The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 book for digital photographers

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 9
CHAPTER 1 Importing GETTING YOUR PHOTOS INTO LIGHTROOM......Page 16
Before You Do Anything, Choose Where to Store Your Photos......Page 17
Next, Do This: Set Up Your Folder Organization (It\'s Really Important)......Page 18
Getting Photos from Your Camera Into Lightroom......Page 20
Importing Photos Already on Your Computer......Page 31
Save Time Importing Using Import Presets (and a Compact View)......Page 33
Importing Video from Your DSLR......Page 35
Shooting Tethered (Go Straight from Your Camera, Right Into Lightroom)......Page 37
Creating Your Own Custom File Naming Templates......Page 41
Choosing Your Preferences for Importing Photos......Page 45
The Adobe DNG File Format Advantage......Page 48
Creating Your Own Custom Metadata (Copyright) Templates......Page 49
Four Things You\'ll Want to Know Now About Getting Around Lightroom......Page 51
Viewing Your Imported Photos......Page 53
Using Lights Dim, Lights Out, and Other Viewing Modes......Page 55
CHAPTER 2 Library HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR PHOTOS......Page 62
Folders and Why I Don\'t Mess with Them (This Is Really Important!)......Page 63
Sorting Your Photos Using Collections......Page 67
Organizing Multiple Shoots Using Collection Sets......Page 79
Using Smart Collections for Automatic Organization......Page 81
When to Use a Quick Collection Instead......Page 83
Adding Specific Keywords for Advanced Searching......Page 85
Renaming Photos Already in Lightroom......Page 89
Adding Copyright Info, Captions, and Other Metadata......Page 90
If Your Camera Supports GPS, Prepare to Amaze Your Friends......Page 93
Finding Photos Fast!......Page 95
Creating and Using Multiple Catalogs......Page 99
From Laptop to Desktop: Syncing Catalogs on Two Computers......Page 101
Backing Up Your Catalog (This Is VERY Important)......Page 104
Relinking Missing Photos......Page 106
Dealing with Disasters......Page 108
CHAPTER 3 Customizing HOW TO SET UP THINGS YOUR WAY......Page 114
Choosing What You See in Loupe View......Page 115
Choosing What You See in Grid View......Page 117
Make Working with Panels Faster & Easier......Page 121
Using Two Monitors with Lightroom......Page 122
Choosing What the Filmstrip Displays......Page 126
Adding Your Studio\'s Name or Logo for a Custom Look......Page 127
CHAPTER 4 Editing Essentials HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR PHOTOS......Page 134
Upgrading from an Earlier Version of Lightroom? Read This First!......Page 135
Making Your RAW Photos Look More Like JPEGs......Page 137
Setting the White Balance......Page 139
Setting Your White Balance Live While Shooting Tethered......Page 144
Seeing Befores and Afters......Page 146
Applying Changes Made to One Photo to Other Photos......Page 147
How to Set Your Overall Exposure......Page 149
Adding \"Punch\" to Your Images Using Clarity......Page 155
Making Your Colors More Vibrant......Page 156
Using the Tone Curve to Add Contrast......Page 157
Adjusting Individual Colors Using HSL......Page 162
Adding Vignette Effects......Page 164
Getting That Trendy, Gritty High- Contrast Look......Page 168
Virtual Copies—The \"No Risk\" Way to Experiment......Page 170
Editing a Bunch of Photos at Once Using Auto Sync......Page 172
Save Your Favorite Settings as One- Click Presets......Page 173
Using the Library Module\'s Quick Develop Panel......Page 177
Adding a Film Grain Look......Page 179
CHAPTER 5 Local Adjustments HOW TO EDIT JUST PART OF YOUR IMAGES......Page 184
Dodging, Burning, and Adjusting Individual Areas of Your Photo......Page 185
Five More Things You Should Know About Lightroom\'s Adjustment Brush......Page 192
Getting Creative Effects Using the Adjustment Brush......Page 193
Retouching Portraits......Page 195
Fixing Skies (and Other Stuff) with a Gradient Filter......Page 197
CHAPTER 6 Problem Photos FIXING COMMON PROBLEMS......Page 202
Fixing Backlit Photos (Using Fill Light)......Page 203
Reducing Noise......Page 205
Undoing Changes Made in Lightroom......Page 207
Cropping Photos......Page 209
