The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 9 CHAPTER 1 Importing GETTING YOUR PHOTOS INTO LIGHTROOM......Page 16 Before You Do Anything, Choose Where to Store Your Photos......Page 17 Next, Do This: Set Up Your Folder Organization (It's Really Important)......Page 18 Getting Photos from Your Camera Into Lightroom......Page 20 Importing Photos Already on Your Computer......Page 31 Save Time Importing Using Import Presets (and a Compact View)......Page 33 Importing Video from Your DSLR......Page 35 Shooting Tethered (Go Straight from Your Camera, Right Into Lightroom)......Page 37 Creating Your Own Custom File Naming Templates......Page 41 Choosing Your Preferences for Importing Photos......Page 45 The Adobe DNG File Format Advantage......Page 48 Creating Your Own Custom Metadata (Copyright) Templates......Page 49 Four Things You'll Want to Know Now About Getting Around Lightroom......Page 51 Viewing Your Imported Photos......Page 53 Using Lights Dim, Lights Out, and Other Viewing Modes......Page 55 CHAPTER 2 Library HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR PHOTOS......Page 62 Folders and Why I Don't Mess with Them (This Is Really Important!)......Page 63 Sorting Your Photos Using Collections......Page 67 Organizing Multiple Shoots Using Collection Sets......Page 79 Using Smart Collections for Automatic Organization......Page 81 When to Use a Quick Collection Instead......Page 83 Adding Specific Keywords for Advanced Searching......Page 85 Renaming Photos Already in Lightroom......Page 89 Adding Copyright Info, Captions, and Other Metadata......Page 90 If Your Camera Supports GPS, Prepare to Amaze Your Friends......Page 93 Finding Photos Fast!......Page 95 Creating and Using Multiple Catalogs......Page 99 From Laptop to Desktop: Syncing Catalogs on Two Computers......Page 101 Backing Up Your Catalog (This Is VERY Important)......Page 104 Relinking Missing Photos......Page 106 Dealing with Disasters......Page 108 CHAPTER 3 Customizing HOW TO SET UP THINGS YOUR WAY......Page 114 Choosing What You See in Loupe View......Page 115 Choosing What You See in Grid View......Page 117 Make Working with Panels Faster & Easier......Page 121 Using Two Monitors with Lightroom......Page 122 Choosing What the Filmstrip Displays......Page 126 Adding Your Studio's Name or Logo for a Custom Look......Page 127 CHAPTER 4 Editing Essentials HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR PHOTOS......Page 134 Upgrading from an Earlier Version of Lightroom? Read This First!......Page 135 Making Your RAW Photos Look More Like JPEGs......Page 137 Setting the White Balance......Page 139 Setting Your White Balance Live While Shooting Tethered......Page 144 Seeing Befores and Afters......Page 146 Applying Changes Made to One Photo to Other Photos......Page 147 How to Set Your Overall Exposure......Page 149 Adding "Punch" to Your Images Using Clarity......Page 155 Making Your Colors More Vibrant......Page 156 Using the Tone Curve to Add Contrast......Page 157 Adjusting Individual Colors Using HSL......Page 162 Adding Vignette Effects......Page 164 Getting That Trendy, Gritty High- Contrast Look......Page 168 Virtual Copies—The "No Risk" Way to Experiment......Page 170 Editing a Bunch of Photos at Once Using Auto Sync......Page 172 Save Your Favorite Settings as One- Click Presets......Page 173 Using the Library Module's Quick Develop Panel......Page 177 Adding a Film Grain Look......Page 179 CHAPTER 5 Local Adjustments HOW TO EDIT JUST PART OF YOUR IMAGES......Page 184 Dodging, Burning, and Adjusting Individual Areas of Your Photo......Page 185 Five More Things You Should Know About Lightroom's Adjustment Brush......Page 192 Getting Creative Effects Using the Adjustment Brush......Page 193 Retouching Portraits......Page 195 Fixing Skies (and Other Stuff) with a Gradient Filter......Page 197 CHAPTER 6 Problem Photos FIXING COMMON PROBLEMS......Page 202 Fixing Backlit Photos (Using Fill Light)......Page 203 Reducing Noise......Page 205 Undoing Changes Made in Lightroom......Page 207 Cropping Photos......Page 209 Lights Out Cropping Rocks!......Page 212 Straightening Crooked Photos......Page 213 Great Trick for "Dust Spotting" Your Photos......Page 215 Removing Spots and Other Nasty Junk......Page 216 Removing Red Eye......Page 220 Fixing Lens Distortion Problems......Page 221 Fixing Edge Vignetting......Page 225 Sharpening Your Photos......Page 226 Fixing Chromatic Aberrations (a.k. a. That Annoying Color Fringe)......Page 231 Basic Camera Calibration in Lightroom......Page 232 CHAPTER 7 Exporting Images SAVING JPEGS, TIFFS, AND MORE......Page 236 Saving Your Photos as JPEGs......Page 237 Adding a Watermark to Your Images......Page 245 Emailing Photos from Lightroom......Page 249 Exporting Your Original RAW Photo......Page 253 Publish Your Images with Just Two Clicks......Page 255 CHAPTER 8 Jumping to Photoshop HOW AND WHEN TO DO IT......Page 264 Choosing How Your Files Are Sent to Photoshop......Page 265 How to Jump Over to Photoshop, and How to Jump Back......Page 266 Adding Photoshop Automation to Your Lightroom Workflow......Page 274 Double-Processing by Opening Photos in Photoshop as a Smart Object......Page 280 Stitching Panoramas Using