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Publication date: March 12th, 2007

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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book describes Lightroom’s features Pages: 352
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offer a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about Canada: $50.00
the program. Photographers who routinely work with raw images UK: £28.99
will find Lightroom–and The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book–an
indispensable tool in their digital darkroom.
1 Introducing Adobe
Photoshop Lightroom

Welcome to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, an image processing

and image asset management program that is designed to
meet the needs of digital photographers everywhere. This book
will help explain all the main tools that are in Lightroom and
provide inspiration and advice on how to get the most out of
this new program, as well as offering tips on how to setup up
your computer and how to get the best results from your digital
camera files.

The Lightroom program has been designed from the ground

up to provide today’s digital photographers with the tools they
most need. This is reflected in the way Lightroom separates
the various tasks into separate modules, is able to process
large numbers of images at once and will let you archive and
retrieve them quickly. But before we get into too much detail,
let me begin by explaining a little about the basic concept of
Lightroom before moving on to an overview of all the main
features and how you might go about using these in a typical
digital photography workflow.
 What is Lightroom?
Lightroom is essentially a high quality image processor and image data-
base management system rolled into one, with a modern interface and
fast image processing capabilities. The guiding light behind Lightroom’s
development is chief architect, Mark Hamburg, who up until recently
had been the chief scientist working on Adobe Photoshop. For the past
few years Mark and the rest of the team at Adobe have been looking
closely at how photographers work digitally and the problems they
face when processing and managing large numbers of digital images.
Lightroom is the result of this research. Lightroom is not so much a
single, monolithic application, but should be viewed more as a suite of
application modules which combine to provide an ideal workflow for
digital photographers.

Keeping things simple

One of the early aims of the Lightroom project was to remove
complexity. Right from the start, the founding principle of Lightroom
was to provide ‘unreasonable simplicity’. Lightroom’s tools are therefore
designed to streamline the image management and editing process and
to make the user experience as smooth and simple as possible. The pro-
gram aims to provide photographers with the tools they most need and
do away with the need for complicated workarounds. You will find that
for the most part, that Lightroom has managed to do this and does
not have complex preference dialogs, or demand that you do anything
special to optimize the program settings before you can get started. For
example, there are no color management settings dialogs to configure,
since the color management in Lightroom is carried out automatically
without requiring too much thinking from the user. On the whole,
I think Adobe have been successful here, but as the program has
evolved, these principles have sometimes been compromised with the
introduction of more and more options and new features.

Modular design
Lightroom has the advantage of being created from scratch and this
has allowed the engineers to build upon their experience and knowl-
edge of how Photoshop works to produce a brand new program that
is purpose-built for modern day image processing requirements. The
Lightroom program is comprised of individual, self-contained modules
built around a core that contains an advanced image processing

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 NOTE
There are a number of filter-like fea-
tures in Photoshop, such as Liquify
and Vanishing Point that have to
be implemented via a separate
modal dialog. The downside of this
approach is that the modal plug-ins
do not have access to the central
Photoshop image engine to carry out
the image processing work. They are
like applications that have to work
within the Photoshop application
and this explains why most modal
plug-ins can feel quite sluggish
compared to when you are working
Figure 1.1  Lightroom is engineered using a modular architecture system. At directly in the main Photoshop
the heart of Lightroom are its image processor and image database engines. program. Lightroom’s modular
Lightroom is designed so that all individual modules are able to tap into these two architecture will mean that as new
core components of the application. This is what gives Lightroom its speed and features are added they will all have
adaptability. equal access to the image processing
and data management engines in
Lightroom.
engine and image database engine. Each module can be thought of
as offering an individual set of functions and in Lightroom 1.0 you will
see five separate modules: Library, Develop, Slideshow, Print and Web. NOTE
This modular approach will make it easier in future to add more new
The following shortcuts can be
features as well as being easier to maintain. So for example, if at some used when switching between
point it is decided that Lightroom needs to have an image warping individual modules (these are the
module, the Lightroom engineers will be able to design new self-con- Mac shortcuts. PC users should use
tained module that perform specific, new tasks. From an engineering ca plus the number).

point of view this enables Lightroom to run more efficiently because #a –1 will select Library

each module can have direct access to the central engines at the #a –2 will select Develop

core of the program. And if there are flaws or bugs in any particular #a –3 will select Slideshow

module, these will only show up in the functionality of the module #a –4 will select Print

itself – they will not compromise or affect the performance of any of #a –5 will select Web

the other modules. One of the reasons why Adobe Photoshop rose to #a will go back to the previous
>

such prominence as an image editing application, was because of the module.

way Adobe openly encouraged third-party companies to create their In addition G will select the Library
own filter plug-ins for Photoshop. Lightroom will continue that tradi- module in Grid mode, E will select
the Library module in Loupe mode.
tion by providing third party companies with the information they need
D will select the Develop module.
to create their own modules. It is too soon to tell if this will result in
lots of new third party modules for Lightroom, but rest assured that as
new modules are added, Lightroom will never risk becoming bloated.
Theoretically, it should in the future be quite easy to turn off or remove
the modules you don’t need.

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 NOTE Lightroom performance
There is certainly no shortage of So long as the computer you are using exceeds the minimum require-
‘experts’ who love to argue that the ments that are set out on page 9, you will have all that’s needed to
raw processor program they use get started, although Lightroom performance will be relative to the
produces superior results compared
size of your image captures. The basic specifications may be fine for
to everything else. I am not going
to argue or deny the quality and
5-6 megapixel camera captures, but if you are shooting with an 11-16
potential of other raw processing megapixel camera you will definitely want to use a modern, dual core
programs, such as Capture One processor computer with a minimum of 1.5 GB RAM in order to get
from Phase One and the proprietary the best performance out of the program. With the right computer
software that is bundled with certain
configuration you can quickly navigate a collection of images, zoom in
digital cameras. Who am I to try to
and out and apply image adjustments with ease. Image library searches
dissuade people of their heart-felt
opinions if they are satisfied with are fast and the Lightroom interface is designed to make it easy to
the results they are getting? But update the metadata and narrow down your search selections within
Adobe Camera Raw does have some the content area. Wherever possible, Lightroom utilizes the cached
unique features not found elsewhere image data used to generate the previews. Because of this you will find
in other raw converter programs.
it takes no time at all to generate a slideshow or a Web photo gallery.
More importantly, the Camera Raw
image processing as implemented
And when you are in the Print module it will only takes a few seconds
in Lightroom benefits from a more to generate the print file to print out a set of contact sheets in draft
streamlined workflow. mode. This is because Lightroom is able to print directly from the high
quality image previews, instead of having to re-render each separate
image from a master file.

