Visual Quickstart Guide by Simon Barnett

NOLAN HESTER

Visual QUic:kSta rt Guide

Adobe Photos hop Lightroom 2 Nolan lI ester

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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE Int roduction

Chapter 1:

Lightroom 2 Overview

Chapter 2 :

Importi ng Images

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Chapter 3:

Navigat ing the Library

Chapter 4:

Organizing and Reviewing Images

Chapter 5:

Usi ng Keywords

Chapter 6:

Finding and Collect ing Images

Chapter 7:

Developing Images

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Chapter 8:

Making local Ima ge Adju stments

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Chapter 9:

Creating Slides hows and

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Web Galleries

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Mak ing Prints

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Cha pter 11:

Exporti n g Images

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Index

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Table of Con tents

Chapter 6:

Finding and Collecting Images

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Developing Images

123 Making Qu lG k Fi x~5 ................... • ........ 124 Working in t he Develo p (\·Iodu le. , ... . .. . .. .. .. . 129 Creating Virtuu l Copies . . ,., . .. . , .... , . .. . , .... 130 U!:'ing t he P rel>Cts Panel .... . .... . .. . .... ... .... 13 1 Usin g I he S Ila ps ho t a nd H lSi ol'y Pa nels .. .... . .. 134 Makin g Basic AdJll sllll~ n l s . ... .. .. . . .. . .... . . .. 136 Ad jusli ng Tone Cu rves . . . ..... . . . , . . , . , . . . .. . .. H I Usin g t he 115 1. a nd Color Panels . ... ....... . .... 14:\ U"ln g t he G rayscale ~Ind Splil TO iling Panel" . ... 145 USin g t he Det Ail Panel .. , , .. .. , ' , . .. " .. , . , .. . , 150

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Chapter 8:

Making Local Image Adjustments

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Usin g t he Crop Ove rl ay Too l. .. , , , .. . , , .. , . , .. . . 156 Using t he Spot Re m oval Tool , .... . ....... . ..... 158 Usin g t he Red Eye Co rrectio n Tool ............. 160 Usin g t he GroJu:. teJ Filter ......... . ........... 16 1 Using t he Adj u st m e n t Brush .. .. " ... .. . ,. , .... 164

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Creating Stideshows and Web Galleries Select i ng a nd O rd e r! Il g Photos .. ... ............ 168 Usin g t he Slideshow Mod ule, . . . .. . ...... . .. . .. 169 C hOOSi ng Slidc show St: tl ins~ . . .. .. . . .... . . ... .. 17 1 Sett ing Sli deshow Playback ... . . . . , ....... . .... 177 Creating \Veb Galle r ie..~ . .. . . . .. . . . . . . .... . ...... 180 C hoosing Web Gu lle ry Settings, . , ... . , .. . .. . . . . 182 Previewi ng and Uplnndmg ft VVeb Galler y. . . . , . . 18 1

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Making Prints Sett ing Up to I'nnt ." ... , ..... , ... , . . ..... .. ... 188 C hoosing :t Basic I)rintli:mplat e , ., ............ 189 C usto rni zi llga Print Telllplnte .. , ... . . , ... . .. . . . 19 1 C hoosing Prin t S<lltings .. .... . . . . .. , .... , ...... 19~ SAvi ng a C llst0 1l1 Tem pla te ..... .... ...... . ..... 195 Printing Pholo~ . . , .... .. . .... .. ..• ..•... .. ..... 196

Chapter 11:

Exporting Images

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Ad d ing Expo rl Plug.ins .... .. . . . . . ,. , . , . ... . , .. 205 1\ !.~s h i I1 g Ligh! roo m and J> hotos hnp ....... . .... 207

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IGHTROOM VERVIEW Welcome 10 !\dobe I'hotoshop LightToom. o ne of the best programs available fo r o rga nizing. correcting. and displaying your digital photos. Designed specificall)' for photographers. Lightroom combines t.he power of the origi nal Adobe Photoshop with a brand-new interface thai makes it easier than ever Lo t np tha t power. Lightroom also makes it a snnp 10 import. sort. and tra ck I he flood of images that can so quickly overwhelm digital

