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SEM sc assem aa Se Ec P= na Ra Cn aod ra oe Lcd iin 9Introduction: What is Lightroom? Let’s take a closer look at the development of Adobe’s specialist app for photographers, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. E ce digital cameras fist se popular in the early 1990s, photographers have sought ways tOadjust and improve digital images fe the darkroom tricks and 3 Fim photographers have fes to got the most out of “There are cozens of digital image editing prosrams avaiable and almost everyone who's ever taken a dat photo, whether they use a top-end dig SLR or just the camera on their mobile hone, has used some sort of eating Software to adjust ang enhance the image Most smartphones come with some sort of image editing app as a standard feature. ‘Adobe Photoshop For more than two decades the industry standard for Image editing software has bbeen Adobe Photoshop and ever since itwas frst introduced in 1990 it has been the go-to program for professional photographers. The eating tools that you fake for granted in your smartphone ap were al inspired by tools fst introduced InPhatoshow. 10. some repent rule An Eaten Photoshop is an amazing piece of software and in sulled hands its capable ‘Of making almost any adjustment or alteration imaginable toa digital image. However. in recent years Adabe has expanded Photoshop's capabilties to lude elements such as video editing, texturing and text eating, maxi what was already a very complax goram even more diffu to master. “,..it was clear that anew app was. needed, that catered more specifically to the needs of photographers.” Of cours, these expanded have been rel ee price, making Photoshop a very expense piece of softvare need Nobody thes foinay for somathing they're not using pabilties ereasing ‘and photographers found that mast of Photoshoo’s expanded! features were suppus te ther requirements; so t was clear thet ine app was needed that catered more ly to tne needs of photographers rerritunder which Adobe as developed i Photoshop Ligntroom Shadowland Mark Hamburg is a veteran software ‘engineer who has been working at Adobe nee 1980 and, along with Thomas knoll was part ofthe original tear, behind the development of Phatashon. In 1989 Hamburg started working on a ‘ew project codenamed Shadowiand (reference to a kd lang alburn. of all things). He brought on board Andre! Herasimenulk the interface designer responsible for the distinctive ook of ‘Aaobe Creative Sute, and de was started later that year, ‘Some people are under the impression that since its officially named Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, its essentially Justa repackaged version Photoshop With some of the Features removed, but this snot true. Hambura, Herasimchuk {and ther team wrote th ly from scratch, even writing a large Portion of itin a completely different Eoding language. Initial development took three years and in 2002 Hamburg wwas able to demonstrate an early version of the program. An interface was added the folowing year and in 2004 Tul scale development started at Adobe's development faciity in Minnesota, nearly January 2008, Adobe took the unusual step of releasing 9 beta version of their new program for public evaluat on, Initally an Apple Macintosh computers only, and usee customer feedback to. jopment continue development of the program Further beta versions followed later that year, adding new features, including support for Microsor Windows in July, {and integration with Adabe Photoshop in September Finally, the ful retal version (of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 10 was ‘nnounced in January 2007 and released fo the general publi the following month,Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC ‘Over the years since its intial release as a stand-alone product, there has been major stand-alone versions released iple minor sub-version updates. Then Adobe its subscription based Creative Cloud service. ‘You were able to choose from the entire sulte of Adobe Products either singly, or in various packages. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Cc (2015) as it was intially called, sof Its release. release version 8.1 ‘3¢ of mid-December 2018. It is now known as Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC and is the powerful desktop-focused version of the app. Regarded as the go-to app for serious photographers, the majority of tutorials inthis title are based ‘on these versions. “oe sere: The Mp Module sa eat ation o een esos Using GPS tectnoogies, you're able stamg lation seccmetacata oyu pots. Photoshop Lightroom CC Photoshop Lightroom CC is new from Adobe, launched mid= September 2017 and at the time of writing isin its stable Telease version 211 as of mid-December 2018, Photoshop Lightroom C¢ is a cloud-based photo service which caused a Dit ofa stir at Its reloase. Not only was it an unexpected new product, it was a much pared down version ofits much more fully-featured cousin Lightroom Classic. You can only work ‘on images that are stored in the cloud and if you need extra storage space, then further storage has to be purchased. ‘There Is no doubt Its faster and more streamlined product for enthusiasts to use across multiple mobile platforms, but If you are a professional photographer, then Lightroom Classic ‘might be your better option. ‘The Lghtoom C inertace fsa much slr air, eigned tbe less cutered wth jot the rain too process your images ae ding heya, INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS LIGHTROOM? LUgvcom easly imparts yo photos fr many erent sources Yu can ‘ete Callens, a rset an custo itso each or ty mages. ‘oat tom basic gcsueastments, you can cp heal and ad grated ‘ard ed Moser are an a numba tress ar one cick austen, 1"GET STARTED WITH LIGHTROOM CLASSIC Lightroom Versus Photoshop At some point in your digital image editing life you’re going to face the question: Lightroom or Photoshop? It’s not always an easy answer though as it depends on what it is you want to achieve. Both are heavyweights in the photographer’s toolbox, but which is right for you? LrorPs? It's not always an easy choice but there are vast differences between Lightroom and Photoshop that can help make your mind up. These ditferonces depend on the situation and what you intend to do with the finished product, Let's break down a fow strengths of each, Gi: Photoshop Strengths Lightroom Classic CC Strengths Lightroom ha tothe user fete Novo Keyword tage and met Friched work 42. some repent rule Anson tobe applied t cits on separate Is huge. Mi the stuf ofe the profession eed froma piece of software, ce ou to apply Button You're able to blend many diferent ‘mashing areas of an image to protect I edited, even down to the pixel level ‘Almost anything is possibie in Pho 3p. If you can nyour wedding ects,eRe een ORE 3g In short, Lightroom is designed for Te beauty of toh praduts that wher ne eaves photographers. irs a powerful image the photographer neds, toner can ake up te ‘management tool that you can Use to slack Once you've used up Lghveon’s fates, and uickly organise and eait your photo Yu wart odor nape, Be you ca tae collection. Most photographers wi overt Pots rat nat evel of at Lutlise Lightroom's features over that of Photoshop, but that's not to say i's the LIGHTROOM VERSUS PHOTOSHOP Both pagar re an rtogrpar of he desin process and workout fr De sak fis ook and toga was oer. png start yout Fest sncassng advert wath Litton. LUghtoom sa great image er and organiser ands remarkably easy ose, casing how power can be FR PSL Phoashop san incedble ara ofbenets on ofr; th you can ust about 0 aging yur iraghation comes up with ‘Mast photographer wise Littoom fr ther post-processing, moving o Photoshop for advanced etnques and ets sou Man eee snEaton 18GET STARTED WITH LIGHTROOM CLASSIC CC Shooting in Raw Mode To get the best out of your digital images with Adobe Lightroom, you should always shoot in Raw Mode. Jhotograohers want the ‘quality isu y assume that you forthe maiority of users, Drobably best images possible ang restored For this reason most high their ropes 02 ° Fle because twilusualy have the filename eterson ips Advantages of Raw Mode saat ore mode the aroun xe! the image. In JPEG. 24 bits, that is 24 ones and tal images that are shared Zeros, B for each colour channel of red, green and Dlue This &-bit en digital media, bec Encoding allows 256 gradations of bright colour chanine fession isa way of ‘meaning that It can display 256 x 16777216 mation an Uierent shades of colour That (2a lot but if ma more efficient way. you To0k at a JPEG image ofa clear blue sky you may stil see this means that a photograph that I maybe 25 lines between the cifferent tones of Ircomes off the ‘Fadation of colou fraction of that size without losing inuncomprese ously means that you can sto memory card or hard Give an its per channel giving quelty. as a trade-off for more efficient also be recorded, giving your pictures muc storage. isnot a problem range. This means tat when you're processing a Raw mode shot pullout much more detail rom shadows and nigh here to see the diference See the sample photos sh oe Patra Quality aaa ur a CoCr Ta PEG Recorded Pixels FS 3 Eeartin = BSsnrd wh Ca cy re ey oe 19 ronSHOOTING IN RAW MODE ees) ‘Ths oto was shut using in-camera JPES compres, A ou cn see hares ‘Tiss the same poo shot n Raw mode and processed in Ugioom. Win the rater slst no etal ne shadow ares an no moun gen can change tat. ges, ate aca eth us mode proves, shadow dea and cao ‘Strato are improved, preducng 2 ch nce sto. For day-to-day use there aren't many disadvantages to "ooting in Raw mode. High capacity memory cards and rmulti- Most books, maga, webstes terabyte hard cisks are now so cheap that storage capacity ‘ard oven camera mow soars really Isn'ta problem and if you want to send a photo vis email ‘eet Raw mode al capt or share it online its very simple to corwvert a Rav sageable JPEG The there every itte stancarch ciiferent camera manutact eters: RAW Theres ely no ‘ean frig as at 2n ‘ronment mans at you're ‘ecg ie Raw warped [gmat rom te cameras at Lightroom of A : imay image acess As far oF process the ‘5 wee oan able determine, an sometimes take several weoks ‘eracon ot witg in cas ise the Adobe DNG Raw format, ‘ved wth a Cann pros rose ta 198; and wes cari ony ‘her PR departments an camera oralsts wo dart kom any ‘te Sica we db aow bet x tis book we're going we Sr ‘tas Ra CL ed eset Mr Sarae| Eaton 15GET STARTED WITH LIGHTROOM CLASSIC CC Installing Adobe Lightroom Adobe Photoshop is the most pirated piece of commercial software in history, so to combat this Adobe introduced Creative Cloud. Before you can start using Lightroom to organise and improve your digital photos, you need to sign up for a monthly subscription. want to buy the fon but f youl pt for the fee rial vrs button, Alternat nen prompted, ld choose 16 some repent rule An Eaten© sirernepeens on te ont seroun depen on whi web browser youre using. Your download may beoin automaticaly or you may get a confirmation requ iRproceeds, We're using Google Chrome that requires & Confirmation to begin the process, Once you confirm, you should see the Adobe Creative Cloud App appear If not, 100k for ikin your Stare ment, In the Creative Cloud app you can see buttons prompting you to install the software included in your subscnption with the Photearaphy Package this includes Photoshon Cc Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC. Once installed, you can Click ‘Opan’ on your istallad applications to begin using them for the Fst time. a —— Bheewcs a mo =D 2h Once the installation has completed you should see the Creative Cloud app screen change, offering you buttons toopen your newly installed software Unless you also want tO install Photoshop CC, go ahead and click on the button: you may be prompted to complete product registration by entering your registered email address and password renuncorcuormon Wetome to Lightroom 00 2015.8 © 2teczfermerents Laroom wil star. The st he ‘you see isa welcome screen teling you about new features that have recently bean added, Since Creative Cloud software Updates automatically you may see this screen again in the future whon now features are acled. To close this screen and Continue, click on the “OK got it" button © Vex22 12270821 10 begin importing your prots into Lightroom’ brary, a process that we cover ina later tutorial Lightroom organises your photos into Its own database that ou can search using many ferent criteria and also ads non-destractively, 0 photos shown the ibrary ae just thumbrais. Removing or ring one doesnt change ts poston on your hard ) © ores iorroom install you can launch he program by ‘going to your Start menu and clicking on Adobe Creative Cloud to open the