Adobe Camera Raw processing

If you are accustomed to using the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in via the
Bridge/Photoshop dialog, then some of the controls in the Develop
module will already be familiar. This is because Lightroom shares the
same Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) processing engine that is used in
Photoshop and Bridge. The Adobe Camera Raw processing engine was
originally developed by Thomas Knoll, who with his brother John Knoll,
created the original Photoshop program. The Adobe Camera Raw plug-
in has since evolved to become one of the best raw processing tools in
the market, supporting over 150 different proprietary raw file formats,
including most notably the full Canon range of digital SLRs. And
Thomas has now been joined by Zalman Stern and Michael Jonsson
(formerly of Pixmantec) who have both made a significant contribution
with their work on Camera Raw. Michael incidentally, was also the
main engineer who worked on the Capture One raw processing appli-
cation, before going on to create the highly successful Raw Shooter
program. Evidence of this collaboration can be seen in the addition of
new raw editing features such as the Recovery and Fill Light sliders.

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Color controls
NOTE
The Develop image adjustment controls are easy to access and hitting An Adobe Camera Raw adjustment
D, will always take you directly to the Develop module. Lightroom is made in one Adobe program will
mainly intended for working with raw images, but the image adjust- always preview identically in any

ment controls in the Develop module can also be applied to TIFF, PSD other Adobe program. If an image is
altered outside Lightroom a warning
or JPEG images that are in RGB, Grayscale or Lab mode (but note that
exlamation mark will alert you and
Lightroom image adjustments are always carried out in RGB). The let you decide whether to stick with
Basic and Tone Curve panels provide intuitive controls with which you the current image setting or update
can easily adjust the white balance and tones in any photograph. And with the new one that was applied
the Grayscale Mixer offers an adaptable approach to black and white outside Lightroom.

conversions whereby you can adjust the balance of color information

that is used to create a monochrome version of a color original. As
you dig deeper you will discover that the split tone controls can work
well on color images as well as black and white converted pictures and
with a little experimentation you can easily produce quite dramatic
cross-processed type effects. The Develop module controls also
provide a greater range of controls over the colors and tones in your
photographs. For example, when you adjust the luminance of a color in
the HSL/Color/Grayscale panel, the sliders behave exactly the way you
would expect them to, so you can easily darken colors selectively. For
example, if you want to darken the color of a sky, you simply adjust the
Blues and Aqua Luminance sliders.

It is worth pointing out that all the Develop adjustments in Lightroom

are non-destructive and are recorded as edit instructions that are
stored with the image. And a single raw master file can be edited in
many ways and printed at different sizes without having to make lots
of different pixel image versions from the original. Any image edits
and ratings you make in Lightroom will also be recognized in a current
versin of Bridge and Photoshop. The same is true of labels and meta-
data. Any metadata information that is added to an image via another
program that can be recognized by Lightroom will be preserved and
updated in Lightroom. So for example, if you add keywords and assign
a colored label to an image in Bridge, these changes will be transferred
across to Lightroom and updated in the Lightroom library. Although,
this does raise the question of which setting is the correct one when
a single image has been modified in two separate programs. In this
situation, Lightroom will inform you of any conflicts and let you decide
(see side note on updating settings in Lightroom).

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 NOTE The Lightroom workflow
We are already seeing smarter ways You will notice how the modules and controls are all presented in a
to search a computer archive, such logical order, from the import stage through to managing the images
as the Spotlight feature on the in the Library module, processing them in the Develop module and
Macintosh system, which bypasses
finally exporting files to an output folder. Or, you can output images
the need to navigate by folders when
you are searching for a specific file.
via the Slideshow, Print or Web modules.

Managing the image library

Lightroom has been designed to offer a flexible workflow for all types
of photographers that meets their different requirements. When you
work with Lightroom you begin by explicitly choosing which images
you would like to see added to the Lightroom library and from there
the way Lightroom manages those images is actually not that much
different from working with any other type of browser program. Most
browser programs are like a glorified finder and are mainly useful for
inspecting the contents on a computer and allowing you to see every-
thing that is on a drive or in a specific folder. The main difference with
Lightroom is that you always strictly control which images are imported
into the library. Images are either imported from a camera card (or
directly from the camera) by copying them to a folder. Or, you simply
import images by referencing the folder they are in already. Once
images have been imported into Lightroom, any changes you make to
the folder or file names, file deletions or moving of files, these actions
are all mirrored at the system level. Working with the Folders panel in
Lightroom is therefore not too dissimilar to working with a hierarchical
folder list tree view in a browser program. Except in Lightroom the list
tree in the Folders panel reveals just the images you requested to be in
the library and nothing else.

Of course, hierarchical folder management is fine if you know which

folders your images are kept in. But when you start working with many
thousands of pictures you will soon find it is no longer practical to rely
on a folder hierarchy as the main means of navigation. Lightroom can
store all your images in neat folders, but its real power as an image
asset manager comes when you use the Find, Collections, Keyword
Tags and Metadata Browser panels to search for images in the library.
And if you get into the habit of entering descriptive information each
time you import a batch of images, this too will enable you to search
your archive more easily and more quickly by using different criteria to
search the archive.

