Managing Your Photographic Workflow with Photoshop Lightroom

by Gulbins, Juergen

• ISBN13: 9781933952208
• ISBN10: 1933952202
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

This book guides the new user through Photoshop Lightroom 1.1, which has more power under the hood, and a little more complexity than one would expect from its fairly straightforward user interface. This powerful new program offers photographers the vast majority of the tools they need all in one place, providing new and easier to use tools for managing and processing their images. With easy to follow, step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations, the authors demonstrate how to use Photoshop Lightroom to build an efficient photographic workflow; from importing and organizing images; through the development and editing phases; all the way to building presentations for the web and in slideshows; and finally, to the ultimate product--the fine art print on paper.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
The Photographic Workflow	p. 5
Image Preparation in the Camera	p. 6
Choosing the Camera Image Format	p. 6
Exposure in the Camera	p. 13
From Camera to Computer	p. 13
Image Inspection	p. 14
Metadata	p. 16
Image Optimization	p. 20
Image Presentation	p. 22
Mapping the Digital Photographic Workflow into Lightroom	p. 22
Understanding Lightroom	p. 25
Nondestructive Editing	p. 26
Supported Image Formats	p. 26
Lightroom's DAM Features	p. 27
System Requirements	p. 27
Lightroom's User Interface	p. 28
Fly-Out Menus	p. 32
More Lightroom Basics	p. 32
Lightroom's Catalogs (Libraries)	p. 32
Templates and Presets in Lightroom	p. 33
Views	p. 34
Lightroom Modules and Modes in Your Workflow	p. 35
Preferences Setup	p. 36
Presets Preferences	p. 38
Import Preferences	p. 38
External Editing Preferences	p. 39
Interface Preferences	p. 40
Set Up Your Identity Plate	p. 40
Lightroom's Window and Lights Out Modes	p. 42
Image Management in the Library Module	p. 45
Downloading and Importing Photos	p. 46
Organizing Your Image Filing System	p. 46
Metadata	p. 49
Importing Images from Your Memory Card	p. 50
Image Organization	p. 54
Physical Folder Structure	p. 54
Collections	p. 55
Stacks	p. 57
Browsing and Inspection	p. 58
Rating and Marking Images	p. 61
Filters	p. 63
Virtual Copies	p. 63
Viewing and Editing Metadata	p. 64
Keyword Entry	p. 67
Keyword Tags	p. 67
Keyword Sets	p. 68
Keyword Paint Tool	p. 69
Summary on Keywording	p. 69
Transferring Metadata Using Copy and Paste	p. 70
Importing a Stock of Images from Disk	p. 71
Import from a Watched Folder	p. 73
Library Module as Your Administrative Center	p. 74
More Features	p. 75
Quick Develop Pane	p. 75
Editing Images in the Develop Module	p. 77
Order of Corrections	p. 78
Adjustment Controls	p. 79
Histogram	p. 80
Basic Corrections	p. 82
White Balance (WB)	p. 82
White Balance Using the Eyedropper Tool	p. 83
Exposure Correction	p. 85
Color Correction in the Basic Pane	p. 87
Tone Curve	p. 88
Target Adjustment Tool (TAT)	p. 89
Color Corrections Using the HSL Pane	p. 90
Grayscale - Converting to Black-and-White	p. 92
Split Toning	p. 93
Sharpening and Noise Reduction	p. 94
The Lens Corrections Panel	p. 98
Chromatic Aberrations (CA)	p. 99
Vignetting	p. 100
The Camera Calibration Panel	p. 102
The Tools of the Toolbar	p. 103
Cropping and Straightening	p. 103
The Remove Spots Tool	p. 104
The Remove Red Eye Tool	p. 106
History and Snapshots	p. 107
Deactivating Corrections	p. 108
Before/After View	p. 108
Presets Browser and Creating Presets	p. 109
Copying Correction Settings, Pasting, and Synchronizing	p. 110
The Slideshow Module	p. 113
Preparing Your Images for a Slideshow	p. 114
Designing a Slideshow	p. 114
Options	p. 115
Layout	p. 116
Overlays	p. 116
Adding Text Info to the Slides	p. 117
Backdrop	p. 118
Playback Controls	p. 119
Adding a Soundtrack to Your Slideshow	p. 119
Exporting a Slideshow as a PDF File	p. 120
How to Modify Slideshow Templates	p. 121
Print	p. 123
Preparing Your Prints	p. 124
Lightroom Print Settings	p. 124
Page Setup	p. 126
Image Settings	p. 126
Layout	p. 126
Overlays	p. 128
Print Job	p. 128
Print Settings Dialog	p. 130
Color Management Settings	p. 130
Settings for Color Prints	p. 130
Printing in Black-and-White	p. 135
Print Preparation	p. 136
Print to PDF or TIFF	p. 139
Prints on Silver Halide Paper	p. 139
Web Galleries	p. 143
Collecting and Sorting Images for the Gallery	p. 144
Creation of the Web Gallery	p. 144
Site Info	p. 146
Color Palette	p. 147
Appearance	p. 147
Image Info	p. 148
Output Settings	p. 148
Upload Settings	p. 149
Testing Web Galleries	p. 149
Uploading Your Web Gallery	p. 150
Exporting a Web gallery	p. 150
External Editors and Exporting Images	p. 153
Using External Editors	p. 154
Drag-and-Drop an Image onto an External Application	p. 155
Exporting Images	p. 156
Export Color Space	p. 157
Export Post-Processing	p. 158
Workflow Example with LightZone	p. 158
Preparations in Lightroom	p. 158
The Work in LightZone	p. 160
More Useful Lightroom Features	p. 167
Views, Searching, Selections	p. 168
Lightroom's Find Function	p. 169
Filters	p. 171
Selecting Images	p. 172
Lightroom's Catalogs	p. 173
Synchronizing Your Lightroom Folders	p. 174
Reconnecting Images	p. 174
Exporting Folders to a New Lightroom Catalog	p. 176
Importing from Another Lightroom Catalog	p. 176
Migrating Catalogs/Libraries to New Lightroom Versions	p. 177
Back Up Your Data	p. 179
Performance Issues	p. 180
Lightroom's Templates and Presets	p. 181
Where to Find Your Templates	p. 181
Preset Anatomy	p. 182
Interoperability	p. 185
Spell Checking	p. 186
Calibrate and Profile Your Monitor	p. 187
Software-Based Profiling for Monitors	p. 188
Hardware-Based Profiling for Monitors	p. 190
Geotagging	p. 194
Keyboard Shortcuts	p. 397
Use of Special Keys with Some Controls	p. 197
Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac OS X	p. 198
Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows	p. 200
Resources	p. 203
Recommended Books and E-books	p. 203
Useful Resources on the Web	p. 203
Index	p. 207
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