Macromedia Lightroom - 1.0 User Guide

USER GUIDE

Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ User Guide for Windows® and Mac OS

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Chapter 1: Getting started

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Adobe Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

What’s new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2: Workspace and setup

The Lightroom workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Working with the Filmstrip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Viewing photos in Loupe view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Setting preferences and personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 3: Importing photos

Getting photos into your library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Importing automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Chapter 4: Organizing photos in the catalog

Library module overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Browsing the catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Managing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Working with collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Grouping photos into stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Filtering and rating photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Viewing and editing metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Working with keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Finding photos in the catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Chapter 5: Developing photos

Develop module overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Adjusting image color and tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Working in grayscale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Retouching and correcting flaws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Apply Develop adjustments to other photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Managing image history and snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Quick Develop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Chapter 6: Exporting photos

Exporting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Editing in other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Chapter 7: Creating and viewing slideshows

Creating slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Specifying the slide layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Adding overlays to slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Playing and exporting slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Chapter 8: Printing photos

Printing photos and contact sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Laying out photos on a page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Printing overlay text and graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Setting resolution and color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Printing multiple photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Chapter 9: Web galleries

Creating web photo galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Specifying web gallery layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Adding text to web galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Previewing, exporting, and uploading a web photo gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Chapter 1: Getting started

Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ software is designed for your digital photography workflow. Lightroom helps you organize, manage, process, print, and show digital photographs.

Installation

View requirements

❖ To review complete system requirements and recommendations for your Adobe product, visit

www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/productinfo/systemreqs.

Install the software

1 Close any other Adobe application open on your computer.

2 Insert the installation disc into your CD or DVD drive, and follow the on-screen instructions.

Note: For more information, see the Readme file on your installation disc.

Register

❖ To register, click the Register Now button that appears after you install and activate the software.

If you postpone registration, you can register at any time by choosing Help > Lightroom Registration.

Where do I start?

After installing andregistering your software, familiarize yourself with the many learning aids and customer services available to you. These include a printed Getting Started Guide in the Lightroom box, instructional movies and tutorials, printed books, and customer support. For an overview of these aids, see “Resources” on page 2.

Adobe Help

Adobe Help Resources

You can access complete documentation for your Adobe software in a variety of ways: as a Help system that is installed on your computer, as Livedocs (an updatable, online version of the help system), and as a PDF file.

In-product and Livedocs Help

In-product Help provides access to all documentation and instructional content available at the time the product ships, and is available through the Help menu in your Adobe product.

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Livedocs Help includes all content that ships with the product, plus updates and links to additional instructional content available on the web. For some products, Livedocs includes the ability to comment. Find Livedocs Help for your product in the Adobe Help Resource Center, at www.adobe.com/go/support/documentation.

Think of Help, both in the product and on the web, as a hub for accessing additional content and communities of users. The most complete and up-to-date version of Help is always on the web.

PDF documentation

The complete in-product Help documentation is generally available as a PDF that has been optimized for printing. Other documents, such as installation guides and white papers, may also be provided as PDFs.

All PDF documentation is available through the Adobe Help Resource Center, at

www.adobe.com/go/support/documentation.Inmostcases,PDFdocumentationisalsoavailableontheproductDVD.

Lightroom Help

You can browse Help topics by clicking topics in the table of contents or breadcrumb links, or clicking the Next and Previous buttons.

To search Help, type a term in the search box and browse the list of returned topics, listed in order of relevance, containing your search term. You can also select an entry in the index to view the topic it refers to.

Keyboard shortcuts for navigation

To navigate Adobe Help Viewer and topics, use the following keyboard combinations:

• To move between the navigation pane and the reading pane, press Control-Tab and Shift-Control-Tab.

• To move through links within a pane, press Tab or Shift-tab.

• To activate a selected link, press Enter.

Resources

Help resources online

Adobe help resources for Lightroom are available at www.adobe.com/go/lr_lrm_helpcenter.

You can reach this page from within Lightroom by choosing Help > Help Resources Online.

Adobe Design Center

Offers articles, tips, and tutorials in various formats, including video, Adobe PDF, and HTML. The content is authored by industry experts, designers, and Adobe publishing partners, and new content is added monthly. You’ll also find Adobe Studio Exchange, where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content. Adobe Design Center is available in English, French, German, and Japanese. It is also available in productspecific versions.

Visit the Adobe Design Center at www.adobe.com/designcenter.

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Adobe Developer Center

Provides samples, tutorials, articles, and community resources for developers who are building rich Internet applications, websites, mobile content, and other projects using Adobe products. The Developer Center also contains resources for developers who are developing plug-ins for Adobe products. In addition to sample code and tutorials, you'll find RSS feeds, online seminars, SDKs, scripting guides, and other technical resources.

Visit the Adobe Developer Center at www.adobe.com/go/developer.

