The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Book

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Book

by Scott Kelby
Released December 2021
Publisher(s): New Riders
ISBN: 9780137565351

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Book description

Since Lightroom first launched 15 years ago, Scott Kelby's The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers has been the world's #1 top-selling Lightroom book (it has been translated into dozens of different languages), and in this latest version, Scott did his biggest update ever, sharing all his newest techniques, insights, and invaluable tips using his award-winning, plain-English style that makes learning Lightroom easy and fun.

Scott doesn't just show you which sliders do what (every Lightroom book does that, right?). Instead, he shares his own personal settings, his time-tested techniques, and his proven step-by-step method of learning Lightroom, so you can begin using it like a pro from the start.

Each year, he trains thousands of Lightroom users at his live seminars, online conferences, and through his blog at LightroomKillerTips.com, and he has learned firsthand what really works and what doesn't. He tells you flat-out which techniques work best, which ones to avoid, and why.

You'll learn:

  • His famous SLIM (Simplified Lightroom Image Management) system that will teach you, step by step, how to organize your images, back them up, and be able to find them quickly and easily. Scott's SLIM system is taught at colleges and universities around the world, because it's so simple, straightforward, and it works.

  • How to make your images look like the pros, and how to take advantage of the camera, creative, and B&W profilesyou'll finally "get" the whole image editing thing, and you'll know exactly what to do, which sliders to move (and which to avoid) in what order, and why.

  • How to unlock the power of Lightroom's Masking tools and how to "paint with light" to take your images to another level.

  • How to use Lightroom along with Photoshop, and how to make the two work together absolutely seamlessly. You'll be surprised at what you'll be able to do, even if you've never used Photoshop before.

  • How to expand Lightroom's power to your phone or tablet, so you can organize and edit your images from anywhere.

  • How to share your images in print and in gorgeous coffee table books, or online, including how to do online client proofing or share images with a group.

  • Download most of the same images used in the book to follow right along with.

  • You'll get a killer collection of custom Lightroom Develop and Print presets to give you some of the most sought-after looks and effects, all with just one click.

This is the first and only book to bring the whole process together in such a clear, concise, and visual way. There is no faster, more straight-to-the-point, or more fun way to learn Lightroom.

