NOLAN HESTER

Visual QUic:kSta rt Guide

Adobe Photos hop Lightroom 2

Nolan lIester

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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE

Introduction IX

Chapter 1: Lightroom 2 Overview 1

Chapter 2 : Importing Images 13

Chapter 3: Navigat ing the Library 35 ,.... 0 z ...

Chapter 4: Organizing and Reviewing Images 55 ~ z ... ..

Chapter 5: Using Keywords ~ • Chapter 6: Finding and Collect ing Images 95 '" ~ •

Chapter 7: Developing Images z

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Chapter 8: Making local Image Adju stments 155

Chapter 9: Creating Slideshows and Web Galleries 167

Chapler 10: Mak ing Prints 187

Cha pter 11: Exportin g Images '99

Index 211

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Chapter 6: Finding and Collecting Images 95

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Chapter 7: Developing Images 123

Chapter 8:

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Making Qu lGk Fi x~5 ................... • ........ 124

Working in t he Develop (\·Iodule. , ... . .. . .. .. .. . 129

Creating Virtuul Copies . . ,., . .. . , .... , . .. . , .... 130

U!:'ing t he Prel>Cts Panel .... . .... . .. . .... ... .... 13 1

Using I he S Ilapshot a nd H lSi ol'y Pa nels .. .... . .. 134

Making Basic AdJll sllll~n l s . ... .. .. . . .. . .... . . .. 136 Ad jusli ng Tone Curves . . . ..... . . . , . . , . , . . . .. . .. H I

Using t he 115 1. a nd Color Panels . ... ....... . .... 14:\

U"lng t he G rayscale ~Ind Splil TOiling Panel" . ... 145 USing t he DetAil Panel .. , , .. .. , ' , . .. " .. , . , .. . , 150

Making Local Image Adjustments 155 Using t he Crop Overlay Tool. .. , , , .. . , , .. , . , .. . . 156

Using t he Spot Re moval Tool , .... . ....... . ..... 158

Using t he Red Eye Correctio n Tool ............. 160

Usin g t he GroJu:. teJ Filter ......... . ........... 16 1

Using t he Adju stme n t Brush .. .. " ... .. . ,. , .... 164

Creating Stideshows and Web Galleries Select i ng a nd Order! Ilg Photos .. ... ............ 168

Using t he Slideshow Module, . . . .. . ...... . .. . .. 169

ChOOSi ng Slidcshow St: tl ins~ . . .. .. . . .... . . ... .. 171

Sett ing Slideshow Playback ... . . . . , ....... . .... 177

Creating \Veb Galle r ie..~ . .. . . . .. . . . . . . .... . ...... 180

Choosing Web Gulle ry Settings, . , ... . , .. . .. . . . . 182

Previewing and Uplnndmg ft VVeb Galler y . . . . , . . 18 1

Chapter 10: Making Prints Sett ing Up to I'nnt ." ... , ..... , ... , . . ..... .. ... 188

Choosing :t Basic I)rintli:mplat e , ., ............ 189

Custo rni zi llga Print Telllplnte .. , ... . . , ... . .. . . . 19 1

Choosing Prin t S<l ltings .. .... . . . . .. , .... , ...... 19~

SAving a Cllst0 1l1 Template ..... .... ...... . ..... 195

Printing Pholo~ . . , .... .. . .... .. ..• ..•... .. ..... 196

Chapter 11: Exporting Images 199 Add ing Exporl Plug. ins .... .. . . . . . ,. , . , . ... . , .. 205

1\ !.~sh i I1 g Ligh! room and J> hotoshnp ....... . .... 207

Index 211

IGHTROOM

VERVIEW Welcome 10 !\dobe I'hotoshop LightToom. one of the best programs available fo r o rga­

nizing. correcting. and displaying your digital photos. Designed specificall)' for photogra­

phers. Lightroom combines t.he power of the origi nal Adobe Photoshop with a brand-new interface thai makes it easier than ever Lo

t np tha t power. Lightroom also makes it a snnp 10 import. sort. and track I he flood of images that can so quickly overwhelm digital

photographers.

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Develop Module lhe Develop module is where you make most of your adJusl menl!s 10 1 he selec.:1ed phOlo's appearance (Figure 1.6). As in other m od ­

ules. t he Navigator sits at the tllp of the l.eft. Pnne! Group and helps you move around within an enlarged photo. It also offers a preview of the effec.:1 of a ny of lightroom"s

Presets simply by rollmg your cursor over any Ilem In the list. lhe Delail panel. new in version 2. gives you un up-close view whi le

sti II leuvl ng u zoomed -out vie \" In the mul n window. essenli al for seeing the elTt.'c l,s of

sharpening and noise reduction.

