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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)
1
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
9
Section 3: Exploring the Export, Print, Book, and Slideshow Modules
14
Table of Keyboard Shortcuts

Understanding the import dialog functionality

If you checked the box for Show import dialog when a memory card is detected, then the import module will open automatically. If you didn't tick that box earlier, click on the Import button in the bottom left corner of the Library module's bottom left corner.

Alternatively, you can even drag images from outside of Lightroom and drop them into the Library module to open the import dialog. I find the last option helpful when I want to bring into Lightroom a particular image I just downloaded and I don't feel like browsing folders on my computer from within the import module. Still, I'm getting ahead of myself here.

Figure 2.4 – A miniature version of the import dialog

Default view

If you see the miniature version of the import dialog, like the one illustrated in Figure 2.4, then click on the arrow in the bottom left corner to open it up to the full view. And voila, we are in, and...