Adobe Lightroom Basics

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Lightroom Overview

Supported File Formats

Lightroom can support these 5 image formats - Camera rawformats, Digital Negative format, TIFF format, JPEG format,

or Photoshop format (PSD) - (Layered PSD files must be saved

with the Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility preference on.)

Setting Up Preferences

There are a few preferences that can be set before you begin. Choose

Lightroom>Preferences to access these.

General Preferences: Default Library - This allows you to choose a

different library (if necessary), but keeping it on Load Most Recent

Library will keep you from going crazy finding which library you used.

Import: Sets preferences for importing files, extensions and file preview

External Editors: Allows you to edit photos in Photoshop rather

than in Lightroom

File Handling: An important preference that helps keep file

naming clean and consistent especially if the end use is for

something outside your computer, like in a database where non-

conforming characters can be an issue.

Interface: Set the look and feel of Lightroom as well as some

helpful Filmstrip preferences.

Identity Plate Set up: Setting up your Indentity Plate is doneunder the Lightroom menu. Choose Identity Plate Set up and define

the parameters and click OK. This will allow you to personalize the

interface by choosing the font and size of some of the interface.

Creating Catalogs

In Lightroom, you can create catalogs of images for a project or an

event that can be kept separate from all the other images you work

on. To create a new catalog, choose File>New Catalog. Only onecatalog can be open at a time. Lightroom can back up Catalogs once

a week onto your hard drive (this is optional).

Keyboard Shortcuts

These is no list of shortcuts that Lightroom allows you to print, BUTthey do have a great way to bring up all the short cuts depending

on what module you are in.

COMMAND + ? will bring an overlay of the shortcuts up on screen;

click on the shortcuts and they will go away.

Lightroom Icons

There are 3 Lightroom icons that appear on images if edits have

been made:

Keyword Icon if any keywords have been applied to the image.

Crop Icon if any images are cropped.

Develop Icon if any adjustments have been applied.

Collections

Collections are a way to gather photos for performing a variety of tasks

without having to make a separate catalog of images.

Create a Collection in Library Mode - select images in the Filmstripand right-click on the images and choose Add to Quick Collection. This

will show a circle icon in the upper right of all the images in that

collection. You can also create a Quick Collection by hovering over an image

and simply clicking on the circle icon in the upper right of the image.

To save the collections choose File>Save Quick Collection and it will

save the collection in the Collections Panel on the left side of the Library.

You can create a slide show or web site from this Quick Collection and

when done, you can delete the Collection (but this doesnt delete the

images from Lightroom).


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The panels on the right side letyou view the histogram of a

selected photo, add metadata

and keywords photos. The Quick

Develop does just that, it lets you

apply simple adjustments to

photo(s) within the Library

module.

Lightroom Library

The panels on the left side are forsearching, zooming in, comparing

and viewing specific photos.

You can search for photos by

keyword tags, metadata, file type

or by date.

The main viewing options are

located at the bottom of theLibrary Module above the FilmStrip

area. They are:

Grid view (G)- Displays photos

as thumbnails in cells, which can

be viewed in different sizes by

using the thumbnail slider.

Loupe view (E)- Displays a single photo. Controls let you view the

entire photo or zoom in to see part of it. Zoom levels up to 11:1 are

available in the upper

left corner of the

Library Module under the Navigator Panel. Double-Click, pressReturn, or press Space Bar to enter in and get out of Loupe View.

Compare view (C) - Displays photos side-by-side so that you can

evaluate them. Select 2 or more images and go into compare

mode to compare. These can be Linked to zoom together.

Survey view - Displays the active photo with selected photos so

that you can evaluate them. The active photo has a Selected Photo

icon and the other photos have a Deselect Photo icon.

View Options

Painter - (available in Grid view only) lets you apply keywords or

other attributes quickly by spraying the Painter tool across photos.

Sorting - (available in Grid view only) Specifies the sort direction or

sorting criteria for displaying the photo thumbnails.

Rating - Applies or removes rating stars for selected photos.

Pick - Applies or removes a Pick or Rejected flag for selected photos.

Color Label - Applies or removes color labels for selected photos.

Rotate - Rotates selected photos clockwise or counterclockwise.

Navigate - Selects the previous or next image.

Slideshow - Plays an impromptu slideshow of the photos.

Zoom - (available in Loupe view only) Zooms the view in or out.

Info - Displays the selected photos filename in the information panel.

Filter Options

Below the thumbnail view is a Filter Bar that allows you to click on

Accept or Reject Flags, Rating Stars and Color Highlights as a way of

searching through your images. These Filter icons do not apply these

settings to the images, it simply filters them if these settings are

applied. The switch on the end shuts the filter off.

The Library module is where you can view, sort, manage, organize, compare, and rate your photos using the Lightroom Tools.


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The panels on the right side letyou control the options for laying

out the slide, image sizes, colors,

drop shadows, text, and apply

music or a sound track.

Lightroom Slideshow

The panels on the left side are forpreviewing the options that are

applied and accessing default

templates and create your own.

