The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 book: the complete guide for photographers

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
1 Introducing Adobe Photoshop Lightroom......Page 22
  Modular Design......Page 23
  Lightroom Performance......Page 24
  The Lightroom Workflow......Page 26
 What You’ll Need......Page 29
 Installing Lightroom......Page 30
  Single Vs. Multiple Catalogs......Page 31
  Lightroom Preferences......Page 32
  Customizing the Identity Plate and Appearance......Page 35
  Help Menu......Page 38
 Introducing the Lightroom Interface......Page 39
  Importing the Photos Into Lightroom......Page 43
  Viewing Photos in the Library Module......Page 45
  Simplifying the Interface......Page 47
  Zooming in......Page 49
  Working in the Develop Module......Page 50
  Synchronizing Develop Settings......Page 51
  Reviewing and Rating the Photos......Page 52
  Making Contact Sheet Prints......Page 53
  Reviewing the Final Shortlist in Survey Mode......Page 54
  Dimming the Lights......Page 55
  Saving the Shortlisted Photos As a Collection......Page 56
  Retouching a Photograph in Lightroom......Page 57
  Editing a Copy in Photoshop......Page 58
  Creating a Web Photo Gallery......Page 59
  Making a Final Print......Page 60
  Exporting the Edited Photos......Page 61
 Working Through the Book......Page 62
2 Importing Photos......Page 64
 Importing Images From a Card......Page 65
  Copy As Dng, Copy, Move, or Add?......Page 69
  Expanded Import Dialog......Page 70
  Planning Where to Store Your Imported Photos......Page 79
  Updating Dng Files......Page 80
  Adding Photos From a Folder to the Catalog......Page 81
  Importing Photos Via Drag and Drop......Page 83
  Importing Video Files......Page 85
  Auto Imports......Page 86
  Importing Photos Directly From the Camera......Page 87
  Image Management By Metadata......Page 93
3 Navigating the Library Module......Page 96
 The Library Module Panels......Page 97
  Folders Panel......Page 99
  Filter Bar......Page 100
  Grid View Options......Page 101
  Library Grid Navigation......Page 103
  Working in Loupe View......Page 105
  About the Lightroom Previews......Page 111
  Working in Survey View......Page 115
  Navigating Photos Via the Filmstrip......Page 121
  Working With a Dual-Display Setup......Page 123
  Rating Images Using Picks and Rejects......Page 127
  Rating Images Using Numbered Star Ratings......Page 129
  Working With Color Labels......Page 131
  Filtering Photos in the Catalog......Page 133
  Subfolder Filtering......Page 140
  Grouping Photos Into Stacks......Page 141
  Image Selection Options......Page 143
  Removing and Deleting Photos......Page 144
4 Managing Photos in the Library Module......Page 146
  The Different Types of Metadata......Page 147
  A Quick Image Search Using Metadata......Page 149
  Metadata Panel View Modes......Page 153
  General and Exif Metadata Items......Page 155
  Custom Information Metadata......Page 161
  Metadata Editing and Target Photos......Page 167
  Keywording and Keyword List Panels......Page 171
  The Painter Tool......Page 181
  Filter Bar......Page 184
  Text Filter Searches......Page 185
  Metadata Filter Searches......Page 188
  Locating Missing Photos......Page 191
  Custom Filter Settings......Page 192
  Collections......Page 197
  Collections Sets......Page 201
  Publishing Photos Via Lightroom......Page 202
  Saving and Reading Metadata......Page 206
  Synchronizing Iptc Metadata Settings......Page 214
  Sorting Images......Page 217
  Audio File Playback......Page 221
  Gps Metadata and Linking to Google Earth™......Page 222
  How to Embed Gps Metadata in a Photo......Page 225
5 Working With Catalogs......Page 234
 About Lightroom Catalogs......Page 235
  Creating and Opening Catalogs......Page 236
  Exporting Catalogs......Page 238
  Opening and Importing Catalogs......Page 240
  Copying a Catalog to Another Computer......Page 242
  A Catalog Export and Import in Action......Page 243
  How to Merge Two Catalogs Into One......Page 247
 The Catalog/Folders Relationship......Page 256
  Adding New Folders......Page 258
  Finding the Link From the Catalog to a Folder......Page 261
6 Develop Module Image Editing......Page 264
  Smarter Image Processing......Page 265
  Process Versions......Page 267
  Calibrating and Profiling the Display......Page 268
  White Point and Gamma......Page 269
  Steps to Successful Calibration and Profiling......Page 270
  Quick Develop Controls......Page 273
  Quick Develop Cropping......Page 279
  Synchronizing Develop Settings......Page 280
  Raw or Jpeg?......Page 281
 The Develop Module Interface......Page 283
  Develop Module Cropping......Page 285
  Crop Guide Overlays......Page 290
  Cancelling a Crop......Page 292
  The Tool Overlay Options......Page 293
  Histogram Panel......Page 294
  Basic Panel Controls......Page 295