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Roll cursorov~r p~sello pfflV/flW in Novi{Jolor

CHvelop Module Hi{JIlIi{Jhled in Module Picker

Hislogram Updoles In reol time as odjuslmflnlS applied

Figure 1.6 The Develop module is whefe you make most adjuSlmeots to the selected photo.

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roo/5lrip five 10015 lei you crop. fix spolS or ~eyr. apply grodlenl orbrush od;uSfmenIS.

Detail panel Use 10 we effeels ofadjur.tmflntr. In 5horpening 0' Nol!>l': Reduction panels

f lSUf. 1.1] These four triangles (ontlOl when you see Ihe Module Picker. Ihe RighI Panel Group. Ihe Filmstrip. and the Left Panel Group.

Figure 1.14 Oops: The default ".ion triangles make it eny 10 rtllch fOI a sc:roll bar (top) and, Instead, triner alUlnel to appear (bo ttom),

lightroom 2 Overview

Controlling Triangle Actions Fo ur a reas surround Light room's mai n

window: the ~ [oduJe Picker, I he Right Plmcl G roup. the Filmstrip, and the Left. Panel

G roup. When and how Ihey ap~ur is con­t rolled by fo ur triangles sitting at the center oflhe top, tight. hollom. and len boundaries

(Figure 1.13). By default. these four arcas appear and dlsnppear whenever you roll your cursor o nto or off of one Oflhe5e triangles. Light room calls it Auto [tide & Sho w. (lhls

does not happen w il II IIny o f the individual panels within the panel groups. just these fo ur.) 11w problem is that it 's easy to acci­dentally trigger this behavior by, fo r example,

trying 10 scrolllhrough rour mai n window ( I-"Igurc 1.1"), Avoid the problem by c hang­

ing the default action fo r each triangle.

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Importing Images Ifyou\'e already selup Lightroom to capture imported imagl.os-a!:i cxplainCtl ln the prevl·

ous section-the import dialog box apl>cIlrS wln:: n you connec t your digitnl camera or memory card. so skip 10 step 2 below. liowever. you n1so can manually lrigger an

im lml'l as explained below in step J. Jfyou already ha\'c a catalog of images that you wanlto imporl . pe rhaps from Lightroom's first version, sec "To import a Lighlroom vcr· slo n J catalog" 011 plIge27.

No matter which me thod you use. the first timc you Import images, you'lI ncccl to make a number of decisions abo ut the p rocess.

Oncc you c hoose you I' seuings. however. future Importsdon't take muc h time because

Ughtroom wil l use those same setti ngs.

To import images;

1. In the Library module. clie k the hll l)orl bulton in the Iower· len come r (Figurc 2.9).

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From the Me nu bar. choose File> Import Photos from Disk and naVigate to the

imllges you wunl o n one of rour hard d rives. If you wllnlto import every image in II fo lde r. select lt und choose Import All Pholos in Selected Folder, or sclect IndiVidual photos within B. folder and click

Choose (Figure 2. 1 0).

"' Nllvigate 10 a folder or individual imllges. sclt'Cl them. and elmg t he m into the G rid view orthe Llbm ry module ( Fi gu re 2. 11 ).

f llufe :a.9 One or three W.lYS to st.lrt importins, Click the Import bUllon in the libr.lry module.

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f ilure :a .10 To import rvery imllcr in II foldrr. selrd It li nd choose Im port All Photos In Selected folder (top). or you (lin srled individual photos within II foldrr .lnd click Choose [bottom).

fl rure l.U You also can selec t and dra,lmaces direct ly Inlo the Llbrllry's Grid view.

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FIgure 2.21 The 04Nelop SeUings lei VOu apply a chanle to aU thl! imported photos. However, it 's more fle~jble to do this in the D4Nl!top module ilfter the Import .

Figure 2.22 ThoUlh usuilUy stiiO None, you (iln use the Meladala drop·down menu to apply metada ta during the import .