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Other Books by Scott Kelby
  7. About the Author
  8. Table of Contents
  9. Seven Things You’ll Wish You Had Known Before Reading This Book
  10. Chapter 1. Importing: getting your photos into Lightroom
    1. Importing Photos Already on Your Hard Drive
    2. Choosing How Fast Your Thumbnails Appear
    3. Importing from Your Camera (Easy Method)
    4. Importing from Your Camera (Advanced Method)
    5. Converting RAW Photos to the Adobe DNG Format
    6. Save Time Importing Using Import Presets (and a Compact View)
    7. Choosing Your Preferences for Importing Photos
    8. Viewing Your Imported Photos
    9. Shooting Tethered (Going Straight from Your Camera, Right into Lightroom)
    10. Things You Drop in This Folder Drop into Lightroom Automatically
  11. Chapter 2. Getting Organized: my system for a happy Lightroom life
    1. How to Get Around in Lightroom
    2. First: Move All Your Photos onto One External Hard Drive
    3. You Need a Second Backup Hard Drive
    4. And I Would Super-Recommend a Cloud Backup, Too
    5. It Really Helps If You Get Your Photos Organized FIRST (Before You Start Working in Lightroom)
    6. Four Really Important Things to Know Next
    7. Want a Happy Lightroom Life? Use Just One Catalog
    8. Where to Store Your Catalog
    9. How to Make a Collection from a Folder
    10. Organizing Photos Already on Your Hard Drive
    11. Use Pick Flags Instead of Star Ratings
    12. Organizing Photos You’re Importing from Your Camera
    13. Two Tools to Help You Find Your Best Shots: Survey and Compare View
    14. Smart Collections: Your Organizational Assistant
    15. Reducing Clutter Inside Your Collections by Using Stacks
    16. Adding Keywords (Search Terms)
    17. Renaming Your Photos
    18. Face Tagging to Find People Fast
    19. Finding Photos Using a Simple Search
    20. Lightroom Is Automatically Organizing Your Photos by Date Behind the Scenes
    21. Lightroom Is Automatically Organizing Your Images on a Map, Behind the Scenes
    22. If Your Camera Doesn’t Have GPS, You Can Still Use the Map
    23. Making Collections from Locations on the Map
    24. What to Do If Lightroom Can’t Find Your Original Image
    25. What to Do When You See a Question Mark on a Photo Folder
    26. Backing Up Your Catalog (This Is VERY Important)
  12. Chapter 3. Advanced Stuff: the next level of importing and organizing
    1. Using Image Overlay to See If Your Images Fit Your Layout
    2. Creating Your Own Custom File Naming Templates
    3. Creating Your Own Custom Metadata (Copyright) Templates
    4. Using Lights Dim, Lights Out, and Other Viewing Modes
    5. Using Guides and Grid Overlays
    6. When to Use a Quick Collection Instead
    7. Using Target Collections (and Why They’re So Handy)
    8. Adding Copyright Info, Captions, and Other Metadata
    9. Merging the Lightroom Images on Your Laptop with Lightroom on Your Desktop Computer
    10. Dealing with Disasters (Troubleshooting)
  13. Chapter 4. Customizing: how to set up Lightroom your way
    1. Choosing What You See in Loupe View
    2. Choosing What You See in Grid View
    3. Choosing What the Filmstrip Displays
    4. Using Two Monitors with Lightroom
    5. Adding Your Studio’s Name or Logo for a Custom Look
    6. How to Keep from Scrolling So Much
    7. Hiding Things You Don’t Use (and Rearranging Things You Do Use)
  14. Chapter 5. Getting Your Color Right: if your color’s not right...it’s wrong
    1. If You Shoot in RAW, Start Here
    2. Setting the White Balance Using Presets
    3. Seeing a Before and After
    4. My Favorite Way to Set White Balance
    5. Using a Gray Card for More Accurate Color
    6. Setting Your White Balance Live While Shooting Tethered
    7. Creative White Balance
    8. Making Flesh Tones Look Good
    9. Making Your Overall Color Punchier
  15. Chapter 6. Getting Your Exposure Right: the essential editing stuff
    1. I Start by Expanding the Image’s Tonal Range
    2. Then, Just Tweak the Exposure Slider
    3. Dealing with Highlight Problems (Clipping)
    4. Fixing Backlit Photos and Opening Up Dark Areas
    5. Enhancing Detail (Texture Slider)
    6. Adding “Punch” to Your Image
    7. Texture vs. Clarity
    8. Adding Contrast (More Important Than It Sounds)
    9. Removing Haze
    10. Using the Library Module’s Quick Develop Panel
    11. If You Don’t Know Where to Start, Try Auto Tone
    12. Putting It All Together (Here’s the Order I Use for My Own Editing)
    13. My Lightroom Editing Cheat Sheet
  16. Chapter 7. Painting with Light: the brush & other masking tools
    1. Five Handy Things to Know Right Up Front about Masking
    2. Editing Your Main Subject
    3. What to Do If It Doesn’t Work Perfectly
    4. Better Looking Skies, Method 1: Select Sky
    5. Better Looking Skies, Method 2: Linear Gradient
    6. Better Looking Skies, Method 3: Masking Objects