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Develop Module lhe Develop module is where you make most of your adJusl menl!s 10 1he selec.:1ed phOlo's appearance ( Fig ure 1.6). As in other m od ules. t he Navigator sits at the tllp of the l.eft. Pnne! Group and helps you move around within a n enlarged photo. It also offers a preview of the effec.:1 of a ny of lightroom"s Presets simply by rollmg your cursor over any Ilem In the list. lhe Delail panel. new in version 2. gives you un up-close view whi le sti II leuvl ng u zoomed -out vie \" In the mul n win dow. essenli al for seeing the elTt.'cl,s of sharpening and noise reduction.

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Figure 1.6 The Develop module is whefe you make most adjuSlmeo ts to the selected photo.

lightroom 2 Overview

Controlling Triangle Actions Fo ur a reas su rrou nd Light roo m's mai n window: the ~ [oduJ e Picker, I he Right Plmcl G roup. the Filmstrip, a nd the Left. Panel G rou p . When and how Ihey ap~ur is cont rolled by fo ur triangles sitting at the center oflhe top, tigh t. hollom. and len boundaries ( Figure 1.13). By default. these four arcas f lSU f. 1.1] These four triangles (ontlOl wh en you see Ihe Module Pic ker. Ihe RighI Panel Group. Ihe Filmst rip. and the Left Panel Group.

appear and dlsnppear whe ne ver yo u roll your curso r o nt o or off of one Oflhe5e triangles. Light room calls it Auto [tide & Sho w. (lhls d oes not happen w il II IIny o f the individ ual panels within the panel groups. just these fo ur.) 11w problem is that it's easy to accid en tally trigge r this behavior by, fo r example, trying 10 scrolllhrough rour m ai n windo w ( I-"Igurc 1.1 "), Avoid the problem by c hanging the default action fo r each triangle.

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Importing Images Ifyou\'e already selup Lightroom to ca pture imported imagl.os-a!:i cxplainCtl ln the prevl· ou s section -the im port dialog box apl>cIlrS wln:: n you connec t yo ur digitnl camera or memory card. so skip 10 step 2 below. liowever. you n1so can manually lrigger an im lml'l as explained below in ste p J. Jfyou already ha\'c a c atalog of im ages th at yo u wa nlto impo rl. pe rh aps from Ligh troom's first ve rsion, sec "To import a Lighlroom vc r· slo n J catalog" 011 plIge27. No matter which me t hod you u se. t he first timc you Import im ages, you'lI ncccl to m ake a num ber of d ecisions abo ut the p rocess. Oncc you c hoose you I' seuings. however. future Importsdon't t ake muc h ti me because Ughtroom wil l use those same setti ngs.

To import ima ges; 1 . In the Library module. clie k th e hll l)orl bulton in the Iower·len com e r (Fig urc 2.9).

From the Me nu bar. choose File> Impo rt Photos from Disk and naV igate to the imllges you wun l o n one o f rour hard d ri ves. If you w ll nlto impo rt every image in II fo lde r. select lt und choose Import All Phol os in Selected Folder, or sclect IndiVidual photos within B. folder and click Choose (Figure 2. 10).

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f llufe :a.9 One or three W.lYS to st.lrt importins, Click the Import bUll on in the libr.lry module.

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"'Nll vigate 10 a folder or individual imllges. sclt'Cl them. and elmg t he m in to th e G rid view orthe Llbm ry module ( Fi gu re 2. 11 ). fl rure l.U You also can selec t and dra,lmaces direct ly Inlo the Llbrllry's Grid view.

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9 . in the info nnatio n Lo Apply section. use t he Develop Settings drop· do wn menu if you want 10 apply a partic ular setting 1.0 all t.he i rn ported p hotos (Flgul'C 2.2 1), GcncralJ)·, it's more f1cxible to do this a fte r import , using the Develop module. But il e nn sn\'c yo u limc if, fo rcl(nmplc, you d e finit ely want to make all the p ho los loo k like old· fnsh iom,'Cl se pin· to n e photos. (Fo r m o re info nn ati Oll, sec ~U slllg the Presets i'a ncl~ 011 page 13 I ,)

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Figu re 2.22 ThoUlh usuilUy stii O None , you (iln use the Meladala drop ·down menu to apply metada ta during the import.