  Basic Image Adjustment Procedure......Page 297
  White Balance Tool......Page 298
  Basic Adjustments and the Histogram Panel......Page 303
  Vibrance and Saturation......Page 310
  Clarity Slider......Page 313
  Correcting An Overexposed Image......Page 317
  Correcting An Underexposed Image......Page 319
  Match Total Exposures......Page 321
  Tone Curve Controls......Page 323
  The Tone Curve Zones......Page 327
  Combining Basic and Tone Curve Adjustments......Page 329
  Hsl / Color / B&W Panel......Page 337
  Lens Corrections Panel......Page 343
  Effects Panel......Page 355
  Adding Grain to Images......Page 359
  Camera Calibration Panel......Page 361
  Comparing Before and After Versions......Page 369
  Spot Removal Tool......Page 375
  Synchronized Spotting......Page 379
  Localized Adjustments......Page 385
  Graduated Filter Tool......Page 397
  History Panel......Page 400
  Snapshots Panel......Page 401
  Making Virtual Copies......Page 405
  Synchronizing Develop Settings......Page 407
  Lightroom and Camera Raw......Page 409
  Copying and Pasting Develop Settings......Page 413
  Saving Develop Settings As Presets......Page 415
  How to Set Default Camera Develop Settings......Page 423
7 The Art of Black and White......Page 426
  Black-and-White Develop Controls......Page 427
  Black-and-White Conversion Options......Page 429
  Temperature Slider Conversions......Page 431
  Auto B&W Plus White Balance Adjustments......Page 433
  Manual B&W Adjustments......Page 437
  Black-and-White Infrared Effect......Page 439
  Split Toning Panel......Page 443
  Hsl Panel: Desaturated Color Adjustments......Page 447
8 Sharpening and Noise Reduction......Page 452
 Capture Sharpen for a Sharp Start......Page 453
  Improved Lightroom 3 Raw Image Processing......Page 454
  Sharpen Preset Settings......Page 456
  Sample Sharpening Image......Page 459
  The Sharpening Effect Sliders......Page 460
  The Suppression Controls......Page 465
  How to Apply Sharpening Adjustments......Page 471
  Creative Sharpening With the Adjustment Tools......Page 473
  Noise Reduction......Page 475
9 The Photoshop Connection......Page 480
  The Edit in Photoshop Options......Page 481
  Photoshop As a Sandwich Filler for Lightroom......Page 489
  Extended Editing in Photoshop......Page 493
  Export Location......Page 501
  File Naming and File Settings......Page 505
  Image Sizing......Page 507
  Metadata......Page 509
  Watermarking......Page 510
  Post-Processing......Page 512
  Adding Export Actions in Lightroom......Page 513
  Export Plug-Ins......Page 517
  Photomatix Pro Export Plug-in......Page 518
  Exporting Catalog Images to a Cd or Dvd......Page 520
10 Printing......Page 522
  The Print Module......Page 523
  Image Settings Panel......Page 525
  Layout Panel......Page 528
  Guides Panel......Page 530
  Multiple-Cell Printing......Page 531
  Page Panel......Page 533
  Picture Package and Custom Package Panels......Page 539
  Page Setup......Page 547
  Print Job Panel......Page 549
  Print to Jpeg File......Page 555
  Custom Profile Printing......Page 556
  Saving a Custom Template......Page 560
11 Presenting Your Work......Page 562
 The Slideshow Module......Page 563
  The Slide Editor View in the Content Area......Page 565
  Layout Panel......Page 566
  Options Panel......Page 567
  Overlays Panel......Page 569
  Backdrop Panel......Page 575
  How to Create a Novelty Slideshow Template......Page 577
  Titles Panel......Page 581
  Playback Panel......Page 582
  Preview and Play......Page 583
  Template Browser Panel......Page 584
  Exporting a Slideshow......Page 585
 The Web Module......Page 589
  Layout Style Panel......Page 591
  Color Palette Panel......Page 599
  Appearance Panel......Page 601
  Image Info Panel......Page 606
  Output Settings Panel......Page 611
  Image Appearance in Slideshow and Web Modules......Page 612
  Exporting a Web Gallery......Page 613
  Uploading a Web Gallery......Page 614
  Template Browser Panel......Page 618
Appendix A: Lightroom Preferences......Page 620
  Updates......Page 621
 Presets Preferences......Page 622
 External Editing Preferences......Page 625
  Import Dng Creation......Page 627
  Convert and Export Dng Options......Page 630
  Camera Raw Cache......Page 631
 Interface Preferences......Page 632
Appendix B: Lightroom Settings......Page 638
  The Lightroom Preference File......Page 639
  Accessing Saved Template Settings......Page 640
  The Catalog Database File......Page 641
  Journal File......Page 643
  Lightroom Previews Data......Page 644
  Thumbnail Processing Routines......Page 645
 Customizing the Lightroom Contents......Page 647
 The Lightroom Rgb Space......Page 649
  Rgb Previews......Page 651
  Graphics Card......Page 654
  Hard Drives......Page 655
  Drive Configurations......Page 656
  The Ideal System?......Page 658
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