Lightroom 5: Streamlining Your Digital Photography Process

Introduction xix  <
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01 Getting Started 1 <
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GETTING STARTED: Foundations for Success 2 <
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How to use this book 3 <
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Workflows 6 <
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Example Lightroom workflow 6 <
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Configuring your computer for Lightroom 7 <
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Installing Lightroom 11 <
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Lightroom Fundamentals 14 <
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Saving and backing up your work 21 <
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Essential troubleshooting 22 <
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The Lightroom workspace 23 <
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How to ensure accurate color for your photos 37 <
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02 Import 41 <
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IMPORT: Indexing photos and videos with Lightroomcatalogs 42 <
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Overview of Import workflow 43 <
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What to do before importing 43 <
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Importing files for the first time: Add 45 <
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Copy files from a camera 47 <
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What happens during an import 51 <
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The Import window 52 <
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FROM: Select a source 53 <
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Source 53 <
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Import method 55 <
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Main preview area 56 <
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TO: My Catalog or folder Destination 59 <
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File Handling 60 <
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File Renaming 61 <
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Apply During Import 64 <
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Destination 66 <
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Import Presets 68 <
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Show fewer options: the Compact Import Window 69 <
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Import from Another Catalog 69 <
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Tethered Capture 70 <
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Tethered Capture Setup 70 <
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Auto Import 74 <
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Next steps 75 <
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03 Library 77 <
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LIBRARY: Managing your photos with Lightroom 78 <
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Edit a shoot 80 <
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Working in Library 82 <
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Catalog panel 84 <
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Library previews 84 <
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Navigator 85 <
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Library View Modes 86 <
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Grid view 86 <
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Selections: Choosing the photos to work with 89 <
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Rotating and flipping photos 92 <
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Stacks: Grouping items together 92 <
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Loupe view 94 <
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Compare view 98 <
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Survey view 99 <
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Using the Secondary Display with Library 100 <
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Folders panel: Work directly with folders on your hard drives101 <
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Managing photos and video files in Library 107 <
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Synchronize Folder 112 <
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Collections: Organize things however you like 114 <
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Collections panel 114 <
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Quick Collection 116 <
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Smart Collections 117 <
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Output Module Collections 118 <
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Collection Sets 118 <
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Managing the Collections panel 118 <
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Introduction to Publish Services 119 <
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Attributes: Tag photos with identifying marks 119 <
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Filters: Show photos and videos based on criteria 122 <
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Example Filter workflows 124 <
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Quick Develop 128 <
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Keywords: Tag your photos for search 131 <
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The Keywording panel 132 <
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Keyword List 134 <
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Working with metadata 139 <
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The Metadata panel 140 <
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Metadata presets 145 <
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Metadata Status 146 <
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Using the Painter 150 <
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Working with video in Lightroom 151 <
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Example video workflow 151 <
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Next steps 155 <
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04 Develop 157 <
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DEVELOP: Making your photos look their best 158 <
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Example Develop workflow 159 <
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Make a plan for processing 162 <
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The Develop workspace 164 <
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Understanding the Process Version 165 <
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Default and Auto settings 168 <
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Histogram 168 <
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The Basic panel: Essential adjustments for everyphoto 171 <
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Tone Curve: Modify tones based on ranges ofluminance 182 <
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Targeted Adjustment Tool (TAT) 185 <
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HSL / Color / B & W: Adjust color by range 186 <
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Split Toning: Apply creative color treatments 188 <
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Detail: Fine-tune sharpening and noise reduction 190 <
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Lens Corrections: Fix image problems caused by thelens 195 <
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Effects: Add vignettes and simulate fi lm grain 203 <
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Camera Calibration: Precisely control raw imagerendering 205 <
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Before/After 206 <
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Crop Overlay: Cropping and straightening yourphotos 207 <
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Spot Removal: Retouching photos in Lightroom 212 <
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Heal Dust Spots 212 <
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Red Eye Correction 215 <
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Local Adjustments: Dodging, burning, and so muchmore 216 <
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Working with Graduated Filters 222 <
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Apply a graduated filter 223 <
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Working with Radial Filters 224 <
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Apply a Radial Filter 224 <
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Working with Adjustment Brushes 226 <
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Navigator panel 230 <
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Presets: Apply multiple Develop adjustments with one click230 <
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Set Default 235 <
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Snapshots 236 <
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History: Track changes and go back to any point 237 <
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Collections 238 <
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Virtual copies: Create multiple versions of a singlephoto 238 <
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Apply settings from one photo to others 239 <
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Soft proofing 241 <
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Soft proofing a photo 242 <
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Converting color photos to black and white 248 <
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Next steps 251 <
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05 Export 253 <
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EXPORT: Creating new copies from Lightroom 254 <
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Basic export workflow 255 <
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Export methods 255 <
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What to do before exporting 256 <
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Email photos 258 <
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Working in the Export window 260 <
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Export To: 261 <
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Export Location 262 <