Customer support

Containsinformationaboutfreeandpaidtechnicalsupportoptions.TopissuesarelistedbyproductontheAdobe U.S. and Adobe Japan websites. Follow the Training link for access to Adobe Press books; online, video, and instructor-led training resources; Adobe software certification programs; and more.

Visit www.adobe.com/go/support to find support information for your Adobe product.

Downloads

Visit www.adobe.com/go/downloads to find free updates, tryouts, and other useful software.

In addition, the Adobe Store (www.adobe.com/go/store) provides access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party

developers, helping you to automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more.

Adobe Labs

AdobeLabsprovidesyouwiththeopportunitytoexperienceandevaluatenewandemerginginnovations,technologies, and products from Adobe.

At Adobe Labs, you'll have access to resources such as:

• Prerelease software and technologies

• Code samples and best practices to help accelerate your learning curve

• Early versions of product and technical documentation

• Forums, wiki-based content and other collaborative resources to help you interact with like-minded developers

and Macromedia

Labs fosters a collaborative software development process. This allows customers to become productive with new productsandtechnologiesfasterandtheAdobedevelopmentteamstorespondandreacttoearlyfeedbackinorder to shape the software in a way that meets the needs and expectations of the community.

Visit Adobe Labs at www.adobe.com/go/labs.

User communities

Features forums, blogs, and other avenues for users to share technologies, tools, and information; ask questions;and find out how others are getting the most out of their software. User-to-user forums are available in English, French, German, and Japanese; blogs are posted in a wide range of languages.

Visit www.adobe.com/go/communities to participate in forums or blogs.

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What’s new

New features in Lightroom 1.1 and later

Create and open catalogs A catalog is how Lightroom tracks the location of files and remembers information about

them.Acatalogiscalledalibrary or library database in Lightroom 1.0. In Lightroom 1.1, the terminology has been updated and you can easily create and open different catalogs in Lightroom 1.1 and later.

Import and export catalogs Export a group of selected photos as a new catalog or import photos from another

catalog into an existing catalog.

Synchronize folders Synchronizing folders provides the option of adding files that have been subsequently added to

the folder but not imported into the catalog, removing files that have been deleted, and scanning for metadata updates. The photo files in the folder and all subfolders can be synchronized. You can determine which folders, subfolders, and files are imported.

Enhanced DNG export settings DNG (digital negative) file creations now support the full set of conversion options.

You can specify the JPEG preview size, select an image conversion method, specify a lossless compression, and determine whether to embed the original camera raw file. Lightroom lets you update the DNG preview on request.

Additional metadata fields and presets The Metadata panel includes new options for large captions and location.

The panel also includes new options for e-mail, URLs, and more. You can perform many actions, such as resolving metadata conflicts and opening a folder, by clicking the buttons to the right of the metadata fields.

Hierarchical template folders Template panels now let you create additional folders with parent-child relationships.

For photographers with a growing number of develop, print or web presets, this folder structure provides additional options for organizing photos.

You can also store presets with the catalog file for easy mobility.

Painter tool In Lightroom 1.0, you apply keywords to multiple images in Grid view by using the Keyword Stamper

tool. In Lightroom 1.1, the Painter tool replaces the Keyword Stamper tool. Not only can you use the Painter tool to apply keywords to photos, you can also apply labels, flags, ratings, develop settings, metadata, and rotation settings. You can click photos or drag across them as if painting.

Remove Red Eye and Remove Spot tool enhancements In Lightroom 1.1 , the Remove Red Eye tool has been

improved to make it easier to detect and remove red eye. The Remove Spot tool has also been improved to make it easier to repair blemishes in photos.

New develop settings In the Develop module, noise reduction and sharpening tools have been improved, and the

Basic panel includes a new clarity control for adding extra “punch” to your images.

Additional camera raw formats Lightroom 1.1 and later add support for additional raw files from Canon, Leaf,

Phase One, Sony, and other digital camera manufacturers. For a complete list of supported cameras and camera raw formats, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_ps_cameraraw.

For information on additional changes, see the product readme file.

Chapter 2: Workspace and setup

Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ is made up of several modules that provide a complete digital photography workflow. As you work on a photograph, you move from one module to another to import, organize, develop, print, and show the photo.

The Lightroom workspace

Workspace overview

You use each Lightroom module to focus on a specific portion of the photographic workflow: the Library module for importing, organizing, comparing and selecting photos; the Develop module for adjusting color and tone or creatively processing photos; and the Print, Slideshow, and Web modules for presenting your photos.

Each module workspace includes several panels that contain options and controls for working on your photos.

The Lightroom workspace in Grid view A. Identity plate and Module Picker B. Panels for working with folders and collections, or applying presets C. Filmstrip D. Panels for working with metadata, adjusting images, customizing layouts E. Grid view or image display F. To o lb a r

Move between modules and change screen modes using keyboard shortcuts to maximize your efficiency while working with the software. See shortcuts for each module in the Help menu.