launcher app and then cicking on the Open button. Ifyou use Lightroom regularly you ean speed up the process sightly by pinning the app to your taskbar, so you can Spent with a single click sows tains inal res| neater 17GET STARTED WITH LIGHTROOM CLASSIC CC Importing Photos for the First Time Before editing and improving your photos with Lightroom Classic CC, you need to import them into the program’s database. Depending on the size of your collection this could take a while, so it’s best to set aside some time. bs ue fe Je | | Dh =CoOn==5 Fc fz [ened [| wee [onal 2 drive that contains the folder from P ‘kon this, the import process including any sub-folde 18 come repent ral cat An Satenccummerarsn verse ess of finding image files i fairly quick and even lection should only take a couple of minut snwhile there are a couple of settings we can joo the nght of the screen youll soe a panel called File Handling (Open it ana if you want, un-check the option ‘Dont impor cted duplicates! ‘Once the import process has complet notifying you of any problems. Comr damaged file, whic tyne oF colour modes, Lightroom su ‘and most colour modes, $0 isu these if you're just imparting dita ed youl see a report frrors include ely that you'll see ether of hatos, ‘Once the import system has located all the photos in your selected folder youl see the total that i's found and the combined filesize clsplayed in both the lower left and upper Fight comers of the sereen. All the files willbe checked by default butitthere are any that you don want to import, you can Uneheek them, Click on the Ok button to dismiss the report message ancl oul finaly be able to interact with your new catalogue of images. Well take a closer ook at fe layout ofthe workspace n the next tutorial but for now just explore and check that all your pictures are present and correct. You can seal up ans devin By Using the mouse wheel Doren 23352900 wr vou section of photos tobe imported, click on the Import button in the bottom right corner of the screen and Lightroom wil besin adding phates to your importing a large colection of images Joss can take an hour or more, $0 G0 and do something ese for 8 while. Dire sessequerty want to remove ay imported images from your catalogue you may do 80 by right-clicking on the image and Selecting Remove Photo from the context menu, Note that this doesnt delete the photo from your hard drive it just stops Lightroom from seeing it. You can reimport it ater i you ‘change your ming. eset Mr Sarae| sation 19GET STARTED WITH LIGHTROOM CLASSIC CC Exploring the Workspace The default workspace you view when launching Lightroom can look a little confusing to begin with. However, with a little exploration the many menus and options soon become second-nature. Here, we show you around all the basic areas before you get stuck into editing. 20 covenant inate em atinPresets: Collections Collections provide a way for Lightroom to.group photos in one place for easy viewing, or for performing a variety of tasks. For example, to assemble photos into slideshow collation, or a wed gallery, You can create as many Collect 35 you need from Regular Smart and Gulck Col custom de ies, temporary rOups her clever Features. Presets: Publish Services he Puolish Services options me allows you to export collectors of photos to your hard drive ora variety of sd ontine services, such ae poplar Tetworks as Facebook and Flickr ration can be added tO services online via the avaiable button omlstings. These can store fs and you can find more possible to publish entre folders or Collections of photos, reducing the process Considerably compared to manual uploads ‘These can be used in much the same way as the Collections, with various options and custom defined rules f needed Im Strip The Film Strip view bar is where you can quickly display and also ac pphatos you are working on as you move between the modules. Ths seroling ber Contains photos and all images from the Current selected Library folder, your jphoto/image collection, or keyword set By using this option you ean quickly access your mages without having to ‘Open additional folders outside of the Lightroom software, You can quickly and easily move between each of the photos inthe Filmstrip using the Left and Ri ouree from the Filmstrin Source EXPLORING THE WORKSPACE Indicator pop-up menu to the right of Histogram and Adjustment Panels he Histogram is an often averlooked feature of Lightroom, which is a shame as its an extraorsinarly useful tool to covered this oked an further detail as we move through the various Lightroom madules. such as the Develop Module and other elements of the software in this book Top Toolbar ine the familar raditionel program, with Eat Library, Photo, Motacata, Viow, Windows end Help, Most ofthese are sellexpanatory, afd function inthe same Contain elements and options to en ‘each of the modules, You could spend 210% of time tranling through the many ferent menu aptons and many of them throughout this 600k. For not though, take a moment to explore what's avalable and see just how in-c ightroom can 9 a'ow cheks of the Mouse butor Modules Lightroom has seven workspace modules ‘avaible’ Library, Develop, Map, Book, Sideshow, Pri and Web, Each moo Cffers a unique sat of tools and features tailored to your work ting, rganising and publi sting {and enhancing and generating cutout for sctaan print or wab detail These tools, within each Module, ere startingly powerful in their use, wiht til being relatively simple to use. Well look a these Modules andthe too's within, a5 We progress through the book eect cy + Tos arioash ke owe ane trnp lan Acad kon eee pare gos sn. + Tosh ois afte gas he son Saas gg Se Pues oe Re ey + Tone apes mong 46 pane, Jehu fee Soman snc» oe ipa pes Si. aowetaipese inal ers] anton 2GET STARTED WITH LIGHTROOM CLASSIC Cc is Sdes Cae aThe Library module is where you organise your images and select candidates for editing; also apply and search for keywords, meta tags, EXIF data, GPS location data and even individual faces. It’s a very powerful resource and the central heart of the Lightroom system. In this section, we’ll explore the Library module and find out what it can do. eee eaContents Py ce a Rede Me ST UE anon keel tc? Relea ea ed 32 __ Searching for Your Images Pr ET Rao EM cer ui) PYM een Dicer) ean ie 28 Sorting and Rating Your Photos STE COCe nr Licance Eee eee)GETTING ORGANISED: THE LIBRARY MODULE Introducing the Library Module The Library module is the central hub of Adobe Lightroom. From here you can select, sort, rate and search your image library; add keywords, compare images and much more. Here’s a quick overview of what it offers. ‘more functional Loupe View that yu most often ‘dear shows fhe image you are 1s, One handy ink is and maximise the sourishe 26 covenant inate em atinTEC aid ‘The Library Module is the workspace where you can manage and organise all your Lightroom photos and their metadata. ‘You can find, assess and import them, assign keywords and. ‘earch for specific images; and its also the space where you Can use Lightroom’ social integration tools such as Facebook, Flickr and find more services online. Metadata In the left sidebar you'l also find the metadata panel. In the case of Photographs, metadata is ‘generated by the camera that took the picture. Tis data files then attached to the digital mage, carrying Information about the image, such as the date fand time t was shot, the type of camera and iens Used, the exposure settings Used) GPS location data, ‘copyright information, the creator's name ‘contact details and even information about the size ‘of the photo and the flash Settings ifthey were used inthe shot. There are many ‘editable fields in the image metadata and you can eat them by clicking on them in the sidebar panel and typing in your entry. you upload images to photo sharing sites like Flickr, this data willbe shown as part of the image profile INTRODUCING THE LIBRARY MODULE Quick Develop “There are several useful features to be found in the left-hand sidebar of the Library view. One is ‘Quick Develop that lets you make broad adjustments to exposure, contrast and tone; and apply pre-sets or ‘automatic acustments to Single images or groups of Selected images. I's very Useful fer example, you had the wrong white balance or ‘exposure set on your camera for a group of shots; butt doesnt allow for the same range of finesse of adjustment as the Develop module that ‘well look at in ater section, Survey View he Library module offers images, One useful way to mages is the Survey view. To Use this, use CTRU-click or HIFT-click to select thea or more images and then clelc fon the Survey view button, righlighted in the ghlighed the age view window will 9 show the selected imoges images bu dsly the mors you select images appear, $0 i's Bast to elect no more than five oF six ‘The ether really useful feature found in the left sidebar is Keywording, You can ad keywords to single images or ‘groups of images, to make ‘easier to sort and search your image library. You ean ‘add keywords manually or from an exhaustive list, or use automatic suggestions. Keywords are added into the ‘metadata for the image. The more keywords you use, the feasor it becomes to search your image library for more Specific tems and narrow < The Print << Module —HARD COPY: THE PRINT MODULE Introducing the Print Module Adobe Lightroom doesn’t just give you the tools to improve your photos, it lets you present them in the best possible way too. In the Print Module you can find everything you need to create stunning prints from your photos, including custom templates, layout options, colour management and even copyright watermarking. 114 some repent rule An aten@OPreview his panel shows a simple raph ‘current brine ayout tempat that you power Donel bain © Template Browser tn this panel you can find Sefned templates © Page setup Button © Photo Selection Options © Main Layout Screen results of yc Module O layout style Options INTRODUCING THE PRINT MODULE © image settings This contains options for how O Guides Options to display guide Page Panel ‘This panel has options for adeing your name as an identity plate, page numbers, photo details, crop marks. {and a copyright watermark. You ean alter the font size and choose the opacity and Scale ofthe identity plate a2 ‘wells its colour and rotation ‘and page background colour ‘You olso have the abilty to include several page options such as page numbers, page info andl crop marks. eats et ‘As with the other Modules ‘we've looked at, the Print Module comes with its own set of unique adjustment panel contents, Print Job Here you can find additional printer and colour ‘management settings, as ‘wall as options to adjust the brightness and contrast of the print Cells You only see this panel it you have opted to manually ‘reate your own page layout Itallows youto add preset image eae to the page, ej ameaton 115HARD COPY: THE PRINT MODULE Options and Features Lightroom’s dedicated Print Module has multiple options to help produce stunning photographs that you can proudly display. From framed prints to producing a contact sheet for a client or a page to go in a wedding album, these features offer excellent results every time. ‘The template Browser offer ifferent print layouts, includ cards, overlapping colages and man Useful and a go int 1s near the bottom ofthe ist Maximize Size, which as the name suggests, ils az much of the page a: possible OD 2.2208 wart to use a template oF you preter to size that you want to. : 5x just print a single image. select the top Tin US Letter size, 50 do check this. Contact Sheet 116 sous repent ral cat Am catenOPTIONS AND FEATURES If you choose the Custom Package layout style, the ‘currently selected image is added to the template automaticaly. With a template selected, to add an image to the age lust select an image cell on the page and then drag an Image from the Filmstrip into the cell It il autornatically be ‘added to the page in its current orientation a The Stroke Border option adds a line around the image, which can look good especialy if youre printing a high key image on a white background with @ border. You can choose the colour of the stroke by clicking n the small black. box and the thickness by moving the slider. Generally, thinner ise less than 3.0pts, If'you want to change the orientation of a placed image tovft the template, use the Rotate to Fit option Note that the available options change depending on wht layout, style youre using, In our example we don't have Zoom to Fit or Cell Spacing but we da have Photo Borders and Inner Stroke, preset at 30 point In the Layout panel you can see a bank of sliders that let you control the size ofthe white border around your image In the Custom Package mode these are reolaced by a single Photo Border sider To ada a border around your image, ether move the sliders individually or type a value directly into the umber baxes| You have further options in the right-hand sidebar in Single Image mode. In the image Settings panel there. are a number of check boxes. The top one is Zoom to Fil. If {you want to fil the page and don't mind cropping aff part of ‘your image. click this box If you want the whole image to be printed, leave it unchecked. Finally you have the Page Grid, Cell Spacing and Cell Size sliders, Using these you cen create a grid of cells on the ‘page, adjust tha shacing Between the cells and adjust the size (Of those cals. Image settings are repeated for each cell in the ‘grid: you can repest the same photo in every cell by checking the Repeat One Photo per Page box. sows Mana esa caton 147HARD COPY: THE PRINT MODULE Naming Photos with Identity Plates You can add your name, your company or your website address to your printed photographs by using the Lightroom Print Module Identity Plates feature. It’s easy to do and adds individuality to your prints. You can move the identity plate to anywhere on t by simply iit doesnt have on the maar the ‘border identity pat your image. 