictures. You can create a folder using Lightroom. You're not creating a folder in Lightroom. Rather, the folder is created by Lightroom on your hard drive.
Collections
Collections are created in Lightroom and appear only in Lightroom. Collections are not on your hard drive like folders. A photograph can only be in one folder, its "home." A photograph can appear in many collections.
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In Many Collections
Folders Panel
Your hard drive is at the top of the Folders panel. The tiny vertical rectangle on the left end of the shortcut is probably green. As space is used up, the color changes from green to orange, and then to red. The amount of memory used, and the total memory, are on the right end of the shortcut. If you right click on the header, other options appear.
Create a Folder
To create a folder, click the + icon on the Folders panel header. As mentioned, the folder is created on your hard drive by Lightroom. The shortcut to the new folder appears in Lightroom, but the folder is located on your hard drive.
Update a Folder
Let's say you have folders for the projects on which you're working. A month ago, you imported the folder called Climate Change. Now, you're back from Alaska with polar-bear photographs. You download them from your camera to the Climate Change folder on your hard drive. You didn't use Lightroom to do the download from your camera. There are new photographs in the Climate Change folder on your hard drivebut they're not in the Climate-Changefolder shortcut in Lightroom So, how can you update the Climate Change folder in Lightroom?. Do the following. 1) Right click on the Climate Change folder in Lightroom. 2) Select Synchronize Folder. You can also use this feature if you delete photographs on your hard drive, without using Lightroom. Lightroom will still have the thumbnails, so you need to update the folder using Lightroom.
Move
You can use Lightroom to move a photograph from one folder to another, or to move a folder. When you do so, the change is made on your hard drive by Lightroom.
Delete a Photograph
When you delete a photograph from a folder in the Folders panel, you can choose to: Delete only the thumbnail from Lightroom. Delete the actual photograph from your hard drive.
Delete a Folder
When you delete a folder, the folder is also deleted from your hard drive.
Collections Panel
As mentioned, collections only appear in Lightroom, not on your hard drive.
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Do the following to create a collection. 1) Select some thumbnails. 2) Click the + icon on the Collections panel header. 3) Select Create Collection. Or, press Ctrl = n.
Virtual Copies
If you select Make new virtual copies in the Create-Selection window, duplicates are created. Go to Virtual Copies.
Collection Sets
You can create a collection of collections, called a collection set. Do the following to create a collection set. 1) Click the + icon on the Collections panel header. 2) Select Create Collection Set.
Move Collections
To move collections into the collection set, click the collection, hold, and drag it onto the collection set.
Rename a Collection
To rename a collection, do the following. 1) Right click on the collection. 2) Select Rename. 3) Enter the new name. 4) Click Rename.
#1 - Target Collection
Let's say you have a child, Percy, who is about the turn eighteen. You want to make a poster with eighteen photographs, one for each year of his life. As you spend hours finding the best photographs, you can have the selected photographs go to a targeted collection. Do the following. 1) Create a collection called Percy's 18th Birthday. 2) Right click on the collection, and select Set as Target Collection. 3) A + icon will appear beside the name of the collection. 4) Press b to add a thumbnail to the collection. To stop using the target selection, right click on it, and deselect Set as Target Collection. When you're using a target collection, the Quick Collection in the Folders panels has a icon.
#2 - Smart Collections
You can create a collection with certain search criteria.
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Then, whenever you open the smart collection, a fresh search is performed for those criteria. The smart collection is always up-to-date.
Right click on a smart collection, and select Edit Smart Collection. You can see the criteria used to create that smart collection.
#3 - Module Collections
When using the Slideshow, Print, and Web, modules, you can create collections specific to those modules.
Publish Services
You can publish to a hard drive and to Flickr. Next, we'll look at the panels on the right side.
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Histogram Panel Quick Develop Panel Keywording Keyword List Metadata Comments
Histogram Panel
The basics of the Histogram panel were discussed previously.
Difference #1 - No Numbers
The tools in the Quick develop panel don't have numbers while those in the Develop module do. In the Quick Develop panel, the tools don't have any numbers. When using the Exposure tool: Clicking the single-arrow button makes a change of 1/3 stop. Clicking the double-arrow button makes a change of 1.0, a full stop. When using the other tools, the values change as follows.
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Single Arrow Exposure Recovery Fill Light Blacks Brightness Contrast Clarity Vibrance Sharpening Saturation .3 5 5 1 5 5 5 5 5 5
Difference #2 - Relational
Let's say you changed the exposure of Sunset A by 1.0. You then changed the exposure of Sunset B by 2.0.
Sunset A Sunset B
1.0 2.0
You now want to lighten both of them. You select both of them, and change their exposures by 1.0. 1.0 of exposure is added to the previous exposure values.
Sunset A Sunset B
Here's a summary.
Above, in Quick Develop, the change is added to the previous change. The relationship between the previous exposure change is maintained. In the Develop module, if you change the exposure of the two photographs by 1.0, the two photographs are changed to 1.0.
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Press Alt
If you press Alt: The Clarity tool changes to the Sharpening too. The Vibrance tool changes to the saturation tool.
Resetting
There's a Reset All button. To reset an individual tool, double click the name of the tool.
Keywording
Photographers used to rely on a folder hierarchy for searching. With Lightroom, the folders in the Folders panel are often used for storage only.
Keyword List
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Metadata
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Comments
q We're going to look at the Develop module next.
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KISS
Keep it simple, at first. Mathew Carey Lea made the suggestion in 1868, and it still applies today.
A Manual of Photography: Intended as a Text Book for Beginners and a Book of Reference for Advanced Photographers (1868) Mathew Carey Lea (1823-1897)
Comparison Is Essential
We have poor memories for exposure, contrast, and color differences. Therefore, it's essential to compare before-and-after views of the photograph after you've made a change. Use the following three methods. Method #1 is the best one.
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Windows
To undo the last edit, press Ctrl + z. To redo the last edit, press Ctrl + y.
Mac
To undo the last edit, press Cmd + z. To redo the last edit, press Cmd + Shift + y.
. . . look for the tiny turn-off icon in the lower left corner of the tool that you're using.
The Crop tool doesn't have a turn-off icon. The Basic panel doesn't have a turn-off icon, either. The other panels do, on the left side of their tabs.
Method #3 - Press Y or \
Press Y
Press y to see your original photograph next to your edited photograph. Press y again to see just your edited photograph.
Press \
Press \ to see your original photograph. Press \ again to see your edited photograph.
Feedback Loop
You've added a powerful feedback loop to your endeavors behind the camera. By editing, you become a better photographer.
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Panel
Section
Tool
Global Editing (Affects Entire Photograph) Basic White Balance WB Menu Sliders (If needed) Basic Tone Exposure (Highlights) Recovery (Darken highlights) (If needed) Blacks Fill Light (If needed) (If needed) Brightness (Midtones) Contrast (Little used) Tone Curve Basic White Balance Use if fine-tuning is needed. Double check color after adjusting the exposure tools above. As needed: Clarity Vibrance Saturation Local Editing (Affects Small Areas) Basic Bar on the Top As needed: Crop Overlay Spot Removal Red Eye Correction Graduated Filter Adjustment Brush Back to Global Editing (Affects Entire Photograph) Detail As needed: Sharpening Noise Reduction Reward: Press y to compare the original and edited versions.
Basic
Presence
Print this out for when you're editing. Let's look at the panels on the right side in general.
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Review Panels
To review how to manage panels, go to Press Tab.
If there's no Reset button, double click the name of the sub-panel, such as WB, Tone, or Presence.
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Or, press [ or ], to change the size. The scroll wheel on your mouse will do so, as well. To change the feathering, press Shift + [ or ]. Let's start with the panels on the right side of the Develop module.
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Basic Panel
Preset Menu
You can adjust the white balance by using presets on the menu to the right of WB. The choices for non-raw file formats are limited, as these files have been already processed by the camera.
You can adjust the white balance by using the White Balance Selector tool. Click on the tool. As you move the cursor, look for an area with the least amount of color. That's an area that should be gray, but isn't perfectly gray. There are two "helps."
Help #1 - Loupe
The Loupe, a window, travels next to the cursor. The view in the Loupe is a magnification of the area under the cursor. Click when: The pixels have the least amount of color. The RGB values, at the bottom, are similar.
Help #2 - Preview
The image in the Navigator panel previews the white balance wherever you move the cursor.
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Use the two sliders to fine tune the white balance. The Temperature slider has a range from blue to red It's used for: Tungsten lighting. Warming or cooling the color. The Tint slider has a range from green to magenta. It's with: Florescent lighting. Skin tones.
Reset
Double click WB to reset the white balance back to As Shot.
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Basic Panel
Auto
If you're new to editing, click the Auto button so you have more of an idea of what you can do. As described, compare the original version and the Auto version. Press Ctrl + z and Ctrl + y to go back-and-forth. To undo what Auto did, double click Tone, to the left of Auto. Use the tools in the following order, as needed.
Exposure
A photograph that's too bright or dark can be rescued here. A JPEG version of the same photograph is not as amenable to the same amount of correction as a raw file. The slider uses Exposure Value, which is like using exposure compensation on your camera. The Exposure slider creates a linear adjustment. All of the pixels are brightened or darkened equally. Think of the Exposure slider as being like the Highlights slider in Levels. You're setting the white point. If you move the slider too far, you'll clip the photograph. Clipping will be explained below.
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Recovery
Use this slider to add tone to a too bright area. If all three color layers are clipped, Recovery can't function. If only one or two color layers are clipped, Recovery may be useful. What's clipping?
