The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC Book

by Evening, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780135447390
• ISBN10: 0135447399
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-01-21
• Publisher: Adobe Press

Summary

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC is one of the most powerful tools a digital photographer has in their toolset, offering powerful editing features in streamlined interface that lets photographers import, sort, and organize images. In this completely updated bestseller, author Martin Evening describes Lightroom Classic CC features in detail, covering library organization, develop image processing, output modules, and an introduction to the features in the new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC across desktop, web, and mobile. As an established commercial and landscape photographer, Martin knows first-hand what photographers need for an efficient work flow. He has been working with Lightroom from the beginning, and as a result, knows the software inside and out. In this book, he’ll teach you how to:

• Work efficiently with images shot in raw or non-raw formats
• Import photographs with ease and sort them according to your workflow
• Create and manage a personal image and video library
• Integrate Lightroom with Adobe Photoshop
• Prepare images for print, slideshows, or to create a book
• Make the most of new features, such as the ability to migrate and sync photos via the cloud
• Photographers will find Lightroom Classic CC—and The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC Book—indispensable tools in their digital darkrooms.

Author Biography

Martin Evening is a photographer with a commercial background in beauty photography. He is known for his in-depth knowledge of Photoshop and Lightroom and as a best-selling author on digital imaging. Evening is a regular contributor to Lightroom Magazine and Amateur Photographer magazine and an inducted member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Table of Contents

Previous Edition Table of Contents:

1 Introducing Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

What is Lightroom?

What you need

Installing Lightroom

Getting help

The Lightroom interface

Working through the book

2 Importing photos

The main Import dialog

3 The Library module 

About Lightroom catalogs

The Library Module panels

Exploring the Library module

4 Develop module image editing

Smarter image processing

Steps for getting accurate color

The Develop module interface

The Basic panel

The Tone Curve panel

Assessing your images

Image retouching

Easing the workflow

5 The art of black and white 

Black-and-white conversions

Refining black-and-white conversions

6 Sharpening and noise reduction 

Capture sharpen for a sharp start

7 Exporting from Lightroom 

Opening images in Photoshop

Exporting from Lightroom

8 Printing 

The Print module

9 Presenting your work 

The Book module

The Slideshow module

The Web module

10 Managing your photos in Lightroom 

Working with metadata

Photo filtering and searches

Geotagging images

11 Lightroom CC/mobile 

Lightroom CC/mobile workflow

What Lightroom CC/mobile can and cannot do

Lightroom CC for Apple TV

Setting up Lightroom CC/mobile

Lightroom CC program

12 Lightroom preferences and settings 

General preferences

Presets preferences

External Editing preferences

File Handling preferences

Interface preferences

Performance preferences

Lightroom CC preferences

Lightroom Network preferences 

Lightroom settings and templates

Customizing the Lightroom contents

System information

The ideal computer for Lightroom