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Imporl ing Images

9 . in the info nnatio n Lo Apply section. use t he Develop Settings drop·do wn menu if you want 10 apply a partic ular sett ing 1.0 all t.he i rnported p hotos (Flgul'C 2.2 1), GcncralJ)·, it's more f1cxible to do this

a fte r import , using the Develop module. But il e nn sn\'c yo u limc if, fo rcl(nmplc, you d e finit ely want to make all the p ho los look like old· fnsh iom,'Cl sepin· to ne photos. (Fo r m o re info nnatiOll, sec ~Uslllg the Presets i'ancl~ 0 11 page 13 I ,)

10. Also in the info rmation to Apply sec· tio n, you can use the Mel.data drop·down

menu 10 create o r apply metadata 10 the import ed photos ( Figure 2,22), Uswl!ly

Ihis is seLlo No ne (see the third Tip 011 page 24), Ot.herwl se. choose New lind usc the New Metadata Preset dialo g box

to enter the info rmatio n you want to use (Figure 2.23). Click Create when you're done. a nd then choose your new p reset froOlthe I\letadata drop-dowfl menu.

(conIllWt:$ on ma l page)

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Using Catalogs Lighlroom 2 now makes it practical to keep all you r Images In a single catalog. Thal "S II welcome change from the first ,'crsion. which often forced photographers to spreud their photos across multiple Lightroom catalogs to avoid slowdowns.

If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Light room. see "To import it Lightroom version ! cat alog" on the next page. If you're starting fresh with \'ersion 2, Lighl rootll aut o­matically creates a new catalog the first tnnc you Import any photos. as aJn:!ady explained in "To import irn(lgcs' on page J 6. As you ndd

photos. that catalog keeps track of where the original images arc slored.

\Vhile lhcn~ is now 11:55 need 10 swilc;h among catalogs. you may need to do so when work­ing with cxl!5ting catalogs. (For more Infor­Illation. sec -To switch to another catalog" o n page 27.) 'lhe other simat ion where you'lI

switch c(ltalogs is when using multiple compute rs, such as a desl-.'1Op and laptop. You

so met Imcs can $idcstep Ihi51fyou store your original photos and the reln ted Llghtroom catalog on a n f!.I.lernal d rive. lhat way. you can move from thcdesktop machine to the

laptop simply by connecting the external drive to one o r t he o ther. (Adobe allows you

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to instal l t he Ughtroom progrom on a desk­top machine and your laptop.)

If you do not want to constant ly carry an external drive, however. you'll need to move UghlTOOm catalogs by exporti ng and import­

ing them. nlC roundtrip p rocess sounds morecomplieated than it is:

• I\t home o r the o llie c. export a catalog o f

photos from you r desktop machine if you need the m on the laptop while work-Ing on locatio n . Typically. you copy the

exported catnlog to the lnptop usi ng an externul drive, which sl llYS hehlnd wi th

the desktop mnchinc (Figure 2.29 ).

• In the field, you impo rt t hot catnlogon the laptop. If you do n't n(."Cd any clllalog

photos from the desktop machine. you jllst usc Lightroolll on the laplop to c ap­ture new photos shot on location.

• Back ho rneor III the offi ce. you export the laptop's catalog to an externnl d rive and imporl it back to t he desktop machi ne. For the step-by-step details. sec -To export photos as a catalog- on page 28 and -To

import from a cntalog- on page 30_

One last thing: lhe catalog acts as Lightroom's heart alld brain. so you need to

setup a regulnr schl,.-dule fo r backing It up. Sec - To sct catalog backups" on page 32.

Haure 2.29 U~ an u lernat hard drive wilen uporling or importins calatog$ from one computer lo .. notller.

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Imporl ing Images

6. Wlu:m the Import from CataJogdlaJog box appears. a ll the (olden: listed in the Catalog Contents wi ndow are checked (Figure 2.37 ~ Leave the File I-Iandli ng pop"up menu set to "Add new photos to catalog without moving" since t he photos already reside on yo uTcompute r's desk· top. Click Import .

A progress bar track s t he import. which can take seconds fo r a few photos o r sev­era) mlnuLes if you're CXI)()Tting 1.000-plu.'O photos. When the Import fi nishes. the iml)()Ttoo photos appea r In the Grid view. You can now work with the imporl l,.-cl photos as needed .

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• lightroom (I utomatically spo ts duplicate photos in the imporl cd catalog. such <IS

unchanged photos already on the laptop .

• When done working with the pho tos on your sL'Conrlnry co mputer. you can expo rt the catalog (and any changes in the photos). '(hen you can im l)()Tl lhe catalog back into your primary compute r.

