Exporting Textbook from the Book Module to PDF in Lightroom
20 Wednesday Apr 2016
Posted Lightroom Videos
in20 Wednesday Apr 2016
Posted Lightroom Videos
in15 Sunday Nov 2015
Posted Making a book in Lightrom
inCreating your photo text book is easy and fun! Video link for reminder
06 Tuesday Oct 2015
Posted Lightroom Videos
inUsing the Lightroom 5 Toolbar for Selective Edits
27 Thursday Aug 2015
Posted format hard drive, Lightroom
inFormatting your external hard drive is a necessary step so that it can be read by the MAC computers in the lab. You will need to follow the steps illustrated in this video link to format external hard drive.
04 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted Lightroom Videos
inSaving as a pdf file from the Print Module in Lightroom when you are working on ouputting contact sheets
24 Tuesday Feb 2015
Posted Lightroom Videos
inExporting from Lightrooom to your Desktop, external HD or opening into Photoshop from Lightroom.
22 Sunday Feb 2015
Posted Lightroom Videos
inPrinting to the Epson 2880 printer from Lightroom
Printing to the Epson 3000 printer from Lightroom
06 Monday Oct 2014
My Favorite Shortcuts Lightroom
G Library Grid view
N Library Survey view
D Develop Module
Tab hides and reveals left and right panels
Shift-Tab hides and reveals both the panels and filmstrip
Ctl/Cmd Z: Undo last step (hit multiple times to go back multiple steps) In photoshop you would use this for the first step, and then use Cmd/Option Z to go back further steps.
Ctl/Cmd +/- zooms in and out (Library and Develop)
Space bar hand tool (Library and Develop)
\ grid view: hides and reveals the Library filter bar at the top.
P, X, U Flags: Pick, Reject, Unflag
0-5 assign 0 to 5 stars to your image.
6-9 assign colors to your image.
T hides/reveals toolbar
F Cycle screen modes (Full screen)
L Lights Out
In the Develop Module:
R crop tool
K adjustment brush
O toggle on/off the adjustment brush overlay (shows where you have painted)
Q spot removal tool
\ toggle Before/After
[, ] reduce, increase brush size (spot removal tool, red eye, and adjustment brush)
Ctl/Cmd E Edit in Photoshop
My Favorite Photoshop Shortcuts
**All photoshop / Lightroom shortcuts that are the same in both programs are highlighted in Lightroom Shortcut sheet
J to get to the healing tools (also available in the tool palette)
Cmd J to make a new layer (can also drag onto the new layer icon on bottom of layers panel)
Cmd Option I to get to Image size. Also accessible under Image > Image Size
Cmd A Select All (marching ants around image) (Make sure you are on the layer with the image, and not an adjustment layer)
Cmd C Copy All that is selected
Cmd V Paste All
Cmd 0 (zero) to fit image to screen
24 Wednesday Sep 2014
Posted Lightroom, Lightroom Videos
inVideo of Importing into Lightroom
Video of Organizing in Lightroom Library Module
Video of Converting to BW in Develop Module
19 Tuesday Aug 2014
Posted Lightroom, Using the Develop Module
inDevelop Module in Lightroom:
Work from the top down. You might go back and tweak slightly, but because the sliders are image adaptive and some base their range on earlier sliders, you’ll bounce all over if you insist on a different order.
The exposure slider sets the overall image brightness, and it uses the same f stop increments as your camera, so 2.0+ of exposure is the same is opening the aperture by 2 stops. With this exposure slider you set it for overall image brightness, the midtones – and initially ignore any highlights that clip.
The contrast slider is a standard s curve which lightens the highlights and darkens shadows to increase midtone contrast.
Highlights slider is masked to adjust only the brighter tones in the photos and barely touch the darker tones. Its generally intended to be pulled to the left to pull back highlight details. This means you can do exposure and contrast and worry about getting detail back (to some degree!) with the highlights slider.
The shadows slider is the opposite of the highlights one. It is generally designed to be used as a + figure, meaning you would pull it towards the right to reveal shadow detail and information.
Whites and Blacks sliders affect the clipping point and roll off the extreme ends of the tonal range. They are not intended to make major tonal adjustments, but just for fine tuning the effect of the earlier adjustments. Most photos won’t need them.
The clarity slider affects local area contrast, concentrating primarily on midtones, which helps to lift the photo off the page or screen. It is very strong in this version of LR, and you won’t need that much to see a difference. As a general rule, it’s best to use a low setting for portraits, if you use it all, as it can accentuate lines and wrinkles. Higher values can be great for landscape or architecture.
Vibrance slider is the more useful one, as it adjust the saturation on a non linear scale, increasing saturation of lower saturated colors, which helps to prevent skin tones from becoming over saturated.
Saturation is a blunt instrument which adjust the saturation of the colors equally, which can result in some color clipping.
TONE CURVES
Tone Curves are primarily used for adjusting contrast in specific tonal ranges. The steeper the curve, the higher the contrast becomes. For example, the most popular shape curve is an S shape, which increases contrast by lightening highlights and darkening the shadows. The area in the middle becomes steeper and higher contrast, and the highest highlights and the darkest shadows become shallower, holding some of the detail.
The parametric tone curve is the default view, and it allows you to adjust the curve of the photo while still protecting the photo from extremes. You can drag the curve itself, move the sliders or use the TAT tool to adjust the curve while concentrating on the photo itself.
When you click on this TAT (Targeted Adjustment Tool) you will be able to pull up or down and see the differences it is making in the shadows/ highlights or mid tones of the images.
When you are using the parametric curve you will see the four sliders that you can adjust, and they will affect how much of the tonal range is affected by each of the sliders. Double clicking will always return a slider to its default position.
Point curves can be avoided for now, as they are more complicated. Just click on the icon on the bottom to return to the Parametric if you get into the point one by mistake.
HSL, Color, B/W and Split Toning
H stands for Hue, which is the color. S stands for Saturation, which is the intensity of the color. L stands for Luminance, which is the brightness of the color.
The HSL panel allows you to adjust the colors in your photo and the tinted sliders show which way the colors will shift.
There is no difference between the functionality of the HSL and the Color Panels – they’re the same tool laid out differently.
Creating a B/W photo
If you just want an idea of how your photo would look in black and white, press the V key on your keyboard which toggles between color and b/w choices. This is in the Basic adjustment area.
In the b/w panel the sliders are set to Auto positions by default, and these are often a good starting place. You can adjust the sliders manually, or you can pick up the TAT tool and drag different areas to make them lighter/ darker.