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Where does Photoshop fit in?
NOTE
For many years now, Photoshop has pretty much dominated the pixel Once you start bringing images into
image editing market and the program has constantly adapted to meet Lightroom you won’t necessarily
the varying demands of lots of different types of Photoshop customers, find yourself locked into working

from graphic designers to illustrators to special effects artists working exclusively in Lightroom, the way
you are with some other programs.
in the motion picture industry. Now although Photoshop is a really
Lightroom is flexible enough to
powerful image editing program with a wide range of tools to suit allow you to work simultaneously
everyone’s requirements, Photoshop has also become increasingly more with Bridge or other image browser
complex. When the two Knoll brothers, Thomas and John first created programs.
Photoshop, they could hardly have predicted then what Photoshop
users in the future would be doing with their program, much less pre-
dict the technological demands that would be made upon Photoshop
with digital capture. Photoshop started out as a program for editing
single images in real time and the legacy of this basic Photoshop
architecture has led to various compromises having to be made as the
number of features in Photoshop have expanded.

Many Photoshop authors love to write about what they describe as

‘simple Photoshop techniques’, but then proceed to take up eight
pages with step-by-step instructions (before anyone gets too upset, I
confess that I have been just as guilty as anyone else when it comes to
writing about Photoshop)! And then there are all those bits of advice
that appear to contradict themselves, such as ‘don’t use Convert to
Grayscale to convert a color image to black and white,’ or ‘don’t use
the Brightness and Contrast dialog to adjust the brightness and con-
trast’. But sometimes it is almost impossible to avoid going into such
detail, because to write any less would only cause more confusion. Plus
some features, such as the aforementioned Brightness and Contrast
command have been in Photoshop for so long that it would be unwise
to remove them now. Lightroom is unencumbered by such legacy
issues. You don’t have to follow complex workarounds to achieve the
best results and the controls in Lightroom do exactly what you would
expect them to.

Lightroom also has the advantage of being built from the ground up
and this has allowed the engineers to design a program that is more
adaptable and can grow more easily in the future. Take for example,
image adjustments. If you apply consecutive image adjustments in
Photoshop, you progressively degrade the image. Lightroom on the
other hand allows you to make as many adjustments and changes as
you like, but only applies these as a single adjustment at the point
where you export the image as a fixed pixel TIFF, PSD or JPEG image.

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 The Adobe Camera Raw plug-in used by both Bridge and Photoshop
does provide the same level of flexibility, but only up until the point
where you render a raw file as a pixel image to be edited in Photoshop.
Lightroom on the other hand, will allow you to preserve an image in
its raw state throughout. And you can make prints at any size you like
without having to fix the image data as a pixel image.

Integrating Lightroom with Photoshop

At this early stage it is too soon to judge if Lightroom will ever become
a complete replacement for Photoshop, but I do believe that Lightroom
can currently be used to perform many of the tasks that up until now
were once carried out exclusively in Bridge and Photoshop. Lightroom
is perfect as a front-end application for importing new images into the
computer and renaming them. From there you have all the controls you
need for carrying out image edit selections, grouping and renaming
them, plus making basic and advanced develop setting adjustments.
The speediness of program will allow you to quickly print draft mode
contact sheets, run a slideshow presentation or generate a complete
web gallery and upload it to your server.

Photoshop is still important for major image retouching and performing

other essential production tasks such as CMYK color conversions.
Although of course, this may all change in the future. I have found that
one way to integrate Lightroom with Photoshop is to use Lightroom
to manage all the importing, image selections and initial image adjust-
ments. When I am ready to retouch the master images, I export these
in one go using the Export command. From there on I will usually work
on the images in Photoshop and Bridge. Once I have completed doing
all the retouching and editing in Photoshop, I import the derivative,
master files into the Lightroom library using the import by reference
method (rather than copying them into the library). This allows me to
use Lightroom to maintain a library archive of all the raws and masters
and keep the raw and derivative files on separate drives and back each
drive up separately. And for printing, I much prefer the Lightroom Print
module interface for making the final print outputs.

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What you’ll need Tip
Lightroom is designed specifically for photographers working with digi- To see if the raw files from the
camera you shoot with is supported
tal photos, so above all you will need a camera of course! Lightroom
in Lightroom, go to the Adobe
can process JPEG, TIFF or Raw images, but if your camera is capable
Photoshop product page website:
of capturing raw images, I advise you shoot in raw mode wherever www.adobe.com/products/
possible. Lightroom supports over 150 different raw camera formats. photoshop.
We are also now seeing a few cam-
You will require a computer that meets the minimal specifications listed
eras that are capable of capturing
at the bottom of this page. Although it is possible to run Lightroom on
raw images using the DNG format
a three year old laptop computer with just 1 GB of RAM memory, you and because DNG is a self-contained
will notice a substantial improvement in performance with a more up raw format, it is the ideal format to
to date computer. Lightroom will certainly benefit from having as much use when exporting images with the
RAM memory as possible and I therefore recommend you have, if raw data preserved within the file.

possible, at least 1.5 GB of RAM installed on your computer. Although

you don’t need much hard disk space on your computer to install and
run Lightroom, you will need to give serious consideration to how
you are going to store all your image archive files. Some people can
easily shoot 5 GB worth of images (or more) in a single day. And if you
export some of those files as rendered TIFFs or PSDs, you can see how
your storage requirements might grow quite considerably in a short
space of time. In Chapter two I will be making suggestions about what
type of storage systems you should use.

Macintosh NOTE
G4, G5 or Intel Macintosh processor running at 1 GHz or higher Lightroom’s performance will always
be relative to the size of your master
Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later image files. The minimum specifica-

768 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended) tions outlined here may suffice if

you are only editing raw or JPEG files
1 GB or more of hard disk space from a 5 or 6 megapixel camera. If
you wish to process files larger than
Color monitor display with 1024 x 768 resolution or greater
this you almost certainly need a
faster computer with a lot more RAM
memory.
Windows
Intel Pentium 4 (or compatible) processor

Windows XP professional or Home edition with Service Pack 2 (SP2)

768 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)

1 GB or more of hard disk space

Color monitor display with 1024 x 768 resolution or greater

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 Introducing the Lightroom
interface

Lightroom menu bar

Top panel

Left panel Content area Right panel

Tool bar

Filmstrip

Figure 1.2  The Lightroom interface.