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Using the Toolbar Lighlroom's tool bar, visible by default. rUlls

across the bollom of t he Library module's main window. lfYOlire working on (I laptop

di~pJa)" you may want to hide It sometimes to see more thumbnail im ages.

To turn off/on toolbar:

• From I he l\'lenu bar, choose View> Hide

TooJbar. If the tooJbnr is hidden. choose View> Show Toolbar (Figu re 3. 1).

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• Press the T on your keyboard. Irthe tool­bar IS viSible, it d isappears: 1 f its hidden, it reappears.

To set toolbar choices:

• Mnkc sure the tool bar is visible and click the t riangle at the right end of t he toolbar,

Use the pop-up menu to show or hide a part icular set of too Is (f'lgufe 3.2). Repeal for each of lhe II choices )·ou wan l to show or hide .

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While the tool bar can displny up to I I sets ofitems. to see them a ll youd need a really wide monit.o r or )"ouil ncl.od to collapse the side panel workgroups. It's more p ractical to tum on just those

you usc rcgularly.I\'ly own working sets for the Library module: View Modes . Sort ing. Flagging. and 111umbnail Size

(FIgure 3.3).

lhe toolbar settings can be set differently for each module. So you could turn 011 the Slides how sci for the Shdeshow mod­ule only.

:;:----, flrure ) .1 To show or hide Ihe loolbllr, (hoose View > Show Toolb.lIf/Hide Toolbllr. Or prus Ille T on your keyboard 10 losgle lion or off.

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f lrure ) .2. Un Ihe loolba,'s pop·up menu 10 show or hide a parlKular 1001 set.

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f1rure ).) 11"5 more prllclic.al to lurn on iuslille toolbllr ilems you use legularly .

Grid View Options

Show Grid Exlrt\5 is turned on by d efaull : deselect it if you want

to hide the extra informnt ion. Use the drop-down m e n u to c hoose Compact Cells or Expanded Cells. lhen sel lhe remaini ng c hC(:k boxcs and drop-down menus ( I;lgurc 3. J 0);

Opt ions : Select w hic h of the three o ptio ns you wont to appear. If you deselect Sho w clicknble II em s o n m ouse over on ly, the rotate and nag buttons appcaron all the thumbnails. Show image in fo tooltips helps you learn Lightroom's many Interface item s.

Cell Ico ns : Sec Figu re :\ .710 understand how the first Ihrt.."C Icons are uscd.lhe last. Unsaved Metadata. ale rts you when edits havc been m ade to an image but ha.'e not heen SQ,'cd back to the original Image.

Comp"el Cell Exlrll.'l! 'The Inde x Number is not applied to the actual photo: Its dlspl[lY si mply gh'cs you a re l[ltive se nse o f whe re you [Ire III a large grou p o f pho tos. l he Hotatlon buttons make it easy to correct

11 photo without I mveling down to the tool bar. Use t he Top Label and Bottom Label dro p-down m enus to choose from 30 information Items that can be displayed (1:lgurc 3. 12 ). I prefer to apply such labels

in the Loupe " iew to keep lhe thumbnails less clullered.

Expanded Cell Extras : l h ese c ho ices a []oweach thu mbnail to

dIsplay up to sIx ext ra it ems of info rill at ion. 111e dro p-down m e n us offer the same 30 choices found m the Compact Cell Extnl.S drop­down menus. All that ext ra Informatloll, however. means that you

cannot squec-le a s mnny thu mbnails in to U ght room's mat n wi ndow (F igures 3. 13, 3.1 ·1), However. you can always press t hej key to cycle frolll cOlllpacl to expanded cells.

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flJUre ),1'- The Expanded Ce ll view option offers lots of information extras, at tile (ost of sllowinl fewel thumbnails in a liven view.

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6 . To releasc the lock. click NOnllal o r Live in the 5(.'t;ond window o r right·cllck (Control·cllckon a Mac) another Image in the main window and choose Lock to Second Window from the drop..<Jown menu again. The previous Image is unlocked.

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In the Grid view orthe mai n window. click the Ii Ll.le Second Window but­

ton that appears on the locked image (Figure 3.27 ).1he image is unlocked.

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• You also can use the Mai n Window but· ton Just ubove I he Films! rip to quickly SWItch thaI view to full screen. with o r without the menu ba r.

• If you scl!ile scconJ monilor to full screen. the upper·leltli"t of \~ews also Includes a slideshow option (Figure 3.28).