Clipping
Clipping means areas in the photograph are completely black or completely white. You would probably want to: Lighten the black areas. Darken the white areas. For example, let's say the sky is clipped. The photograph would look better if the sky was darker. But, you can't easily darken the sky. There's nothing thereno pixelsto darken. That's the trouble with clipping. Clipping can occur when: You take the photograph at the wrong exposure setting. You move a slider too far when editing with Lightroom. Let's look at each clipping situation.
Exposure Clipping
If a scene has shadows and bright areas, clipping may occur. There are two ways to check for clipping.
Check #2 - Histogram
Most cameras can display a histogram of the the photograph. If there's a spike on the left or right ends of the graph, clipping is present.
Editing Clipping
As mentioned, if you move a slider too far, the image may become clipped.
Histogram Review
The histogram at the top-right corner represents the number of pixels in each brightness level.
Number of Pixels
The y-axis, the vertical axis, is the number of pixels.
Brightness Levels
The x-axis is the brightness levels. There are 256 of them. The brightness level of 0 denotes underexposureclipping. There's no image information there. From 1 to 254, the brightness levels go from shadows to midtones to highlights. 255 denotes overexposureclipping. There's no image information there.
0 No Pixels: Underexposure/Clipping
Color Channels
A photograph is composed of red, green, and blue channels. You can clip only one or two of these channels, or all three. The colors below appear in the histogram.
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Method #1 - Spikes
If the photograph is clipped, a spike will appear on the left or right ends of the histogram. A spike on the left end means a portion of the photograph is underexposedclipped. A spike on the right end means the photographis overexposureclipped.
Left Spike Right Spike Underexposure?Clipping Overexposure/Clipping
Method #2 - Triangles
There's a triangle in each upper corner of the histogram that changes color if clipping is present. The shadow triangle, on the left, is black if there's no clipping. The highlight triangle, on the right, is white if there's no clipping. If one of the triangles is colored, click it. Shadow clipping, underexposure, shows as blue areas on the photograph. Highlight clipping, overexposure, shows as red areas on the photograph.
Exposure Slider
Recovery Slider
Blacks Slider
Blacks
The Blacks slider is like the Shadows slider in Levels. You're setting the black point. The Blacks slider creates a linear adjustment. All of the pixels are brightened or darkened equally.
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Fill Light
This slider will make underexposed shadows brighter, without lightening the darkest blacks in the image.
Brightness
The Brightness slider is similar to the Exposure slider. There are three differences. 1) The Brightness slider isn't as powerful as the Exposure slider. 2) The Brightness slider won't clip the shadows or highlights like the Exposure slider. Instead, it compresses the shadows and highlights to prevent clipping. 3) The Brightness slider applies a gamma correction, an s-curve, which is non-linear. The pixels are not adjusted evenly.
Contrast
The Contrast slider adjusts . . . the contrast. The Contrast slider applies an s-curve around the midpoint set by the Brightness slider. This is a non-linear adjustment. The pixels are not adjusted evenly. Pixels are darkened below the midpoint, and are brightened above.
Reset
Double click the name of a slider to reset it to the default setting. Double click Tone to reset all of the sliders.
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Basic Panel
Clarity
Most often, you won't use Clarity on the Basic panel. Instead, you'll use it with the Adjustment Brush tool. Technically, Clarity increases or decreases midtone contrast. The contrast change is due to sharpening. In practice, think of Clarity as increasing or decreasing emphasis. For example: Increase Clarityincrease emphasison the eyes in a portrait. Decrease Claritydecrease emphasison a distracting background. When using Clarity, click 1:1 in the Navigator panel in the top left corner of your screen. When Clarity is too strong, you'll see halos on the edges in the photograph. An edge is where there's a changed in tone or color.
Saturation Definition
Saturation is adjusted with the tools below. Think of saturation as being the vividness/richness of colors. Technically, saturation is the amount of gray in a color.
Vibrance
Vibrance increases the saturation of colors that are not already saturated. It also ignores skin tones, because you generally don't want to increase their saturation.
Saturation
Saturation increases the saturation of all colors equally, whether the colors are saturated or not.
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As mentioned, you can turn off the effects created by the tool. Toggle the icon in the lower-left corner of the panel on and off.
Click Reset in the tool panel to remove the editing done with a tool.
Don't click Reset in the lower-right corner of your screen. If you do, all editing is removed.
Close
Click Close in the tool panel to close the panel. Let's look at the five tools.
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Tool #1 - Crop Overlay Tool #2 - Spot Removal Tool #3 - Red Eye Correction Tool #4 - Graduated Filter Tool #5 - Adjustment Brush
Crop Overlay
Overlay
By default, a tic-tac-toe grid is displayed on the photograph. Use this overlay to apply the rule of thirds when cropping.
Place subjects of interest along the lines of the grid, or at points where the lines intersect. While this is called the rule of thirds, but it's only a guideline. To hide the grid, press Ctrl + Shift + h. Press o to cycle through the overlays below. Grid Thirds Diagonal Triangle Golden ratio Golden spiral
Padlock Icon
Padlock Icon
The padlock icon is used to toggle between using only a certain aspect ratio, and allowing any aspect ratio.
You can drag out a box that has a certain aspect ratio. First, let's look at aspect ratios.
Aspect Ratios
Many digital SLR cameras use an aspect ratio of 3/2. The 3/2 aspect ratio is rectangular. The width is 3, and the height is 2. 4 x 6 inch and 8 x 12 inch prints have the same aspect ratio, 3/2. When printed as an 8 x 10 inch print, the photograph is cropped. That's because the aspect ratio of the 8 x 10 inch print is 2.5/2, not 3/2. Many point-and-shoot cameras use an aspect ratio of 4/3. This aspect ratio is less rectangular than the 3/2 ratio. When printing point-and-shoot photographs, the images will
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A few labs offer 4 x 5.33 inch prints, which have the 4/3 aspect ratio.
Adjustments
Portrait (Vertical) or Landscape (Horizontal)
To switch between portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal), press x.
Straighten Tool
Straighten Tool
Click the Straighten tool icon. Click and hold, and drag out a line on your photograph where the horizon should be located. You can also use the slider to rotate the photograph.
Spot Removal
Try the Heal mode first. If there's subject matter nearby that will blend incorrectly, use the Clone mode.
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Use one mode, and then click on the other mode in the panel. Or, right click on the circle and select the other in the contextual menu.
Do the following. 1) Position the cursor on the red area, click and hold, and drag outward to cover the red area. You can use the bracket keys, [ and ], to adjust the size. 2) Release the mouse button. 3) If needed, adjust Pupil Size and Darkness in the Red Eye Correction panel.
Graduated Filter
You can use the Graduated Filter to fade an effect from full strength to zero. For example, let's say you want to darken a sky. Move the Exposure slider to the left. Click and hold at the top of the photograph. Drag down to the horizon line. Release the mouse button. The darken-sky effect will be strongest at the top. The effect will fade to zero at the horizon line. Do the following. 1) Do one of the following: Choose a preset from the menu to the right of Effect. Make an adjustment with the sliders. You can't enter the optimum value. You haven't made the gradient yet. So, neither you or Lightroom knows what the effect is going to look like. Therefore, enter a value greater than what you think you
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You'll adjust the intensity of the effect after you've brushed it on your photograph. 2) Click and hold on the photograph where you want the effect to be strongest. 3) Drag to where you want the effect to be zero. If you move the mouse to the left or right, you can tilt the effect. If you press and hold Shift, and then drag out the gradient, it won't tilt. 4) Release the mouse. After you've made the gradient, adjust the intensity of the effect.
Way #1 - Slider
Use the tool slider to adjust the intensity of the effect.
Refinements
The pin is the circle with a black dot inside.
Adjustment Brush
You can use the Adjustment Brush to edit locally. For example, if the shadow on your subject's face is too dark, lighten it with the Adjustment Brush. Do the following. 1) Do one of the following: Choose a preset from the menu to the right of Effect. Make an adjustment with the sliders. As described with the Graduated Filter, you can't enter the optimum value. You haven't made the "selection" yet with the brush.
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So, neither you or Lightroom knows what the effect is going to look like. Therefore, enter a value greater than what you think you should. Then, you'll adjust the intensity of the effect after you've brushed it on your photograph. 2) Click and hold, and brush on the photograph where you want the effect. 3) Release the mouse.
Mistakes
If you make a mistake when brushing, press Ctrl + z to undo the last brush work. Or, press and hold Alt, and brush over the mistake. After you've completed the brushing, adjust the intensity of the effect.
Way #1 - Slider
Use the tool slider to adjust the intensity of the effect.
What's Masking?
When you brush, Lightroom creates a mask where you're not brushing. This mask blocks the effect. Let's say you've set the Exposure slider to +1.0. When you click and hold, and drag the brush, Lightroom creates a mask where you haven't brushed. The mask blocks the +1.0 change. Where you've brushed, the +1.0 change is "visible." Where you haven't brushed, the +1.0 change remains "hidden" by the mask.
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If you would like to have the red area on all of the time, select Show Selected Mask Overlay in the tool bar. Or, press o to toggle between hide and show. To change the color of the red area, press Shift + o repeatedly.
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Two Versions
The Tone Curve panel has two versions. You'll probably use version #2 more than version #1. To switch between the two versions, click the Point Curve icon in the lower right corner of the panel.
Version #2 - Sliders
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Note
Lightroom may apply default changes when importing a photograph. If it does so, the curve may not be a straight line.
Side Axis
The vertical axis of the graph is the changed tonal values of the file.
Horizontal axis Vertical axis Original tonal values Changed tonal values
Four Regions
The Tone Curve panel divides the tonal values of a photograph into four regions: Highlights Lights Darks Shadows
Highlights
Lights
Darks
Shadows
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Down Darker
Try It
Click on the white line, hold, and drag it up-and-down. Some of the tonal values of your photograph become brighter and darker.
