Explore Lightroom 4: A Roadmap for Photographers - Softcover

McCullagh, Gene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1435460898 ISBN 13: 9781435460898

Publisher: Cengage Learning PTR, 2012

Synopsis

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 is today's premier tool for managing digital images. Photographers at every level, from beginner to pro, appreciate Lightroom for its power, its ease of use, and its ability to impose order on sometimes unruly photo collections. Whether you're new to Lightroom or an old hand ready to master its latest features, EXPLORE LIGHTROOM 4: A ROADMAP FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS will show you how to use the program to develop an efficient workflow and edit, organize, sort, and share your photos and photo collections. Adobe Community Professional Gene McCullagh offers sure, thorough guidance on all the features and benefits of Lightroom 4, including: Lightroom’s newest capabilities, such as soft-proofing, photo book creation, and extended video support; organizing your Lightroom library with keywords, geotagging, mapping, and more; editing techniques using Lightroom’s rich palette of tools―to refine and enhance your photos; and outputting your photos via print, slideshows, and websites. With today's large-capacity digital cameras, it's easy to fill a hard drive with photos that are unorganized and, all too often, ignored. Take control―let EXPLORE LIGHTROOM 4: A ROADMAP FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS help you get your hands around your photo collection, perfect your images, and share them with the world.

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Review:

Introduction. 1: Equipment and Software Needs. Minimum System Requirements. Monitor Setup and Calibration. External and internal storage solutions. Other software programs. 2: Importing and Organizing. Digital Asset Management (DAM) Basics. File Naming. Metadata. Shooting Tethered in the Studio. Importing Video. General Lightroom Interface Discussion. Collections and Quick Collections. 3: Editing. Labels, Flags and Ratings. Keywords. 4: Developing. Choosing a Starting Point - Setting Default Develop Settings Before and After. Local Adjustments. Special Effects. Presets. Batch Editing. Working with External Editors. 5: Sharing. Exporting. Printing. Slideshows. Online Galleries. Sharing your Catalog. Emailing Files. Watermarks. 6: Archiving and Storage. Archives vs. Backups. Choosing a backup routine. CD vs. DVD vs. Hard Drive. 7: Troubleshooting. Finding Missing Files. Finding Missing Folders. Duplicate Files. Corrupt Catalogs Glossary. Index. Appendix A: Shortcuts. Appendix B: Where to go for more help. Adobe(R) Help Documentation. Adobe(R) Online Forums. Adobe(R) Tech Support. Websites/Blogs. TheLightroomLab.com. LightroomForums.net.

About the Author:

Gene McCullagh is an Adobe Community Professional and an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Lightroom. A freelance photographer based near Dallas, Texas, he belongs to the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Gene is the co-founder of the Dallas Fort Worth Adobe User Group (DFWAUG). He has been involved with Lightroom since the original beta release and enjoys teaching photographers about this versatile tool. He has published several feature articles in Photoshop User Magazine and Lightroom Magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning PTR
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1435460898
• ISBN 13: 9781435460898
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352