• In step 3. you cnn toggle lhe S<!(:ond mon ito r in and out of 11 full ·screen view by pressing All / Opt ion.

• 'nle Second Window hutton retains it s

\u!>1 vicw. so you can just eli!;k it lhe next time you want it open. Or use Shi fi ·F II.

To turn off t he second library window:

• Down by the Filmstrip. dick the Second Window button agnin. Or use your key·

board: Shifi· FlI.

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f llllre ) .27 In the Grid view ohhe main window. dick the IIlIle:2 billion to II nlock wha t appea ls In the second window.

f lgllre ).28 If you set the second window to filII scrun. the u ppel·left list of views also incilides a slideshowoptlon.

Navigating the li brary

To move from screen to screen:

• In the Grid or Loupe view, press the Page Up/ Page Down keys. ' Il lt' li brary's lIlain window changes to d isplay" new SCR.-cn

of hn:lges (in Grid) o r a new single im:lge (i n Loupe),

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Scro ll t hrough the Filmst rip to lind another i mage, dick I t~ t hu mb nail, and the Lib ra ry's main window displays tha t selection.

To move to top or bottom of the Grid:

• In the Gnd \icw only, you can jump to t ill! tQp of the tllUmbnllils by pressing the Home key. Or move to the vc ry bottom of the thlllnbnalls by pre§sing the End key.

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Adjusting Your Review Setup Before diving Into reviewi ng rour pho tos. you nlll)' want to know about two \"Cry helpful

Lightroom o pt ions: d imming the lights and stacking photos. Toget her they can makl! n

big difference in helpmg yOll concentrate o n your photos-a nd their ootne li mes subtle

differences.

The ~]jghts out ~ feature lets you dim o r hide every part of the ughtroolll interface CJ(cept

the photos. lhe stacking feature lel.s you gather a bunch o f similnr images and ~stack"

them. much as rou might bunch upslides

on a n o ld light table to concentrate o n the remaining photos. You can even automati­cally stack photos. which is particularly use­

ful for tidying up contiguous. same-subject photos such n.~ bursts of motor-driw. sho ts,

panorama seque nces. or br:lckcted HDR (I ligh Dynamic Range) exposures.

To dim or tu rn off the lights:

1. Sl.'lect the photos o n which you wanl to concentrate (Figure 4.1 ). In any mOOulc:

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.... Press the l on your kcybonrd once (to d im) o rlwil.:c (to turn light.s o ff ).

2. Depending o n you r choice. the su r­

rounding llghlroom interface dims by 80 percent o r darkens completl!ly (Fi gil res '1.2. 11.3).

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• To jump din.'(:Lly from lights on to lights dim med without haVing to cycle through all three selling~. press Shin·CLrI-L/ Shift­Cmd-L. Repeat to jump directly back to

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f llure 4-1 Select the p~otos ~ou want to focus on once the lI,hls ale dimmed.

f llure 1ij."lI B~ default, the Ii,hts dimmed choice darkens the Ughtroom interface by 80 percent. Yo u Clln IIdjustthe amoun! of dimming.

f lr Url! 4-1 The lights-oul choice hides every bit of li,h! room ucepl the 5elecled photos.

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f lsure 4.16 5ele<t lhe photos you wanl to auto slack. It you want. you can select enl ire folders usinB the FoideB panel.

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fllure 4.18 Sel lh Time Between Slacks slider anywh1!r1! belw1!en 0 sNonds and I hou •. Ad justlh1! t im1! ba!o1!d on the slack count in the Iow1!r 11!ft and click Slack.

Fieure 4.19 The photos '1!ma;n uflstacked. but thos1! with dark borders now belonllO a stack.

Organizing and Reviewing Images

To auto-stack photos by capture time:

1. Select the photos ),OU want to stack. It can be an enUre folder. a single pho to seSSiOn, o r t he results o f a photo search

(I' lgu ra '1. 16).

2. !'rom the r,.lcnu bar. choose Photo>

Slacking> Auto·Stack b)' Capture Time (1:lg u ra '1. 17).

3. Set t he Time Betwee n Stacks slider any· where between 0 seconds (the far right)

a nd I hour (t he far left) ( Fig ure 4 . 1 S ). l he numberof stacks (and unstacked photos) based on the setting appears In the lower left or the d ialog box. Adjust if ne<:essaT)'.

a nd dick Stack..