    7. Better Looking Skies, Method 4: Preserving Your Clouds Using a Luminance Mask
    8. Five Really Helpful Things to Know Now About the Brush Masking Tool
    9. Painting with Light (Also Known as “Dodging & Burning”)
    10. The Brush’s Awesome Auto Mask Feature
    11. A Better Way to Reduce Noise
    12. Painting with White Balance
    13. Retouching Portraits
    14. Editing Your Background
    15. Adjusting an Individual Color Using a Color Range Mask
    16. Ten More Masking Things You’ll Want to Know
  17. Chapter 8. Special Effects: making your images look…well…special!
    1. Applying “Looks” Using Creative Profiles
    2. Virtual Copies— The “No Risk” Way to Experiment
    3. Using Presets for One-Click Looks
    4. Creating Your Own Presets
    5. Creating Presets That Automatically Adapt to Your Image’s ISO
    6. Other Places to Apply Presets
    7. Changing Individual Colors
    8. How to Add Edge Darkening (Vignette) Effects
    9. The “Gritty City” Look
    10. Creating a Matte Look
    11. Making Great Duotones
    12. Creating Black- and-White Images
    13. Sun Flare Effect
    14. Painting Beams of Light
    15. Making Streets Look Wet
    16. Quick and Easy Spotlight Effect
    17. Adding a Light to the Background
    18. Getting the “Orange & Teal” Look
    19. Creating Panoramas
    20. Creating HDR Images
    21. Creating HDR Panos
  18. Chapter 9. Problem Photos: dealing with common image problems
    1. Fixing Backlit Photos
    2. Reducing Noise
    3. Undoing Anything (or Everything!)
    4. Cropping Photos
    5. Lights Out: the Best View for Cropping
    6. Straightening Crooked Photos
    7. Removing Stuff with the Spot Removal Tool
    8. Finding Spots and Specks the Easy Way
    9. Removing Sensor Dust from Lots of Images Fast!
    10. Removing Red Eye
    11. Automatically Fixing Lens Distortion Problems
    12. Fixing Lens Problems Yourself Using Guided Upright
    13. Fixing Dark Corners (Vignetting)
    14. Sharpening Your Photos
    15. Removing Color Fringe (Chromatic Aberrations)
    16. Fixing Color Problems in Your Camera
  19. Chapter 10. Exporting: saving as a JPEG, TIFF, and more
    1. Saving a JPEG or a TIFF
    2. Adding a Watermark to Your Images
    3. Emailing Photos from Lightroom
    4. Exporting Your Original RAW Photo
    5. Drag & Drop to Export Your Images Using Publish Services
  20. Chapter 11. LR With Photoshop: when and how to use Photoshop with Lightroom
    1. Choosing How Your Files Are Sent to Photoshop
    2. How to Jump Over to Photoshop, Do Your Stuff, and Jump Back
    3. Adding Photoshop Automation to Your Lightroom Workflow
    4. Keeping Your Photoshop Layers Intact in Lightroom
  21. Chapter 12. Photo Books: creating your own coffee table book
    1. Before You Make Your First Book
    2. Making the Print Version of Your Book Available for Sale
    3. Here Are the Types of Books You Can Make in Lightroom
    4. Making Your First Book in Just 10 Minutes
    5. Working with Photo Cells
    6. Four Things to Know About Layout Templates
    7. Making Your Own Custom Layouts
    8. Using Auto Layout to Automate Your Layout Process
    9. Adding Text and Captions to Your Photo Book
    10. Adding and Customizing Page Numbers
    11. Customizing Your Backgrounds
    12. Upgrade to Premium Lustre Paper without Any Out-of-Pocket Costs
    13. Designing Your Book Cover
    14. Guides Can Make Your Layout Life Easier
    15. Making a PDF (and the Option to Print Your Photo Book Somewhere Else)
  22. Chapter 13. Printing: unlocking the power of the print
    1. Printing Individual Photos
    2. Creating Multi-Photo Contact Sheets
    3. Creating Custom Layouts Any Way You Want Them
    4. Adding Text to Your Print Layouts
    5. Printing Multiple Photos on One Page
    6. Having Lightroom Remember Your Printing Layouts
    7. How to Set Up Borderless (Edge-to-Edge) Printing
    8. Saving Your Custom Layouts as Templates
    9. The Final Print & Color Management Settings
    10. Saving Your Layout as a JPEG (for Photo Lab Printing)
    11. Increasing the Size of Your Image (without Losing Quality)
  23. Chapter 14. Going Mobile: using Lightroom on your phone or tablet
    1. Setting Up Lightroom on Your Mobile Device
    2. How to Get Images from Lightroom Classic onto Your Phone
    3. Four Quick Things You’ll Want to Know Next
    4. Organizing Your Images in Mobile
    5. How to Reorder Your Thumbnails
    6. How to Undo a Little or a Lot
    7. Adding Pick Flags and Ratings to Photos
    8. Editing Your Images in Mobile
    9. Masking in Mobile
    10. Cropping & Rotating
    11. Sharing Your Lightroom Albums Online
    12. Sharing a Live Shoot as It’s Happening
    13. Finding Photos in Mobile Is Like Magic
    14. Using Lightroom’s Built-In Camera
  24. Index

Product information

  • Title: The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Book
  • Author(s): Scott Kelby
  • Release date: December 2021
  • Publisher(s): New Riders
  • ISBN: 9780137565351