118 sous rape rule An aten You can chi more precise ar rab ane drag o of the icentity plate itselt You can see tha itself when you do this. slider moves byV ark Frost The default colour forthe text in your idantty pate is a light arey, To change the colour cick inthe Override Colour feck-box and then clicion the smal Black ractangle next #2 it, This wil bring up a colour palette, The default options are al shades of grey but if you want to choose a brighter colour click fon the saturation slider on the right, You can edit the text in your identity plate. Cick in the box on the Page panel that shows your current plate and select Edit from the drop-down menu, The Identity Plate Eaitor panel will appear. n which you can change the text and font of your plate. You can drag the editor panel cut rif you need ta fit in mare crema = If you have a company logo, you can use that as your identity plate instead. In the Identity Plate Editor pare click on the button labelled ‘Use a grannical identity plate’ then eiek on the Locate File button, Navigate to your logo ‘and double-click in to add it to Lightroom. Use a PNG file with transparency for the best effect vumerwrsumvaer rus If you are printing @ mult-image page, there is an option tovadd an identity plate to every image. Unfortunately, it wil place the plate n tha centre of the image and it cannot be moved. Alternatively, you can just have a single (D plate Dut set it to render behind the images. Obviously, this wil only work with certain layouts, ‘You can personalise more than just yo identity plates; you can personalise your Lightroom, workspace as well Go to the Edt menu (PC) of Lightroom menu (Mac) and select Identity Piate Setup. You can see a panel lke the one from step 6. f you saved your Identity Plate, you can see i avaiable as an option in the drop-down menu its with If you click on the Show Detail button. you can also customise the module picker buttons, You then have the ‘option to use @ graphical logo as the Lightroom identity plate. Using these options, a professional photographer can create a matching company identity for thelr Lightroom workspace a well as their printed output sows Mana res cater 149HARD COPY: THE PRINT MODULE Creating Your Own Watermarks Copyright theft is an increasingly frequent problem, especially in online publishing, so it’s wise to take every precaution you can to protect your work. Adding copyright watermarks isn’t foolproof but it does help to deter casual theft. Bear in mind you can also access the Watermarks Editor from any module by selecting ether Lightroom > Edit a termarks (PC), Whichever 9 the same watermarc hat kind of watermark nt watermark is very similar an tion with an idantty plate for additional security: oF you can uncheck the Identity Plate option to turn off ang Just use your own edliter fault watermark that is created will be the name red your copy of Lightroom pius Or. under which identity Plate options. Check the Watermarking Box and change the copyright sym ly the Watermarks Editor '= much the option from None to Esit Watermarks. This will open the more extensive an n the identity Plate editor the watermark eaitor where you begin the watermarking process, latter may well Be un 420 some repent ruler | atencomevaaomvccuns You can choose your Watermark Style from the top right, ofthe editor. You have two options to choose from. You nluse a purely text-based watermark using whatever fonts you have on your computer, oF you can choose to use a graphic such 35 3 JPG or PNG fle, This might be inthe form of a logo or name Style that you heve created seperately Alternatively, if you wish to use an image or graphic Click on the Graphic button on the top right of the editor A browser window wil sppear and you are prompted to choose an image file to use as your watermark We have a simple white icon saved as @ PNG file which has a transparent Background. Click Choose to use your graphic If you choose to create a Text watermark, you can enter the text you want to appear on the image by clicking in the text box in the loner left comer of the editor and replacing the default text with whatever you choose. It will use the fonts you have on your computer but be aware that OpenType fonts Bre not supported, You can alter the look of the text by changing its Text Options fo anew font and style, You can also add a shadow whose Opacity, Offset, Radius and Angle can all be Under Watermark Effects you can alter text C | and Vertical position and Rotation. ty ‘The PNG file you chose now replaces the text, You can alter its Opactty and its Size, JUst ike the text, you can alter Horizontal and Vertical positioning and choose which Gorner the graahic is anchored to, When you are hapey with the watermark, click Save. You will be asked to save it ax @ Preset, which we named ‘Watermark Back in the Print Module, if you naw go back to the Page panel, next to Watermarking, you can choose the option Watermark Tas your preferred preset from the menu selector. The watermark you just created will appear on your mage: itis ready for prin. sows taipesr Mana eres] ah on 121HARD COPY: THE PRINT MODULE Creating Custom Print Layouts Custom print layouts allow you to arrange your images on a page, resize them, change their orientation and add borders and strokes to help them stand out. Whether preparing a presentation or just making greetings cards, custom print layouts are the way forward. To aet started with creating a custom print avout frst @) inthe Pint serum screen, ensure that selocte er Sze tha yu Wan ose inthis main viewing area, youre satisfied, click OK Next, go to the Rulers, Grids & Guides panel. In the Grid Gr ck on each of the check Bie ‘and the arid and the image cells, 422 some repent ruler |i Eatencance unos Now youre ready to start adding image cells to your layout In the Cells pane! you can see a range of Preset buttons and next to each one's a drop-down menu, When you clic on {this you can see ist of standard print sizes in either inches or centimetres, These are only a guide; you can fully customise the size of each cel Select 10 x 15 from the menu and a cell of that size will ‘automatically be added to your page, aligned to the. top left, By default, the cell wil be aligned on the horizontal landscape format, matching the alignment of the page, You can click the Rotate Cell button at the bottom of the Cells, panel to turn it by 90 degrees, Ore en secyedsiog moving nd resizing cl ut you're happy that you have an arrangement that you like Ifyou try to add a call that doesn't ft on the page, 2 new page will be automaticaly added: but you can still drag from one age on to another. You can overlap cells and arrange thern in {a stack by right-clicking. Next, we can add some photos to our page layout. Open the filmstrip and simply drag-and-clrop images into the frames. Note that ifthe aspect rato of the image doesn't match that of the cel, Lightroom wil resize the cell fo fit Unfortunately, there's no way to lock cells toa preset size, so Just be a bit careful You can drag the new cell to any position by clicking anywhere within it, and by dragging the corner handles you can resize It If you have Grid Snap turned on (step 4) the sides of the grid will snap to the grid lines in the background, To change the aspect ratio. you need to uncheck the Lock Photo Aspect Ratio option By deliberately positioning and selecting the right images, you can ereate attractive photo collages lie this, or imaly maximise the amount of printing that yau can Rt onto ‘a single sheet of paper. Once you've created 2 custom layout, {you can save it for later reuse by clicking on the + button in the Templates Browser panel sows ips Mana eres nator 12Colour Fidelity with Soft Proofing Monitors use ‘additive’ colours mixed from red, green and blue (RGB) and printers use ‘subtractive’ colours made from cyan, yellow, magenta and black (CMYK). This causes problems when printing photographs with colours outside the range of the printer. Soft Proofing avoids this. ‘To see the extent ofthe problem, you need to turn on S ox for this at F k 126 some rape ral a An satenClearly you're going to need to make some alterations to the image in order to get It to print properly but may stil want to keep a copy for online display, where the sRGB gamut will not be @ problem, Below the Histosram you can see a button labelled Create Proof Copy, Clckit and you See 2 second copy, appear in the filmstip at you have your second copy, you can go ahes ‘make adjustments to the saturation of the colours nal image. Open the HSL/Colour/B&W panel, click fon the HSL tab and then on the Saturation option, Select the targeted saturation tool in the top left corner, which lets you adjust saturate tly from the image. ‘COLOUR FIDELITY WITH SOFT PROOFING iy = @ = d a] ‘Once you've finished with this treatment, you can turn off the Soft Proofing function. You can see that the image still looke broadly the same but the colours have been muted It doesn't look as vibrant on a monitor but at least we can be Sure that itwill print properly, The colour gamut is now within the range of a CMYK printe ‘There isan alternative and that isto change the colour space of the image from the moniter frendly sRGB to the printer friendly Adobe RGB, Some cameras have this option Wuhan shooting, and itis avaiable as an export option within Lightroom, To change the colour space, click on the option below the Histogram in Soft Pre Move the mouse cursor over one of the rec-masked areas, click and drag domnwards to reduce the colo saturation. You should immediately see the red area reduce in size. Keep dragging down until the red has been completely removed. Repeat this process with any other problem colours Unt all the red has been removed. Dx shee to mate sme saturation austments but the printer optimised colour space of Adobe RGB means that the blues and greens are much more saturated than in the sRGB version. I: may not show im the image above due (ironically) to restrictions in the magazine printing process, but the colours are much more vibrant. sows ipso ana res ator 125,HARD COPY: THE PRINT MODULE Managing Printer Colour Profiles Colour management can be complex, with different combinations of printer, paper and ink producing different results. You can get the best from a printer, and make sure that your photos look as good as they did when you shot them, by using Lightroom’s Colour Profile management system. havent ateady check ut th ‘make sure your mage Ie set ‘The eolour 3 histogram at (Open the Print module and click on the Pag button at the bot cleft sie elected, select th ge that ve orientation If youre printing you probably want portrait orientation 426 some repent ral cu Anton box in the right sidebar, s0 that you" the page. jeaing the entire image on he betor ofthe rot sidebar yoy can Fi the Pant Job tab. ard make sure that Print to ef a. rather than the default Low to five the image a bit more punchYou can just let your printer handle the colour management automaticaly but If you want to use a particular colour profile for a specific type of paper, click on Profile and select ‘Other You can see a Ist of avaiable colour profes, so select the one for the type of paper that you want f0 use. Here, we've Selected three Epson Premium styles Now, when you click on the Profile menu, the options that you've selected willbe listed Ifyou want Lightroom to manage colour when printing, you should select one of these options before printing. Note that the next steps, where ‘we disable automatic printer management, are also vital if {you want to do