Reset
To reset to a linear curve, do the following. 1) Right click (Windows) or Ctrl + click (Mac) on the graph. 2) Select Flatten Curve or Reset All.
Try It
Look for the Point Curve menu in the lower right corner of the Tone Curve panel.
Open the menu and click Medium Contrast or Strong Contrast. When the slope changes, the contrast changes.
Reset
Again, to reset to a linear curve, do the following. 1) Right click (Windows) or Ctrl + click (Mac) on the graph. 2) Select Flatten Curve or Reset All.
No Sliders?
If you don't see the sliders, click the Point Curve icon in the lower right corner of the Tone Curve panel.
Compare!
Look at the before version of your photograph, and the after version. Click the Turn Off icon repeatedly. The icon is located in the upper left corner of the Tone Curve panel.
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Reset
To reset a single slider, double click the name of the slider. To rest all of the sliders, double click Region.
Do the following. 1) Click the tool. 2) Click on your photograph, hold, and drag, up-and-down. The area that you clicked on, and other similar areas, are adjusted.
Done
When you're finished with the Targeted Adjustment tool, click Done. The Done button is located below and to the right of your photograph.
Done Button
. . . click the Point Curve icon in the lower right corner of the Tone Curve panel.
Then, in the point Curve menu, select Linear, Medium Contrast, or Strong Contrast.
Linear Curve
If you selected Linear, click on the curve to create a control point, a tiny white circle on the curve. Then, click and hold on the control point, and drag up-and-down.
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Reset
To reset to a linear curve, do the following. 1) Right click (Windows) or Ctrl + click (Mac) on the graph. 2) Select Flatten Curve.
Clipping
Avoid extreme changes, as clipping my result. If you haven't already, go to the Histogram Panel and to Clipping.
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HSL Section
A color that you see in a photograph is composed of three components. Hue Saturation Luminance Therefore, the HSL section has a sub-section for each of the three components. Click one of the sections. Or, click All to see all of the sub-sections at once.
HSL Section
Sub-section #1 - Hue
Hue is another word for color.
Drag
Drag the sliders to change the colors.
Hue Sub-section
Click-and-Drag
You can also click-and-drag on the photograph. Do the following. 1) Click the target-part-of-a-photograph icon in the upper left corner of the sub-section.
2) On a color in the photograph, click, hold, and drag up-and-down. The color you selected will be modified. 3) Click the Done button when you're finished.
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Done Button
Sub-section #2 - Saturation
Saturation is the amount of gray in a color. Think of it as being the vividness/richness of a color. Drag the sliders to change the saturation. You can also select a color on the photograph, as described above.
Saturation Sub-section
Sub-section #3 - Luminance
Luminance is the brightness of the tones. Think of it as being the black-and-white component of color. You may have encountered the term luminosity in other programs. Luminance is synonymous with luminance. Drag the sliders to change the luminance. You can also select a color on the photograph, as described above.
Luminance Sub-section
Color Section
The Color section is a variation of the HSL section. There's no target-part-of-a-photograph icon for dragging on a color in the photograph.
Color Section
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B&W Section
You can use the B&W section to tweak black-and-white photographs. Go to Convert to B&W.
B&W Section
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Detail Panel
1:1 Magnification
In the Navigator panel, in the upper left corner of your screen, click the 1:1 icon.
Sharpening and noise reduction are best seen at the 1:1 magnification. 1:1 is the same as 100% magnification.
Preview Window
Use the preview window to evaluate the settings you apply. If the view in the preview window isn't 1:1, a warning icon is seen in the upper left corner of the section. Click the icon to go to a 1:1 magnification. There are two ways to move the image in the preview window.
Method #1
Click, hold, and drag, the image in the preview window.
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Method #2
1) Click the preview-window icon in the upper left corner of the panel.
2) Move the cursor on your photographin the work areanot on the small image in the preview window. 3) Click when you've found a good area for judging sharpening or noise reduction.
Sharpening Section
Sharpening Section
As you know, your photograph is "built" from tiny square blockspixels. If the world was made from . . . Blocks Composed of vertical and horizontal lines . . . sharpening would not be needed.
Summary
Most of the time, you're photographing subjects that are not vertical and horizontal. The world is more about curves than it is about verticals and horizontals. Yet, you're recording and displaying this curvy world using vertical-and-horizontal pixels. That's the problem that sharpening fixes.
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The trick is accomplished by increasing the contrast along edges. An edge is where there's a change in tone, like the image below. The image below doesn't look sharp.
Sharpening Section
The contrast along the edge below was increased with sharpening. Your web browser may make the difference less evident.
Sharpening Section
Presets
There are two sharpening presets in the Presets panel on the left side of your screen. The presets will help you to get a feel for sharpening values. Open the Presets panel, and click Lightroom Presets. Scroll down to near the bottom of the presets list.
Sharpening Presets
Click on the first one, the Scenic preset. Note how the sharpening slider values change in the Sharpening section on the right side of your screen. Click on the Faces preset. The values change. Landscapes require more Detail; portraits, less.
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Trees and rocks look better with more Detail; cheeks and noses, with less.
Reminders
Remember, sharpening is done where there's an edge in your photograph. An edge is where there's a change in tone or color. A foggy landscape has few edges. A dilapidated barn has lots of edges. What sharpening does to an edge is to increase the contrast on both side of the edge.
Edges
The nature of the edges in a photograph help determine the sharpening values that you enter. A foggy landscape has few edges. A dilapidated barn has lots of edges. They require different sharpening values.
Output Medium
The sharpening values that you set vary depending on the output media. If you're editing a photograph for a website, what you see on your monitor is what you need. If you're printing, experiment. A glowing monitor is very different medium than a piece of paper. Generally, enter stronger sharpening values for printing. Often, glossy papers require less sharpening than matte paper.
Whew!
As mentioned, sharpening is complex.
Sharpening Robot?
Let's imagine there's a sharpening robot, Edgie. Edgie boots up when you go to the Detail panel. Edgie searches your photograph. When you're setting the values below, Edgie: Looks for the edges in your photograph. Makes changes to the edges according to your instructions. What are Amount, Radius, Detail, and Masking?
Amount
When you change the Amount value, Edgie changes the amount of contrast along the edges. Zero is no sharpening. 150 is maximum sharpening. Use lower values for photographs with less need for
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sharpening, such as a portrait of a baby. Use higher values where there's a need for more sharpening, such as the tattoo on the babys mother's arm.
Radius
When you change the Radius value, Edgie changes the width of the contrast increase. The values range from .5 to 3. Use lower values for photographs with fine edges, such as a wicker chair. Use higher values where the edges are wider, such as a portrait.
Detail
Edgie uses Detail to reduce the halos that may appear along edges. Oddly: A value of zero suppresses the halos the most. A value of 100 does no halo suppression.
Masking
Masking varies where sharpening is done. When at zero, Edgie sharpens the entire photograph. As you increase the Masking value, Edgie restricts sharpening to more pronounced edges. Masking appears to be similar to Threshold in Photoshop Elements.
Compare View
Use the before-and-after view of your photograph as you're using the above controls. Press y.
Local Sharpening
You can use the Adjustment Brush tool to apply sharpening to parts of a photograph. For example, you could make the eyes more prominent on a portrait by sharpening them.
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After you press the shutter release, the photons that landed on your camera's sensor are converted into electrons. The electrons are then amplified. When you increase the ISO setting, you're turning up the volume. At high ISO settingshigh volumesnoise becomes more evident. Noise appears in your photograph as: Graininess, black-and-white specs that shouldn't be there. This is called luminance noise in Lightroom. Pink and green specs that shouldn't be there. This is called color noise in Lightroom. Noise is most visible in shadows and in even toned/colored areas. To reduce noise, do the following. 1) Move the image in the preview window to display an area with noise.
Luminance Noise
2) Move the Luminance slider to the right to reduce graininess. 3) Use the Detail slider to manage the luminance noise threshold. You have to balance detail and noise.
Higher Value Lower Value More detail Less detail More noise Less noise
4) The Contrast slider adjusts luminance contrast. Use for very noisy photos. You have to balance contrast and smoothness.
Higher Value Lower Value More contrast Less contrast Blotches/mottling Smoother
Color Noise
5) Move the Color slider to reduce color noise. 6) Use the Detail slider to manage the color noise threshold.
Preserves thin colored areas More color bleeding More color speckles Fewer color speckles
Higher Value
Lower Value
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History
The History panel q
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Rendering
When you export a photograph, the processing instructions that have been stored in the Lightroom database, are executed. The exported photograph is rendered. Your original file remains untouched. The editing instructions are performed on the exported file.
Export
1) Press g to go to Grid view in the Library module. 2) Select one or more thumbnails. 3) Click Export in the lower-left corner of your screen. 4) At the top of the Export window, select Export to: Hard Drive. You can choose other locations on your computer later.
5) On the left side of the Export window, you can use a preset to configure the values on the right side. The For E-Mail preset is described below. Here, no presets are used.
Export Presets
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7) In the File Settings section, you can select the file format.
The TIFF file format has three compression options. No compression LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) compression Zip compression With memory being so plentiful, don't bother using compression. 8) There are four more sections with many settings.
9) If you want to save your settings, click Add in the lower-left corner of the Export window, enter a name, and click Create. Your preset will appear in the User Presets section on the left side of the Export window.
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7) Click Export in the lower-right corner. The photograph will be exported to the designated folder. You can also go to File > Export with Preset > Burn Full-Sized JPEGs. However, this is only for burning to a CD or DVD.
