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Lightroom Overview
Supported File Formats
Lightroom can support these 5 image formats - Camera rawformats, Digital Negative format, TIFF format, JPEG format,
or Photoshop format (PSD) - (Layered PSD files must be saved
with the Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility preference on.)
Setting Up Preferences
There are a few preferences that can be set before you begin. Choose
Lightroom>Preferences to access these.
General Preferences: Default Library - This allows you to choose a
different library (if necessary), but keeping it on Load Most Recent
Library will keep you from going crazy finding which library you used.
Import: Sets preferences for importing files, extensions and file preview
External Editors: Allows you to edit photos in Photoshop rather
than in Lightroom
File Handling: An important preference that helps keep file
naming clean and consistent especially if the end use is for
something outside your computer, like in a database where non-
conforming characters can be an issue.
Interface: Set the look and feel of Lightroom as well as some
helpful Filmstrip preferences.
Identity Plate Set up: Setting up your Indentity Plate is doneunder the Lightroom menu. Choose Identity Plate Set up and define
the parameters and click OK. This will allow you to personalize the
interface by choosing the font and size of some of the interface.
Creating Catalogs
In Lightroom, you can create catalogs of images for a project or an
event that can be kept separate from all the other images you work
on. To create a new catalog, choose File>New Catalog. Only onecatalog can be open at a time. Lightroom can back up Catalogs once
a week onto your hard drive (this is optional).
Keyboard Shortcuts
These is no list of shortcuts that Lightroom allows you to print, BUTthey do have a great way to bring up all the short cuts depending
on what module you are in.
COMMAND + ? will bring an overlay of the shortcuts up on screen;
click on the shortcuts and they will go away.
Lightroom Icons
There are 3 Lightroom icons that appear on images if edits have
been made:
Keyword Icon if any keywords have been applied to the image.
Crop Icon if any images are cropped.
Develop Icon if any adjustments have been applied.
Collections
Collections are a way to gather photos for performing a variety of tasks
without having to make a separate catalog of images.
Create a Collection in Library Mode - select images in the Filmstripand right-click on the images and choose Add to Quick Collection. This
will show a circle icon in the upper right of all the images in that
collection. You can also create a Quick Collection by hovering over an image
and simply clicking on the circle icon in the upper right of the image.
To save the collections choose File>Save Quick Collection and it will
save the collection in the Collections Panel on the left side of the Library.
You can create a slide show or web site from this Quick Collection and
when done, you can delete the Collection (but this doesnt delete the
images from Lightroom).
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The panels on the right side letyou view the histogram of a
selected photo, add metadata
and keywords photos. The Quick
Develop does just that, it lets you
apply simple adjustments to
photo(s) within the Library
module.
Lightroom Library
The panels on the left side are forsearching, zooming in, comparing
and viewing specific photos.
You can search for photos by
keyword tags, metadata, file type
or by date.
The main viewing options are
located at the bottom of theLibrary Module above the FilmStrip
area. They are:
Grid view (G)- Displays photos
as thumbnails in cells, which can
be viewed in different sizes by
using the thumbnail slider.
Loupe view (E)- Displays a single photo. Controls let you view the
entire photo or zoom in to see part of it. Zoom levels up to 11:1 are
available in the upper
left corner of the
Library Module under the Navigator Panel. Double-Click, pressReturn, or press Space Bar to enter in and get out of Loupe View.
Compare view (C) - Displays photos side-by-side so that you can
evaluate them. Select 2 or more images and go into compare
mode to compare. These can be Linked to zoom together.
Survey view - Displays the active photo with selected photos so
that you can evaluate them. The active photo has a Selected Photo
icon and the other photos have a Deselect Photo icon.
View Options
Painter - (available in Grid view only) lets you apply keywords or
other attributes quickly by spraying the Painter tool across photos.
Sorting - (available in Grid view only) Specifies the sort direction or
sorting criteria for displaying the photo thumbnails.
Rating - Applies or removes rating stars for selected photos.
Pick - Applies or removes a Pick or Rejected flag for selected photos.
Color Label - Applies or removes color labels for selected photos.
Rotate - Rotates selected photos clockwise or counterclockwise.
Navigate - Selects the previous or next image.
Slideshow - Plays an impromptu slideshow of the photos.
Zoom - (available in Loupe view only) Zooms the view in or out.
Info - Displays the selected photos filename in the information panel.
Filter Options
Below the thumbnail view is a Filter Bar that allows you to click on
Accept or Reject Flags, Rating Stars and Color Highlights as a way of
searching through your images. These Filter icons do not apply these
settings to the images, it simply filters them if these settings are
applied. The switch on the end shuts the filter off.
The Library module is where you can view, sort, manage, organize, compare, and rate your photos using the Lightroom Tools.
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The panels on the right side letyou control the options for laying
out the slide, image sizes, colors,
drop shadows, text, and apply
music or a sound track.
Lightroom Slideshow
The panels on the left side are forpreviewing the options that are
applied and accessing default
templates and create your own.
