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

Effects

The Effects tab provides us with two very nice visual effects, called Post-Crop Vignetting and Grain, which provide us with an extra bit of creativity.

Figure 6.78 – The Effects panel

Post-Crop Vignetting

In the Style menu, we can choose three modes that will apply the vignette effect, each in a slightly different way. Highlight Priority, which is also our default Style, will try to recover some of the highlights around the edges under the vignette effect. Color Priority will ensure no color shifts in the edges after Post-Crop Vignetting is applied. Finally, Paint overlay will only apply a dark overlay that looks dull, especially on printed photographs. Let's have a look at the sliders under Post-Crop Vignetting:

  • Amount: Moving the slider to the left or right controls how strong our vignette will be. The left-hand side of the slider makes our vignette darker, while the right-hand side of the slider makes the vignette white.
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