Lights Out Cropping Rocks!......Page 212
Straightening Crooked Photos......Page 213
Great Trick for \"Dust Spotting\" Your Photos......Page 215
Removing Spots and Other Nasty Junk......Page 216
Removing Red Eye......Page 220
Fixing Lens Distortion Problems......Page 221
Fixing Edge Vignetting......Page 225
Sharpening Your Photos......Page 226
Fixing Chromatic Aberrations (a.k. a. That Annoying Color Fringe)......Page 231
Basic Camera Calibration in Lightroom......Page 232
CHAPTER 7 Exporting Images SAVING JPEGS, TIFFS, AND MORE......Page 236
Saving Your Photos as JPEGs......Page 237
Adding a Watermark to Your Images......Page 245
Emailing Photos from Lightroom......Page 249
Exporting Your Original RAW Photo......Page 253
Publish Your Images with Just Two Clicks......Page 255
CHAPTER 8 Jumping to Photoshop HOW AND WHEN TO DO IT......Page 264
Choosing How Your Files Are Sent to Photoshop......Page 265
How to Jump Over to Photoshop, and How to Jump Back......Page 266
Adding Photoshop Automation to Your Lightroom Workflow......Page 274
Double-Processing by Opening Photos in Photoshop as a Smart Object......Page 280
Stitching Panoramas Using Photoshop......Page 285
Creating HDR Images in Photoshop......Page 288
CHAPTER 9 In Black & White CONVERTING FROM COLOR TO BLACK AND WHITE......Page 294
How to Find Which Photos Might Look Great as Black-and-Whites......Page 295
Better Black and White By Doing It Yourself......Page 297
How to Tweak Individual Areas When You Convert to Black and White......Page 301
The Trick for Getting Great-Looking Duotones (Plus Split Toning)......Page 304
CHAPTER 10 Slideshow CREATING PRESENTATIONS OF YOUR WORK......Page 310
Creating a Quick, Basic Slide Show......Page 311
Customizing the Look of Your Slide Show......Page 315
Getting Creative with Photo Backgrounds......Page 321
Working with Drop Shadows and Strokes......Page 327
Adding Additional Lines of Text and Watermarking......Page 328
Adding Opening and Closing Title Slides......Page 329
Adding Background Music......Page 331
Choosing Your Slide Duration and Fade Length......Page 333
Sharing Your Slide Show......Page 334
CHAPTER 11 The Big Print PRINTING YOUR PHOTOS......Page 338
Printing Individual Photos......Page 339
Creating Multi-Photo Contact Sheets......Page 343
Creating Custom Layouts Any Way You Want Them......Page 351
Adding Text to Your Print Layouts......Page 355
Printing Multiple Photos on One Page......Page 357
Saving Your Custom Layouts as Templates......Page 362
Having Lightroom Remember Your Last Printing Layouts......Page 363
Creating Backscreened Wedding Book Pages......Page 365
The Final Print and Color Management Settings......Page 371
Saving Your Page Layout as a JPEG......Page 379
Adding Custom Borders to Your Prints......Page 381
Here Are Some of My Own Print Layouts for You to Use......Page 384
CHAPTER 12 Web Galleries GETTING YOUR PHOTOS ON THE WEB......Page 396
Building a Quick, Simple, Online Photo Gallery......Page 397
Adding an Email or Website Link......Page 401
Customizing Your Gallery Layout......Page 403
Changing the Colors of Your Gallery......Page 407
Using Cooler Flash Templates......Page 409
Putting Your New Gallery on the Web......Page 411
CHAPTER 13 My Portrait Workflow MY STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS FROM THE SHOOT TO THE FINAL PRINT......Page 416
Workflow Step One: It All Starts with the Shoot......Page 417
Workflow Step Two: Right After the Shoot, Do This First......Page 419
Workflow Step Three: Finding the \"Keepers\" & Making a Collection......Page 420
Workflow Step Four: Editing Your Selects......Page 423
Workflow Step Five: Letting Your Clients Proof on the Web......Page 425
Workflow Step Six: Making the Final Tweaks & Working with Photoshop......Page 427
Workflow Step Seven: Delivering the Finished Images......Page 433
CHAPTER 14 7-Point System MY SEVEN POINTS IN LIGHTROOM......Page 438
The 7-Point System: Project One......Page 439
The 7-Point System: Project Two......Page 444
The 7-Point System: Project Three......Page 449
The 7-Point System: Project Four......Page 453
Where to Go Next for More Lightroom Learning......Page 457
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