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 Lightroom interface components
Lightroom menu bar Right panel
As with any application, the main menu com- The right-hand panel will mostly contain the con-
mands are located in the Lightroom menu bar at trols for adjusting an image, the information about
the top of the screen. If you are in absolute full an image, or image layout settings. In the Library
screen mode the menu bar will be hidden, but can module you can apply Quick Develop settings and
be revealed by simply rolling the mouse to the top synchronize these across multiple images. The
of the screen. Develop module will let you make more advanced
image adjustments, while in the Slideshow and
Top panel Print modules, the right-hand panel will feature all
The top panel section in Lightroom contains the controls governing the layout and output. The
the module picker, which allows you to switch Panel options can be expanded or collapsed by
between the different Lightroom modules. The clicking on the Panel bar. a–clicking on a panel
Library module is where you preview and manage bar will toggle expanding to show the contents of
your shoot collections. Develop is for processing that panel only and expanding to show all panels.
images. Slideshow enables you to output image You can also use the # key (Mac), c key (PC) in
collections as on-screen presentations. The Print combination with a keypad number (1,2,3 etc.) to
module is for outputting images to print. And toggle opening and closing the individual panels in
the Web module allows you to generate websites the order they are listed from the top downwards.
from Lightroom. The top left section contains
an Identity plate that you can customize via the Left panel
Lightroom ➯ Identity Plate Setup... menu. For The left-hand panel is mainly used for managing
example, you can replace the Adobe Photoshop images and preset settings. In the Develop,
Lightroom logo with your own name or add a Slideshow and Print modules, it is used for storing
company logo graphic instead. and quickly accessing saved preset settings. So
for example, if you are working in the Develop
Content area module, you can save custom Develop settings
This is the main portion of the interface where as presets, where they can be readily applied to
you will work with the images that have been other images. In the Library module the left panel
imported into Lightroom. In the Library module takes precedence as the main panel for managing
Grid mode (as shown on the left) you will see folders, collections and keywords plus image
the images displayed as thumbnails in a cell grid filtering and searches.
layout. In the Library module Loupe mode or
Develop module, you will see images displayed Filmstrip
at a fit-to-view or 1:1 scale size. In other modules The Filmstrip is located at the bottom of the
such as Print and Slideshow, you can get to see screen and contains thumbnails of all the images
previews of how images or screen pages will look currently displayed in the Library, highlighting any
when they are output from Lightroom. that are selected. The Filmstrip thumbnails can be
accessed via all the other modules, therefore allow
Tool bar you access to individual images or sub-selections
The tool bar is common to all Lightroom modules of images, without having to switch back to the
and contains various tool options. Library module.

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 NOTE Installing Lightroom
Make sure that you read the ReadMe The Lightroom installation process is quick and easy. All you need to do
file and download and install the lat-
is to load the installation CD disk and start installing Lightroom. Figure
est Flash update. You will need this
1.3 shows the Macintosh installation dialog. Simply drag the Lightroom
to preview Flash galleries generated
from the Web module. icon across to the Applications icon in the window and the installation
process will almost be complete. Figure 1.4 shows the first dialog
in the PC installation process. Keep clicking on the Next button and
follow the installation instructions until the final dialog says ‘Finish’.

The first time you launch Lightroom you will need to read and click to
agree with the terms and conditions of supply. Once you have done
that, whether you are on a Mac or PC, the installation process should
be fairly swift and straight forward. If you are installing Lightroom and

Figure 1.3  The Lightroom Mac installation dialog.

Figure 1.4  The Lightroom PC installation dialog.

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updating an existing database, you may be asked at this stage if you
would like Lightroom to run a verification process to test the integrity Tip
of your current database. If you run out of hard disk space you
can move the Lightroom Library
After you have successfully launched the program, you will want folder to a new, bigger hard drive.
to visit the Lightroom preferences in the Lightroom system menu. Open the Lightroom Preferences and
In the General preferences, go to the Default Library section and use the General Preferences to locate
the new folder location. You can also
choose a location for the default library file. This decides where the
select a new Library folder location
Lightroom folder containing the Lightroom database, metadata and by holding down the a key (Mac),
preview library files will be kept. The default setting will point to the C key (PC) during startup. This
Users Pictures folder on the main hard disk. If you want the Lightroom will pop a navigation dialog, that will
Library folder to be somewhere else such as on a dedicated external then allow you to set the location for
the Library folder.
drive, now would be a good time to choose a new folder location. You
can choose to have multiple library files and you will notice there is a
Choose button that will allow you to switch Libraries via this preference
panel (see tip sidebar on choosing a library file during startup). But
to start with I suggest you work with just the one Lightroom library.
Another important inclusion here is the Automatic back up library
option. Set this to however often you would like to back up the master
library file. In Figure 1.5 below I have shown the Back up library dialog
which will appear every time you need reminding about what to do
and where to save the back up library to.

Figure 1.5  In the Lightroom General preferences you have checkable options
to display the splash screen during startup and automatically check for program
updates. In the Library preferences you can set up an automatic library file backup
routine . Below that are the completion sound alert options. You will often see warning
dialogs with a ‘Don’t show again’ check box at the bottom of the dialog. If you click
the ‘Reset all warning dialogs’ button here, you can restore all the warning alerts. And
at the bottom are various reset buttons that can be used to restore Lightroom settings
such as ‘all warning dialogs’ and ‘naming token presets’.

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 NOTE
The File format options include the
native Photoshop, PSD file format
or TIFF. The color space can be
ProPhoto RGB (which is fairly close
to the chromaticities of the native
Lightroom work space) or Adobe
RGB (which many photographers like
using in Photoshop), or sRGB (which
is ideal for Web-based output only).
The bit depth can be 16 bits, which
will preserve the most amount of
levels information, but double the
output file size, or 8 bits, which is a
more standard bit depth, but won’t
Figure 1.6  In the Lightroom External Editors preferences you can customize the pixel
necessarily preserve all the levels
image editing settings for Photoshop plus one other external, pixel editing program
information that is obtainable from
(such as Photoshop Elements or PaintShop Pro). These are the file format, color space
your master library images.
and bit depth settings that are used whenever you ask Lightroom to create an Edit
copy of a library image to work on in an external pixel editing program.