4 . In the Grid 'iew. (Ill the pho tos rem(l in expanded (u llstacked). but their borders

have changt.od to indicnle whether they belong to a stack (H g llre ,. . 19). Light . bordered photos are 1I0t part of any stack: dark-bord ered ones arc part o f a stack.

1he beginlling of each stack shows a smnll number for how nUln), photos belong to Ihnl stnc k.. Roll thc cursor over any dork­bord('ll.>d photo a nd you'll see a number

for its poSition in the stack sequence (I' lg ure '1.2U).

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f leure 4-20 ROlllhe cursor OVtl anV dark·bordered photo 10 Se1! its posllion numb1!r within th1! stack.

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To ma rk photos using the Painter tool:

1 . Turn on the toolhar (VIew> Show ToolbllT or press the T on your Keyboard ).

2. c lick the triangle at the f:lrright of the toolbar and choose p"inter in the pop·up menu (1: lgure4.32 ).

3 . c lick the Painlcr tool (the spra)' elll1) In the toolbar (Figure 4.33).

4. Click the Paint pop·up mCllu lhat appears and chooS(! Flag (Figu re 4.34 ). Click the second Paint pop-up menu that now appears and make a choice based on whether you wl1nt10 mllrK photos as Flagged. Unflagged. o r Rejected (I'I gu Te 'I .:~5).

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flg url! If..12 To malk photos uslnS thl! Painter tool, t lkk thl! triolngle at the lar riSht of the too lbar and chGo!;e Painter.

f lgurl! If..11 Ctkk the spray (an In Ille tOGlbar to aclivate the Pllinler tool.

f igure /1 .14 Click the Paint POP-liP menll thlll appeMs llnd choG!;e Fill,.

f lgurl! /1 .15 Use the se,ond Pain t POP-liP menll to chGo!;e wlle!h!r you Wiln! 10 milrl( pholoS n fillued. Unflaned, or lIejeded.

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Organizing and Reviewi ng Images

To use the Review Status label set:

• Besides the Od:l.Ult label set. Lightroolll includes a second label set that you can use to Illark a photo's review stains. To

switch. choose Mel adata > Color Label Sct > Review Status (l' ig llrc 4.4 7 ). lhis label set now;s (IvaJl (lblc whencver you tight·click (Control-click on a l\ lac);t

photo and choose Sct Color Label (Fig ure '1.'1 8 ). To switch back to the default sci .

which just uses the names of colors. c hoose ~1ctadata > Color Label Sct >

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4. With the view now set, you call make

judgments more casily about which photos should be Selects and Candidates. Use the Compare view'slools to switch o r compare the m (I:lg uI"C 4.62 ).

S. As you review photos. you also cnn apply the flags.. ralings. and labels 10 further distinguish pho tos from eoch othcr.ln the example, Ihe right (Candidate) photo is

shnrpt:r. 50 it 's naggt.'d as a p ick and then

made the Select photo using the Compare view toolbnr (FIg-u rtJ 4 .63).

6 , Once you finish compuTing phot05, click the toolbar's Done button. the Compare view switches to Ihel..oupe view.

V Tips

• \Vhen moving :.round In a loomed view, o llCning the Nuvlgutor panel hel l)S you sec where you are in the acth'c photo

( FI gu Te '1.58 ).

• Ilcan be hdpfulto turn on the photo info o ptions when comparing photos (Clrl-II Cmd· l) (Figure '1,58 ). (For lIlorc infonna·

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wooong wit h virtual copiCS lo which dif· fcrent dcvelop settings hove been applied . (For more infoTlIlnt lon, S('e page 130.)

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Cortelidole~';"" Mok. Cortelldote 1M ~I«I photo

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f lgufe .. 62 u~ th~ Compafe view's toolbaf billions when reviewlns Select and Candidate photo,"

f llUre .. 6] The fish t (Cllndidate) photo Is shatper, so It's nlilled 115 a pick lind then made th~ S~I~d photo usin, the Compafe view toolb,lII.

SING EYWORDS Kcy.vords act as tags for yOUl' photos. I3l,.ocause thtlY (In! lm,: ked into tht: m cladata

of each photo. they stay out of the way unti l you need them to help you find a particular photo. When YOII first sl .. rt addi ng images to Ughtroom.lhc keyword feature may seem more bother than it's wort h. Once )'ourcata­log grows to severa l hundred (or thousand ) images. howc\'cr, keywords become essential fo r pIlliing UHlt one photo from Ihe d igi tal haystack. [f you hope to sell any of rour Imagtls. remember: Siock image ,.gende" depend on keywords when seeki ng photos. So kCY"Yords may be a bit o f a bother, but it can be worth the time-and the money.