The Slideshow module

contains these panels:

Preview - Displays the layout of

a template with a thumbnailpreview. Moving the pointer over

the template name displays its

page layout in the Preview.

TemplateBrowser - Selects or

previews the slide layout for

photos.

Options - Determines how the photos appear in the slide layout,

and whether they have a border or cast shadow.

Layout - Customizes the page layout by specifying the size of the

image cell in the slide template. You can adjust the margins to

change the size of the image on the page.

Overlays - Specifies the text and other objects that are displayed

in the slide with the photo.- The identity plate is for your own bit of flair on the slide. It can be

edited by clicking on drop down arrow on the identity to set the

font and size.

- Ratings can be applied to the slide as viewing options set

- Simple text overlays such as page numbers or user-generated

text can be added to each slide and the options for how that text

will appear can be adjusted. Font and size can be specified here.

Backdrop - Specifies the colors or image behind the photo on

each slide. You can apply a color wash (a gradient) or apply a

background image and fade it back as a backdrop for all the slides

The Slideshow module lets you create a slideshow that can viewed in Lightroom or exported as an Acrobat PDF that can be viewed as

presentation with transitions.

Playback - Specifies how long each slide is displayed in the

presentation, the duration of the transition between slides,

whether music plays with the slideshow, and whether to present

the photos in random order.

- Audio files can be MP3s and can added directly from iTunes

- Slideshows with audio when exported as a PDF no longer

contain the music or audio files

Slide duration can be set for how long the slide is shown and howlong or short the fade between slides is. Slides can also be played in

random order.

Slide commands

Under the Play menu are

a list of commands for

playing a slide show.You can select specific

photos to make a slide

show or include all the

images in the collection


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The panels on the left side let youuse default templates and preview

page layouts.

The panels on the right side letsyou modify the printing template,

set image settings, control the

page layout, page look and feel

and printing management.

Lightroom Print

The Print module contains these panels: Preview - Displays the layout of a template. Moving the pointer

over a template name in the Template Browser displays that

templates page layout in the Preview panel.

Template Browser - Selects or previews the layout for printing

photos. Templates are organized into folders that include

Lightroom presets and user-defined templates.

- To create a new user defined template, set the page set up and

style the way you would like, click the Add button, and save the

template. That newly created template will reside under the User

Templates

Image Settings - Determines how the photos fill the cells in a

page layout.

Layout - Lets you customize the page layout by specifying the size

and distribution of cells within the page margins.

Overlays - Specifies the text and other items that get printed with

the photos.

Print Job - Specifies the print resolution, color management, and

sharpening.

The Print module lets you specify the page layout and print options for printing photos and contact sheets printing settings.

To add images to a Template, choose the template or define your

own, and click on the image thumbnails in the Filmstrip section at

the bottom of the main window. This will add any images you select

to the layout you have created. You can create multiple pages with a

layout by choosing multiple images, the layout will automatically

accommodate all the images.

NOTE: Once you create a user-defined template, any additionaledits you make DO NOT apply to that template, you must right click

on the template and

choose Update with

Current Settings in

order for that

template to mirror

your current changes!


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The panels on the right side letyou modify existing templates,

adding text to web pages, setting

up the web gallery.

The panels on the left side let youuse and create templates and

preview the page layouts

Lightroom Web

The Web module contains these panels:

Preview - Displays the layout of a template. An icon on the

lower-left side of the panel indicates whether the template is for a

Lightroom HTML gallery or Lightroom Flash gallery .

Template Browser - Displays a list of web photo gallery

templates. Moving the pointer over the template names displays

its page layout in the Preview.

Gallery - Selects the default Lightroom Flash Gallery or LightroomHTML Gallery templates. Galleries done in Flash will have a ghost

Flash Icon on the Main Window to let you know it is done using

Flash.

Site Info - Specifies the title of your web photo gallery, the

collection title and description, contact information, and the Web

or mail link.

Color Palette - Specifies the colors for text, web-pagebackground, cells, rollover, grid lines, and index numbers.

Appearance - Specifies the image cell layout (for a Lightroom

HTML gallery), page layout (for a Lightroom Flash gallery), and

whether an identity plate appears on the web pages. You can also

add drop shadows and define section borders.

Image Info - Specifies the text displayed with the image

previews.

The Web module lets you specify the page layout of the web site.

Output Settings - Specifies the maximum pixel dimension of the

photos and JPEG quality, and whether to add a copyrightwatermark.

Upload Settings - Specifies upload settings to send your web

gallery to a server.

Preview In Browser - Exports your web gallery for viewing in

your default browser.

Upload or Export your SiteOnce your site is created you can export your site to a folder on your

computer or click on the Upload button to upload to your web

host. To Set your FTP Upload settings, choose the Custom

Settings>Edit from the Upload Panel on the right side. Enter in

the server name, user name and password to access the web

server that it will be hosted on.


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Lightroom Preferences COMMAND + ?


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File Library

View

Edit

Window Slide Show

Lightroom Menus


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Lightroom Notes

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