10. Also in the info rmation to Appl y sec· tio n, you ca n use the Mel.data drop·down me nu 10 cre at e o r apply metadata 10 the import ed photos ( Figure 2,22), Uswl!ly Ihis is seLlo No ne (see the th ird Tip 011 page 24), Ot.herwl se. choose New lind u sc the New Metadata Preset dialo g box to ente r the info rmati o n yo u want to use (Figure 2.23). Click Create when you're done. a nd the n choose your new p reset froOlthe I\letad ata drop-dowfl m e nu. (conIllWt:$ on ma l page)

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Using Catalogs

to install t he Ught room progrom on a desktop machine and your laptop.)

Lighlroom 2 now makes it practical to keep all you r Images In a single catalog. Thal "S II welcome change from the first ,'crsion. which often forced photographers to spreud their photos across multiple Lightroom catalogs to avoid slowd owns.

If yo u do not want to constant ly carry an external drive, howeve r. you'll need to move UghlTOOm catalogs by exporti ng and importing them. nlC roundtrip p rocess sounds morecomplieated than it is:

If you are upgradi ng from an earlier version of Light room. see "To import it Lightroom version ! cat alog" on t he next page. If you're starting fresh with \'ersion 2, Lighl rootll aut omatically creates a new catalog t he first t nnc you Import any photos. as aJn:!ady explained

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In the field, you impo rt t h ot catnlogon the laptop. If yo u do n't n(."Cd any clllalog photos from th e desktop machine. you jllst usc Lightroolll on the lapl op to c apture new photos shot on location.

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Back ho rneor III the offi ce. you export the laptop's catalog to an externnl d rive and imporl it b ack to t he desktop machi ne. Fo r the step-by-step details. sec -To export photos as a catalog- on page 28 and -To impo rt from a cntalog- on page 30_

in "To import irn(lgcs' on page J 6. As you ndd

photos. that catalog keeps track of where the original images arc slored.

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\Vhile lh cn~ is now 11:55 need 10 swilc;h among catalogs. you may need to do so when working with cxl!5ting c atalogs. (For more Info rIllation. sec -To switch to another catalog" o n page 27.) 'lhe othe r si mat ion where yo u'lI switch c(ltalogs is when using multiple co mpute rs, such as a desl-.'1O p an d laptop. You so met Imcs can $id cstep Ihi51fyou store your original photos and the reln ted Llghtroom catalog on a n f!.I.lernal d rive. lhat way. yo u can move from thcdesktop machine to the lap top simply by con necting the external dri ve to one o r t he o t her. (Adobe allows you

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ho me o r the o llie c. ex port a cat alog o f photos from you r deskto p machine if you need the m on the laptop while workIng on locatio n . Typically. you co py the expo rted catnlog t o t he lnptop usi ng an externul drive, which sl llYS hehlnd wi t h th e deskto p mnchinc (Figure 2.29 ).

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can t ake seconds fo r a few p hoto s o r severa) mlnuLes if you're CXI)()Tting 1.000-plu.'O photos. Whe n the Import fi nishes. the iml)()Tt oo phot os a ppea r In th e G rid vie w. You c a n no w wo rk with the imporl l,.-cl photos as ne eded .

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lightroom (I utomatically spo ts duplicate photos in the im porl cd c atalog. suc h <IS un ch anged photos already on t he la pto p .

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Using the Toolbar Lighlroom's tool bar, visible by default. rUll s across the bollom of t he Lib rary module's main window. lfYOlire working on (I laptop di~pJa)" you may want to hide It someti mes to see more thumbnail im ages.

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TooJbar. If the tooJbnr is hidden. choose V iew> Show Toolba r (Fig u re 3. 1).