Your first chance to apply keywords comes when you imporl photos into Lightroolll. as cxpi(lim .. '<i in st ep lion pagc22.1hc fl.OS\ of the time you'll use the ke)"vord tools found In the Library module's Kc)"vording :lnd

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To set the catalog to suggest existing keywords:

1. From t he Me nu bar. c hoose Edit > Catalog Settings (W indo ws) o r u ghtroolll > Cutalog Setti ngs (Mac). TIle Cll tlliog Settings dialog box appears.

2. Clic k the Metadata tab a nd select O ffe r

suggestio ns from recent ly c ntc red v:ilucs (Figure 5.10). Make sure the o ther two boxes, wh ich cont rol how mei lldata Is

saved . al so a re selected . Click O K to close the d ialog bo x.

Now whe n you begi n to lypen keyword. Lightroom suggests Simila rly spelled keywords. which helps you reme mber keywords you've already c reated (Figure

5 . I I). To select a suggested keyword. ehoose it in t he dro p-do wn me nu and

press Enter/ Re turn twice.

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figure 5.11 When yo u beSln 10 type a keyword , Ugh troom susses ts s imil.!! rly spelled exist ing keyword s..

Keyword Tag Options

I'ul Ins ide •. _ ": This o ptio n appea rs o nly if)'ou select an exi sting keyword in the Keywo rd

Usl befo re cl icki ng the ... bull o n . You can use thls o pUo n to "nest " your new keyword in a mo re inclusive keywo rd. such as "_PLACES· in the example (Figure 5.8), ( Fo r mo re info rmatio n on nested kc}"vords. sec "To rearmnge keywo rd groups" o n page 94.)

Add It, sclec lC!d pho tos: Checked by de fault.. wh ich usually makes sense since yo u selectC!d thc photo(5) in ste p I. Some timcs. ho wc vc r, yo u may remember another k.eyword rou'Uwant to appl)' late r to some other shots. By unchecklng the op tio n . you can crea te kc}"vo rds w ithout

applying the m to the c urren t photos.

Include o n Expo rl' Check.cd by def~Hdt, this o ptio n sends the keyword tag alo ng with an)' photos you later e xpo rt. W he the r yo u leave it checked may depe nd o n who will be using the exportl..:! photos: yourself on a no the r computer or a client that you may-or may no t- want to

sec the keY"'fOrds.

Expo rt Conta i.lillg Keywo rds : This o ptio n sends the keywo rds and any con la ifl iflg keyword s alo ng with the expo rted photos (e.g. "\o\'est US" as well as "Alaska"). As wi th the previOUS optio n ,

whe the r you le,we this option c hecked de pends on the needs o f l he person receiving the exported pho tos.

t-:xl'0rt Syno nynls: 'Ihis opUo n Includes your synonym s, alo ng with the ke}"vo rds, wl lh a ny

exportlod pho l.os.

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FJlure S.2S To remove" keyword 'rom" photo, select II In the Keywordlnr panel <'In<! press Batkspate/Oelete.

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f flure S.26 If yo u're In lite main Keywording ttlll bOll, press Tab to Jump 10 the "Click here to add keywords· tul bolt. You (<'In then <'Idd other keywords.

Usin g Keywords

Editing Keywords It 's easy at any point to remove. delete, o r edit

a keyword. Ughtroom aUlomalil;:ally upd ates e\'ery instance of tile keyword. lhat means

your keywords can evolve or grow more spt.'Cific as your col lection of photos grows. It makes if a d rag-nnd-drop affair to reorde r your nested keywords, no mattcr how clabo­

m I c I he system becomes.

To remove a keyword from a photo:

1. Select the pllOto(S) from which you want

to remo\'e a keyword.

2. In lhe Keywording pnners list o f applied keywords, select the keyword(s) you want

to removc a lo ng with thc com ma and nstl;lrisk ( Fig ure 5.25). (See Tip.)

3. Press Backspace/ Delete to remove the ke}'\vord(s), Repeat t he steps if you

nt!t.'Cl lo delete more keywords from the selected photo(s).