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File Naming 263 <
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Video 265 <
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File Settings 266 <
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Image Sizing 270 <
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Output sharpening 273 <
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Metadata 274 <
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Watermarking 275 <
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Working in the Watermark Editor 275 <
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Post-Processing 278 <
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Export presets 279 <
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Burn a CD/DVD 280 <
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Export plug-ins 281 <
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Publish Services: Synchronize your photocollections 282 <
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Publish to Flickr 283 <
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Publish to Hard Drive 285 <
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Changing Publish Services settings 287 <
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Edit In other programs 289 <
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Edit in Photoshop 291 <
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Open as Photoshop Smart Objects 292 <
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Next steps 294 <
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06 Map 297 <
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MAP: Plot your photo locations with GPS coordinates 298 <
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Working with photos that already have GPS data 300 <
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Adding GPS coordinates to photos using the map 300 <
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Adding GPS coordinates to photos using a tracklog 300 <
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Navigator 301 <
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Saved Locations 301 <
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Collections 303 <
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Metadata 303 <
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Map display 304 <
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Location Filter 306 <
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Map Toolbar 306 <
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Sync Metadata 310 <
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Keeping your location data private 310 <
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Next steps 310 <
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07 Book 313 <
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BOOK: Design and order photo books in Lightroom 314 <
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Publish a book 314 <
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Create a new book with a custom layout 316 <
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Preview panel 318 <
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Collections: Create and manage Saved Books 319 <
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Book previews 320 <
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Book Toolbar 321 <
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Book Filmstrip 322 <
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Book Preferences 323 <
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Book Settings 324 <
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About Book templates 325 <
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Auto Layout: Create a book with one click 325 <
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Working in the Auto Layout Preset Editor 326 <
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Page panel: Add or change pages 328 <
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Guides 331 <
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Cell panel 332 <
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Text panel: Add text to photos and pages 334 <
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Type: Style your text 336 <
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Background panel 339 <
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About covers 341 <
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Create Saved Book 342 <
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Send Book to Blurb 346 <
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Next steps 347 <
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08 Slideshow 349 <
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SLIDESHOW: Present your photos and videos on screen 350 <
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Make a Slideshow 351 <
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Preview 351 <
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Template Browser 352 <
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Collections 354 <
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Slideshow Toolbar 355 <
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Options 356 <
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Layout 358 <
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Overlays 359 <
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Backdrop 364 <
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Titles 366 <
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Playback 367 <
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Preview and Play Your Slideshow 369 <
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Impromptu Slideshow 370 <
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Create Saved Slideshow 371 <
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Exporting Slideshows 371 <
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Next steps 373 <
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09 Print 375 <
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PRINT: Make professional prints yourself or at alab 376 <
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Making a print 377 <
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Preview 378 <
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Template Browser 378 <
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Collections 380 <
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Page Setup 381 <
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Main preview area 382 <
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Print Toolbar 382 <
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Layout Style 382 <
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Single Image / Contact Sheet 383 <
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Image Settings 384 <
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Layout 384 <
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Guides 386 <
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Page 387 <
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Picture Package 389 <
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Image Settings 391 <
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Rulers, Grid & Guides 391 <
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Cells 392 <
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Page 393 <
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Custom Package 394 <
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Print Job 395 <
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Print and Printer    400 <
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Print to JPEG File 401 <
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Create Saved Print 403 <
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Print troubleshooting 403 <
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Next steps 405 <
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10 Web 407 <
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WEB: Create browser-based photo galleries 408 <
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Build a Lightroom Web Gallery 409 <
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Preview panel 409 <
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Template Browser 409 <
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Collections 411 <
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Main preview area 413 <
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Web Toolbar 413 <
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Layout Style 414 <
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Find More Galleries Online 415 <
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Customize your Web gallery 416 <
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Site Info 416 <
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Color Palette 419 <
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Appearance 420 <
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Image Info 423 <
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Output Settings 425 <
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Upload Settings 426 <
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Create Saved Web Gallery 428 <
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Preview in Browser 429 <
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Export    429 <
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Upload 430 <
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Next steps 431 <
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11 Catalog 433 <
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WORKING WITH LIGHTROOM CATALOGS: Advanced photo managementtechniques 434 <
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Catalog Settings 435 <
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Catalog backups 439 <
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Maintaining catalog integrity 442 <
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Upgrading catalogs 444 <
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Using multiple catalogs 445 <
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Export as Catalog 448 <
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Import from Catalog 449 <
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Working with Lightroom on multiple computers 451 <
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Road Trip Workflow 452 <
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Next steps 455 <
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Favorite Shortcuts 458 <
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Appendix 459 <
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Index 473