For a video on productivity tips when working in Lightroom, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_lr_video_tips.

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Switch to another module

❖ In the Library module, display the images you want to work with, and then click a module name in the Module

Picker (upper right in the Lightroom window), or use a shortcut key.

Hold down Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS) and press a number between 1 and 5 to switch to any of the five modules.

Manage panels and the screen view

You can customize the Lightroom workspace by displaying only the panels you want or by hiding some or of all the panels to maximize the display of your photo.

Open or close a panel

❖ Click the panel header. To open or close all panels in a group, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS)

a panel name.

Open or close one panel at a time

❖ Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) on a panel header and choose Solo mode, or Alt-click on a panel

header.

Solo mode applies independently to a set of panels. The triangle in the panel header is solid when not in Solo mode.

Scroll through a group of panels

❖ Drag the scrollbar or use the scroll wheel on your mouse.

Show or hide panel groups

• To show or hide a single panel group, click the Show/Hide Panel Group icon . A solid icon indicates the panel

group is showing.

• To show or hide both side panel groups, choose Window > Panels > Toggle Side Panels, or press the Tab key.

• To hide all panels, including side panels, the Filmstrip, and Module Picker, choose Window > Panels > Toggle All

Panels, or press Shift-Tab.

Set how panel groups show or hide automatically

❖ Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) the outside edgeof the panel group (beyondthe scrollbar) and then

choose an option:

Auto Hide & Show Displays the panel as you move the pointer to the outside edge of the application window. Hides

the panel as you move the pointer away from the panel.

Auto Hide Hides the panel as you move the pointer away from the panel. You must open the panel manually.

Manual Turns off automatic show/hide behavior.

Resize the width of a panel group

❖ Move the pointer over the inside edge of a panel group, and when the pointer becomes a double-arrow, drag the

panel.

Remove or restore a panel from a group

If you don’t use a panel often, you can remove it from view.

❖ Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) on any panel header in the group, and then choose the panel name.

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Change the Lightroom screen mode

You can change the screen display to hide the title bar, or the title bar and the menus. In Mac OS, the dock is also hidden.

❖ Choose Window > Screen Mode, and then choose an option. You can also press the F key to cycle through the

three options.

Maximize the image and hide the panels

❖ Press Shift-Ctrl-F (Windows) or Shift-Command-F (Mac OS).

To restore all panels, press Shift-Tab and then the F key.

Turn off all settings in a panel

You can temporarily turn off all the settings in a panel of the Develop module or the filtering in the Filmstrip.

❖ Click the Panel On/Off icon .

Dim or hide the Lightroom interface

Use Lights Out to dim or black out the Lightroom interface so that your photo stands out on screen.

❖ Choose Window > Lights Out and then choose an option. You can press the L key to cycle through the three

options.

Customize Lights Out in the Interface Preferences by specifying the dim level and screen color.

Customize the toolbar

You can hide the toolbar or customize it in the Library and Develop modules to include the items you need.

Show or hide the toolbar

❖ Choose View > Show/Hide Toolbar or press the T key to toggle the toolbar on or off.

Change toolbar icons

❖ On the right side of the toolbar, click the menu and select or deselect items to display in the toolbar.

Monitor processes

The activity monitor displays over the identity plate when Lightroom is busy with a task.

• To cancel a process, click the X beside the progress bar.

• To switch and view another process in progress, click the triangle beside the progress bar.

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Working with the Filmstrip

Filmstrip overview

The Filmstrip displays the photos you are working on as you move between modules. It contains photos from the currently selected Library folder, collection, keyword set, or contents of the Quick Collection. You move between previously viewed photos in the Filmstrip using the Forward and Back navigation buttons or by choosing a different source from the Filmstrip Source Indicator pop-up menu to the right of the navigation buttons.

Lightroom Filmstrip

A. Go to Grid view B. Filmstrip source forward and back C. Filmstrip Source Indicator and menu D. Source filters E. Filter On/Off switch F. Show/Hide Filmstrip control

See also

“Set preferences for working in Lightroom” on page 11

“Select photos in the Grid view and the Filmstrip” on page 35

Hide or show the Filmstrip

• Click the Show/Hide Filmstrip icon at the bottom of the Filmstrip.

• Choose Window > Panels > Show/Hide Filmstrip.

Change the size of the Filmstrip thumbnails

• Place the pointer over the top edge of the Filmstrip. When the pointer changes to a double arrow , drag the

Filmstrip edge up or down.

• Double-click the top edge of the Filmstrip to switch between the last two sizes of thumbnails.

Scroll through photos in the Filmstrip

❖ DragthescrollbaratthebottomoftheFilmstrip,clickthearrowsonthesides,presstheleftandrightarrowkeys

on the Filmstrip, or drag the top edge of a thumbnail frame.