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Press the T on you r keyboard. Irthe toolbar IS viSible, it d isappears: 1f its hidden, it reappears.

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Mnkc sure the tool bar is visible and click the t riangle at the right end of t he toolbar, Use the pop-up menu to show or hide a pa rt icular set of too Is (f'lg ufe 3.2). Repeal for each of l he II choices )·ou wan l to show or hide .

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a really wide monit.o r or )"ouil ncl.od to collapse the side panel workgroups. It's more p ractical to t um on just those you usc rcgularly.I\'ly own working sets for the Library module: View Modes. Sort ing. Flagging. and 111umbnail Size (FIgure 3.3).

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Navigating the library

Grid View Options Show Grid Exlrt\5 is turn ed on by d efaull : deselect it if you wan t to hide the extra informn t ion. Use the drop-down m e n u to c hoose Compact Cells or Expanded Cells. lhe n sel lhe remaini ng c hC(:k bo xcs and drop-down menus ( I;lgurc 3. J 0); Opt io n s : Selec t w hic h of the three o ptio ns you wont to appear. If you deselect Sho w clicknble II em s o n m ou se over on ly, the rotate and nag buttons appcaron all the thumbnails. Show image in fo tooltips helps you lea rn Lightroom's many Interface ite m s.

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Cell Ico n s : Sec Figu re :\ .710 understand how th e first Ihrt.."C Ico ns are uscd.lhe last. Unsaved Metadata. ale rts you whe n edits havc been m ade to an image but ha.'e not heen SQ,'cd b ack to the original Image. Comp"el Cell Exlrll.'l! 'The Inde x Nu mbe r is not applied to the actual photo: Its dlspl[lYsi mply gh'cs you a re l[ltive se nse o f whe re you [Ire III a large gro u p o f pho t os. l h e Hotatlon buttons make it easy to co rrect 11 photo without I mveling dow n to the tool bar. Use t he Top Label and Bott om Label dro p-dow n m en us to choose from 30 information Items that can be displayed (1:lg urc 3. 12 ). I prefer to appl y such labels in the Loupe " iew to keep lhe thum bna ils less clullered. Expanded Cell Ex tra s : l h ese c ho ices a []oweach thu mbnail to dIsplay up to sIx ext ra it ems of info rill at ion. 111e dro p-dow n m e n us offe r the same 30 choices found m the Compact Cell Ext nl.S dropdown menus. All that ext ra Informatloll, however. means that you ca nn ot squec-le a s mnny thu mbnails in to U ght room's mat n wi ndow (F igures 3. 13, 3.1 ·1), Howeve r. you can always press t hej key to cycle frolll cOlllpacl to expa nd ed cells.

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Chapler 3 6 . To releasc th e lock. click NO nllal o r Live in the 5(.'t;ond window o r righ t·cllck (Con trol·cllckon a Mac) a nother Image in the main window and c hoose Lock to Second Window from the drop..<Jown men u again. The previous Image is unlocked. 0'

In the Grid view o rthe mai n window. click the Ii Ll.le Second Wind ow button that appea rs on t he locked image (Figure 3.27 ).1he image is unlocked.

f llllre ) .27 In the Grid view ohhe main window. dick the IIlIle:2 billion to II nloc k wha t appea ls In the second window.

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screen. the upper·leltli"t of \~ews also Includes a slideshow option (Figure 3.28). •

In step 3. you cnn toggle lhe S<!(:ond mon ito r in and out of 11 full·screen view by pressin g All / Opt ion.

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Navigating the li brary

To move from screen to screen: •

In the Grid or Lo upe view, press the Page Up/ Page Down keys. ' Il lt' li brary's lIlain window cha nges to d isplay" new SCR.-cn of hn:lges (in Grid) o r a new single im:lge (i n Loupe), 0'

Scro ll t hrough t he Filmst rip to lind a nothe r i mage, dick I t~ t hu mb nail, and t he Lib ra ry's main wi nd o w d isplays tha t selection.

