The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC Book for Digital Photographers by Kelby, Scott -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Acknowledgments Other Books by Scott Kelby About the Author Table of Contents Introduction

Seven (or So) Things You’ll Wish You Had Known Before Reading This Book

Chapter 1. Importing: Getting your Photos into Lightroom

Before You Do Anything, Choose Where to Store Your Photos Now Choose Your Backup Strategy My Method for Getting Your Photos Organized Before You Get Into Lightroom Getting Photos from Your Camera Into Lightroom (for New Lightroom Users) Getting Photos from Your Camera Into Lightroom (for More Advanced Users) Using Lightroom with a Laptop? You’ll Love Smart Previews Save Time Importing Using Import Presets (and a Compact View) Importing Video from Your DSLR Shooting Tethered (Go Straight from Your Camera, Right Into Lightroom) Using Image Overlay to See if Your Images Fit Your Layout Creating Your Own Custom File Naming Templates Choosing Your Preferences for Importing Photos The Adobe DNG File Format Advantage Creating Your Own Custom Metadata (Copyright) Templates Four Things You’ll Want to Know Now About Getting Around Lightroom Viewing Your Imported Photos Using Lights Dim, Lights Out, and Other Viewing Modes Seeing a Real Full-Screen View Using Guides and the Resizable Grid Overlays Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 2. Library: How to Organize Your Photos

Folders and Why I Don’t Mess with Them (This Is Really Important!) Sorting Your Photos Using Collections Organizing Multiple Shoots Using Collection Sets Using Smart Collections for Automatic Organization Keeping Things Tidy Using Stacks When to Use a Quick Collection Instead Using Target Collections (and Why They’re So Handy) Adding Specific Keywords for Advanced Searching Face Tagging to Find People Fast Renaming Photos Already in Lightroom Adding Copyright Info, Captions, and Other Metadata If Your Camera Supports GPS, Prepare to Amaze Your Friends Organizing Your Photos on a World Map Finding Photos Fast! Creating and Using Multiple Catalogs From Laptop to Desktop: Syncing Catalogs on Two Computers Backing Up Your Catalog (This Is VERY Important) Relinking Missing Photos Dealing with Disasters (Troubleshooting) Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 3. Customizing: How to Set Things Up Your Way

Choosing What You See in Loupe View Choosing What You See in Grid View Make Working with Panels Faster & Easier Using Two Monitors with Lightroom Choosing What the Filmstrip Displays Adding Your Studio’s Name or Logo for a Custom Look Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 4. Editing Essentials: How to Develop Your Photos

Making Your RAW Photos Look More Like JPEGs Setting the White Balance Setting Your White Balance Live While Shooting Tethered Seeing Befores and Afters My Editing Your Images Cheat Sheet Controlling Overall Brightness Using the Exposure Slider Automatically Matching Exposures 60 Seconds on the Histogram (& Which Slider Controls Which Part) Auto Tone (Having Lightroom Do the Work for You) Dealing With Highlight Problems (Clipping) Opening Up the Shadows (Like “Fill Light” on a Slider) Setting Your White Point and Black Point Adding “Punch” to Your Images Using Clarity Making Your Colors More Vibrant Adding Contrast (and How to Use the Tone Curve)—This Is Important Stuff! Applying Changes Made to One Photo to Other Photos Auto Sync: Perfect for Editing a Bunch of Photos at Once Using the Library Module’s Quick Develop Panel The “Previous” Button (and Why It Rocks!) Putting It All Together (Doing a Start-to-Finish Tweak) Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 5. Local Adjustments: How to Edit Just Part of Your Images

Dodging, Burning, and Adjusting Individual Areas of Your Photo Five More Things You Should Know About Lightroom’s Adjustment Brush Selectively Fixing White Balance, Dark Shadows, and Noise Issues Retouching Portraits Fixing Skies (and Other Stuff) with a Gradient Filter Custom Vignettes & Spotlight Effects Using the Radial Filter Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 6. Special Effects: Making Stuff Look...Well...Special!