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Task #1 - Basics
1) Go to the Print module. 2) Click the Page Setup button in the lower left corner of your screen. The Page Set Up button goes to your printer. A better name for the button would be Printer Set Up. 3) Select your printer in the Name menu. 4) Select a paper size in the Size menu. 5) Select an orientation, Portrait or Landscape. The next task is performed in the window that's already open.
If the there's no profile for the your printer and the paper
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you're using, use a profile for your printer and a similar paper. Or, better, download the proper profile from the website of the printer or paper manufacturer. Go to Printer Profiles.
Task #1 - Basics
1) Go to the Print module. 2) Click the Page Setup button in the lower left corner of your screen. The Page Set Up button goes to your printer. 3) Select a printer in the Format For menu. Select Any Printer in the Format For menu if you want to apply the settings below to all of your printers. 4) Select a paper size in the Paper Size menu. 5) Select an orientation, Portrait or Landscape. Leave the Scale at 100%. Let Lightroom scale (change the size) the photograph to avoid unexpected sizing. 6) Click Save.
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If the there's no profile for the your printer and the paper you're using, use a profile for your printer and a similar paper. Or, better, download the proper profile from the website of the printer or paper manufacturer. Go to Printer Profiles.
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Info Overlay
Information is displayed in the upper left corner of the work area: Page number Paper size Printer If this display is distracting, press i on your keyboard.
Preview Panel
Preview Panel
The Preview panel displays the layout of a template selected in the Template Browser panel.
The Template Browser panel has print-layout templates. There are two default sections. The first section contains Lightroom templates. The second section is for user-defined templates.
Preview a Template
To preview a template in the Preview panel, move the cursor over the name of a template in the Template Browser panel.
Create a Template
To create a user-defined template, do the following. 1) Select a Lightroom template that's similar to your desired template. 2) Modify the template using the options in the panels on the right side of your screen. 3) Click the + icon in the Template Browser panel tab on the left side of your screen. 4) Rename the template from Untitled Template, and select a folder, such as the default folder, User Templates.
Collections Panel
Collections Panel
The Collections panel displays your collections. If needed, you can create a collection of the photographs that you're printing.
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The Layout Style panel displays the layout style of the template that you've selected. There are three layout styles. You don't need to select one of these layout styles. Rather, the layout style is determined by the template that you've selected. Click on different templates to see how the layout style changes according to the template. Again, this panel just displays the layout style of a template. You don't have to do anything in this panel. If you do click on one of the layout styles, the template you lasted used with that layout style is displayed. Here are the three layout styles.
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Single Image/ Contact Sheet One Photograph One or More Photographs One Size Different Sizes
Picture Package
Custom Package
Template Structure
Before going to the next panel, let's look at the structure of the templates.
Adobe A: Vertical Cell Spacing, B: Cell Width, C: Margin, D: Cell Height, E: Horizontal Cell Spacing
Your photograph appears inside a window on the template called a cell. If there's just one photograph, the cell is separated from the edge of the paper by margins. If there are several cells: The cells are separated from each other by horizontal and vertical spacing between the cells. Spacing is between cells. The grid of cells is separated from the edge of the paper by margins. Margins are between a cell or cells and the edge of the print. Now, let's look at the Image Settings panel.
The Image Settings panel is used to determine how to fill the cell or cells. Let's use pancake making as an analogy. The Image Settings panel is how the batter, the photograph, is poured on the griddle, then cell. The options in the Image Settings panel will vary depending on the layout style of a the selected template.
Zoom To Fill
Single Image/ Contact Sheet Picture Package Custom Package
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When Zoom To Fill is selected, the cell is filled completely. If necessary, the photograph is cropped. You can reposition the cropped photograph within the cell. Press and hold Ctrl (Windows) or Cmd (Mac), and drag. If Zoom To Fill is not selected, blank spaces fill the areas where the aspect ratios of the photograph and the cell don't match.
Rotate To Fit
Single Image/ Contact Sheet Picture Package Custom Package
When Rotate To Fit is selected, the photograph is rotated to produce the largest image that fits in the cell.
If you select Repeat One Photo Per Page, a single photograph is repeated in each cell on a multi-cell template.
Stroke Border
Single Image/ Contact Sheet Picture Package Custom Package
Stroke Border adds a border of the specified width and color inside the cell. The photograph is reduced in size to make space for the border. The size of the cell doesn't change.
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Photo Border
Single Image/ Contact Sheet Picture Package Custom Package
Photo Border adds a border of the chosen width inside each cell. The photograph is reduced in size to make space for the border. The size of the cell doesn't change.
Inner Stroke
Single Image/ Contact Sheet Picture Package Custom Package
Inner Stroke is similar to Stroke Border. It adds a border of the specified width and color inside the cell. The photograph is reduced in size to make space for the border. The size of the cell doesn't change.
Single Image/ Contact Sheet Layouts Panel Guides Panel Rulers, Grids & Guides Panel Cells Panel
Picture Package
Custom Package
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Layout Panel
Layout Panel
When using a template with the layout style of Single Image/Contact Sheet, you can specify the following.
Margins = Borders
The margins are the borders around the photograph.
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Guides Panel
Guides Panel
If you're using a template with the layout style of Single Image/Contact Sheet, you can show the following guides: Rulers Page bleeds Margins and gutters Image cells Dimensions
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When using a template with the layout styles of Picture Package or Custom Package, you can use the Rulers, Grid & Guides panel to set the: Ruler units. Snap feature. Guides.
Cells Panel
Cells Panel
When using a template with the layout styles of Picture Package or Custom Package, you can use the Cells panel to add: Cells. Pages. Guides.
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Page Panel
Page Panel
The Page panel is always present. You can specify the background color and other items to be printed with the photograph.
The Print Job panel is always present. You use the Print Job panel to set five features.
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Feature #1 - Print To
You can select: Print to Printer. Print to JPEG File. Use the Print to JPEG File option to create JPEG files to send to a lab. Do the following. 1) Create a folder in My Pictures or Pictures, or on your Desktop, for the files that will be sent to a lab. 2) Select Print to JPEG File. 3) Make any needed adjustments in the Print Job panel. The Print button has changed to Print to File. 5) Click the Print to File button in the lower right corner of your screen. 6) Choose the destination folder for the JPEG files that you created above. 7) Click Save.
Select Draft Mode Printing for contact sheets and low-quality work prints. The previews cached by Lightroom are used for printing. If previews have not been created, the thumbnails are used for printing, resulting in even lower quality prints. Some options in the Print Job panel are not available when using Draft Mode Printing.
You can set the resolution and sharpening. The default print resolution and sharpening settings are often the best. Go Resolution. Go to Sharpening.
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You can adjust the color management. For a complete discussion of color management, go to Color Management.
Printer Profiles
Use the Profile menu to select the profile for the paper that you're using. Go to Printer Profiles.
Rendering Intent
Your printer can print most colors. The colors that it can print are called in-gamut colors. Your printer can't print some colors. The colors that your printer can't print are out-of-gamut colors.
Colors That CAN Be Printed Colors That CAN'T Be Printed In-gamut Colors Out-of-gamut colors
Rendering intents manipulate the out-of-gamut colors to make them become "in-gamut." Use the Rendering Intent menu to select either Perceptual or Relative.
Summary
In-gamut Colors Perceptual Relative Shifted Preserved Out-of-gamut Colors Shifted into In-gamut Colors Changed to Nearest In-gamut Color Best If There Are . . . Many Out-of-gamut Colors Few Out-of-gamut Colors
Try Both
If you're not certain which rendering intent is the best for a photograph, print it with both rendering intents.
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Print Buttons
Print Button
If you click the Print button, the printer window will open. You can check the settings.
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Set Up
1) Set up Lightroom for your printer and paper. Go to 1 - Set Up. You'll select your printer. You'll select the paper's: Type. Size. Orientation: Portrait or landscape Profile.
Select Photograph(s)
2) Select a photograph or photographs to be printed.
Library Module
In the Library module, select a photograph or photographs. You can select more than one thumbnail by pressing and holding the Ctrl (Windows) or Cmd (Mac) key.
Develop Module
If you're in the Develop module and go to the Print module, the photograph that you were editing will be the one to be printed.
Print Module
In the Print module, click on a collection in the Collections panel on the left side of your screen. Then, select a photograph or photographs in the Filmstrip.
Select a Template
4) Select a template in the Template Browser panel on the left side of your screen. As you move the cursor over the templates, each template is displayed in the Preview panel.
Print
7) Click the Print button in the lower right corner of your screen.
Resources
Go to Printing.
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Reset
To return to the Lightroom default settings, do the following. 1) Press and hold Shift. 5) The Reset button will change to Reset (Adobe). 6) Click Reset (Adobe).
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See the chart below for a summary of the ways you can set the color labels on thumbnails.
Auto Advance
When setting color labels, use Auto Advance. Press the Caps Lock key. Then, when you flag a thumbnail, the next thumbnail is automatically selected. Remember to turn off the Caps Lock key when finished!
Keyboard Shortcuts
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Set Color Label Yes. Press Ctrl + j. Select Show Grid Extras & Expanded Cells at the top. At the bottom, select Include Color Label.
On Thumbnail Border?
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BTWGamma
The gamma of ProPhoto RGB is 1.8 In Lightroom, the gamma for ProPhoto RGB is 1.0. This is the same gamma as raw files. Go to Gamma Explained.
Cycle
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To return to the after view, click the Loupe view icon or press d.
Loupe View
Keyboard Shortcuts
Toggle
To toggle between before-and-after views, press \.