this. (MANAGING PRINTER COLOUR PROFILES ~~ a = In this Epson contral panel, we need to click on the button for ICM, which tells the printer to use a specif ICE colour profile and then clic in the box below it to turn off colour adjustment. This lets Lightroom manage the printing Colour adjustments in accordance with the ICC profile that we Selected in step 6. ‘The final setting is to choose Perceptual or Relative colour If you've proofed the image it shouldn't make any difference but Perceptual adjusts out of gamut colours without clipping, whilst Relative preserves colour accuracy, but may clip any out of gamut colours pays to do. test print to see what happens. Before printing with Lightroom managing the colour. ‘cick on the Page Setup button and then click on the Properties button to bring up your printer's options panel We're using an Epson R2400 photo printer here but other \ds have a simiar panel, lick on the Advanced button to ‘3cco8s colour management options Other options for advanced colour management include setting your printer to manage the colour but specifically telling to use the Adobe RGB colour profile. In Lightroom, select Managad by Printer inthe Profile menu ang then in the advanced printer properties panel, select ICM and choose Adobe RGB from the menu sows ips Mana res nator 127aotearoa Pe eee ay, 3 AND AFTER: DRAMATIC EFFECTS fhLr Show re) pre wa k=) |b Publishing Your Work Organising, editing and improving your photographs is only part of the story. You'll also want to share your work with others and that’s what we’re going to look at next. In the Publish Module you have the opportunity to present your finished photographs via printed books, slideshow presentations or online web galleries. Dee eeContents EP RCLUa Cg 138 Uploading Your Images SEEM ce uC LC nena Mae ua Rea 134 _ Introducing the Book Module Cymer Ree) 136 The Slideshow Module PMN Renee) PEE Mey 146 _ Before and After: Getting Colourful Ee een |‘SHOW AND TELL: PUBLISHING YOUR WORK Lightroom offers the user a wealth of possible choices when it comes to publishing your work. You have the option to prepare it and send it to Facebook or Flickr, you can prepare it ready for web viewing and even create a slideshow. @ Publish services ‘The Publish Services module an be found! in te latchand Under the navigator 192 sous repent rule |i Saten© Book Module he Book module is foune! ‘along the fop men strip ‘licking it wil automaticaly ‘ada the imported and chos rages into a design rode, Uploaded a printed tous 25eh publishing vendor o printed locally as PDFS Slideshow Module The Slgeshow modules next the Book relwehen Clicked, launches the Lightroom are allowing yo presentations from your photo Eeection. There are plenty Sfoptions avalabe, such ae photo borders, background Sppearance, tle sereens and even enoptiontoinsert a ‘What's avallableis that of some other Sideshow tools we can think of. © the tistogram and Adjustment Panels The Histo Agjustm Used exte ‘gradually images reac Using awhat you've already knowledge to greaty Improve, prepare and fix teny photos that you're planning on uploading to It’s worth looking through some of the 50 far U PUBLISHING YOUR WORK tools within the Adjustment individual sides and make any fSnta lemert tothe trished Gut from the rest of the oniine wee module Pedvcuel Fron trace 2 ‘opmens sp. This 369 3s blurring out tne ace sxtume, wilteip you create 3 Shigin ho backoround TMS web galery than can Shot for example be dre pl woot ; welt Obkim strip conoacatia moment Don't forget the vstulness 0 ; he Film Strip atthe b Qiide Panels tthe Lightfoom ite —_——s _ She Firm stnp For easier viewing of your ‘multiple images beina jouhave work, uneluttered by the histogram and adjustment Drepared for Uploading to.an panels click the small arrow online source. I's especially "to hide the pana's ful whan yours creating a Alternatively, you ean press Slideshow. a8 you can easly Tab button to hide al panels ate through all the lon bath sides of the sereen, Cree Lightroom offers Facebook and Flickr posting by default but there are other social media examples you can install. These ‘come in the form of various plugins and they cover the likes Of Instagram, Twitter, PhotoBucket, Tumblr and more. Some ‘examples you may need to scour the Internet for as Lightroom Users can create their own unique plugins, such isthe versatility fof the sortware. ‘A good place to start looking for Lightroom social media Content is Best Plugins, found at wuwbestplugins.com/_ Software/lightroom-social-network-plugin.html. Here you can find seven excellent examples that wil take you to the relevant sites, with installations instructions if needed. Another excellent ‘source isthe Lightroom Plugin Exchange, serviced by Adobe, {and found at wwwexchangeadobe.com/adcons. Instaling a plugin can be done by clicking on File > Plug-in Manager, then click the Add button and point the Explorer ‘it you're using Windows) window to the downloaded, and extracted if necessary, plugin file. eset Mr Sara Eton 199‘SHOW AND TELL: PUBLISHING YOUR WORK Introducing the Book Module If you’re going to use the Book module, it’s best to invest some time in the Library module first, selecting the images you want, making any edits and sequencing them, i.e. laying them out how you would want the book to be viewed. ut e's often recommended to > running eee th schiove with it 194 some repent rule Am catenA= {Book Proteences Bo £5 Conran caps Fie Text B Sa ren Q 11102 click Book > Book Preferences In the too mena bar, you ean set a Default Photo Zoom across the entire contents of the Book There are autofil options and text filler ‘options 3s well if you want to specify certain parameters for the Book you're creating, This includes Title Metadata for each of the images B) Under the Estimated Price option, you can see an Auto Payout option. From here you're able to define the layout for the Book You can select one photo per page, a right-page photo with left Blank page or the same again but with a text ox. Alternatively cick the Edit Auto Layout Preset aption to further define the settings ot is very easy to change Dour photographs around for each of the pages. For example, here we want t0 swap the Front and Back Cover images. Simply click and hola, then drag the image to the new page, in this instance, ust to swap the Front and Back Cover images around, QP Zr panel on the far-right of the interface is the Book Settings. In here you can view ana select options depending on what you want from the eook. The fst option etails how the book willbe printed: Blurb, the online printing service. Then further down i displays the sizes, cover tyoe, Paper type and an estimated cost for printing, Bp There are countless other options available through the F coi Settings panel. Dig deeper into the Auto Layout land you can oot fer different design templates, There are Sptions for page numbering, text positioning and even a Background option that ean be applied globally or just on selected pages. = — rd Having spent the time in laying out the book. pages. Drags and text as you want them, you can click on the Send to Blur button atthe bottom af the Book Settings panel You need a Blurb account, which is accessible vias pop-up window Alternatively, you can export the book to POF or JPEG ‘depending on your preference. cee a aes Eton 195‘SHOW AND TELL: PUBLISHING YOUR WORK The Slideshow Module The Slideshow module is a powerful feature that allows you to create some interesting content and presentations. There’s plenty of options available, from image manipulation, shadow casting, watermarking and backdrops, to inserting music and choosing preset templates. Begin the ‘To the right-hand panel you can see the Slideshow fand tale janes where you spend most ofthe time include in th You can ado Met you can insert at this point ‘out i's not neces Screen and numerous moment ti ¥ of the in Slideshow asi eaves time later & The options to the right want fo achieve with your p set a Fil Frame option to 200m images to completely he frame, regardless of whether the images in the he entire screen, or not. Next there's ke Border and then Cast Shadow. spend greatly on what itis you station, To begin with intro, you can click on Hi startit again 196 some rape rule An EatenFurther down the options, you can specify the layout and guidalines on the screen as well as the aspect ratio of the monitor or sereen you want to present the sideshow on. The Gver’ays option enables you to enter an Identity Plate that iS present on each side, which can be edited to represent text, oF Last in the Slideshow options pane are the Proview and Play buttons. The Preview button will run through the (deshow, including the music and any graphical sdaitions and intro panes youve added, within the man Lightroom interface. \Whereas Play wil run through the sides in full sereen, 25 when ou play back for rea) You can specity a backdrop for the slides or choose an image to use, along with the ability to set ts opacity or use a custom colour. Under the Titles section you're able to set an intro and ending screen, andl as with the Identity Plate, you can specify whether you want to use text or graphics, Such as a company logo To the bottom left of the Lightroom interface, just un the Preview and Template Browser panes, you can see ‘set of monitor icons, Those of you using multiple monitor Setups are able to define which sereen willbe used fo Blayback and preview and which will contain the Lightroom Interface to work o ‘The Music section speaks for itself Simply click the Plus icon to choose the location of the music you want to have playing thraughout the slideshow. Benaath the Music ception you have the Playback options. Here you can deta syncing of the music to the slideshows, any pan and zoom features and quality of the presentation. Finally, the Template Bromser, located on the pane to the left of the main Ul, contains a number of predefined templates for you to use inthe slideshow. along with any user created templates. Just click the arrow to the left of each to ‘expand the selection and mouse-over each to see the result in the Preview window above sows aise Mana res caton 197‘SHOW AND TELL: PUBLISHING YOUR WORK The Web Module Preparing images ready for upload to a website used to be a long and often hit and miss process. Finding the right balance between quality and page loading times was something most designers hated with a passion. Thankfully, the process is significantly easier these days. Te alk ay Just as weve mentions before, make sure you take the f you ook ver a the right-hand sie pane this is where through them what's availabe, 198 sous repent rule Am EatenPy Q} V0u c20 use the Site Info to fll in the relevant details of the site, which automatically fils in the title text boxe the main Web Gallery centre pane, However, you can also click the text placements in the centre pane and enter the details directly there (On the left hand side of the Lightroom interface you will be able fo see a number of options in the form of available templates, The Template Browser contains 2 wealth {f predefined ternpiates that can be quickly applied to an existing web gallery Q} weiow the site Into section, you can define the Colour D vaiette and Appearance of the web gallery. You can change the various colours of the sections in the wed gallery, ‘and even ad drop shadows. The Grid Pages section allows you to change the number of images displayed within the ‘web gallery grid @p Pe last few sections provide image information such a a title and captions, the quality of the image a5 it will be viewed ina browser along with any metadata included The remaining section allows you to enter details for the web server that the gallery wil sto, including any LUbfolders for the images. ‘The Preview pane displays a version of your current web design and it will help you decide how the web gallery will aok as you hover over each of the templates on offer. The default preview image displays the basic layout and not the {additional enhancements youve made or added titles and ther text Finally, in order to be able to test the web gallery in a browser, click the Preview in Browser button at the bottom cof the Template pane, Lightroom will prepare the Gallery and ‘open it in the system's default browser If you want to display the gallery in another browser you need f0 change the system ‘default to another manufacturers browser, sows airs ana res ator 199)‘SHOW AND TELL: PUBLISHING YOUR WORK Preparing Your Images Before you upload any images to social media, as a web gallery or for book or slideshow presentations, it’s best practise to make sure they’re prepared prior to activating a module. We’ve mentioned this within each module but let’s look at some tips to help you prepare your images. On mredia