NOTE
If you select the option to write
changes to the XMP sidecar files,
this will allow other programs, like
Bridge, to read any metadata added
in Lightroom such as the image
Develop settings image ratings and
keywords.

Figure 1.7  In the Lightroom File Management preferences I suggest you set the
When a memory card is detected settings to: Show Import dialog. This will force the
Import dialog to appear automatically whenever you insert a camera card into the
computer. In the Preview Cache section you can set the preview pixel dimensions to
whatever would be most ideal for your display size. The preview cache can take up
a lot of hard disk space and the size of the cache will be dependent on the default
standard preview size and preview quality. Plus, the preview cache will keep growing
as you add more pictures to the Lightroom library. The preview cache will also include
1:1 previews and these, being higher resolution previews, take up even more disk
space, so there is a preference to discard these after a certain amount of time has
elapsed. If you check the ‘Automatically write changes to XMP sidecar files’ option,
this will allow you to synchronize Lightroom settings when exporting files to another
computer running Lightroom.

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A quickstart guide to Lightroom
Let’s get started with a quick overview of how to use Lightroom,
beginning with a look at how to customize the interface, followed by
an overview of a typical Lightroom workflow.

Identity plate options

NOTE
The identity plate can also be
utilized by the Slideshow, Print and
Web modules and if the Use a styled
text identity plate option is selected,
the identity plate lettering will print
at any size output or resolution
selected in the Print module.

1. The top panel in the Lightroom interface contains the Lightroom

Identity Plate and module selectors. If you go to the Lightroom
menu and select Identity Plate Editor... you will see the dialog
shown here. This will allow you to enable the identity plate, which
will then appear in the top left section of the Lightroom interface,
replacing the normal Adobe Lightroom logo.

2. The standard identity plate will use a text style identity plate
that shows the name registered as the computer administrator
displayed using a default system font. If you click on the Font
Panel... button (Mac), this will open a Font dialog that will allow
you to choose a different font type and font size. Note that If you
are using the PC Identity Plate Editor, you are able to edit the font
characteristics within the Identity Plate Editor dialog itself.

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Figure 1.8  Once you have configured
a custom identity plate, remember to
mouse down on the Custom menu and
choose Save As... to save these settings
as a saved template design.

3. If you select the Use a graphical identity plate option, you can
NOTE add an image logo by pasting or dragging a PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG,
PSD files can only be added via TIFF or PSD image into the identity plate area. The logo image you
the Identity Plate Editor using the place here cannot be more than 60 pixels tall, but can contain
Macintosh version of Lightroom 1.0.
transparent pixels. A graphical identity plate can usefully be added
to Slideshow and Web module templates, but be warned that
the a 60 pixel tall logo may be far too small for most print layout
template designs that use an identity plate (unless you are printing
the identity plate really small on the page. You can also customize
the appearance of the module selector names by mousing down
on the Font menus to select a new font and font size. And if you
click on the two little color swatch icons (circled), you can change
the font colors as well.

4. Now let’s take a look at how the top panel looks after customizing
both the identity plate and Lightroom module selectors.

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5. With the Lightroom Interface preferences you can customize the
appearance of the interface when using the lights dim mode (dis-
cussed later in Step 13 on page 24). You can also customize the
background appearance when viewing an image in Loupe mode.

6. In the example shown here, I set the Background Fill Color to a

White with the Overlay Texture set to Pinstripes.

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 Importing images into Lightroom

7. To get images into Lightroom, click on the Import button in the

NOTE Library module. This will open the Import Photos dialog shown
There is a whole chapter in this book here (there is a Lightroom preference that will automatically open
devoted to importing images. But
the Import Photos dialog when a new camera card is detected). If
for now, I should just point out that
there are two main ways of bringing
you are importing from a camera card you can decide whether to
images into the Lightroom library. make a straight copy of the images from the card or convert them
Copying or moving files will physi- to DNG files as they are copied. Images can also be renamed and
cally make a copy to the Lightroom backed up to a second drive at the import stage. You will notice
library folder. You mostly use this
that Lightroom encourages you to enter a Subfolder name. Giving
method to import images from a
imported shoots meaningful names plays an important role in the
card. A copy by reference will let
the images stay where they are and way Lightroom can help you keep track of your image files. The
merely create a reference of where same is true if you add keywords and other metadata at this stage.
they are stored. You mostly use this This will all further help with the management of your Lightroom
method to import images that are library. Once you have finished configuring the dialog, click the
already on the computer hard disk.
Import button to start importing.

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Library views

The activity viewer indicates

Lightroom is busy importing images
and/or building a preview cache.

Use # key (Mac), c key (PC) in

combination with a keypad number
(1,2,3 etc.) to toggle showing and
hiding panels. Quick Develop=1,
Keywording=2, Metadata=3 etc.

The imported files will show here with

the subfolder name assigned in the
Import Photos dialog.

The Library view is

currently in Grid (G) mode.

8. The imported images are now shown here in the Library module
with the Grid view selected. The activity viewer in the top left
corner indicates that Lightroom is actively carrying out background
processes such as importing images or building thumbnails. If
more that one operation is taking place at a time, you will see the
Figure 1.9  The status indicator shows
grouped status indicator (see Figure 1.9). If you click on the arrow
the progress of background processes
to the right, you can toggle the status indicator between each such as importing images or rendering
of the tasks that are in progress and the grouped indicator. The previews.
imported images will appear in order of preference within the Grid
cells and you can make selections of images by using either the
Library Grid or the Filmstrip at the bottom. Plus you can rearrange
the order of the images in the Grid by dragging and dropping, and
the order sequence will be carried through to the other modules.

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 This image is currently displayed using the Fit to The panel behavior is currently in
view Loupe mode. A Single-click will magnify the ‘solo’ mode, where only one panel will
image to a 1:1 or custom zoom view. Another open at a time (see Tip below).
single-click will return you to the previous view.

You can right-mouse click to access the

contextual menu options for the panel
tracks and use this to hide and reveal
individual panel tracks in any of the
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Lightroom modules.

The Library view is currently

in Loupe (E) mode.