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Set the External Editing Preferences Send to Photoshop Elements Saving in Photoshop Elements Layers & Lightroom PSD File Format: Maximize Compatibility
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Raw Files
You may expect a raw file, coming from Lightroom, to open in the Raw Converter in Photoshop Elements. However, the raw file has already been converted in Lightroom. Therefore, it opens directly into Photoshop Elements.
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Folder Flagging done in a folder appears: Flagging done in a collection appears: Here Not Here
You can click more than one of the flag icons. Below, we're just clicking one at a time. Here's what they do.
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Off Position
Unflagged
Unflagged
Unflagged
On Position
Flagged
Unflagged
Rejected
Flagging Method #1 - Painter Tool Flagging Method #2 - P/X/U Flagging Method #3 - Refine Photos
4) On the menu to the right of the painter tool, select Flag. 5) By default, the next menu to the right is set at Flagged. Change it to Rejected. 6) Click and hold, and drag the cursor on the duds. Black flags will appear in the upper-left corner of the cells. 7) Click Done in the tool bar.
Four Options
You have four options for the duds. You can sort, remove, delete, or move, the duds.
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Option #1 - Sort You can keep the duds where they are. But, you can sort them. In the Tool bar below the thumbnails, do the following. 1) Look for the Sort icon.
Option #2 - Remove You can remove the rejected thumbnails from Lightroom. They're not deleted from My Pictures or Pictures. Do the following. 1) Click Attribute in the Filter bar above the thumbnails. 2) Click the last flag icon.
Option #3 - Delete You can remove the rejected thumbnails from Lightroomandfrom My Pictures or Pictures. Do the following. 1) Click Attribute in the Filter bar above the thumbnails. 2) Click the last flag icon.
Option #4 - Move Let's say your thumbnails are in a folder called 2010_12_20. You'll create two subfolders, Best and Duds. 2010_12_20 Best Duds Do the following.
Best Subfolder
1) In the Folders panel, click on the folder 2010_12_20 to select it. 2) Click the + icon in the Folders panel, and select Add Subfolder. 3) Name the subfolder as Best. Duds Subfolder 4) In the Folders panel, click on the folder 2010_12_20 to select it. 5) Click the + icon in the Folders panel, and select Add Subfolder. 6) Name the subfolder as Duds. Move the Rejects to the Duds Subfolder 7) Click Attribute in the Filter bar above the thumbnails. 8) Click the last flag icon.
Sort Icon 2) On the menu to the right of the Sort icon, select Pick. The rejected thumbnails are now the last thumbnails to appear in the work area. Last Flag Icon Last Flag Icon You'll see only the rejected thumbnails. The last flag icon toggles between showing Any Flag Status and Rejected Photos Only. 3) Press Ctrl + a to select all of the rejected thumbnails. 4) Right click on one of the thumbnails, and select Delete Photo. 5) Click Remove. Don't click Delete from Disk. The rejected thumbnails are: Removed from Lightroom. Still in My Pictures or Pictures. 6) Click None in the Filter bar. You'll see only the rejected thumbnails. The last flag icon toggles between showing Any Flag Status and Rejected Photos Only. 3) Press Ctrl + a to select all of the rejected thumbnails. 4) Right click on one of the thumbnails, and select Delete Photo. 5) After a pause to double check yourself, click Delete from Disk. The rejected thumbnails are: Removed from Lightroom. Deleted from My Pictures or Pictures. 6) Click None in the Filter bar.
Last Flag Icon You'll see only the rejected thumbnails. The last flag icon toggles between showing Any Flag Status and Rejected Photos Only. 9) Click the black triangle to the left of the 2010_12_20 folder, to show the Duds subfolder. 10) Press Ctrl + a to select all of the rejected thumbnails. 11) Click on one of the thumbnails and hold, and drag the thumbnails onto the Duds subfolder. Move the Keepers to the Best Subfolder 12) Click Attribute in the Filter bar above the thumbnails. 13) Click the middle flag icon.
Middle Flag Icon You'll see only the unflagged thumbnails. The middle flag icon toggles between showing Any Flag Status and Unflagged Photos Only. If you used the second flagging method below, click the first flag icon to show the flagged thumbnails. 14) Click the black triangle
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to the left of the 2010_12_20 folder, to show the Best subfolder. 15) Press Ctrl + a to select all of the thumbnails. 16) Click on one of the thumbnails and hold, and drag the thumbnails onto the Best subfolder. 17) Click None in the Filter bar. If you click on: 2010_12_20, you'll see all of the thumbnails. Best, you'll see your best thumbnails. Duds, you'll see your duds.
Step #1 - Flagging
1) Press g to make sure you're in the Library module. 2) Click on the folder containing the thumbnails in the Folders panel. 3) Press the Caps Lock key to engage Auto Advance. Auto Advance automatically clicks the next thumbnail for you, speeding your travel through the thumbnails. 4) Click the first thumbnail. 5) Press p or x. p = Flag (Keeper) x = Reject Press u to undo p or x. 6) Continue flagging or rejecting your thumbnails. 7) When you're finished, press the Caps Lock to turn it off!
Pass #1
Flag your thumbnails with the Painter tool or by pressing p. Then, go to Library > Refine Photos. If you click Refine: The unmarked thumbnails are changed to rejected. The flagged thumbnails are changed to unmarked.
Pass #2
The duds from the first pass are now marked as rejected. The best thumbnails, flagged during the first pass, are now back to being unmarked. You can now go through them again to flag the best-ofthe-best.
Flag Chart
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On Tool Bar?
Yes p = Flag x = Reject u = Unflag ` = Toggle between flagged & unflagged (The key is located above the Tab key.) Yes
Keyboard Shortcuts
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Set Flag On Thumbnail Border? Yes Press Ctrl + Up Arrow & Press Ctrl + Down Arrow to change the flagging. Press the Caps-lock key to engage Auto Advance. To delete the rejected thumbnails, press Ctrl + Backspace (Mac: Delete). Go to Library > Refine Photos to change all unflagged thumbnails to rejects, and all flagged thumbnails to unflagged.
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Import from iPhoto to Lightroom By Dragging into the Library Module Work Area By Dragging onto the Lightroom Icon
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Two Cautions
Caution #1 - Five File Formats Only
Lightroom only operates with five file formats. You can't import the bmp, pdf, and other file formats. You can't import Photoshop Elements creations, either. You can import these only these file formats: JPEG TIFF Raw DNG PSD As described in detail below, your psd files must have been saved in Photoshop Elements with the Maximize Compatibility option selected.
Photographs
The photographs transfer, except: Photographs that were designated as Missing Files in the Organizer. Go to File > Reconnect > All Missing Files. Photoshop files (psd) that were saved without Maximize Compatibility selected. Maximize Compatibility is the default setting. Check to see if you've been saving psd files with the Maximize Compatibility option selected. Go to File > Preferences > Saving Files. Look for Maximize Compatibility menu in the center of the screen.
Keyword Tags
Write Them First
Your keyword tags won't import unless you write them to the actual photographs. In databases like the Organizer and Lightroom, keyword tags are stored separately from the photographs. You have to write the keyword tags to the actual photographs. Go to File > Write Keyword Tag and Properties Info to Photos.
Hierarchy
Your hierarchy of keyword tags may be not be imported intact.
psedbtool
Consider using John Ellis' psedbtool for writing the keyword
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Rotations
If you rotated photographs in the Organizer, the rotations may not persist in Lightroom.
Lightroom 2
Go to one of the following: File > Import From Photoshop Elements 5 And Earlier File > Upgrade Photoshop Elements 6 Catalog
Lightroom 3
Go to File > Upgrade Photoshop Elements Catalog.
Resources
Migrating your catalog to Lightroom John R. Ellis
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Catalog File Lock File Previews & Data Folder Preferences File Preset Files
Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat.lock Lightroom 3 Catalog Previews.lrdata Lightroom 3 Preferences.agprefs End with .lrtemplate
The lock file prevents your data from being overwritten. The locations below are from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 preferences file and other file locations.
Windows 7
If you can't find the files or folders below on your computer, go to Hidden Files & Folders. The file or folder you're looking for may be hidden.
Windows 7 Catalog Files & Folders C: > User > username > My Pictures > Lightroom C: > User > username > My Pictures > Lightroom > Backups C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom > Preferences C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom C: > Users > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom > Modules
Backup Files
Preferences File
Plug-ins
Vista
If you can't find the files or folders below on your computer, go to Hidden Files & Folders. The file or folder you're looking for may be hidden.
Vista Catalog Files & Folders C: > User > username > Pictures > Lightroom C: > Documents and Settings > username > My Documents > My Pictures > Lightroom > Backups C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom > Preferences
Backup Files
Preferences File
C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom C: > Users > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom > Modules
Plug-ins
XP
If you can't find the files or folders below on your computer, go to Hidden Files & Folders. The file or folder you're looking for may be hidden.
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XP Catalog Files & Folders C: > Documents and Settings > username > My Documents > My Pictures > Lightroom C: > Documents and Settings > username > My Documents > My Pictures > Lightroom > Backups C: > Documents and Settings > username > Application Data > Adobe > Lightroom > Preferences C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom C: > Documents and Settings > All Users > Application Data > Adobe > Lightroom > Modules
Backup Files
Preferences File
Plug-ins
Mac
Mac Catalog Files & Folders Backup Files Preferences File Preset Files & Folders Plug-ins Pictures > Lightroom Pictures > Lightroom > Backups Library > Preferences Library > Application Support > Adobe > Lightroom Library > Application Support > Adobe > Lightroom > Modules
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Presets
A preset is a saved set of Lightroom instructions. If you use the same editing steps repeatedly (chopping), you can make a preset (food processor). The preset will do the many steps with one click. In the Library module, you can create metadata presets. IIn the Develop module, there are develop presets. The Export window has presets, too. To use a preset, just click on it.
