The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC / Lightroom 6 Book · the Complete Guide for Photographers by Evening, Martin -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Introduction

Lightroom book updates Acknowledgments

Contents 1. Introducing Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

What is Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

Keeping things simple Modular design Lightroom performance

What you need Installing Lightroom

64-bit processing Sleep protection Upgrading from an older Lightroom catalog Using Lightroom for the first time Lightroom preferences essentials Performance preferences Managing Lightroom mobile via Lightroom History panel Customizing the identity plate and interface

Getting help Introducing the Lightroom interface Working through the book

2. Importing photos

The main Import dialog

Copy as DNG, Copy, Move, or Add? Importing files from a card Activity Center Source panel Content area File Handling panel File Renaming panel Apply During Import panel Destination panel Import Presets menu Importing video files Adding photos from a folder to the catalog Importing photos via drag and drop Importing photos from another catalog Auto Imports Importing photos directly from the camera

3. The Library module

About Lightroom catalogs

Backing up the catalog file Creating and opening catalogs Exporting catalogs Opening and importing catalogs Export and import summary Working with Smart Previews

The Library Module panels

The Navigator panel The Catalog panel The Library module Toolbar The Folders panel The Filter bar

Exploring the Library module

Grid view options Library Grid navigation Working in Loupe view Loupe Overlay view Previews and preview appearance Working in Survey view Working in Compare view Navigating photos via the Filmstrip Working with a dual-display setup Rating images using flags Rating images using numbered star ratings Rating images using color labels Grouping photos into stacks Making image selections Quick Collections Collections Collection sets Removing and deleting photos

4. Develop module image editing

Image editing in Lightroom

Smarter image processing

Steps for getting accurate color

Calibrating the display Choosing a display Calibrating and profiling the display White point and gamma Steps to successful calibration and profiling Process versions

The Develop module interface

Develop view options Develop module cropping The Tool Overlay options Quick Develop cropping

The Basic panel

White Balance tool The Basic panel tone-editing controls Histogram panel Navigating the Basic panel via the keyboard Correcting an overexposed image Correcting an underexposed image Creating HDR photos using Photo Merge Creating panorama photos using Photo Merge Match Total Exposures Highlight clipping and Exposure settings Clipping the blacks Clarity slider Vibrance and Saturation Quick Develop panel tone adjustments Editing video files in Quick Develop

The Tone Curve panel

Point Curve editing mode RGB curves The Tone Curve regions Combining Basic and Tone Curve adjustments HSL / Color / B&W panel Lens Corrections panel Upright adjustments Effects panel Camera Calibration panel

Assessing your images

Comparing before and after versions

Image retouching

Spot Removal tool Spot Removal tool feathering Synchronized spotting Localized adjustments Graduated Filter tool Radial Filter tool History panel Snapshots panel

Easing the workflow

Making virtual copies Synchronizing Develop settings Lightroom and Camera Raw Copying and pasting Develop settings Saving Develop settings as presets Creating default camera Develop settings

5. The art of black and white

Black-and-white conversions

Black-and-white Develop controls Black-and-white conversion options Temperature slider conversions Manual black-and-white adjustments Black-and-white infrared effect

Fine-tuning black-and-white images

Split Toning panel HSL panel: Desaturated color adjustments

6. Sharpening and noise reduction

Capture sharpen for a sharp start

Improved Lightroom raw image processing Output sharpening Sharpen preset settings Sample sharpening image Evaluate at a 1:1 view Luminance targeted sharpening The sharpening effect sliders The modifying controls Applying sharpening adjustments Creative sharpening with the adjustment tools Noise reduction Selective noise reduction Selective moiré reduction

7. Exporting from Lightroom

Opening images in Photoshop

The Edit in Photoshop options Going from Lightroom to Photoshop to Lightroom Extended editing in Photoshop

Exporting from Lightroom

Export presets Export Location File Naming File Settings Image Sizing Output Sharpening Metadata Watermarking Post-Processing Adding export actions in Lightroom Exporting catalog images to a CD or DVD Exporting catalog images as email attachments Third-party Export plug-ins Exporting video files

8. Printing

The Print module

Layout Style panel Image Settings panel Layout panel Guides panel Multiple cell printing Page panel Picture Package and Custom Package Page Setup Print Job panel 16-bit output Print to JPEG File Custom profile printing Soft proofing for print output Saving a custom template

9. Presenting your work

The Book module

Creating a new book Book Settings panel Preview panel Toolbar Auto Layout panel Editing the book pages Editing the cover pages Page panel Guides panel Cell panel Text panel Type panel Background panel Soft proofing before printing Publishing your book

The Slideshow module

The Slide Editor view in the content area Layout panel Options panel Overlays panel Backdrop panel Titles panel Music panel Playback panel Play and preview Slideshows and selections Template Browser panel Creating a Slideshow collection Exporting a slideshow

The Web module

Layout Style panel Color Palette panel Appearance panel Image Info panel Output Settings panel Previewing web galleries Image appearance in Slideshow and Web modules Exporting a web gallery Uploading a web gallery Template Browser panel Creating a web collection

10. Managing your photos in Lightroom

Working with metadata

The different types of metadata A quick image search using metadata Metadata panel Metadata panel view modes General and EXIF metadata items Custom information metadata Metadata editing and target photos Keywording and Keyword List panels The Painter tool People view mode

Photo filtering and searches

Filtering photos in the catalog Subfolder filtering Making filtered image selections Filter bar Text filter searches Attribute filter searches Metadata filter searches Locating missing photos Custom filter settings Publishing photos via Lightroom Saving and reading metadata Synchronizing the metadata settings Sorting images

Geotagging images

GPS devices Embedding GPS metadata in a photo The Map module

Appendix. Lightroom preferences and settings

General preferences

Splash screens Updates Catalog selection Import options Completion sounds and prompts

Presets preferences

Camera-linked settings Location section Lightroom Defaults section

External Editing preferences File Handling preferences

Import DNG Creation Convert and export DNG options Reading Metadata options Filename generation options Camera Raw and video cache settings

Interface preferences

Panel end mark Creating a custom splash screen Panel font size Lights Out Background Keyword entry Filmstrip preference options Interface tweaks Lightroom mobile preferences Lightroom mobile in use Setting up a synchronized collection Lightroom mobile collections Lightroom Web view

Lightroom settings and templates

The Lightroom preference file Accessing saved template settings

Customizing the Lightroom contents

Hacking the Lightroom contents Lightroom previews data

System information The ideal computer for Lightroom

RAM Graphics card Hard drives Drive configurations

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