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Adobe Lightroom
A Complete Course and Compendium of Features
Jeff CarlsonSeries: Course and Compendium(0)
About
“Adobe Lightroom: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features” is your guide to using Adobe Lightroom for importing, organizing, editing, and outputting your images. Whether you're keywording your most recent shoot, organizing your photo library, or developing and printing your best five-star images, Lightroom is the tool for you-and this book will teach you what you need to know.
First, with a complete Course that includes a set of projects and lessons created by photographer and author Jeff Carlson, you will learn the procedures needed to use Lightroom effectively and professionally. Dozens of lessons are included that can be applied to any number of photographs or situations you'll encounter in Lightroom. Through these step-by-step lessons, you'll be exposed to all of Lightroom's features in practical contexts and its best practices for an optimal workflow.
Then, for greater depth of knowledge and subsequent reference, you'll use the Compendium to uncover more of the "how" and "why" of Lightroom. With each topic easy to access, you can find and explore all of Lightroom's key features and concepts in depth. With cross references between the Course and Compendium, the two parts of the book complement each other perfectly. Best of all, when the lessons in the Course are done, the Compendium will continue to serve for months and years to come.
Learn step by step how to: • Set up an ideal workspace in Lightroom • Import and organize your images • Develop your photographs with powerful global and sophisticated local adjustments • Become incredibly efficient in your use of Lightroom, from creating and applying presets to using quick keyboard shortcuts to syncing changes across numerous images • Output your work for any purpose • And much more!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE COURSE
Chapter 1: Orientation and Workflow
Project: Welcome to Lightroom
Chapter 2: Library Mastery
Chapter 3: Crop and Straighten
Chapter 4: Edit Tones and Color
Chapter 5: Mask and Adjust Specific Areas
Chapter 6: Share Online and Export
THE COMPENDIUM
Chapter 1: The Library
Chapter 2: Adjustments and Color
Chapter 3: Optics and Geometry
Chapter 4: Retouching
Chapter 5: Special Enhancements
Chapter 6: Output Modules
Chapter 7: Extending Lightroom
Chapter 8: Improving Performance
Appendix: Keyboard Shortcuts
Index
First, with a complete Course that includes a set of projects and lessons created by photographer and author Jeff Carlson, you will learn the procedures needed to use Lightroom effectively and professionally. Dozens of lessons are included that can be applied to any number of photographs or situations you'll encounter in Lightroom. Through these step-by-step lessons, you'll be exposed to all of Lightroom's features in practical contexts and its best practices for an optimal workflow.
Then, for greater depth of knowledge and subsequent reference, you'll use the Compendium to uncover more of the "how" and "why" of Lightroom. With each topic easy to access, you can find and explore all of Lightroom's key features and concepts in depth. With cross references between the Course and Compendium, the two parts of the book complement each other perfectly. Best of all, when the lessons in the Course are done, the Compendium will continue to serve for months and years to come.
Learn step by step how to: • Set up an ideal workspace in Lightroom • Import and organize your images • Develop your photographs with powerful global and sophisticated local adjustments • Become incredibly efficient in your use of Lightroom, from creating and applying presets to using quick keyboard shortcuts to syncing changes across numerous images • Output your work for any purpose • And much more!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE COURSE
Chapter 1: Orientation and Workflow
Project: Welcome to Lightroom
Chapter 2: Library Mastery
Chapter 3: Crop and Straighten
Chapter 4: Edit Tones and Color
Chapter 5: Mask and Adjust Specific Areas
Chapter 6: Share Online and Export
THE COMPENDIUM
Chapter 1: The Library
Chapter 2: Adjustments and Color
Chapter 3: Optics and Geometry
Chapter 4: Retouching
Chapter 5: Special Enhancements
Chapter 6: Output Modules
Chapter 7: Extending Lightroom
Chapter 8: Improving Performance
Appendix: Keyboard Shortcuts
Index
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