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In the Gnd \icw only, you c a n jump to t ill! tQ p of the tllUmbnllils by pressing the Home key. Or move to the vc ry bottom o f the thlllnbnalls by pre§sing t he End key.

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Adjusting Your Review Setup Before di ving Int o reviewi ng rour pho tos. you nlll)' want to know about two \"Cry helpful Lightroom o pt ions: d imming th e lights and stacking photos. Toget her they can mak l! n big di fference in helpmg yOll concentrate o n yo ur photos-a nd their ootne li mes subtle differences. The ~]jgh ts out ~ feat ure lets you dim o r hide eve ry part of the ughtroolll int erface CJ(cept the photos. lhe st acking feature lel.s you gather a bunch o f similnr images and ~stack" them. much as rou might bunch ups lides on a n o ld light tab le to concentrate o n the remaining photos. You can even automatically stack photos. wh ich is particularly useful for tidying up contiguous. same-subject photos such n.~ bursts of moto r-driw. sho ts, panorama seq ue nces. or br:lckcted HDR (I ligh Dyna mic Range) exposures.

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To dim or tu rn off the lights: 1 . Sl.'lect the photos o n which you wanl to concentrate ( Fig ure 4.1 ). In any mOOulc: .... In t he MI!IIIl bar. c hoose Window,. Lights Out and Lights Dim or Lights Off.

f llure 1ij."lI B~ default, the Ii, hts dim med choi ce darkens the Ughtroom interface by 80 percent. Yo u Clln IIdjustthe amoun! of dimming.

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f lr Url! 4-1 Th e lights-ou l choice hides every bit of li,h! roo m ucepl the 5elecled photos.

Organizing and Reviewing Images

•• f lsure 4.16 5ele<t lhe photos you wanl to auto slack. It you want. you can select enl ire folders usinB the FoideB panel.

1. Select the photos ),OU w ant to stack. It c an be an enUre folder. a single pho to seSSiOn, o r t he results o f a photo search (I' lg u ra '1. 16).

2. !'rom the r,.lcnu bar. choose Pho to> Slacking> Auto·Stack b)' Capture Time (1:lg u ra '1. 17).

3. Set t he Time Betwee n Stacks slider any· where between 0 seconds (the far right) a nd I hour (t h e far left) ( Fi g ure 4 . 1S ). l h e numberof st acks (a nd unstacked photos) based on the setting appears In the lower left or t he d ialog box. Adj ust if ne<:essaT)'. a nd dick Stack..

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4 . In the Grid 'iew. (Ill the pho tos rem(l in expa nded (u llstacked). but their borders have changt.od to indicnle whether they belong to a stack ( H g llre ,. . 19). Ligh t . bordered photos are 1I0t part of any stack: dark-bord e red ones arc part o f a stack. 1he beginlling of each stack shows a smnll number for how nUln), photos belong to Ihnl stnc k.. Ro ll thc cu rso r over any dorkbord('ll.>d photo a nd you'll see a number for its poSition in the stack sequence (I' lg ure '1.2U). (r:ofllln"~ QfI flc.x.1 page)

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To ma rk photos usin g the Painter tool: 1 . Turn on the toolhar (VIew> Show ToolbllT o r press the T on your Keyboard ). 2. c lick t he triangle at t he f:lrright of the toolbar and c hoose p"inter in t he pop路up m enu (1: lg u re4.32 ).

3 . c lick t he Painlcr tool (the spra)' elll1) In the toolba r ( Fig ure 4.33).

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flg url! If..12 To malk photos uslnS thl! Painter tool, t lkk thl! triolngle at the lar riSht of the too lbar and chGo!;e Painter.

4. Click t he Paint pop路up mCllu lhat ap pears and chooS(! Flag (Figu re 4.34 ). Click the second Paint pop-u p me nu that now appears and make a choice based on whether you wl1nt10 mllrK pho tos as Flagged. Unflagged. o r Rejected (I'I gu Te 'I .:~5).

f lgurl! If..11 Ctkk t he spray (an In Ille tOGlbar to aclivate the Pllinler tool.

