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

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Acknowledgments Other Books by Scott Kelby About the Author Table of Contents Seven (or So) Things You’ll Wish You Had Known Before Reading This Book Chapter 1. Importing: Getting Your Photos into Lightroom

First: Move All Your Photos onto One External Hard Drive What to Do When You See a Question Mark on Your Photos Folder You Need a Second Backup Hard Drive And You Need a Cloud Backup, Too Get Your Photos Organized FIRST, Before You Launch Lightroom Importing Photos Already On Your Hard Drive Choosing How Fast Your Photos Appear Importing from Your Camera (Easy Method) Importing from Your Camera (Advanced Users) Using Lightroom with a Laptop? You’ll Love Smart Previews Save Time Importing Using Import Presets (and a Compact View) Choosing Your Preferences for Importing Photos Converting RAW Photos to the Adobe DNG Format Four Things You’ll Want to Know Now About Getting Around Lightroom Viewing Your Imported Photos The Two Flavors of Full-Screen View

Chapter 2. Getting Organized: My System for a Happy Lightroom Life

Four Important Things to Know First! Want a Happy Lightroom Life? Use Just One Catalog Where to Store Your Catalog How to Make a Collection from a Folder Organizing Photos Already On Your Hard Drive Why You Need to Use Pick Flags Instead of Star Ratings Organizing Photos You’re Importing from Your Camera Two Tools to Help You Find Your Best Shots: Survey and Compare View Smart Collections: Your Organizational Assistant Reducing Clutter Inside Your Collections by Using Stacks Adding Keywords (Search Terms) Face Tagging to Find People Fast Renaming Your Photos Finding Photos Using a Simple Search Lightroom is Automatically Organizing Your Images on a Map Map Organizing Even If Your Camera Doesn’t Have GPS Making Collections from Locations on the Map Dealing with “The File Could Not Be Found” Message Lightroom Is Automatically Organizing Your Photos by Date Behind the Scenes Backing Up Your Catalog (This Is VERY Important)

Chapter 3. Advanced Stuff: That Next Level of Importing & Organizing

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 Creating Your Own Custom Metadata (Copyright) Templates Using Lights Dim, Lights Out, and Other Viewing Modes Using Guides and Grid Overlays When to Use a Quick Collection Instead Using Target Collections (and Why They’re So Handy) Adding Copyright Info, Captions, and Other Metadata From Laptop to Desktop: Syncing Catalogs on Two Computers Dealing with Disasters (Troubleshooting)

Chapter 4. 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

Chapter 5. Editing Your Images: How to Tweak Your Images Like a Pro!

My Lightroom Editing Cheat Sheet If You Shoot in RAW, You Need to Start Here Setting the White Balance Setting Your White Balance Live While Shooting Tethered Seeing a Before and After Want to Copy a Particular Look? Reference View Can Help Auto Tone (It’s Finally Actually Really Kinda Pretty Good) Expanding Your Tonal Range by Setting Your White and Black Points Controlling Overall Brightness (Exposure) My Power Trio: Combining Whites + Blacks + Exposure Adding Contrast (Important Stuff!) Dealing With Highlight Problems (Clipping) Fixing Backlit Photos and Opening Up Dark Areas Clarity: Lightroom’s Detail Enhancer Making Your Colors More Vibrant Removing Haze Automatically Matching Exposures Putting It All Together (Here’s the Order I Use for My Own Editing)

Chapter 6. Painting with Light: The Adjustment Brush & Other Toolbox Tools

Adjusting Individual Areas (Dodging & Burning) Five More Things You Should Know About Lightroom’s Adjustment Brush Selectively Fixing White Balance, Dark Shadows, and Noise Issues Retouching Portraits Richer Skies Using the Graduated Filter Making Tricky Adjustments Easily Using Color and Luminance Masking Spotlight Effects (and Off-Center Vignettes) Using the Radial Filter

Chapter 7. Special Effects: Making Stuff Look…Well…Special!

Applying Filter-Like “Looks” Using Creative Profiles Virtual Copies—The “No Risk” Way to Experiment Changing Individual Colors How to Add Vignette Effects Getting That Trendy High-Contrast Look Creating Black-and-White Images Making Great Duotones Creating a Matte Look Using One-Click Presets (and Making Your Own!) Sun Flare Effect Cross-Processing Fashion Look Creating Panoramas Adding Beams of Light Creating HDR Images Making Streets Look Wet

Chapter 8. Problem Photos: Dealing with Common Image Problems

Fixing Backlit Photos Reducing Noise Undoing Anything (or Everything!) Cropping Photos Lights Out Cropping Rocks! Straightening Crooked Photos Removing Stuff with the Spot Removal Tool Finding Spots and Specks the Easy Way Removing Red Eye Automatically Fixing Lens Distortion Problems Fixing Lens Problems Yourself Using Guided Upright Fixing Edge Vignetting Sharpening Your Photos Fixing Chromatic Aberrations (a.k.a. That Annoying Color Fringe) Basic Camera Calibration in Lightroom

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

Chapter 10. LR with Photoshop: How and When to use Photoshop

Choosing How Your Files Are Sent to Photoshop How to Jump Over to Photoshop, and How to Jump Back Keeping Your Photoshop Layers Intact Adding Photoshop Automation to Your Lightroom Workflow

Chapter 11. Photo Books: Creating Beautiful Books with Your Images

Before You Make Your First Book Making Your First Book In Just 10 Minutes Using Auto Layout to Automate Your Layout Process Making Your Own Custom Pages Adding Text and Captions to Your Photo Book Adding and Customizing Page Numbers Four Things You’ll Want to Know About Layout Templates Customizing Your Backgrounds Helping with Layouts and Printing Outside of Blurb Creating Cover Text Custom Template Workaround

Chapter 12. Printing: Unlocking the Power of the Print

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 & Color Management Settings Saving Your Layout as a JPEG (for Photo Lab Printing) Adding Custom Borders to Your Prints

Chapter 13. Video: Working with Video Shot with Your Camera

Trimming Your Video Clips Choosing the Thumbnail for Your Video Clip Pulling a Photo from Your Video Clip Editing Your Video Clip (the Easy, but More Limited, Way) Serious Video Clip Editing (Using Lots of Goodies!) Let’s Make a Short Movie (and Even Save It in HD Quality)!

Chapter 14. Going Mobile: Using Lightroom on Your Phone/Tablet & More

Four Really Cool Things About Lightroom CC on Your Mobile Device Setting Up Lightroom on Your Mobile Device How to Sync Collections over to Lightroom CC (Mobile) Working with Your Albums Adding Pick Flags and Ratings to Photos Editing Your Images on Mobile Cropping & Rotating Sharing Your Lightroom Albums on the Web Sharing a Live Shoot to a Phone, Tablet, or the Web Lightroom Mobile’s Advanced Search The Built-in Camera (It’s Pretty Sweet!) The Desktop Version of Lightroom Mobile is Lightroom CC

Chapter 15. My Workflow: Here’s my Typical Start-to-Finish Project

It Starts with the Shoot Workflow Step One: Importing Your Images Workflow Step Two: Sorting Your Images Workflow Step Three: Editing Your Selects Workflow Step Four: Getting Client Feedback Workflow Step Five: Printing the Image Other Ways You Can Continue Learning with Me

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