Plug-ins
Plug-ins are programs that operate outside of the Lightroom program (at the sushi-take-out place). When you start a plug-in, it does the following. 1) Gets a file from Lightroom. 2) Performs an action on the file, such as adding a watermark. 3) Sends the file back to Lightroom, or to another location, such as Flickr. Go to File > Plug-in Manager to see what plug-ins are already installed for use with Lightroom.
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Mac: Library > Preferences You can store them in the Lightroom folder with the Lightroom catalog, in the Lightroom Settings folder. Windows 7: C: > User > username > My Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings Vista: C: > User > username > Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings XP: C: > Documents and Settings > username > My Documents > My Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings Mac: Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings Thenwherever your catalog goesso do your presets. Do the following. 1) Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom > Preferences (Mac). Or, press Ctrl + ,. 2) Click the Presets tab. 3) In the Location section, in the middle, select Store presets with catalog. If you already have presets in the distant location, and you want to store them near the catalog, do the following. 1) Go to the distant default location. 2) Cut and paste the presets or preset folders. 3) Go to the folder where your catalog is located, and paste the presets into the appropriate folders in the Lightroom Settings folder. 4) Close and restart Lightroom.
Download
Download Presets
Google Search: Lightroom + presets Lightroom Exchange Adobe Lightroom Killer Tips Photographer's toolbox PresetsHeaven Presetting Lightroom Flickr group
Download Plug-ins
Google Search: Lightroom + plug-ins Akvis Jeffreys Lightroom Goodies (Plugins and Tools) Jeffrey Friedl, including Metadata Wrangler Lightroom Exchange Adobe onOne Software The Photo Geek Photographer's Toolbox Including various versions of LrMogrify Nik Software
Change a Preset
Do the following. 1) Open the Presets panel and click the preset. 2) Change the settings. 3) Right-click on the preset in the Presets panel and select
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Read a Preset
You can open a preset file to see the settings. When you click a preset, the settings in the Develop module are changed to the settings in the preset file.
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Windows
1) Go to where your presets are stored.
Easy Way
Go to Edit > Preferences. Click the Presets tab. Click Show Lightroom Presets Folder. The presets are probably in the Develop Presets folder or in the Local Adjustments Presets folder.
Harder Way
By default, presets are stored in the location below. If you can't find the folders below on your computer, go to Hidden Files & Folders. Windows 7: C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom Vista: C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom XP: C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom If you changed the default location, the presets are in the location below. Windows 7: C: > User > username > My Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings Vista: C: > User > username > Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings XP: C: > Documents and Settings > username > My Documents > My Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings The presets are probably in the Develop Presets folder or in the Local Adjustments Presets folder. 2) Copy the preset and paste in on your Desktop. 3) Open Notepad. To do so, do one of the following. a) Click the Start button in the lower-left corner of your screen. b) In the Search box, type Notepad, and then, in the list of
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a) Click the Start button in the lower-left corner of your screen. b) Navigate to Notepad via the path below. Programs > Accessories > Notepad 4) Drag the preset from your Desktop on to the Notepad window.
Mac
Go to where your presets are stored.
Easy Way
a) Go to Lightroom > Preferences. b) Click the Presets tab. c) Click Show Lightroom Presets Folder. The presets are probably in the Develop Presets folder or in the Local Adjustments Presets folder. d) Double click the preset file.
Harder Way
a) Go to Applications and double click TextEdit. b) Press Cmd + o. c) Navigate to the preset file. By default, presets are stored in the location below. Mac: Library > Preferences If you changed the default location, the presets are in the location below. Mac: Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings The presets are probably in the Develop Presets folder or in the Local Adjustments Presets folder. d) Double click the preset file.
Install
Preset Installation
If you've downloaded a preset, or a folder of presets, follow the instructions provided by the preset source. Or, if the preset uses the features of the Basic panel, do the following. Note, Adjustment Brush presets are placed in the Local Adjustments Presets folder. The location of the folder is described here. 1) Press d to go to the Develop module and open the Presets panel on the left side. 2) Right click on the panel, and select New Folder. 3) Enter a name for the folder, such as the name of the downloaded preset, and click Create. 4) Right click on the new folder, and select Import. 5) Navigate to the downloaded preset, select it, and click Import. Or, navigate to the downloaded folder full of presets, press Ctrl + a, and click Import.
Plug-in Installation
Plug-ins come with installation instructions. GGenerally, do the following. Let's say you want to install a plug-in called easy-autochrome. 1) Follow the instructions as to where the plug-in should be installed./p> You may create a folder, called Plug-ins, in which to store the plug-ins you download. This folder could be in the Lightroom folder in My pictures or Pictures. Or, locate and use one of the existing locations below. If there's no Modules folder, create one. If you're using Windows, and can't find the folders below on your computer, go to Hidden Files & Folders. XP: C: > Documents and Settings > All Users >
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Application Data > Adobe > Lightroom > Modules Vista: C: > Users > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom > Modules Windows 7: C: > Users > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom > Modules Mac: Library > Application Support > Adobe > Lightroom > Modules 2) Download the easy-autochrome plug-in, which is probably a zip file. 3) Unzip the zip file. There's a folder (Windows) or a module package (Mac) inside the zip file with the file name extension .lrplugin. The folder/module package contains a file called Info.lua. That's the actual lug-in. However, you handle the entire folder, not the Info.lua file. 4) Copy the easy-autochrome.lrplugin folder/module package (Ctrl + c). 5) Open the folder specified in the plug-in instructions. 6) Paste (Ctrl + v). The easy-autochrome.lrplugin folder/module package is now in the folder. Now, you have to "tell" Lightroom about the new plug-in. 7) Go to File > Plug-in Manager, and click Add. 8) Navigate to your Plug-ins folder, select easy-autochrome.lrplugin, and click OK. 9) You may be prompted to update the catalog. 10) The plug-in may be located: At File > Plug-in Extras. In the Export window.
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Import Preferences
Your photograph files have JPEG previews. They're embedded in the files, or are in sidecar files. You can specify how Lightroom creates previews when importing. There are four choices. As you go from Choice #1 to Choice #4: Importing takes longer. The space occupied on your hard drive by the previews increases. The import-speed and hard-drive space differences are small between the first three choices. Choice #4, 1:1, slows importing substantially, and takes up a lot of hard drive space. Many photographers use the default choice, Minimal. That's because Lightroom can create a larger preview whenever its required.
Choice #1 - Minimal
Lightroom creates a small preview from the existing embedded/sidecar preview.
Color Management
The above two choices are not color managed. The two choices below are color managed using the ProPhoto RGB color space.
Choice #3 - Standard
The Standard preview is what you see when you click Fit on the zoom bar in the Loupe view.
Choice #4 - 1:1
1:1 previews are what you see in the Develop module when you click 1:1 (100%). 1:1 previews display sharpening and noise reduction.
Display Preferences
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You can set the size and quality of the previews that Lightroom displays. Use the size and quality that corresponds to your monitor's specification and to your needs. Do the following. 1) Go to Edit > Catalog Settings (Windows) or Lightroom > Catalog Settings (Mac). Or, press Ctrl + Alt + ,. 2) Click the File Handling tab. 3) Choose the preview size and the review quality. For Standard Preview Size, the default setting, 1440, is fine for most monitors. If you have a very large monitor, try 2048. For Preview Quality, the default setting, Medium, is fine for most monitors. If you have a very large monitor, try High. All three quality levels are in the upper range of JPEG quality.
To change the setting, go to Edit > Catalog Settings (Windows) or Lightroom > Catalog Settings (Mac). Or, press Ctrl + Alt + ,. Then, click the File Handling tab.
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Troubleshooting Documents
Troubleshoot system errors and freezes in Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 (Windows XP) Troubleshoot system errors in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 (Windows Vista)
Forums
Photoshop Lightroom
Help File
Using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 (PDF)
Interesting
[INFO] Not so well known things about LR keyboard shortcuts Link between lightroom and photoshop elements See the fourth response by Beat Gossweiler
Shortcuts
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Keyboard Shortcuts.
Twitter
http://twitter.com/Lightroom
Book Authors
Look for books by: Martin Evening Scott Kelby Sean McCormack Chris Orwig Also, go to Best Adobe Lightroom Books for Photographers.
Other
Elemental Plugin The Elemental plugin helps Photoshop Elements (PSE) version 6 onwards integrate with Lightroom in a similar fashion to Photoshop. It enables PhotoMerge, Open as Layers, Smart Objects, and more directly from Lightroom. Jeffreys Lightroom Goodies (Plugins and Tools) Jeffrey Friedl
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2 - Catalog Settings
Go to Edit > Catalog Settings (Windows) or Lightroom > Catalog Settings (Mac). Or, press Ctrl + Alt + ,.
General Tab
In the Backup section, consider changing the default to Every time Lightroom exits.
Metadata Tab
The default metadata settings are fine for most photographers.
3 - Preferences
Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom > Preferences (Mac). Or, press Ctrl + ,.
General Tab
Deselect the splash screen if you wish. The splash screen is the credit window that appears briefly when you open Lightroom. By default, Automatically check for updates is selected. By default, Lightroom will open in the Import "module" when you attach a memory card to your computer. If you don't want Lightroom to do so, deselect Show import dialog when a memory card is detected.
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If you're saving both JPEG and raw files on your camera, Lightroom will: Import the raw file. Add + JPG to the raw file name displayed in Lightroom. The JPEG file is hidden as a sidecar file. If you want to edit the JPEG file, press Ctrl + r. If you want to see both the raw file and the JPEG file in Lightroom, do the following. 1) Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom > Preferences (Mac). Or, press Ctrl + ,. 2) Click the General tab. 3) In the Import Options section, in the middle, select Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos.
