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The Photographer's Guide to Adobe Lightroom

By : Marcin Lewandowski
Book Image

The Photographer's Guide to Adobe Lightroom

By: Marcin Lewandowski

Overview of this book

It takes talent to be a great photographer, but in the digital era, it also takes a level of technical proficiency. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic was designed as a one-stop solution for photographers to perfect their final products on a desktop-focused workflow, which includes local storage of your photos in files and folders on your computer. Knowing how to efficiently navigate through Lightroom means that you’ll be able to concentrate on being creative instead of wondering “what does this button do”. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, you will begin with importing photographs into Lightroom. You’ll focus on how to sort through, sequence, develop, and export ready files in various formats, or even design a book and create gallery-ready prints. Next, you will learn how to make informed decisions within Lightroom and how to approach your work depending on the set of photographs you are working on. This guide also illustrates real-life usage and workflow examples that are not just for aspiring professionals, but also for artists and amateurs who are still getting to grips with the technical side of photography. By the end of this book, you'll be confident in importing, editing, sorting, developing, and delivering your photos like a professional.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Section 1: Importing Images into Lightroom and Exploring the Library Module's Structure and Tools
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Section 2: Developing Photographs in Lightroom Classic
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Section 3: Exploring the Export, Print, Book, and Slideshow Modules
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Table of Keyboard Shortcuts

Tethered capture

Tethered capture, means that our camera is tethered by a cable to the computer, where it will save the images we make while being tethered. For many Nikon and Canon camera users, this can be either a feature that comes in handy from time to time or the primary way to interact with Lightroom. A complete list of compatible cameras is available on the Adobe website. Tethered capture is a nonexistent feature for the unlucky users of other camera systems, such as myself, unless we use third-party plugins that offer workarounds for this lack of compatibility. Unfortunately, they are not as sleek nor as reliable. If tethered shooting is the way you work, you need a reliable solution, and if your camera is not supported, then I would suggest researching available plugins or even looking at other solutions, such as Capture One.

Figure 10.4 – Lightroom looking for an attached compatible camera

To start working tethered, we must connect a supported...