The scroll bar

9. Now let’s switch to viewing individual images one at a time using

Tip the Loupe mode where we can toggle viewing the images in
You can open and close the Loupe mode at a base magnification that can be set to either Fit
Lightroom panels by clicking
or Fill the width of the content area. And the magnified loupe
anywhere on the panel tab. If you
view can be set to anything from a 1:4 to a 11:1 zoomed pixels
a–click on a panel tab you can
switch to a solo mode of operation, view (yes, Lightroom goes to 11!) You can switch modes by click-
where clicking on an individual ing on the Loupe view mode button or by hitting the E key. Or,
panel tab will open that panel only just double-click an image to switch from the Grid view to seeing
and close all the others and opening the selected image displayed in Loupe mode. The arrow keys on
all panels in the current module.
the keyboard will let you quickly shuttle through all of the images
a–click a panel again to restore the
normal panel behavior.
in the current image selection. To scroll through a selection without
scrolling the images, drag the scroll bar in the Filmstrip.

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Simplifying the interface

Clicking this arrow will collapse

the Top panel (this also applies to
the Filmstrip below).

Mouse-drag on the panel edge

to resize the panel width.

Roll the mouse over to As well as dragging on the

the side of the display sidebar to scroll the panels,
to temporarily reveal you can moue-down and drag
the hidden side panel. anywhere in the panel area.

Click anywhere on the side

panel to lock the panel in
Double-clicking on the position. Use the c key
divider line will toggle the (Mac), or right-mouse click (PC)
Filmstrip thumbnail size. © Jeff Schewe 2006 to access the contextual menu
options for the side panels.

10. Now let’s look at ways to make the Lightroom interface simpler to Tip
work with, plus how to hide interface components and place more The default side panel behavior is
emphasis on the images. Start by pressing the t key. This will Auto Hide & Show – the side panels
temporarily hide the two side panels and allow more room for the will auto reveal and hide as you
image to be displayed in Loupe mode. But you can still access the roll the cursor to the side of the
screen. The Auto Hide option will
side panels by rolling the mouse cursor over to the side edges of
hide the panels and they will only
the screen. Do this and the panels will be revealed one at a time, be revealed (overlaying the image)
and you will notice how the panels temporarily overlay the image when you click on the side arrow,
below, but you can still access the panel controls as usual. If you cycling through hide/overlay/reveal
click on the little arrow on the side of the screen in the middle, and resize the image in the content
area. In Manual mode you can toggle
you can lock these panels independently, in which case the image
between hide/reveal and resize the
will center adjust to reveal the entire image area again. Press
image in the content area.
t and both panels will be revealed once more. Panel rollover
behavior can be modified via the contextual menu (see above).

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 © Jeff Schewe 2006

11. We have so far been working with the Lightroom interface in

Tip document window mode. If you press the F key, the interface
If you ever get stuck in a situation will switch to full screen mode and expand to fill the whole of
where you need to reset the inter-
the screen. Press F a second time and the interface will switch
face layout, hit St a couple of
times and this will restore everything
to absolute full screen mode where the system menu bar will
back to the default layout. disappear and Lightroom will override any operating system
rollover behaviors. For example, on the Macintosh, the absolute
full screen mode will override the Dock appearing as you roll the
mouse cursor to the bottom or side of the screen. But you can still
access the system menu bar by rolling the mouse cursor to the top
of the screen. Now try pressing the F5 key to toggle hiding and
showing the Lightroom menu bar (as shown above). Next try press-
ing the F6 key to toggle hiding and showing the Filmstrip at the
bottom. And lastly, use St to toggle hiding and showing
everything!

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Zooming in

You can set a custom magnified

preview size (other than 1:1) from
the fly-out menu options.

You can select an area to zoom

to by clicking anywhere in the
Navigator preview

To scroll the image, drag the zoom

rectangle in the navigator

You can also use the Zoom

slider to set the zoom view.
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12. We shall stay in the full screen Loupe mode with the side panels
hidden and roll the mouse over to the left of the screen to reveal Tip
the left hand panel, which can be locked in position (see Step 10). You can also use the Spacebar to
toggle between the standard and
Make a single-click anywhere in the picture and the image will
magnified Loupe viewing modes.
zoom smoothly to a 1:1 or custom magnified pixels view. Click on
the image again and it will return to the fit to the normal screen
view. You can also use # + to zoom in and # - to zoom out.
Use the tilde key (~) to toggle between the Grid and Loupe view
modes. And whether you are in Grid mode or Loupe mode, if you
press Z, the image will instantly be displayed at the 1:1 (or custom)
magnified view mode. Press Z again and the image will revert to
the Library Grid view. In the Navigator panel, you can click inside
the image preview to select an area to zoom to and drag the
rectangle within the navigator to scroll the image.

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 Dimming the lights

© Jeff Schewe 2006

13. Lightroom has a Lights Dim and a Lights Out mode. These two
NOTE viewing modes allow you to dim or hide the interface so that you
The default lights dim and lights can focus more on the photographs, yet still have easy access to
out modes use varying opacities of
the interface when you need it. To see how this works, press the
black. If you go to the Lightroom
L key once. This will switch Lightroom to Lights Dim mode (you
preferences you can set the Lights
Out screen color to a shade of gray could go to the Window menu and choose Lights Out ➯ Lights
and adjust the dim level opacity. Dim, but hitting the L key is easier to remember). The Lights Dim
This is useful if you would prefer to mode just darkens the interface so you can still see (and access) all
view your images isolated against a the Lightroom controls and menu items. Press L a second time and
neutral gray instead of a solid black.
this will take you to the Lights Out mode and pressing L one more
time will take you back to the default viewing mode. Note that
if you roll the mouse to the top of the screen, you will always be
able to view the menu bar at normal brightness.

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Develop module

The Basic Develop controls are a

Click to add a Develop
great place to start adjusting the
setting as a Preset.
tones and colors in an image.