th image you have chosen to share on social ‘enter the Develop module, Nov see where they ca pred to Lightroom is non-destruct the original images won't be alter 19€ rather than asking the audience to toa certain section 140 sous repent ral cae |i atenieee Following on from the provious step, if any of the images [contain the faces of children or yourg people, i's probably most appropriate to blur or remove them completely if you do not have permission for them to be seen, Ifthe Images are ‘20ing to be viewed publicly thare are child safety issues that need to be considered PREPARING YOUR IMAGES For example, little further down through the LPM Settings, you can see settings that adjust the quality, image format and video format. nd image sizing. Depending on where and what you're publishing the Image to will affect these settings, as to0 much quality for web content can load toa slowloading page If you click back into the Library module, then expand the Publish Services panel to the bottom left of the Ul you can see several options to push the image(s) to different locations. To start with let's look at the social media options in the next couple of pages: click on the Set Up link in the. Hard Drive button, \Within the Lightroom Publishing Manager settings you also have the opportunity to include al the Metadata information for each phato or even opting to remove certain Sections such as personal information or GPS location data You ean even apply @ watermark using the default settings or eiting your own version ‘The previous step opens the L Manager, which you can use in the next section, on publishing svork to social media, For now, you can serall down through the Settings pane and make any adjustments to the image(s) as needed. wer your means arepare for the pulsing modes you can comfortably upload or include them in the various scenarios you've already looked at. Remember though, Lightroom makes it easy to go back and make subtle changes to-any image should you want to tweak them further. cee ral aes enEaton 144‘SHOW AND TELL: PUBLISHING YOUR WORK Publishing to Social Media Publishing content to social media is very simple. However, some images are not always looking their best before they’re gracing your Facebook Timeline. Lightroom can help you get the best results for your images and make uploading them to the likes of Facebook extremely easy. uick-upload button to Facebook and @) when the image is looking its best, click back into the here are more services available rom © cibrary module and expand the Publish Services section, /epares to trae throush oor interface. You fe the mages you plan to falable for bath Facobook and Flickr, in rm ies use Facebook i ia liek on the Set Up link shown on the the Liprary module to to your social media pl this instan QQ) ore vou have chosen an image you want to uploac, ) Tris. as we've sen previously, launches the Lightroom it may be necessary droo into the Develon module Publishing Manager window, This time, however, n make any adjustments and fine-tune the photograph tormake that the Facebook service s highlighted to the left af the I'sharper. more saturated and containing plenty of contrast Settings pone, There are a number of settings fields that Remember the applying any upc fe looked at in the previous section when _ need to be filled in. ‘andesite 98 142 sone rape rua cae AnanLUgntroom Pubehing Manager a ———_—— You will now need to fillin all the required publish service settings information before youre able to upload anything to Facebook via the Publish Services button. Start Off the process by giving the service a Description, something imaginative ike Facebook’ or Timeline Photos’ wil surfice at this point. Lghtioom Publishing Manager You will also be required to enter your details regarding {your Facebook account. Start by clicking on the Authorise on Facebook button, this will launch @ pop-up window informing you of the Facebook Terms of Service which you will need to agree to. Once done, eliek on the OK Button to log into Facebook. rasmensexvon [EY Lightroom Publishing manager = ————s a =. =a a (Once the process is complete you see a success message ‘on your Facebook page. You can close the Facebook tab in your browser now if you wish. You then receive a message From Lightroom, asking for authorisation to access Facebook whan you click on the Button, OK all these and click on Dane when the process is comalete, The rest of the Settings available for Facebook in the Lightroom Publishing Manager allow you to choose an individual, or create a new, album on Facebook, set titles, fame files and set the image sizes and qualty, Browse through the evailable options to decide how ta best publish your images on Facebook Lightroom auto launches your default systern browser [and opens Facebook, you may need to fog in it you haven't already set up the username and password detals. ‘You're asked to connect Adobe Lightroom with Facebook, Using a Continue button that opens the authentication Window, Click on the Connect As. button to continue. You can now drag and drop any number of images ino the Timeline Photos o other aloum link under the Facebook button. This wil automatically add the images to the Library fiter; from there you ean click on the Publish button under the Publish Services pane to start uploading your photographs to Facebook sows eps Mana res ator 149‘SHOW AND TELL: PUBLISHING YOUR WORK Publish to Your Own Website Publishing your photos to social media is all fine and well, but most photographers instead use a dedicated website as a portfolio of their images. Lightroom makes it easy to prepare and upload web galleries to a website, as long as you have the relevant details to hand. are going to assume thet you have a salary Ful off tha reb However, process, we think t's best to recap a that can male all the difference. Fist through the various Templates on of crucial elements youve looked he scroll down to act ‘ther 144 some repent rule |i EatenQQ With te Configure FTP File Transfer window open, you DD can beain to enter in the details for the web server you ‘want fo upload tha web gallery to. Ae mentioned, you wil need the server address and server path, along with the username ‘and password rom your web hosting company that has write Dermissions on the server, ag Q) Winer youve entered the FTP transfor cetals, cick erie Sk button o sove your settings snd cove the Configure FIP Fle raster window, Next-within the Upload Settings panal rake sure that sry Put in Subtowwer cation information s correctly entered the relevant box. ond that the bors ticked G Wiven youre oat, cick onthe Upload button to Deritccclanyer euredn sap Canoes wil enter the deta you spsetea, connect tothe svar ad Seoin the unloed process tote folder ond sub-olser There’ t progress barn fe top let of the merce that Geils now for dong the process rns ast @Q) sorwtines errors can occur during the upload process, Dorchtroom wit usually display the type of error it has ‘encountered but often the error could simply be a mistyped Server address, folder location or password. fan error does op up, go back to step 5 and double-check your FTP details ‘again just to be sure Providing the upload went well, you should be able to ‘pen the site and view the web gallery as you created it within Lightroom: Its best to go through the site and check that all the links ara functioning, as sometimes a link can work Iceally but fail when uploaded to a server, usuelly due to the FTP missing or faling to upload an image or file. QD 2iernativets if ou would rather upiosd the entire O eaiery using your own FTP of upload client such 35 FileZilla or FreF TP, then instead oF clicking an Upload. click on the Export button, Ths will ask you for a location to save all the files and HTML code. Ali these files can then be uploaded to the server manually sows Mana eres ator 145,asa Een PeRT ES VEROUG AOS weta Lightr Cloud Base > alejKen a Editing ie mo FS Photoshop Lightroom CC is a cloud-based photo service. It is a much pared down version of its fully- featured cousin Lightroom Classic. There is no doubt it is a faster and more streamlined product for enthusiasts to use across multiple desktop and mobile platforms, with plenty of powerful features so you can stay synchronised and edit your photos anywhere. De eeCe bese COLL} Covey TALS) SEU em e eeu ele a C-y Me Be eee Celtel eed SPM eeu RUa eon cere 164 Syncing Lightroom BET Maas uu er- le Relies aT CUS Rel aye eee Smee coeds STM ee hee ROK) SE Menke casual ck SPM a Rl acd Eee eeySe epreteemreennyBEFORE AND AFTER: Less 1s oFTEN more | LT oT PE eae & i EneLIGHTROOM CC: CLOUD BASED PHOTO EDITING Introduction to the Workspace The Lightroom CC workspace is a more streamlined design than Lightroom Classic CC. It is designed to be quick and simple to use but no less powerful than the desktop version. It is an ideal platform for editing your photos if you are on the move using a tablet or phone. @ aad Photos Dynan ay photos by the date you toyour eolection, © by Date you to tag by named person if you wis 162 sous repent rule |i atenINTRODUCTION TO THE WORKSPACE @® Refine Search This calls up a pane! that lets you search ‘additional parameters ing end camera used @arbums ) Picked or Rejected images and al Under this menu are option Flename and st Modified ® search All Photos ® shared to Web Images are uploaded to the is provided at the top of the button opens a menu where you can view Getting Started tours of the app or view all the What's New featur © cloud storage Sync the panel that Your images, ane caries al information abou urtently selected, vouttrotortoncon sows ips Mana eres nator 159LIGHTROOM CC: CLOUD BASED PHOTO EDITING Adjustments at a Glance If you are new to image processing, some of the tools that are used and the effect they have on your images may be unfamiliar to you. Luckily, Lightroom CC provides some helpful tool tips to explain what each of the major adjustments actually do. Exposure Contrast gnomes Controls the brightness of your photo. Determines the contrast between ‘Controls the brightness of the lighter light and dark colours. parts of your photo, Move lft to make the image darken move right to make the mage brighter Move let to atten the contrast; Mowe left to darken highlights and reve right to make the contrast recover details: move ight to brighten more dramatic. them and reduce deta shadows writes Blacks Controls the brightness ofthe darker ‘Sets the white polnt ofthe image. Sets the black point of the imoge. parts of your photo. Move right to make more colours Move left to make more colours Move left to deepen shadows: move appear completely white appear completely black right to brighten them end recover more details 164 some repent rule tn Eatenanensxsenee (0 ‘Temperature Tint Determines how warm or cool the Determines how green or purple the ‘Changes the saturation without causing ‘colours appear in your Photo colours appear in your photo. Unpleasant colour cast, Move left colours are too yellow Move left if colours ae too pure Move right to make colours pop ‘move right ifcolours ae too Blue ‘move right ifeolours ae too green without oversaturation ee Saturation larity Dohaze Controls the saturation ofall colours ‘Changes the contrast around the edges Move lft to add simulates haze; move equal. cof objects in your photo. right to remove haze Move left to make your photo arayscale Move left to soften portraits; move right ‘move right to boost al colours. to makelandscapas more clea Vignette Grain sharpening Makes the outer edges ofthe photo Move right to add fm groin Move right to sharpen details lighter or darker ewwtcrtntnacom owe ips Mana res aton 155,Lightroom CC Geometry Editor Recent versions of Lightroom offer you more tools that let you edit and manipulate the geometry of your photos. In this case, geometry refers to the proportions, size, rotation and distortion controls that can alter the physical shape of your photo. The eight controls are shown here. Dy ost 166 sows wept rule |i StenLIGHTROOM CC GEOMETRY EDITOR Transformation Guidance ‘The elght geometry controls allow you to physically alter the shape of your photos. The geometry can be manually controlled by moving each ofthe sliders betweon values of 100% and +100% for some extreme transformations. ‘There are also options that let you specify which parts of your photo aro level on eithar the vertical or horizontal Blane, by placing control points and letting the software ‘work out the transfermations required to bring those parts Cf the image back to straight and level Ey Guided Upright Tool (Shttv6) ove Mania Saree |anEaton 187LIGHTROOM CC: CLOUD BASED PHOTO EDITING Lightroom CC Workflow Example All users of Adobe’s Creative Cloud Photography Plan get Photoshop CC, Lightroom Classic CC and the latest