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Besides the Od:l.Ult labe l set. Lightroolll incl udes a second label set that you ca n use to Illark a photo's review stains. To swi tch. choose Mel ad ata > Colo r Label Sct > Review St atus (l' ig llrc 4.4 7 ). lhis label set now;s (IvaJl (lblc whencver you tight·click (Control-click on a l\lac);t photo and choose Sct Colo r Label (Fig ure '1.'1 8 ). To switch back to the default sci . whic h just uses t he names of colors. c hoose ~1ctadata > Colo r Label Sct > Defau lt.

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Chapter 4 4 . With the view now set, you c all make judgments more casily about which photos should be Selects and Candidates. Use the Compare view'slools to switch o r compare the m (I:lg uI"C 4.62 ). S. As you review photos. you also cnn apply the flags.. ralings. and labels 10 further distinguish pho tos from eoch othcr.ln the example, Ihe right (Candidate) photo is sh nrpt:r. 50 it 's naggt.'d as a p ick and then made the Select photo using t h e Compare view toolbnr (FIg-u rtJ 4 .63).

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Compare \'iew nlso Is useful when • 'Ihe wooong wit h virtual copiCS lo which dif· fcrent dcvelop settings hove been applied . (For more infoTlIlnt lon, S('e page 130.)

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EYWORDS Kcy.vords ac t as tags for yOUl' photos. I3l,.ocause thtlY (In! lm,: ked into tht: m cladata

o f each photo. they stay out of the way unti l you need the m to help you find a partic ular photo. When YOII first sl .. rt addi ng images to Ughtroom.lhc keyword feature may seem more bot her than it's wo rt h. Once )'ourcatalog grows to severa l hund red (or thousand ) images. howc\'cr, keywords become essential fo r pIlliing UHlt one photo from Ihe d igit al haystack. [f you ho pe to sell any of rour Imagtls. remember: Siock image ,.gende" d epend o n keywords when seeki ng photos. So kCY"Yords may be a bit o f a bother, but it can be worth t he time-and the mo ney. Your first c hance to apply keywords comes when you imporl photos into Lightroolll. as cxpi(lim..'<i in st ep lion pagc22.1hc fl.OS\ of the time you'll use the ke)"vo rd tools fou nd In the Library module's Kc)"vording :lnd

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2. Clic k t he Metadata tab a nd select O ffe r suggesti o ns fro m recent ly c ntc red v:ilucs (Figure 5.10). Make sure th e o ther two boxes, wh ich co nt rol how m ei lldata Is saved . al so a re selected . Click O K to close the d ialog bo x.

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Now whe n yo u b egi n to lyp en keywo rd. Lightroom su gges ts Simila rly spelled keywords. which helps yo u re me mber keywords yo u've already c reated (Figu r e 5 . I I). To select a suggested keywo rd. ehoose it in t he dro p -do wn m e nu and press Ent er/ Re turn twice.

figure 5.11 Whe n yo u beSln 10 type a keyword , Ugh troo m s usses ts s imil.!! rly s pe lled exist ing keyword s..

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I'ul Ins id e •._ ": This o pti o n appea rs o nly if)'ou selec t an exi sting ke yw ord in th e Keyw o rd U sl befo re clicki ng t he ... bull o n . You can use th ls o pUo n to "ne st " your new keyword in a m o re incl u sive keywo rd. such as "_PLACES· in the example (Figure 5.8), ( Fo r m o re info rm atio n on nest ed kc}"vords. sec "To re armnge keywo rd groups" o n page 94.) Ad d It, scle c lC!d pho tos: Checked by d e fault.. wh ich usually makes sense since yo u selectC!d thc photo(5) in ste p I. Som e timc s. ho wc vc r, yo u may rem ember another k.eyword rou'Uwant to ap pl)' late r to so me other sh ot s. By unch ecklng the op tio n . you can crea te kc}"vo rd s w itho ut appl ying the m to t he c urre n t photos. Include o n Exp o rl' Check.cd by d ef~Hdt, this o ptio n sends the keyword t ag alo ng with an)' phot os you later e xpo rt. W he t he r yo u leave it checked m ay de pe nd o n who will be u sing the exportl..:! pho to s: yo urself on a no t he r compute r or a client that yo u m ay-o r may no t- want to sec the keY"'fOrds. Expo rt Conta i.lillg Keywo rd s : This o ptio n sends the keyw o rds and any con la ifl iflg keyword s alo ng with th e ex po rted photos (e.g. "\o\'est US" as well as "Alaska"). As wi t h th e previOUS optio n , whe the r yo u le,we this option c hecked d e pends on the needs o f l he person recei vi n g the exported pho tos. t-: xl'0rt Syno n ynl s: 'Ihis op Uo n Includes yo ur synonym s, al o ng with the ke}"vo rd s, wl lh a ny exportlod pho l.os.