Use # key (Mac), c key (PC) in

combination with a keypad number
(1,2,3 etc.) to toggle showing and
hiding panels. Basic=1, Tone Curve=2,
HSL/Color/Grayscale=3 etc.
© Jeff Schewe 2006
The Tone Curve offers some
The History panel records all the advanced Develop options.
image settings adjustments you Single-click the arrow button at
make as history states. the top of the panel to expand
or compact a panel.

Click the switch icon to toggle

turning panel adjustments on or off.
The Develop module toolbar contains
a Crop Overlay mode (R), Remove Red
Eye tool and Remove Spots tool (N).

14. If you now click on Develop this take us to the Develop module
where you can start adjusting things like the color, the tonal range,
image cropping and sharpness. If you are accustomed to working
with the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in in Bridge and Photoshop,
you will already be familiar with the Basic controls and there is a
lot you can do to correct an image by using just these Basic panel
adjustments. But also in Lightroom are the Tone Curve, Crop &
Straighten, HSL/Color/Grayscale, Split Toning, Detail, Lens
Corrections and Camera Calibration panel controls. Favorite
Develop settings can be saved as Presets that can then be applied
to other images. With Presets you can choose to save everything or
save selected items only and Lightroom ships with a small selection
of Develop presets to help you get started. Try rolling over the list Figure 1.10  Favorite Develop settings
in the Presets panel to see how these look in the preview before can be added by clicking on the Add
button below the Presets panel.
applying them to the actual image.

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 Retouching a photograph

The red circle represents the area

being repaired and the green
circle shows the area that is
being sampled from.

The Remove Spot tool is

currently in Heal mode.

15. The Develop module toolbar contains some basic image editing
tools for retouching photographs with. When the crop tool is
selected (use R as a shortcut to select the crop tool), the Crop &
Straighten panel will become active and you can apply a crop to
an image and use the straighten tool to straighten horizon lines in
a picture. The Remove Red Eye tool can be used to simply drag
across the eyes wherever there is red eye in a flash photograph
and remove it. And shown here is an example of the Remove
Spots tool being put to use in Heal mode. These tools can be
used to carry out basic image spotting, just as you would do
normally in Photoshop, except the spotting you do is recorded as
‘edit instructions’. Essentially what this means is that after you do
any retouching, you have the freedom to make further changes
to any other Develop module settings, such as change the white
balance.

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Synchronizing the Develop settings

The Snapshots panel can

be used to store saved
history versions.
Click on the Sync... button to
synchronize the settings to the
most selected image. Use the
# (Mac) c (PC) key to apply
© Jeff Schewe 2006
Auto Sync, and the s key to
Make a selection of images apply the Previous settings.
in the Filmstrip where you
wish to synchronize the
Develop settings.

16. Once you have made a few adjustments to an image you may
want to synchronize those settings with other photographs that
were taken from the same shooting sequence. To do this, select all
the images you want to synchronize via the Filmstrip. Make sure
that the image you want to synchronize from is the ‘most selected’
image and then click on the Sync button to synchronize all of
the selected images with this image. Note that Lightroom offers
unlimited undo options, so you can always use the Edit ➯ Undo Figure 1.11  Develop settings can be
or #–Z any time you need to revert to a previous step. And if you selectively synchronized across other
want to redo a step, use #S–Z. The History panel offers images, including the spot removal and
the crop and straighten settings.
even more flexible control, allowing you to preview and select
specific history steps to go to, which also remain stored with the
image. Selected history states can also be saved as snapshots via
the Snapshots panel.

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 Reviewing images

The currently selected image is highlighted

with a border and a forward slash in
the bottom right corner. Use #+arrow
keys (C on a PC) to move between
images and #–click to remove an image
from a selection.

The Library view is currently

in Survey mode (N).
Select images to Compare
from the Filmstrip.

The Compare mode button (C) will

switch to a 2 up display mode, for
comparing images side by side.

17. If you want to compare a select group of images, go to the Library

Tip module and make a selection of photographs either from the Grid
Remember that the tilde key (~) can or from the Filmstrip and click on the Survey mode button (or
also be used for toggling between
press N). Note that if you are in the Library module and make a
the current and previous view mode.
multiple-image selection via the Filmstrip, Lightroom will automati-
cally switch to displaying the images in the Survey mode. While
Tip you are in Survey mode, the selected images will auto-resize to fit
Use #–D (Mac), C –D (PC)
within the working area. If you want to inspect a particular image
to deselect a Library selection of in close-up, double-click to open it in Loupe mode and double-
images and use #S –D (Mac) click or press N to return to viewing it in Survey mode again. And
CS –D (PC) to select the when you are in Survey mode you can #–click (Mac), C–click
most selected (or active) photo only.
(PC) on an image to remove it from the current selection. The
Compare mode (C) lets you compare a most selected image with
all others in the selection in a 2 up display mode.

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Assigning ratings and Quick collections

This Library panel shows the

number of images that have been
grouped as a Quick Collection.

The Quick Collection images

have here been saved as a new
collection in the Collections panel.

18. So let’s assume you have now made a selection of images, but
you wish to refine them further. You can do this by making them NOTE
into a Quick Collection. If you return to the Library Grid view, The Find panel will let you filter

the currently selected images will be highlighted and you can save images by conducting a text-based
search for any matching metadata.
this current selection as a Quick Collection by hitting the B key.
The calendar view section will let
Quick Collections are useful for marking favorite images and for you narrow down a search using
combining selections from different, separate folders. You could date criteria. And lastly, in the
now go back to Step 9 and inspect the images one at a time in Filmstrip you can use the Filters
Loupe mode, but this time assign number ratings to the shots. You controls (circled) to filter images in
the content area by ratings higher
can do this by hitting 1 to 5 on the keyboard or use the ] key to
than, lower than or by a specific
increase the current file rating or [ to decrease the current file rat-
rating only. Or, filter by flagging or
ing. You can also use 6 through 9 to assign color labels to images. color labels.
In the example shown here, the selected image and one before it
were both assigned a yellow label.

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 Prepare a presentation

Use # key (Mac), c key (PC) in

combination with a keypad number
(1,2,3 etc.) to toggle showing and
hiding panels. Options=1, Layout=2,
Overlays=3 etc.