Lightroom CC in their monthly subscription. Let’s take a more detailed look at the mobile focused version and show you what it’s capable of. . ia ted to Lightroom CC. In 168 sous vapeur An EatenLIGHTROOM CC WORKFLOW EXAMPLE You algo have the option to use the Tone Curve tool. The Tone Curve tool works in much the same way as f does in Photoshop. Dragging a point on the curve atters Snacow, Dark Light and Highight values, You can also affect the values of the individual colour channels of Red, Blue and Green by clicking on the red, green or blue Bait Channel buttons, Below the Light panel comes the Colour Can alter White Balance manually by adjusting the Temp, Tint, Vibrance and Saturation sliders or by using the White Balance Selector (WW). You can also use the Colour Mixer ‘and alter the Hue, Saturation and Luminance values to the primary colours to achieve the desired look in your shot Next you can open up the Effects panel. This contains the Clanty, Dehaze, Vignette ano Grain siders. Clarity and Dahaza halp control mid-tone contrast while Vignette gives you ‘Snumber of ways to darken the Image edges, Groin lets add a film grain effect and choose the size and roughness of the grain you are adding to the image =o 23:8 22023552 <2 contr method tat ets you Ose erie seco soe matted tas cere, {Our image. You cen choose the colour, strength and balance F colours between bright and dark areas by using the Spit Toning tools. For example, you can add blue to the shadow areas and then add yellaw to the highlights of your image Oe ears the Colour Mixer tool n various ways, Yo can choose to just alter the Hue of the primary colours, adjust the Saturation af each primary colour ar make each primary colour lighter or darker For our workflow example, we Skered the Blues Luminance to make them much stronger and more vibrant The next panel contains Detail adjustments. Ths is vinere you can control Sharpening in your Image b sng the Radius. Detal and Masking siders as well 35 using the adjustment sliders for Noise Reduction and Colour Noise Reduction It's highly recommended that you work with your image at !1 magnification to clearly see their effects sows ipso ana res ator 159LIGHTROOM CC: CLOUD BASED PHOTO EDITING Below the Detail panels comes Opties. Clicking on the Remove Chromatic button idenbies what lens was used and removes colour aberrations crested by the lens ured on ‘Your eamera, These aberrations normally show up as green and magenta fringing, You can also remove any barrel distortion Created by that lens ang choose to further adjust those settings, he. Bre testing rush tool is usetl forromoving ary Unwanted objects and dust or dirt from your photo. Simply choose the Clone or Heal mode and brush over your target It will then use nearby image data to remove the unwanted item, You can choose the Size, Feather and Opacity of the brush and click Visualize Spots to help you see any offending blemishes. The last panel is Geometry, where you can physically Iter the shape, size and rotation of the image. Ite particularly useful for removing unwanted perspective and Converging verticals in architectural shots. You can choose to alter the geometry of the image manually or use the Guided Upright tool to adjust what is level and vertical Back to the main menu and the next tool isthe one for Crop & Rotate (C). You can crop your images manually lr choose a preset from a number of panular image aspect fatios, The Crop & Rotate feature also allows you to ratate your images by using the provided slider. You can also Conetrain Crop the proportion of the crop once youve set i 160 sous wpe ral ae An Eaten ‘The Brush tool (6) is next. This lets you make targete adjustments by simply adjusting your settings and brushing over the area in question. You can use a Brush to make adjustments such as reducing the exposure in certain fares of the image. You cen erase areas of your brush strokes ifrequired and add new brush adjustments tec, Linear Gradient (L) behaves like 2 distal version of the ‘graduated fiters used by photogrephers on ther lenses, You can click and dag a graduated fiter across your image. to either darken ar lighten araas based on yaur settings. The effect begins at 100% density atthe start point of the gradient ar then fades to OW at the endLIGHTROOM CC WORKFLOW EXAMPLE Finally, the Radial Gradient Tool (R) isa ctcular version of ) Take your time with your processing and try net to overdo # yOU have your image the Way You want i, you can Ff. It will be synced to your cloud storage and the Graduated Filter. It can affect anything inside or be set to only affect anything outside the area selected. We used bright yellow Radial Filter to crete @ pool of warm ight across. you can keep a version on your local storage crves, Go to File elected parts of the photo Youcan add a numer of these ‘Save To: this wil call up the Save panel. Choose from either Titers oF erase parts of the existing ones. Original + Settings or JPEG. re iat EP) v2" can also the proportions of the Radial Filter EB) If you choose Original + Settings, your Raw fle wil WD criect by cragaing the control points around the D caved locally to your computer along with an XMP file, circumference of the filter There is also a Brush adjustmen This file contains all the non-destructive edits made to your you can use to and more targeted adjustments to the image, image, This isa non-destructive method that allows you t We added warmth and increased exposure to the wate Open the file up again at any time and make new adjustments poaling in the racks near the front of the Image. fo the image. QB) Finally it you click on Presets at the bottom of the SP) \ you choose JPEG as your image option, you have the J coloar, you can access the ful range of Fiters for 8 one: ablity to select a Small reduced size version, Ful Size or click creative effect to dramatically alter your photos. They are a Custom mage size as you see fit. When you have chosen presented in thumbnail farm and range fram lack and White the se of the image you wert, you ean then press the Save onversions to Aged Photo and even Grain effects. Hover over button to download a JPEG to Your machine with all the ed's each one to see the effect on your image in realtime you have made in place vouttrotortoncon sows aig Mana eres] ah on 161LIGHTROOM CC: CLOUD BASED PHOTO EDITING Lightroom On Your Mobile Devices The mobile version of Lightroom allows you to access, edit, organise and share your photos on your iPad, iPhone or Android device. With it you can sync any changes, so updated images are available for further editing in the Lightroom desktop program. Going Mobile Acobe's reach to the mobile 200. Sxamples Of Lightroom | 1m app isn’ just for lever development ‘stonng, witht joo ect images. You flag and nd eventually syne htop version of Lightroom, nto the desktop \ersion of Lightroom or your The Lightroom mobile app is here and with the of Bhoneographers armed with powerful cameras bul into thelr eae enere how it synes with the version For example. wit Lhtroor ab fut on taking the perfect shot ccolecti the desktop \We look at some of the aspects better organise your in lof the Lightroom app in the coming pages, detaring he You'e able to add existing photos to set up the syncing to the tale on your device prior to ‘desktop version installing the Lightroom a toacallection a ith the photos in the image editing and how to share ‘your photos. light levels, 162 some repent rule |i EatenLIGHTROOM ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICES ad eset} Win each Abu, you cana reins take photos You can east ec any otis taken ang range of (tape Caneraican to tke anew image. fess an aerate blr syreng wen he deskcn ‘ession of co, ‘The Ughtoom mobile ap es you create Abus for your pots: S 12 Shortcuts For owners of mobile devices Using 10S 12, there are now a ‘couple of handy shortcuts you ‘can download. These let you edit ‘your images, or sets of favorited Images, in Lightroom while using the Photos app or actually move ‘your Rave files from the Photos ‘app to the Lightroom app. Instead. Since the introduction ‘of Shorteuts in the Apple ‘mobile operating system, you an now get on with the task Cf editing your photos using fewer taps on your screen, “To make sure this works as expected you will need to bbe using 105 12 and have a downloaded version of the Shortcuts app. You will of ‘course need to be using the latest Lightroom CC app with support for Shortcuts app. You'can access the Shortcut ont Ltuon OB sirens does on og. 1s widaot, a8 a voice eck ne Aone agp ‘command through Sif or ‘Stet downoad is from your Home Seren offal ppeation for your iPadr Pane. vebrosetencom eset Mr Sara Eton 169LIGHTROOM CC: CLOUD BASED PHOTO EDITING Syncing Lightroom To get the best from Lightroom CC and the desktop version, you need to set up a sync between the two. This way, you’re able to easily upload images whilst you’re out and about and can apply the more powerful features of the desktop version when you get back to the desk. image thumbnail. Tap Add made you! 164 some repent rule An Eateni iY Uploading ee ta eee ‘ou wil then be pain Lightro interface, You wil ba informed of the upload progress of your images. You may need to tap the cloud ion located in the sper Fight of the Ul and re-enter your be login details. We needed to do this ice, yet another device we were jibe require we Leon ce =D) t es oD ma wey Leon oaniece htop version of Lightroom ‘Cc. click on the Help, option from the iop menu followed by Upastes. This wil open the Creative oud urdate manager window. Ir there for Lightroom, or any other Srociiet you own or have on tia then chek the button to apply the updates ea feet) Lightroom CC Tutorials Getting Started with Lightraom| eee cates ferent cas Sen ee cere Erker ensues Provide Feedback... Updating Lightroom Classie CC and Ligntroom Cc versions ensures that booth versions are working to vald version umlers. Often, an error syncing s to.one version nat recognising the cther because of an update fram one or the ‘ther. You may need to restart Lightroom, mn your name in the top lett of Ore nse gemesunderyourame located'n the top left corner of the workspace, sa chek on the Syne With Lightroom CC option, This may ask for an Updated username and password again repared to enter. The syncing 25s willstartand it wil show you a "gress bar ‘SYNCING LIGHTROOM iy (noe (eee Landscapes the Ligh that willbe synced betw ‘and the desktop. Click the OK inthe Lightroom CC, cick on the Cloug nagain to force an uodate. There wil bea small ican with a check marin it £0 indicate that your images are now synced ‘and backed up, 1d photos from Lightroom the desitop version of Cc. They can be located section. You can see the status of synced irom the Lightroom CC tab in the Preferences window sows aise Mana res ton 165,LIGHTROOM CC: CLOUD BASED PHOTO EDITING Organising Your Mobile Device Lightroom in its mobile form uses Albums to help sort and organise your photos; think of an Album like a traditional photo collection. They help split the device’s photos into categories, so you can have outdoors shots in one Album and people in another, for example. oe ree he raht oF 166 sous repent ral cate tn EatenORGANISING YOUR MOBILE DEVICE OE eK,9F he tve9 ver s isa Fike By button. Whan you tap It the fiterng options are displayed and you can choose images base they are ‘any that are un picked oF rected all depending on how you furthe of the the Alum, and if you have the fro With the content of the naw A displayed in Lightroom CC, the three verbal dots in the upper ight ‘corner Here yo the images 3 segment them by Year, Month, D Hour You are also able sort your imag Grid Segmentation, photos directly ap on the back ofthe Alum: J 19 the Lightroom start {and give ita suitable filename and then, 3 photos. tap to enter tos button a @ button. Tap this and you car fate the amera, Use the top right icon from the front tovrear camera, and vice-vorsa, the O28 he bottom of ‘automaticaly make Tap this to open the faute-exaosure and colour mor e picture tap the bive crcle and the roto wil be added to the Album, evn Mana Saree |anEaton 167LIGHTROOM CC: CLOUD BASED PHOTO EDITING Image Editing On the Go Lightroom CC also enables you to do complex edits whilst out and about. The main editing focus no longer has to be in the desktop version. The mobile focused Lightroom CC version has all the powerful features you need to help you achieve impressive results. Os sense mana woes note .) and ant For row though, top OF the fst editing option, Selective OD Ire net gption the Healing tot ‘You can draw on the screen of your Ind speciy an area you went to clone or heal. This ed to remewe spots and biemishe! image by copying data from ar asting it over yIMAGE EDITING ON THE GO The next option, Crop, i