The Slideshow module
contains these panels:
Preview - Displays the layout of
a template with a thumbnailpreview. Moving the pointer over
the template name displays its
page layout in the Preview.
TemplateBrowser - Selects or
previews the slide layout for
photos.
Options - Determines how the photos appear in the slide layout,
and whether they have a border or cast shadow.
Layout - Customizes the page layout by specifying the size of the
image cell in the slide template. You can adjust the margins to
change the size of the image on the page.
Overlays - Specifies the text and other objects that are displayed
in the slide with the photo.- The identity plate is for your own bit of flair on the slide. It can be
edited by clicking on drop down arrow on the identity to set the
font and size.
- Ratings can be applied to the slide as viewing options set
- Simple text overlays such as page numbers or user-generated
text can be added to each slide and the options for how that text
will appear can be adjusted. Font and size can be specified here.
Backdrop - Specifies the colors or image behind the photo on
each slide. You can apply a color wash (a gradient) or apply a
background image and fade it back as a backdrop for all the slides
The Slideshow module lets you create a slideshow that can viewed in Lightroom or exported as an Acrobat PDF that can be viewed as
presentation with transitions.
Playback - Specifies how long each slide is displayed in the
presentation, the duration of the transition between slides,
whether music plays with the slideshow, and whether to present
the photos in random order.
- Audio files can be MP3s and can added directly from iTunes
- Slideshows with audio when exported as a PDF no longer
contain the music or audio files
Slide duration can be set for how long the slide is shown and howlong or short the fade between slides is. Slides can also be played in
random order.
Slide commands
Under the Play menu are
a list of commands for
playing a slide show.You can select specific
photos to make a slide
show or include all the
images in the collection
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The panels on the left side let youuse default templates and preview
page layouts.
The panels on the right side letsyou modify the printing template,
set image settings, control the
page layout, page look and feel
and printing management.
Lightroom Print
The Print module contains these panels: Preview - Displays the layout of a template. Moving the pointer
over a template name in the Template Browser displays that
templates page layout in the Preview panel.
Template Browser - Selects or previews the layout for printing
photos. Templates are organized into folders that include
Lightroom presets and user-defined templates.
- To create a new user defined template, set the page set up and
style the way you would like, click the Add button, and save the
template. That newly created template will reside under the User
Templates
Image Settings - Determines how the photos fill the cells in a
page layout.
Layout - Lets you customize the page layout by specifying the size
and distribution of cells within the page margins.
Overlays - Specifies the text and other items that get printed with
the photos.
Print Job - Specifies the print resolution, color management, and
sharpening.
The Print module lets you specify the page layout and print options for printing photos and contact sheets printing settings.
To add images to a Template, choose the template or define your
own, and click on the image thumbnails in the Filmstrip section at
the bottom of the main window. This will add any images you select
to the layout you have created. You can create multiple pages with a
layout by choosing multiple images, the layout will automatically
accommodate all the images.
NOTE: Once you create a user-defined template, any additionaledits you make DO NOT apply to that template, you must right click
on the template and
choose Update with
Current Settings in
order for that
template to mirror
your current changes!
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The panels on the right side letyou modify existing templates,
adding text to web pages, setting
up the web gallery.
The panels on the left side let youuse and create templates and
preview the page layouts
Lightroom Web
The Web module contains these panels:
Preview - Displays the layout of a template. An icon on the
lower-left side of the panel indicates whether the template is for a
Lightroom HTML gallery or Lightroom Flash gallery .
Template Browser - Displays a list of web photo gallery
templates. Moving the pointer over the template names displays
its page layout in the Preview.
Gallery - Selects the default Lightroom Flash Gallery or LightroomHTML Gallery templates. Galleries done in Flash will have a ghost
Flash Icon on the Main Window to let you know it is done using
Flash.
Site Info - Specifies the title of your web photo gallery, the
collection title and description, contact information, and the Web
or mail link.
Color Palette - Specifies the colors for text, web-pagebackground, cells, rollover, grid lines, and index numbers.
Appearance - Specifies the image cell layout (for a Lightroom
HTML gallery), page layout (for a Lightroom Flash gallery), and
whether an identity plate appears on the web pages. You can also
add drop shadows and define section borders.
Image Info - Specifies the text displayed with the image
previews.
The Web module lets you specify the page layout of the web site.
Output Settings - Specifies the maximum pixel dimension of the
photos and JPEG quality, and whether to add a copyrightwatermark.
Upload Settings - Specifies upload settings to send your web
gallery to a server.
Preview In Browser - Exports your web gallery for viewing in
your default browser.
Upload or Export your SiteOnce your site is created you can export your site to a folder on your
computer or click on the Upload button to upload to your web
host. To Set your FTP Upload settings, choose the Custom
Settings>Edit from the Upload Panel on the right side. Enter in
the server name, user name and password to access the web
server that it will be hosted on.
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Lightroom Preferences COMMAND + ?
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File Library
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Edit
Window Slide Show
Lightroom Menus
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Lightroom Notes