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• In step 2. you cnn sck'Ct jusl the ke}'\yord with a double-dick and then In slep 3, if ~'ou press Tab ancr pressIng Oackspnce! Delete,the ke}'\yorcf s com ma and asterisk

nlso are automat ically remo\'ed. TIle Tab moves t he CUf50r to the ·C!il;:k here to ndd keywords· text box. which mnkes fast work of tlddlng other ke)'words

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Using the Library Filter 1he Li bmry Filter pulls together a variety o f ways to lieaTen your photos. Ulilng its three main scarch buttons-Tcxt./\Uribule. and ~·Ielildal;)-y(lu can quickly cast ;, wide nel

to find all o f a particular lype of pho lo or drill dowl! to a single sredlie image. ·Ihe Library Filter toolbar also includes :, Custom Filter pop-up menu with six predefined searches.

plus t he ability t(llailor your own.

l3y the way, when I he Library Fi Iter iii lu rnl.,,1 on, Lightroom's main window shows o nly the

search results, which can he confusing ifrOlire trying to sec nil your photos. (Sec ~Scarching Without Getti ng Lose on page 98.)

As you wo rk with Ihe Library Fiher­partIcula rly Ihe ability 10 create c ustom filtcrs-you·U soo how this feature leads right inlO the !iCcLion aRcr this one. ~Cll;)aling and Using ColJccli olls.~

To show/ hide the library Filter too lbar:

• In t he Library module. (;hOQsc View>

Show Filter Bar (Figure 6.1 ).

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The Library Filter toolbar appears al the top of the main window. TCt,dy folr use (Figure 6.2). Repeal the above action. and the toolbardisappears.

f lrure 6.1 To show or hide Ihe library filler loolbar, choose View ~ Show Filter Bar/Hide Fitter Bar. Or press Ihe \ on your keybollrd 10 lOUie il on or off.

Turns on {iller 10 ~orchby:

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f llure 6 . ~ The library Fil1e,'s lou, su,ch buuons­Texi. Allfibule, Meladala. and Custom FiUer- 1<~I you lind pholos several ways. None tU'ns offlhe Rile. 10

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Finding and Collecling Images

Adding and Syncing Metadata

Afte r getting comfort able using the Library Filte r to search Lightroom's metadata. you may want to add infonnation for photos directly in the Metadata panel.lf),ou like. you also can then sync all or just some of that metadata to other photos. It sm'cs you from constanlly rekey· Ing the same informotlon.

t . Select the photo(s) to which )'ou want to add the linme metodala.

2. Use the left·hand pop·up menu. if the Metadata panel is not showing the metadata fie ld(s} you need (Fi gure 6 .20 ).

3. Ent.er your information in the appropriate meta· dnta fields for the selected photo(s), pressing Ent e r/Hi!turn when you're done with each field. The JIlet(ldat(l is (ldded to the selected photos in the GrId (Figu re 6.2 1).

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f igure 6.20 Use the leh·hand pop·up menu. if the Metadata panel is not showing the metadata lield(s) you need.

apply some of the metadata entered in step 3. Some of the metodala fields are labeled <mi xed> because they do not alll;ontnin the same infomtalion (Flgurc 6 .22 ).

f igure 6.21 lOQllion and tOPY1isht metada ta is IHIded for the photo selected in the Grid.

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f llUre 6 .22 Select additional photos to which you want to apply some of the top photo's metadata. Relds label~ Gixed> do not all contain the same location and copyright Information.

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Even More Metadata Finds

Lightroom offers so many more ways to find your pho tos. It could lake another book to explain them all. Ilere. however. are t\vo especially handy ones using metadala:

• When workIng in the Keyword List panel. roll your cursor over the number a l lhe right end of a keyword and press the a rrow that appears (I:igurc 6.3 1). Ligh troom act ivates the Library Filter's Metadata toolbar and displays every photo uSlIlg lhe keyword (Figure 6.32).

• When workIng In the Metadata panel. click the a rrow LO the tight of the Capture Time field . and Lighlroom fetches every photo laken that day (1:lgurc 6.33). Not every a rrow In the Metooata panel works this way. so mi nd your clicks.

figure 6 .]:1 in Ihe Keyword US( PIlnel, roll your cu,sor over the number ilt the righ t end or a keyword and press the ilrrow that IIppears,M

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flrure 6 .]2 'MllOd lilhtroom d isplays every pholo usinl the keyword.

fllure 6.]] In the Metadllta panel. click the a llow to the rll ht of the (II pi Ufe T1me field. lind Ughtfoom fetches every photo take n that day.

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