sl The next options are Light and he next tool, Optics, is a explenatory However Colour In the Light se inmost Adobe than the simple cropping o able to adust the exposure, con p Some mobile image editors manage Fahights, shadow BSberrations such as barrel a Crop too! not only crops but also rotates, The Colour secton concentrates on pincushion distortion. Next to that is the flips horzontally and vertically and-can adjustments to colourterperature tint, Image Geometry distortion tool. This, rid. I's worth playing around tibrancy and saturation. You can also lets you alter the vertical ane horizontal with the image to see How it works. Convert the mage to Black and white. geometry of your image. The Profiles option comes nex The and here you can apply Effects edit option allows you .o change the clarity, whichis the anistc fitere and colour imidetane contrast of the image, slong your own prose your original with dehaze, vignette amount. midpoint, Save to device Of efferent P father roundness and hishiight flag your imag : catagories within each, With each Preset image. You can alsa alter the Splt Tone fe applied the edits, you can ‘applied, you can tap and hold the image and adjust the colour balance using the Lightroom on your computer ater shot Strip colour char devices eon Ma Saree ator 169LUGHTROOM CC: CLOUD BASED PHOTO EDITING Sharing Your Photos Taken the perfect shot? Edited your original image to something amusing, amazing or ins| 9? Then share it with your friends and family via social media, email or other platforms that you’ve already set up on your device. n you tap the share icon, the ‘apps you already have ‘open under the menus You may need to swipe to the night to display further apps Capable of recewving the image, Oe ssenaierins by opening the Album containing the level of sharing is a {this tutorial. To begin with, Select an image from within, want to share The app will ‘device's Lightroom app that you can S80 that re icon next to 170 some vpn ral cae Anton BO such as Whats peciy the person 9 send the image to Itall deper pp in question want and long p images you want selecting each with the tick in the top left of the image thumbnailQpext2svetare. on images you want to share ready, ican in the top rit corner af that you're 1 rnany images you've selected. {Could take some time for them to load within Lightroom ready for shar Bem ue EY 1234567890 qwertywiop Be aware thatthe images you're ‘ould acd up to guitea few megabytes. inthis tutorial only add up to about 2MB, nich i more than okay to send fr smilar Watch out for those Ithage files though from the Lightroom app. Start a he Lightroom front screen, where the Aloums are organised and tap the three vertical dots to the right of the Album Sou want to share We have an album of images that we would like to share on the \Web for fronds and family to sea options. At the moment, the Enable he ont of choices You you wish or st elate images and turn 3 slideshow. We want to Share to Web option Share sit the shared Al the Adobe Lightroom the photos in ick on the eon Ma aes |emEaton 74Going ea Further: | Lightroom ProjectsProcessing Your Landscape Photos Shooting landscapes can be a lot of fun, whether you’re doing it as a professional job or just as a leisure activity. Always shoot Raw because once you get the image file into Lightroom, you will see how you can transform the original capture beyond what you thought possible. eeee (| ‘The process starts after you have imported the images YOU Want fo work on into the Library Module. For this example tutorial we are going to process an image of a sunvise taken by the coast Its underexposed but the sky hes good deta and you ean bring ut more in the sea and racks too © Bick eens Corretion 101 Then clk onthe Profle button to view the options available. f you click the Remove Chromatic Aberration button and the Enable Profile Corrections button, it wil automatically detect the lens used and correct any distortions and colour aberrations. SI Od fszsi2g spss wie workings togctnate ne Show Highlight Clipping ana Show Shadow Clipping options in top corners of the histogram. With these two active, you con see whether your image is overexposed to the point highlight Getals are lost to pure white, or underexposed to solid black When you open the Develop Modul you want t0 work on in the filmstrip and view itin the main window, As rrentioned, the example mage sky Is fairy well ‘exposed but the foreground racks are underexposed by a fair mount. First though, we ean add lans correction, ickeon the image 82.324 220 sor ut he stahty of evel horizon Click ‘on the Transform tool and then click on the Auto level too This will automatically detect any strong horizontal or vertical elements and adjust the mage For ths landscape, t has simply levelled the horizon, Pp = oe ‘Areas of the shot overexposed to solid white will show up ‘on your image as @ red overlay. When the amount oF lost overexposed detal increases, the red area spreads in tandem to warn you. The underexposed areas will show up as blue to warn You that areas are now solid bigcx and contain no detai, sows eps Mana eres aton 175,GOING FURTHER: LIGHTROOM PROJECTS Now you can begin with some image a bit more balanced than tis at the moment. Let's Increase in brightness, 5 tackle the shadows first since they need the most attention and subtle at frst but f you D fre in need of a boost. Open the Basic tools panel and stert to move the Shadows slider to the right ‘You will see the darkest parts of the image start to jows aclustment can be fairly it to9 far you risk exacerbating {ey image noise that might be present In the shot. In this case @ $88 acjustment works wall Then, alsa add #5 ta the Bla i: 20% to persona taste bur tmnt be 2 good idea BY Our next exit wt remove the smal area around the 0 actully See a comparison to your original so you can rising sun that is currently lost to overexposure. Drag the judge how much the Image is changing. Ifyou press V you can _Highights sider to the left and you can see the lightest areas Lse'a Before and After spit scrasn with your current adit shovin of the image start ta decrease in brightness. In effect, thie the fon the left. Feverse of the Shadows adjustment, Depending on the image, pushing the Highlights slider too that everything isa litle more balanced, you can far eft wil create a very unnatural looking image. In this, Dring up the exposure of the entre reage by hnereaeing case, a 65 value gives us a good shy. Siding the Whites tab bout +0.65, At the moment though, things are 3 litie to the left also ensures there are no pure whites in the ng atl fat. lt could do with some n trast and @ Ite more colour, image, if that’s to your taste 176 sows rape ral ae |i atenPROCESSING YOUR LANDSCAPE PHOTOS Rather than using the Contrast sider, you can extract more detail from your image by using the Clarity slider. Found under the Prosene tab, iis a way of adding mic contrast to the mid-tone areas of the image, Again, Beware of ‘overdoing it A Clarity value of about +43 brings out dl Now you can addrass the issue of colour. To mae the image more vivid, you can adjust both Vibrance and Saturation It's best to try Vibrance frst as you can increase saturation in the more muted colours before applying & Stronger more global Saturation value ta the overall image, A nice litle trick you can try on your Images is to target artain areas of colour and elter thelr values. For instance, if you want to increase the brightness of the foamy water surrounding the foreground racks here's a quick and todo it nple way ‘Open the HSL/Colar/B&W tools and click on the: Luminance button, Luninance allows you to cantrol the brightness of key colours in your Image. Rather than selecting a colour slider, you can actuall image by clicking and dragging oni Click the adjustment icon in the top left ofthe Luminence panel. Naw you can click and drag your cursor on the foam by the rocks; as you do so, you will beable to lighten arken the colours of the foam, Other colours are unatfecte ‘You willsee the Luminance panel sliders change as you c 2227, weten out for neavy-hended aclustments,f you dag it too far in one direction, you will make the foam dark and dirty looking. Dragging in the opposite direction will ighten the blues and aquas of the foam and really make it Stand out beautifully sows ips Mana eres naton 177GOING FURTHER: LIGHTROOM PROJECTS Will, so far so good. Let's take a closer look at the sky and get that Next. Click on the Graduated Fiter tool and drag down trom the top of the image to just below the horzon Tine, f you hald the Sift key, you can constrain it to vertical/ horizontal irneeds be. Radi Fator (Shite) 14 Radial Filter is next, to enhance the sun. You can use itto drag an ellipse around the rising sun and some of the surrounding clouds. Make sure the Invert Mask button is checked so the effect of the fiter I inside the ellipse, nat outside ft The Feather amount controls how soft will be. ‘The adjustments available to the currently selected filter wil drop down and you can add a subtle darkening of the sky using about -120 Exposure, You can also enhance the warm jones on the sky by pushing the Temp slider ight toa value oF about 30 to increase the yellow/orange tones in the sky. Push up the fers Temp value to 90 and the Exposure to about O55, Doing this increases the warmth and brightness of the sun, You can cick and drag any ofthe fite Control points to either move its position or alter its height and ‘width to get just how you want ‘An Adjustment Brush can also be used with increased Temp, Exposure and Highlights values and painted over the foreground rocks to increase the highight brightness and) colour tone, The beauty of the brushes is that yo much or a litle as you ike and erase any parts you want, 178 some repent rule tn Saten 4 nice touch used by landscape photographers is to use the Salt Toning tool ta adjust the colours of shadows and Highlights. Spit Toning s often used to mimic the colour effects seen in cross-processed film stocks in pre-diaital times. Click the Split Toning tool to open its panelee (| Beit Jorn as 2 simple process. ou choose a Hue forthe Highlights and a Hue for the Shadows. Typically, yellow is chosen for the Highlights and blue is used for the Shadows hen you can adjust the saturation of each colour end use the Balance to control how much either colour deminates the other. ED fe anions use Hye 0 and saturation 20 and Balance 3t 20 to favour the Shadows. For Shadows we chose Hue 270 and a Saturation value oF 10. The overall effact on the image 's to maintain warm tones in the brighter areas but elso edd cooler tones in darker areas @ ‘One final tweak is to go back to the Lens Corrections panel and click on the Manual Button and in the Vignetting section, change the Amount to "35 and the Midpoint to 25, Ths adds a subtle darkening to the eciges of the image to draw the tye to the centre of the sho Now that the image is complete, you can click on the Export button ana save the result as an image format of your cheice. The Export options are quite detailed: you ca noose where to export the image, what fle naming convention {you wish to use and what format. 