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
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
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
Meshing Lightroom and Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Setting Up Publish Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Collecting Photos to Publish . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Publishing a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Putting It All Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Index . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . 257