V I S UA L Q U I C K S TA R T G U I D E Photoshop Lightroom 3 NOLAN HESTER Peachpit Press Visual QuickStart Guide Photoshop Lightroom 3 Nolan Hester Peachpit Press 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 510/524-2178 510/524-2221 (fax) Find us on the Web at: www.peachpit.com To report errors, please send a note to [email protected] Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education Copyright © 2011 by Nolan Hester Associate Editor: Valerie Witte Production Editor: David Van Ness Compositor: David Van Ness Proofreader: Elizabeth Kuball Indexer: FireCrystal Communications Cover design: Peachpit Press All example photographs © Nolan Hester Notice of Rights All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact [email protected]. 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Special thanks to… Valerie Witte, my editor, for her prodigious efforts to make this a far bet- ter book for you, the reader; David Van Ness for his constant composure and rock-steady skills; Emily Glossbrenner of FireCrystal for so deftly crafting an index that’s a map of concepts rather than just a vocabulary list; Nancy Davis for passing me along; and Ceilidh, Hanz, and the rest of the road gang for making last summer and fall a journey of discovery. Contents at a Glance Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Chapter 1 Lightroom 3 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Chapter 2 Importing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Chapter 3 Using Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Chapter 4 Navigating the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Chapter 5 Organizing and Reviewing Images . . . . . . . . . .65 Chapter 6 Using Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Chapter 7 Finding Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Chapter 8 Creating and Using Collections . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Chapter 9 Developing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Chapter 10 Making Local Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 Chapter 11 Creating Slideshows and Web Galleries. . . . . . 197 Chapter 12 Making Prints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Chapter 13 Exporting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257 Contents at a Glance v This page intentionally left blank Table of Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Chapter 1 Lightroom 3 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Library Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Develop Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Slideshow Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Print Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Web Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Controlling the Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Setting Your Work View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Chapter 2 Importing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Check Import Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Importing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Chapter 3 Using Catalogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Exporting Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Importing Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Merging Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Switching Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Backing Up Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Chapter 4 Navigating the Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Using the Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Setting Library Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Setting the Library View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Grid and Loupe View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Setting Thumbnail Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Setting Sort View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Rearranging Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Table of Contents vii Moving Through Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Selecting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Rotating Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Chapter 5 Organizing and Reviewing Images . . . . . . . . . . .65 Dimming the Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Stacking Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Flagging Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Using Ratings and Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Using the Compare and Survey Views . . . . . . . . . . 83 Removing or Deleting Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Chapter 6 Using Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Creating Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Using Keyword Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Editing Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Chapter 7 Finding Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Using the Library Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Chapter 8 Creating and Using Collections . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Using Quick Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Using a Target Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 Using Smart Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 Chapter 9 Developing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Making Quick Fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138 Working in the Develop Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 Creating Virtual Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144 Updating the Process Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 Using the Presets Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 Using the History and Snapshots Panels. . . . . . . . .150 Making Basic Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 Adjusting Tone Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 viii Table of Contents Using the HSL and Color Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 Creating Black-and-White Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 Using the Detail Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 Using the Lens Corrections Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . .176 Using the Effects Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182 Chapter 10 Making Local Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 Using the Crop Overlay Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184 Using the Spot Removal Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 Using the Red Eye Correction Tool . . . . . . . . . . . .189 Using the Graduated Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 Using the Adjustment Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196 Chapter 11 Creating Slideshows and Web Galleries . . . . . .197 Selecting and Ordering Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198 Using the Slideshow Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 Choosing Slideshow Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Setting Slideshow Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Creating Web Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210 Choosing Web Gallery Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Previewing and Uploading a Web Gallery . . . . . . . .214 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 Chapter 12 Making Prints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 Setting Up to Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 Choosing a Basic Print Template . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Customizing a Print Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Saving a Custom Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Choosing Print Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Printing Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Putting It All Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Chapter 13 Exporting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Basic Exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Export Setting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Creating Export Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Adding Export Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Table of Contents ix