Presets Tab
The default preset settings are fine for most photographers. However, if you're taking your Lightroom catalog from computer to computer using an external hard drive, read on. Your presetsthe ones you created or downloadedwon't travel with you. That's because they're stored, by default, in a location distant from your Lightroom catalog. Windows 7: C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom Vista: C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom XP: C: > User > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom Mac: Library > Preferences You can store them in the Lightroom folder with the Lightroom catalog, in the Lightroom Settings folder. Windows 7: C: > User > username > My Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings Vista: C: > User > username > Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings XP: C: > Documents and Settings > username > My Documents > My Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings Mac: Pictures > Lightroom > Lightroom Settings Thenwherever your catalog goesso do your presets. Do the following. 1) Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom > Preferences (Mac). Or, press Ctrl + ,. 2) Click the Presets tab. 3) In the Location section, in the middle, select Store presets with catalog. If you already have presets in the distant location, and you want to store them near the catalog, do the following. 1) Go to the distant default location. 2) Cut and paste the presets or preset folders. 3) Go to the folder where your catalog is located, and paste the presets into the appropriate folders in the Lightroom Settings folder. 4) Close and restart Lightroom.
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Set the resolution to the value you use in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.
Interface Tab
Select Zoom clicked to center. Then, wherever you click, that will become the center point of the photograph when zooming.
5 - Import Set Up
Do the following when you import some photographs into Lightroom. Your photograph files have JPEG previews. They're embedded in the files, or are in sidecar files. You can specify how Lightroom creates previews when importing. There are four choices. As you go from Choice #1 to Choice #4: Importing takes longer. The space occupied on your hard drive by the previews increases. The import-speed and hard-drive space differences are small between the first three choices. Choice #4, 1:1, slows importing substantially, and takes up a lot of hard drive space. Many photographers use the default choice, Minimal. That's because Lightroom can create a larger preview whenever its required.
Choice #1 - Minimal
Lightroom creates a small preview from the existing embedded/sidecar preview.
Color Management
The above two choices are not color managed.
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The two choices below are color managed using the ProPhoto RGB color space.
Choice #3 - Standard
The Standard preview is what you see when you click Fit on the zoom bar in the Loupe view.
Choice #4 - 1:1
1:1 previews are what you see in the Develop module when you click 1:1 (100%). 1:1 previews display sharpening and noise reduction.
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Modules Views Hide & Show Stuff Change the Thumbnail Features/Information Darken the Area Around Image Selecting Thumbnails Flags Star Ratings Color Labels Stacks Magnification (Zoom) Zoom Entire Grid In & Out
Modules
g e d Library Module: Grid View Library Module: Loupe View Develop Module
Views
g e c Grid Loupe Compare
n Survey
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Full Screen
Left & Right Panels Tab Left Panel Right Panel Tool Bar Filmstrip F7 F8 t F6
Loupe View i
Selecting Thumbnails
Ctrl + a Press & Hold Shift Press & Hold Ctrl Select All Select a contiguous series of thumbnails. Select non-contiguous thumbnails.
Go to Click a Thumbnail.
Back to the Shortcuts Menu
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Flags
On Tool Bar? Yes p = Flag x = Reject u = Unflag Yes
Keyboard Shortcut
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Set Flag On Thumbnail Border? Yes Press Ctrl + Up Arrow & Press Ctrl + Down Arrow to change the flagging. Press the Caps-lock key to engage Auto Advance. To delete the rejected thumbnails, press Ctrl + Backspace (Mac: Delete). Go to Library > Refine Photos to change all unflagged thumbnails to rejects, and all flagged thumbnails to unflagged.
Go to Flags.
Back to the Shortcuts Menu
Star Ratings
On Tool Bar? Yes 0 1 2 3 4 5 = No stars = = t = = =
Keyboard Shortcut
Yes
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Set Rating On Thumbnail Border? Other & Related Methods Yes Press the Caps-lock key to engage Auto Advance.
Go to Star Ratings.
Back to the Shortcuts Menu
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Color Labels
On Tool Bar? Click triangle at right end of the tool bar to add to the tool bar. Red = 6 Yellow = 7 Green = 8 Blue = 9 Purple = None Yes
Keyboard Shortcut
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Set Color Label Yes. Press Ctrl + j. Select Show Grid Extras & Expanded Cells at the top. At the bottom, select Include Color Label.
On Thumbnail Border?
Go to Color Labels.
Back to the Shortcuts Menu
Stacks
On Tool Bar? Keyboard Shortcuts Right Click Menu No Ctrl + g Select Stacking > Group into Stack
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Stacking On Thumbnail Border? No Open & collapse stacks: s To change the thumbnail on top of the stack: Select the new thumbnail & press Shift + s Move a thumbnail up or down a stack: Shift + [ or Shift + ]. Unstack: Shift + Ctrl + g
Go to Stacks.
Back to the Shortcuts Menu
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Magnification (Zoom)
On Tool Bar? Keyboard Shortcuts Right Click Menu Yes Zoom in: Ctrl + = Zoom out: Ctrl + No
Menu on Top of the Screen View > Zoom In & Out On Thumbnail Border? No To toggle between Fit & the last magnification used: Press the spacebar Press z Double click on a thumbnail to enlarge to Fit, and then single click it to toggle between Fit & the last magnification used
Go to Zoom.
Back to the Shortcuts Menu
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1 - Computer
Adobe
For the minimum computer requirements, go to system requirements | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.
Processor
A faster processor (CPU, chip) is beneficial.
RAM
More installed physical memory (RAM) will also speed up Lightroom. Don't confuse RAM memory with hard drive "memory." The size of RAM memory is measured in gigabytes (GB), and the speed, in megahertz (MHz). RAM memory comes in different "flavors," such as SDRAM, DDR2, and DDR. RAM modules are called DIMMs. Desktop computers have at least four DIMM slots, and laptops have at least two. If you're using 32-bit Windows 7, 3 GB appears to be the maximum that can be used by Lightroom. Check to make sure you're using the latest driver for your graphics card. To see the specifications of your computer, and the hardware, do the following.
Windows 7
1) Click the Windows icon in the lower-left corner of your screen. 2) In the Search box, enter System Configuration. 3) Click System Configuration in the search results. The System Summary describes the processor and the Installed Physical Memory (RAM). 4) To see the graphics card, double click Components, and then double click Display.
Mac
Go to Apple Menu > About This Mac > More Info.
Also
Try the Crucial's System Scanner and Memory Advisor tools.
3 - How to Go to . . .
. . . Preferences
Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom > Preferences (Mac). Or, press Ctrl + ,.
. . . Catalog Settings
Go to Edit > Catalog Settings (Windows) or Lightroom >
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4 - Speed Up Importing
To speed up importing, do the following when you import some photographs into Lightroom. Your photograph files have JPEG previews. They're embedded in the files, or are in sidecar files. You can specify how Lightroom creates previews when importing. There are four choices. As you go from Choice #1 to Choice #4: Importing takes longer. The space occupied on your hard drive by the previews increases. The import-speed and hard-drive space differences are small between the first three choices. Choice #4, 1:1, slows importing substantially, and takes up a lot of hard drive space. Many photographers use the default choice, Minimal. That's because Lightroom can create a larger preview whenever its required.
Choice #1 - Minimal
Lightroom creates a small preview from the existing embedded/sidecar preview.
Color Management
The above two choices are not color managed. The two choices below are color managed using the ProPhoto RGB color space.
Choice #3 - Standard
The Standard preview is what you see when you click Fit on the zoom bar in the Loupe view.
Choice #4 - 1:1
1:1 previews are what you see in the Develop module when you click 1:1 (100%). 1:1 previews display sharpening and noise reduction.
5 - Preview Display
You can set the size and quality of the previews that Lightroom displays. Use the size and quality that corresponds to your monitor's specification and to your needs. Do the following. 1) Go to Edit > Catalog Settings (Windows) or Lightroom >
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3) Choose the preview size and the review quality. For Standard Preview Size, the default setting, 1440, is fine for most monitors. If you have a very large monitor, try 2048. For Preview Quality, the default setting, Medium, is fine for most monitors. If you have a very large monitor, try High. All three quality levels are in the upper range of JPEG quality.
6 - Render Previews
As described, you can speed up importing by having Lightroom create Minimal previews. The downside to this choice is that Lightroom will have to make larger previews when you're editing. Lightroom will display a Loading notice. You can have Lightroom render all of the previews while you do something else. Do the following. 1) Select the thumbnails. 2) Go to Library > Previews. 3) Select either Standard or 1:1 previews.
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Create a Stack
Select the thumbnails, and then create the stack by doing one of the following.
On Tool Bar? Keyboard Shortcuts Right Click Menu No Ctrl + g Select Stacking > Group into Stack
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Stacking On Thumbnail Border? No Open & collapse stacks: s To change the thumbnail on top of the stack: Select the new thumbnail & press Shift + s Move a thumbnail up or down a stack: Shift + [ or Shift + ]. Unstack: Shift + Ctrl + g
More Options
There are more options in the above chart under Other. There are even more options when you go to Photo > Stacking.
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Auto Advance
When setting star ratings, use Auto Advance. Press the Caps Lock key. Then, when you set a star rating, the next thumbnail is automatically selected. Remember to turn off the Caps Lock key when finished!
Keyboard Shortcuts
Yes
Menu on Top of the Screen Photo > Set Rating On Thumbnail Border? Other & Related Methods Yes Press the Caps-lock key to engage Auto Advance.