Photoshop......Page 285 Creating HDR Images in Photoshop......Page 288 CHAPTER 9 In Black & White CONVERTING FROM COLOR TO BLACK AND WHITE......Page 294 How to Find Which Photos Might Look Great as Black-and-Whites......Page 295 Better Black and White By Doing It Yourself......Page 297 How to Tweak Individual Areas When You Convert to Black and White......Page 301 The Trick for Getting Great-Looking Duotones (Plus Split Toning)......Page 304 CHAPTER 10 Slideshow CREATING PRESENTATIONS OF YOUR WORK......Page 310 Creating a Quick, Basic Slide Show......Page 311 Customizing the Look of Your Slide Show......Page 315 Getting Creative with Photo Backgrounds......Page 321 Working with Drop Shadows and Strokes......Page 327 Adding Additional Lines of Text and Watermarking......Page 328 Adding Opening and Closing Title Slides......Page 329 Adding Background Music......Page 331 Choosing Your Slide Duration and Fade Length......Page 333 Sharing Your Slide Show......Page 334 CHAPTER 11 The Big Print PRINTING YOUR PHOTOS......Page 338 Printing Individual Photos......Page 339 Creating Multi-Photo Contact Sheets......Page 343 Creating Custom Layouts Any Way You Want Them......Page 351 Adding Text to Your Print Layouts......Page 355 Printing Multiple Photos on One Page......Page 357 Saving Your Custom Layouts as Templates......Page 362 Having Lightroom Remember Your Last Printing Layouts......Page 363 Creating Backscreened Wedding Book Pages......Page 365 The Final Print and Color Management Settings......Page 371 Saving Your Page Layout as a JPEG......Page 379 Adding Custom Borders to Your Prints......Page 381 Here Are Some of My Own Print Layouts for You to Use......Page 384 CHAPTER 12 Web Galleries GETTING YOUR PHOTOS ON THE WEB......Page 396 Building a Quick, Simple, Online Photo Gallery......Page 397 Adding an Email or Website Link......Page 401 Customizing Your Gallery Layout......Page 403 Changing the Colors of Your Gallery......Page 407 Using Cooler Flash Templates......Page 409 Putting Your New Gallery on the Web......Page 411 CHAPTER 13 My Portrait Workflow MY STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS FROM THE SHOOT TO THE FINAL PRINT......Page 416 Workflow Step One: It All Starts with the Shoot......Page 417 Workflow Step Two: Right After the Shoot, Do This First......Page 419 Workflow Step Three: Finding the "Keepers" & Making a Collection......Page 420 Workflow Step Four: Editing Your Selects......Page 423 Workflow Step Five: Letting Your Clients Proof on the Web......Page 425 Workflow Step Six: Making the Final Tweaks & Working with Photoshop......Page 427 Workflow Step Seven: Delivering the Finished Images......Page 433 CHAPTER 14 7-Point System MY SEVEN POINTS IN LIGHTROOM......Page 438 The 7-Point System: Project One......Page 439 The 7-Point System: Project Two......Page 444 The 7-Point System: Project Three......Page 449 The 7-Point System: Project Four......Page 453 Where to Go Next for More Lightroom Learning......Page 457 B......Page 460 C......Page 461 E......Page 462 H......Page 463 L......Page 464 M......Page 465 P......Page 466 R......Page 467 S......Page 468 T......Page 469 Z......Page 470 Since Lightroom first launched, Scott Kelby's The Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers has been the world's #1 best-selling Lightroom book. In this latest version for Lightroom 3, Scott uses his same step-by-step, plain-English style and layout to make learning Lightroom easy and fun. Scott doesn't just show you which sliders do what. Instead, by using the following three simple, yet brilliant, techniques that make it just an incredible learning tool, this book shows you how to create your own photography workflow using Lightroom:

1) Scott shares his own personal settings and studio-tested techniques. He trains thousands of Lightroom users at his "Lightroom Live!" tour and knows first hand what really works and what doesn't.

2) The entire book is laid out in a real workflow order with everything step by step, so you can begin using Lightroom like a pro from the start.

3) What really sets this book apart are the last two chapters. This is where Scott dramatically answers his #1 most-asked Lightroom question, which is: "Exactly what order am I supposed to do things in, and where does Photoshop fit in?" Plus, this is the first version of the book that includes his famous "7-Point System for Lightroom," which lets you focus on mastering just the seven most important editing techniques.

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book for Digital Photographers is the first and only book to bring the whole process together in such a clear, concise, and visual way.

A step-by-step guide to using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for digital photography that covers importing and organizing photos, customization, editing, local adjustments, fixing common problems, jumping to Photoshop, converting from color to black-and-white, printing, and other related topics Presents step-by-step instructions on using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, covering such topics as organizing photographs, making adjustments, editing, converting from color to black and white, and printing photographs.