Virtual Copies—The “No Risk” Way to Experiment Two Really Handy Uses for RGB Curves Changing Individual Colors How to Add Vignette Effects Getting That Trendy High-Contrast Look Creating Black-and-White Images Getting Great Duotones (and Split Tones) Using One-Click Presets (and Making Your Own!) Stitching Panoramas Right in Lightroom Creating 32-bit HDR Images in Lightroom Making Streets & Cobblestones Look Wet Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 7. Lightroom for Mobile: Using the Mobile App

Four Really Cool Things About Lightroom on Your Mobile Device Setting Up Lightroom on Your Mobile Device Getting Images Into Lightroom on Your Device (and Working with Collections) Flagging, Rating, and Sorting Your Images Editing Your Images in Lightroom on Your Device (Its Version of the Basic Panel) Cropping & Rotating Client Proofing Using Lightroom on Your Mobile Device Four Last Things You’ll Want to Know (and They’re All Pretty Cool)

Chapter 8. Problem Photos: Fixing Common Problems

Fixing Backlit Photos Reducing Noise Undoing Changes Made in Lightroom Cropping Photos Lights Out Cropping Rocks! Straightening Crooked Photos Finding Spots and Specks the Easy Way Removing Stuff With the Spot Removal Tool Removing Red Eye Fixing Lens Distortion Problems Fixing Edge Vignetting Sharpening Your Photos Fixing Chromatic Aberrations (a.k.a. That Annoying Color Fringe) Basic Camera Calibration in Lightroom Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 9. Exporting Images: Saving JPEGs, TIFFs, and More

Saving Your Photos as JPEGs Adding a Watermark to Your Images Emailing Photos from Lightroom Exporting Your Original RAW Photo Publish Your Images with Just Two Clicks Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 10. Jumping To Photoshop: How and When to Do It

Choosing How Your Files Are Sent to Photoshop How to Jump Over to Photoshop, and How to Jump Back Adding Photoshop Automation to Your Lightroom Workflow Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 11. Book of Love: Creating Photo Books

Before You Make Your First Book Building Your First Book from Scratch Adding Text and Captions to Your Photo Book Adding and Customizing Page Numbers Four Things You’ll Want to Know About Layout Templates Creating & Saving Your Own Custom Layouts Creating Cover Text Custom Template Workaround Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 12. Slideshow: Creating Presentations of Your Work

Creating a Quick, Basic Slide Show Customizing the Look of Your Slide Show Adding Video to Your Slide Show Getting Creative with Photo Backgrounds Working with Drop Shadows and Strokes Adding Additional Lines of Text and Watermarking Adding Opening and Closing Title Slides Adding Background Music Choosing Your Slide Duration and Fade Length Sharing Your Slide Show Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 13. The Big Print: Printing your Photos

Printing Individual Photos Creating Multi-Photo Contact Sheets Creating Custom Layouts Any Way You Want Them Adding Text to Your Print Layouts Printing Multiple Photos on One Page Saving Your Custom Layouts as Templates Having Lightroom Remember Your Printing Layouts Creating Backscreened Prints The Final Print and Color Management Settings Saving Your Page Layout as a JPEG Adding Custom Borders to Your Prints Lightroom Killer Tips > >

Chapter 14. The Layout: Creating Cool Layouts for Web & Print

Here Are Some of My Layouts for You to Use

Chapter 15. DSLR: The Movie: Working with Video Shot on Your DSLR

Working with Videos

Chapter 16. My Portrait Workflow: My Step-by-Step Process from the Shoot to the Final Print

Workflow Step One: It All Starts with the Shoot Workflow Step Two: Right After the Shoot, Do This First If I Didn’t Shoot Tethered, Here’s Importing from a Memory Card Workflow Step Three: Finding Your Picks & Making a Collection Workflow Step Four: A Quick Retouch for Your Selects Workflow Step Five: Emailing Your Clients the Proofs Workflow Step Six: Making the Final Tweaks & Working with Photoshop Workflow Step Seven: Delivering the Finished Image(s) 10 Important Bits of Advice for New Lightroom Users Want to Learn More?

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