19. So having created a collection of images, let’s now look at how

a collection can be used to create a screen presentation. The
Slideshow module has a Template Browser with a choice of
ready-made templates that can be used for making an on-screen
slideshow. And there are plenty of options here that will allow you
to create your own custom templates. The Options and Layout
panels let you decide how to present, position and embellish the
image frame area. You can use the Overlays panel to add an
image to the background and the Backdrop panel to add your
Identity Plate logo and you can even choose music to accompany a
slideshow via the Playback panel.

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Create a web photo gallery

Use # key (Mac), c key (PC) in

combination with a keypad number
(1,2,3 etc.) to toggle showing and
hiding panels. Gallery=1, Labels=2,
Color Palette=3 etc.

20. The Web module can generate web photo galleries using HTML or
Flash gallery styles. This screen shot shows a preview of the current
Quick Collection using a custom template based on the HTML
Gallery template, which I selected from the Template Browser
panel. As with the Slideshow module, the Web module options
allow full control for you to modify and create your own web
photo galleries. The preview displayed in the content area will only Figure 1.12  The Configure FTP File
Transfer dialog.
take a second or so to generate and is actually showing you a web
browser view of a fully coded website. When you are happy with
the way the site is looking, you can click on the Upload... button
NOTE
to tell Lightroom where to upload the complete site files and
When you select one of the Flash
folders. You only need to configure the FTP settings for your server templates, Lightroom will check to
once and then add this as an FTP preset. After you have configured see that you have the latest Adobe
your server settings and saved them as a preset, it becomes a nice Flash Player version 8.0 installed,
and easy process to upload new web photo galleries to a saved and if not, will provide a link for you
to install it.
favorite server location.

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 Contact sheet printing

Use Draft Mode for

fast print outputs.

© Jeff Schewe 2006 The Print settings are used to set

and save the print driver settings.

Click here to configure the The Print button.

Page Setup settings.

21. Now over to the Print module. In the example shown here, I kept
the same selection of images active and then selected a modified
contact sheet template from the Template Browser panel.
Lightroom will display a preview of the contact sheet, that contains
the currently selected images. The Info overlay indicates that we
are looking at page one out of two printable contact sheet pages.
For speedy printing, go to the Print Job panel and check the
Draft Mode Printing box, which is ideal for fast contact sheet
printing. The simplest way of making a color accurate print is to
Figure 1.13  Here is a view of an leave the Profile setting set to: Managed by Printer. Then click
HP print dialog, where because the on the Print... button and make sure in the following system print
Managed by Printer option was selected dialog that the ColorSync option (Mac), ICM (PC) is switched on in
in Lightroom, I made sure the correct
the Color Management section, along with the correctly matched
media type was selected, and that
ColorSync (Mac), ICM (PC) was switched media/paper type in the Print Settings.
on.

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Making a final print

Use # key (Mac), c key (PC) in

combination with a keypad number
(1,2,3 etc.) to toggle showing and
hiding panels. Image Settings=1,
Layout=2, Overlays=3 etc.

22. If you want to make a high quality print output, try selecting one of
the single page templates. Depending on how you want the image Tip
to appear on the page, you may wish to click on the Page Setup As you create custom print settings,
these can be saved with the Print
button to configure the printer for landscape or portrait printing.
Templates. Hold down the C
When you go to the Print Job panel, you will need to disable the
key (Mac only), or hold down the
draft mode printing and choose a sharpen setting suited to the right mouse button (both Mac and
type of output you are making. You could continue to make a print PC) and then select a print preset
using the same settings as before, but if you happen to have a and choose ‘Update with current
custom print profile for your printer, you can mouse-down on the settings’ from the contextual menu.
This will permanently save the page
Profile options to select the desired print/paper profile. Click on the
setup and print settings to the print
Print Settings and enter the same system print settings that were template preset. This can really make
used to create the profile target (with ColorSync/ICM switched off). printing a lot more fool-proof – once
This will lock the print settings to the current setup. Now a–click you have saved all your print settings
the Print... button to bypass the system Print dialog and go straight to a template, there is no need to
reconfigure them when you select
to making a print.
that template again.

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 Exporting images

23. Export can be used whenever you wish to apply the Lightroom
settings to an image and export that photograph (or collection
of images) as a JPEG, PSD, TIFF or DNG file. To export from
Lightroom make a selection of images either in the Library Grid
or in the Filmstrip and then choose File ➯ Export (or click the
Export button). This will open the Export dialog, where you can
determine which folder the images are exported to, how you
might want to rename them and the file format you want the files
to be in. Note that when the TIFF, PSD or JPEG options are selected
you can choose which RGB color space to use, constrain the pixel
dimensions and set the pixel resolution for the exported images.

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Working through the book
This more or less concludes the introduction to working with
Lightroom. In the remainder of the book I will be exploring each aspect
of the program in greater depth. Lightroom has been designed almost
exclusively for digital photographers. This makes my task slightly easier,
because being a photographer myself I have a clearer idea of what
other photographers will find important and useful to know. To this
end I have structured the book to match a typical workflow, starting
with the import and export of images out of Lightroom. At the begin-
ning of this chapter I described how the philosophy behind Lightroom
was to offer ‘unreasonable simplicity’. If Adobe have been successful in
this mission then you should find that much of the Lightroom program
is fairly self-explanatory. For example, if you go to the Help menu you
will see a Shortcuts item for whichever module you happen to be using
at the time. Figure 1.14 below, shows the shortcuts for the Library
module. In keeping with the spirit of Lightroom I have tried as much as
possible to avoid discussing the technical workings of the program, and
stick to discussing what Lightroom does best: managing, editing and
printing photographs. And if you really want to know more about how
Lightroom works, then I have reserved a technical section at the back
of the book in the appendix to elaborate on things like the Lightroom
native RGB space. I have also included several pages devoted to side
topics that relate to working in Lightroom, such as how to choose an
optimum setup for your managed photos folder and you will find lots
of quick tips are included in the page margins.

Figure 1.14  It is always worth selecting the Shortcuts item in the Help menu: #–/
(Mac), c–/ (PC), to find out more about the shortcuts for each module.

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