Usin g Keywords

Editing Keywords

FJlure S.2S To remove" keyword 'rom" photo, select II In the Keywordlnr panel <'In<! press Batkspate/Oelete.

It's easy at any point to re move. delete, o r edit a keyword. Ughtroom aUlomalil;:ally upd ates e\'ery instance of tile keyword. lha t means your keywords can evolve or grow more spt.'Cific as you r col lectio n of photos grows. It makes if a d rag-nnd-drop affair to reo rde r your nested keywords, no mattc r how clabom I c I he system becomes.

To remove a keyword from a photo: -",, '

1. Select the pllOto(S) from which you want to remo\'e a keyword.

2. In lhe Keywording pnners list o f applied keywords, select the keywo rd (s) you want to removc a lo ng with thc com ma and nstl;lrisk ( Fig ure 5.25). (See Tip.)

3. Press Backspace / Delete to remove the ke}'\vord(s), Repeat t he steps if you nt!t.'Cl lo delete more keywords from the selected photo(s).

f flu re S. 26 If yo u're In lite ma in Keywording ttlll bOll, press Tab to Jump 10 the "Click here to add keywords· tul bolt. You (<'In then <'I dd other keywords.

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Chapter 6

Using the Library Filter 1he Li bmry Filter pulls together a variety o f ways to lieaTen your photos. Ulilng its three main scarch buttons-Tcxt./\Uribule. and ~·Ielildal;)-y(lu can quickly cast ;, wide nel to find all o f a particular lype of pho lo or drill dowl! to a single sredlie image. ·Ihe Library Filter toolbar also includes :, Custom Filter pop-up menu with six predefined searches. plus t he ability t(llailor your own.

l3y the way, when I he Library Fi Iter iii lu rnl.,,1 on, Lightroom's main window shows o nly the search results, which can he confusing ifrOlire trying to sec nil your photos. (Sec ~Scarching Without Getti ng Lose on page 98.)

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Finding and Collecling Images

Adding and Syncing Metadata Afte r getting comfort able using the Library Filte r to search Lightroom's metadata. you may want to add infonnation for photos directly in the Metadata panel.lf),ou like. you also can then sync all or just some of that metadata to other photos. It sm'cs yo u from constanlly rekey· Ing the same informotlon.

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2. Use t he left·hand pop·up menu. if the Metadata panel is not showing t he metadata fie ld(s} you need (Fi gure 6 .20 ).

3. Ent.er your information in the appropriate meta· dnta fields for t he selected photo(s), pressing Ent e r/Hi!turn when you're done with each field. The JIlet(ldat(l is (ldded to the selected photos in the G rId (Fig u re 6.2 1).

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4 . With these source photoes) still selected. now also select t(lrget photos to whIch you wanl 10 apply some of the met adata entered in step 3. Some o f the metodal a fields are labeled <m i xed> because they do not alll;on t nin the same infomtalion (Flgurc 6 .22 ).

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fllUre 6 .22 Select additional photos to which you want to apply some of the top photo's metadata. Relds label~ Gixed> do not all contain the same location and copyr ight Informa tion.

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Even More Metadata Finds Lightroom offers so many more ways to find your p ho tos. It could lake another book to explain them all. Ilere. however. are t\vo especially handy ones using metadala:

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