2% you con compare ie orgnalimage to our fly aduusted version The difference i simply amazing. The shadows have been brightened, the sky is warm and the sun is, ‘lowing and there is plenty of detail wherever you look. An edit like this only takes 10-15 minutes to do but the result shines Back in the Library Module, your shot now display results of your edits, You will nate that there i a smal icon in the lawer right corner to indicate this image has a series of on-destructive edits attached to t. You can go back in at any’ time and make more amends you wish, sows aise Mana res nator 179Portrait Retouching There is something of a debate whether Lightroom is capable of full-on portrait retouching. Many say that to properly finesse a portrait to its fullest extent, you have to complete the job in Photoshop layers and brushes. While that is true, Lightroom can do more than you might imagine. De eaQD r2e2sirete ameteporratin ow Library Morile that we want to ecit. The shot is reasonably exposed as the photographer intended but i could do with a number of eaits to really make it shine. The an of this workflow, fs to do as much in Lightroom as possible without the aid of Phatoshor “ty 6 fou can address the colour balance first by opening the Basic Tools pane! and clicking on the White Balance eyedropper tool. Using this tool, you can click anywhere o ‘your mage that you know to be a neutral colour: Lightroom wil Sutomatically apply adjustments to colour correct the shot 6 When you click your cursor on that area, Lightroom wil calculate what Temp and Tint adjustments needs to be made to the photo in order ta bring the erea you clicked to a neutral state with red, green and blue of equal colour values. Temp goes from 6650 to 5300 and Tint goes from +6 to 10, Having had a chance to look at the image in the Develop Module, a couple of things are already apparent. The colour balance isa ito off since the backdrop was neutral grey {nd it looks 8 litle warm, also, her forehead has @ few blemishes that could do with Some attention Od 131855,222, simply move tne cursor over the backaround behind the model’ haad. A cmall window shows an enlarged area of the pixels currently beneath your cursor and Sica the current mix of ed, green and blue values that make up that colour 82%, 321 son 20 some bose aiustments toi brigntnass, contrast, tone and saturation, First, the Exposure value can be Ooosted to about +0.85, High ited a itle to +3 and Whites can go to about #10 highlights bright without loss of deta nts can sows aig Mina ers] ah on 181Next you can turn to the darker tones in the shat. Pushing ne Shadows slider to the right for a value of sbout “60. injects more haht into the darkest tones and helps to reve ‘more detail. By pushing the black value fo about +30 also helos Tift the darkest tones for a much clearer image at this point. ‘One final adjustment at this stage of the ealtis to boost ho Vibrance value a ite to about +40. Vibrance is a more subtle way of boosting the most muted colours in the image first. n the case of a portal, too much saturation could result in bright orange skin that ould look unpleasant (Once done, you can ga to the Pres actually reduce the Clarity value to about -10, This reduction in rmid-tone contrast helps to soften the image, which Is @ helpful fend flattering thing to do for female portrats in particular. Mele portraits allow you to push Clarity in the opposite direction The blemishes are next using Spot Removal. You can choose from Clone or Heal. Cloning isa straight copy of pels from one area to another whereas Heal uses sampled pels similar to the area you are trying to remove and Ble? the new sample attermpting to match colour and brightne: oO: lety is key to blemish removal and itis worth taking your time over this next part-Your Heal brush naeds to be set to Feather 100 and Opacity between 75 and 100. Your bras size wil depend on each blemish you remove Yi can alter the brush size Up or down by tapping the and Tbracket keys 182 sous repent rule An aten v7 320" Hes ors, lk over each blemish in tun. Each lick will sample another area over the ton af the blemish 4 just need te methodically click over each blemish in turn and keep going. You wil see @ build-up of brush marks that indicate each place a healing brush has been applied,© serine: the 122 your brush samples may not be orrect. If this happens, you can click on the sample target and drag ito a new area that has a skin tone anc texture more Suitable for your needs, You can actually drag the sample target anywhere in the frame of the image iF needs be. Bi call ust as with single brush clicks, these longer brush an have their original point oF appl can click and drag the sample target to another area of skin, he original area will update in realtime to show you how the new sample will look before you deselect i. properties panel. Clk on the small dropdown ist next The dropdown menu that appears has a number useful presets that you can apply to your new Adjustment Brush. In ths case, you can select Soften Skin, PORTRAIT RETOUCHING Oo re eg et ints te ste bru cles over your blemish 205 F you went, you can Click and drag a longer brush stroke which willbe dented By a white brush strowe. Ty t keep these longer strokes fairly small and contained or the sample target it chooses may be completely random. our has been adjusted, ‘Show more detal in the darkest areas of the shot and the main blemishes have been reduced, but not completely removed. You may notice a slight motting of the skin, There s a useful remedy to tat t00. Use this new skin softening brush and paint over her forehead to soften her skin even more and ramave more of| ‘does this by reducing the amount of mi 10. You can also use i elsewhere on her skin, list but ean help owes Mana res nator 169GOING FURTHER: LIGHTROOM PROJECTS Delete Reset Brushing caw soften skin) Teeth wniening Restore Default Preset Delete preset Soften Skin oO if you happen to feel that the skin softening is net enough Now you can add a new Adjust ment Brush and choose Iris ‘your taste but your settings are already maxed [Enhance trom the Effect dropdown lst. This has a preset ‘ut, you' can riaht-cick on the control point for the active applied that is 3 Good start for brightening 3 subjects insos if fedjustment brush end select Duplicate from the list. This will hey are too dark. Again, we would suggest @ subtle approach ‘double the effect of the softening, 10 avoid overly bright ‘evil eyes ted the preset by adding more Exposure and ‘To add a litle more mood to the image, you can add a ing the strenath of the Shadows, This is just enough Radial Filter to create a tight vignette around the modal to reveal the brown of the mode's eyes without going over the Click on the Radial Filter too! drag an ellipse that encomps top, The whites of her eyes are fine as they are, Any brightening the mode's headland shoulders. You can always move and lf the whites would look unnatural. scale the fier later if you wish Under Sait Toning, you can also opt saturation of about 48 to the Hiohl9 femp sider a ite ta the je Hue with Saturation of about 30 to give the colour toned vignette that the portrait @ more contemporary feel to them, Watch out for ourtney’s face unaffected. making the skin too yellow. lett dareromurecoeme Ewe he opaneet the etfects panel and added» smal If you wish, you can open the Detail panel and apply amount of Grain, with Amount set at 10, Size is 25 and Sharpening, You can target a zoomed preview by clicking Roughness 50. In the Dehaze panel, the value has been altered the Agjust Detail Zoom button and placing Your cursor over an to-6 to give a slightly soft-focus feel to the shot, again te help area you want to preview a3 you apply sherpening. Once agai with the Pattering female portrait do not overdo it, oo much sharpening ean rain an image. eee Ox adjustment you can add is targeting the brightest ‘You can create a new Adjustment Brush and set its areas of her face and gently accentuate them by using @ Exposure Value to about +0.25 and Highlights to about pracess called Dodging, This isa reference to the days of fim 95, Make sure the Feather i set to 100 and Flow is decreased negatives where you would prevant areas of photographic to about 40. This means you can build-up the effect gradually Baper receiving too much light and making that area too b ight. without overdoing it 00 quickly ED concentrate the brush on the bright parts of the skin on © With that final edit, this portrait is completed. You can of her face and neck and follow the shape of obvious facial course take it onwards to Photoshop and do any more contours, Like before, f this looks alte over the top, you can fine tuning or skin retouching f you need i, Dut inthis case, ‘adjust the Highlights value down to about 30, or until the effect Lightroom has done most of the heavy lifting for you andl as fa stvong ae you want ever, you can go back inand alter the adjustments at any tie. vouttrotortoncon sows aise Mana res ator 105GONG FURTHER LST Black and White Processing Black and white images can create truly stunning photography. A black and white image needs plenty of detail and a strong composi ea for it to stand on its own merits without the aid of colour. There are a number of ways to do this in Lightroom and we show you how.BLACK AND WHITE PROCESSING QO r2122 <2UEHe of exarteimaces we are going to convert to black and white using a number of methods inelucing Lightroom itself, some presets and going further afield by using Lightroom in conjunction with a compatible plugin that is a dedicated black and white conversion program, © 90k 22 Hstoaram in the top rant comer of the Lightroom workspace will confirm this. The right side of the histogram represents the spread of the lightest tones, whilst the left side shows the distribution of the darker tones. i shows {small amount lost to underexposure Dut nothing drastic, It begins with a simple landscape photo of a tree and fields taken on a crisp clear day. iis reasonably wel balanced, certainly the shy Is not too overexposed and there is stil detalin the shadows, even in its unprocessed Raw state This Isa good starting point for the canwarsion. San People choose to edit their images in cifferent ways but fe tend to get tha image oking as balanced as possible inits colour state before switching to Black and white. The fist thing we did was to change the White Balance to Daylight t accurately portray colour as our starting point. Oh 2x: thee came 2 series of eit done in the Base pant to balance the image as much as possible. Highlights wore Set at -85 to darken the highlight areas and increase as much ‘isle detail in the sky as possible and the White value was dropped to -30 for tne same rea Then it was a case of boosting Shadows to +45. and Blacks to'415 to make sure nothing was solid black in the image hich ean patantially decrease detal. in the Presence panel, the Clarity can be boosted to +40 for more mid-tone contrast. Oc ot worry about Vibrance and Saturation at this po) owes Mana res naton 187GOING FURTHER: LIGHTROOM PROJECTS you might want to boost 2 Lens Corrections panel and under Profle, ch Saturation int. There is an alternative method Remove Chromatic Aberration and Enable Profle hat works very well for Raw files Under Camera Calibration, fections buttons, Any lens distortions and colour fringing make sure the Process value is set to 2012 (Current) and Profile will be automatically removad from your image, Is Adobe Standard. Then you can proceed to the next part eo In the seme panel you have Red, Green and Blue Primary Overy wonder why it's worth worrying about colour so. Hue and Saturation siders I you adjust these sliders, you much since i wil end up as a black ang white image, Well, will see you can have a huge impact on the colour rendition af many would argue that a good black and white image needs a Sour image. You can get the grass looking bright and'lush and batter calourimage to give you more tonal values to play with the sky @ more vivid blue. Try not to be too heavy-handed. when it comes to converting to black and white, The simplest things you can do to turn your image to Ip the Basic panel, next to Treatment, a lack anc white Is to 90 fo the Saturation slider under the There is Color, which you are already using and there is also Basic panel and just move ill the way to the left soit raads as lack & White treatment option. Clicking on this, removes 100. This is fine for a que look half back. There are othe! onversion and to be fair it doesn't. certain options like Vibrance and Saturatio means you tions though have to control the look of your image ina different way.BLACK AND WHITE PROCESSING Youu can alter the Tome and Tit options which wilhave | @B)yNow you are aerng colour as wall as baic brightness 2 small impact on the look of your black and white image 1 contrast to hide and reveal detail in your image. IF butibear in ming, that you af@ still working on a colour original, you go to the HSL/Color/BRW panel, the B&W panel isthe only What you are seeing, is the effect the Temp and Tints having active one, Altering the range of colour sliders here will have @ (on the colour image that is displayed in b) ‘and white, marked impact on your photo, ‘Adjust Black & White Mix By QD eu sisee Yelow ser tothe ah lhe geen and If you take the Blue sider and push it to the far left, al the yellow tanes in the shat will become much brighter. The blue tones present in the sky and clouds will darcen. You same is true of the Green slider although not as pronounced _can also target specific areas in the shot By using the dragging This is how you Use your colour image and these colour sliders mixer option in the top left of the p to-control how it looks in black and white, Click onan area in your sh i you g0 to the Solit Toning panel, you can actually ‘After some Basic panel tweaks, you have your final none int your photos or create duotones, Using the Camera ‘conversion in place. If you want, you an 90 to the Presets Caltration panel you ean algo have an effect on the locke tab on the left of the workspace and click on the small + symbol (of your black and white conversion by altering the Hue anc to create your own new preset. You can narne it and choose Saturation of each of the Primary colours, which settings are actually applied to subsequent images. waren sows airs Mana res ator 189)