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Adobe Documents
From the troubleshooting section: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 preferences file and other file locations Navigator panel keyboard shortcut does not work in Lightroom (Mac OS, Windows 7, Windows Vista) Photoshop Lightroom 3 or 2 doesn't start System errors and freezes - Troubleshooting - Mac OS 10.x System errors and freezes - Troubleshooting - Windows Warning: "...all comments and ratings will be lost..." displays when republishing to Flickr from Lightroom 3
General Solutions
1 - Check for Updates
1) Go to Help > Check for Updates.
2 - Restart
1) Close Lightroom. 2) In the Back Up Catalog window, make sure the two functions below are selected.
Two Selections
3) Click Backup. 4) If that doesn't help, shut down your computer, restart it, and open Lightroom.
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For example, rename it as Lightroom 3 Catalog_bad.lrcat. 3) Go to where your backup of the catalog is located, select it, and copy it (Ctrl + c). By default, the backup of your Lightroom catalog is located at My Pictures or Pictures > Lightroom > Backups. You may have changed the default so that you're backing up to an external hard drive. 4) Go to My Pictures or Pictures > Lightroom, and paste it (Ctrl + v). 5) Double click the file to open Lightroom.
Append _qwerty
4) Restart Lightroom. If the problem is now solved, do the following. 1) Close Lightroom. 2) Go to the location of the Presets_qwerty folder. 3) Lightroom probably created a new Presets folder. Make sure its empty, and delete it.
4) Rename Presets_qwerty back to Presets. 5) Delete the new preset. 6) Open Lightroom.
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XP: C: > Documents and Settings > [username] > Application Data > Adobe > Lightroom > Preferences > Lightroom Preferences.agprefs Vista: C: > Users > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom > Preferences > Lightroom Preferences.agprefs Windows 7: C: > Users > username > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Lightroom > Preferences > Lightroom Preferences.agprefs Mac: Library > Preferences > com.adobe.Lightroom.plist 3) Rename the preferences file. For example, append _old to its name. 4) Restart Lightroom. If the problem is now solved, delete the renamed preferences file, if you wish. If the problem isn't solved, delete the new preferences file, and rename the old one back to its original name.
Specific Solutions
1 - Lightroom Won't Open after Crash
Lightroom creates a "lock" file when it opens.
Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat.lock
When the program closes, the lock file is deleted. If Lightroom, or your computer crash, the lock file may still be present, preventing Lightroom from opening. If Lightroom or your computer crashed, and Lightroom won't open, do the following to check for the lock file. 1) Go to My Pictures or Pictures > Lightroom. 2) Delete Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat.lock. Make sure you delete the lock file, not your catalog!
2 - Raw Files
If you're using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, make sure you're using the latest version of the Adobe Raw Converter that's compatible with your version of Photoshop/Photoshop Elements. Go to Adobe Updates.
3 - Printing
Your print driver may have become corrupted, or may be out-of-date. Go to the website of your printer manufacturer and download the print driver or an updated version.
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Which Is Which?
How can you tell which thumbnail is the original, and which is the virtual copy? Look in the lower left corner of the two thumbnails. The lower-left corner of virtual copy is folded back. If you don't see the white corner, press j until you do.
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More >Zoom
Navigator Panel: Zoom Bar Grid & Loupe Views Sliders Zoom Click Point to Center Shortcuts
Zoom Bar
More Magnifications
Open the zoom-bar menu by clicking the up-down-arrow icon at the end of the zoom bar. Click a magnification to enlarge your photograph. If you're in Grid view, the view changes to Loupe view. The magnification you selected from the zoom-bar menu becomes the fourth choice on the zoom bar.
Loupe View
In Loupe view, add the zoom slider to the tool bar. Click the white triangle on the left end of the tool bar, and select Zoom.
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Shortcuts
On Tool Bar? Keyboard Shortcuts Right Click Menu Yes Zoom in: Ctrl + = Zoom out: Ctrl + No
Menu on Top of the Screen View > Zoom In & Out On Thumbnail Border? No To toggle between Fit & the last magnification used: Press the spacebar Press z Double click on a thumbnail to enlarge to Fit, and then single click it to toggle between Fit & the last magnification used
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B&W Section
You can set Lightroom to apply the Auto adjustment whenever you click Black & White in the Basic Panel. Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom > Preferences (Mac). Click the Presets tab, and select Apply auto mix when first converting to black and white.
b) On the formerly-blue sky, click, hold, and drag up-and-down. The tone of the formerly-blue sky will be modified. c) Click the Done button when you're finished. The button is located below the photograph on the right end.
Done Button
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Note
Let's say you're editing a black-and-white photograph that you didn't convert from color. The photograph's file may not have color information. If so, you won't be able to modify the tones by modifying the colors.
Typically, when toning, you add color only to the shadows. Go to the Split Toning panel in the Develop module, and do the following. 1) Click the color box to the right of Shadows.
Color Box
2) Click on a color in the "spectrum." You can use the two tools at the bottom of the window to change the hue and the saturation. Saturation has a slider. To change the hue, place the cursor on the H, click, hold, and drag left-and-right. You can also click and hold on the tiny white box in the spectrum, and drag. 3) Click the x to close the window. 4) You can further refine the hue and saturation with the Shadow sliders. The Hue slider changes the color. The Saturation slider adjusts the amount of the color. 5) Experiment with adding color to the highlights using that section. 6) Use the Balance slider to change the toning amounts in the highlights and shadows.
Presets
There are many presets for black-and-white photographs. Go to the Presets panel on the left side of your screen in the develop module.
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Sensitivity
Be sensitive to over-retouching. If Uncle Moe has had a mole on his cheek for seventy yearsand you remove ithis family may wonder where the mole went. Ask the subject of the portrait before you do major surgery. Ask: "What are your good features?" The person may then list what's wrong, if something is of concern. You may be surprised. What you think should be done, is not wanted. What you don't think needs doing, is wanted by the person.
Purpose
What are you trying to communicate to the viewer of the photograph? A portrait of the captain of a lobster boat, at the helm, will be retouched one way. When she's getting married, the retouching will be done differently.
Zoom
Use the Navigator panel to enlarge areas that you're retouching. It's a lot easier to see what you're doing. Remember, if your brush strays a little too far, the mistake probably won't be apparent when viewing the photograph at smaller magnifications. Occasionally, when retouching at high magnifications, the retouching won't look good when viewed with the rest of the photograph. Let's say you magnify the eyes on a portrait. You lighten them. Isolated from the rest of the face, the lighter eyes look good. But, when you reduce the magnification to see the entire face, the eyes are now too light in relation to the face. So, go back-and-forth with the magnification to check your retouching.
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Hand Tool
Do the following to move the magnified photograph. If the cursor is a hand, click on the screen, hold, and drag. If you're using a brush, press and hold the space bar to change to the hand cursor. In the Navigator panel, click and hold on the white box, and drag.
Local Retouching
Next, you'll work locally with the Spot Removal brush and the Adjustment Brush.
Spot Removal
Adjustment Brush
In the Develop module, click the Adjustment Brush icon.
Adjustment Brush
Presets
Click the Adjustment Brush preset menu icon. You may see another preset instead of Exposure.
After you click one of the presets, you can modify it by moving the sliders. The five presets at the bottom have default values. The default values for the presets are below. To restore the default values, do the following. 1) Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom > Preferences (Mac). 2) Click Restore all default Develop settings.
Exposure
Brightness
Contrast
Saturation
Clarity
Sharpness
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0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 70 0 -63
0 0 0 -100 0
0 0 66 25 0
Brush Settings
You can change the brush settings. You'll probably want to: Use feathering. Reduce the effect by lowering Density. For example, use 50 where less editing is needed, and 75, when a stronger effect is required. Select Auto Mask to keep the brushing within bounds. If the skin tones vary too much, deselect Auto Mask to prevent uneven retouching. You can save the above settings as an A brush and a B brush. If you need to erase some retouching, click Erase and brush.
Eyes
The eyes are the most important part of a portrait. They're often poorly lighted. Use the Dodge preset, if needed. Use the Iris Enhance preset to add color to the eyes. Use the Sharpen preset to make the eyes stand out more.
Smooth Skin
Use the Clarity and Soften Skin presets to blur the skin. Avoid blurring the eyes, tip of the nose, and mouth.
Discolorations
Discolorations include bags under the eyes, large liver spots, rosacea, and the like. Slight color changes may be hard to see. Press y to see a before-and-after view. There are three tactics.
Tactic #1 - Dodge
Hide discolorations by lightening them with the Dodge preset.
Tactic #2 - Desaturate
Click the Saturation preset. Then, drag the Saturation slider to a minus value. Brush the discolored area.
Color Box
3) Click in the green area of the "spectrum." 4) Click and hold on the tiny white box, and drag it it to this position: H 120% and S 50%. H is hue, and S is saturation.
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Also try cyan, which reduces red. For cyan, set the hue to 180%, and the saturation to 50%.
5) Click the x to close the window. 6) Change the brush settings. a) Set both the Flow and Density to 25. You'll vary the Density value often if the discoloration isn't evenly colored. b) Deselect Auto Mask. 7) Below your photograph, deselect Show Selected Mask Overlay. If you don't, you'll see the orange mask color as you brush.
8) Brush the magenta areas with green, or brush the red areas if you're using cyan. 9) Because the effect is subtle, click the Turn off brush adjustments icon in the lower left corner of the panel. Toggle it repeatedly to evaluate.
Presets
You can download retouching-related presets. Here's the Google search for Lightroom + Retouching + presets. Download a preset, and go to Install.
Plug-ins
Plug-ins are available for retouching. A plug-in is a program that works along side of Lightroom. The program gets the photograph from Lightroom, processes it, and then sends it back to Lightroom. Have a look at Portraiture and Portrait Professional. Download a plug-in, and go to Install.
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