Show ratings and picks in Filmstrip thumbnails

❖ In the Interface Preferences, select Show Ratings And Picks In Filmstrip.

Rearrange thumbnail images in the Filmstrip and Grid view

❖ Drag a thumbnail to a new location.

Filter the photos displayed in the Filmstrip and Grid view

You can restrict, or filter, the photos displayed in the Filmstrip and the Grid view to those with a specific flag status, star rating, or color label.

❖ In the Filters section of the Filmstrip, select icons to filter the display.

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Set filters for the photos displayed in the Filmstrip and the Grid view.

A. Hides filters B. DisplaysphotosflaggedasPicks,Unflagged,orRejects C. Displays photos with a specific star rating, orthose higher orlower D. Displays photos with one or more color labels E. Turns off any display filters

C D

Change the photos displayed in the Filmstrip

• Choose a folder, collection, or keyword tag in the Library.

• Click the Forward and Back buttons in the upper left of the Filmstrip to view a previously viewed source.

• Click the Source Indicator in the Filmstrip, and choose a new source from the pop-up menu. You can choose the

contents of the Quick Collection or a previously viewed source. Previously viewed Filmstrip sources are listed, unless you choose Clear Recent Sources.

Note: The Grid view displays the photo source you chose in the Filmstrip.

Assemble photos into the Quick Collection

Use Quick Collection to assemble a temporary group of photos to work with in any module. View the Quick Collection in the Filmstrip or in the Grid view. You can convert the Quick Collection to a permanent collection.

Do not confuse catalogs and collections. A catalog stores photos and their settings in a single place, allowing you to transfer your photos and settings to a different computer. A collection is a set of grouped photos within a catalog, such as the twelve photos you want to use for a business calendar.

See also

“Convert Quick Collections to collections” on page 46

“About Lightroom catalogs” on page 27

Add photos to the Quick Collection

Select one or more photos in the Filmstrip or the Grid view.

2 In the Library or Develop module, choose Photo > Add to Quick Collection. In the Slideshow, Print or Web

modules, choose Edit > Add to Quick Collection.

From any module, select a photo and press the B key. Or move the pointer over a thumbnail image and click thecircle in its upper-right corner.

View photos in the Quick Collection

• In the Library module, select Quick Collection in the Library panel.

• In the Filmstrip Source Indicator menu, choose Quick Collection.

Remove photos from or clear the Quick Collection

Display the Quick Collection in the Filmstrip or Grid view.

2 Select one or more photos in the collection.

3 In the Library or Develop module, choose Photo > Remove From Quick Collection. In the Slideshow, Print or

Web modules, choose Edit > Remove From Quick Collection.

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From any module, select the photo and press the B key. Or move the pointer over a thumbnail image and click the circle in its upper-right corner.

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Viewing photos in Loupe view

Zoom an image

YoucanusetheNavigatorpanelineithertheLibrarymoduleortheDevelopmoduletosetthelevelofmagnification for an image in Loupe view. Lightroom saves the last level you used and lets you switch between that and the current level when you click in the photo with the pointer. You can also toggle between four levels using the Zoom In and Zoom Out commands.

The settings remainin effect until you select a different zoom level in the Navigator panel or choose a new command from the View menu.

Note: When two images are in Compare View in the Library module, setting a zoom level in the Navigator or choosing a zoom command automatically displays the selected image in Loupe View.

Set the zoom levels for the pointer

In the Navigator panel, select either FIT or FILL for the first zoom level.

2 For the second zoom level, select either 1:1 (a 100% view of actual pixels) or choose an option from the pop-up

menu.

Switch between zoom levels

• To switch between the two zoom levels set in the Navigator panel, click the photo with the pointer or press the

spacebar. The pointer changes to the Zoom tool whenever it is still possible to zoom in.

• To switch between four zoom levels, press Ctrl-+ or - (Windows) or Command + or - (Mac OS). If you choose a

Zoom command from the View menu, the level switches between the four settings in the Navigator panel (FIT, FILL, 1:1, and the option chosen from the menu).

To zoom the photo to the center of the screen, select Zoom Clicked Point To Center in the Interface Preferences.

Pan the image

Whenthephotoiszoomedandpartsarenotvisible,usetheHandtoolonthephotoorthepointerontheNavigator panel to move hidden areas into view. The Navigator panel always displays the entire image with a frame overlay to represent the edges of the main view.

Note: Panning is synchronized in the Before and After view in the Develop module.

• Drag the Hand tool in the Loupe view to move the image.

• Drag the pointer in the Navigator panel to move the image in Loupe view.

• Click the pointer in the Navigator panel to move the image to that location in Loupe view.

Temporarily zoom in to pan the image

❖ Press and hold the mouse button down, and then drag in either the photo or the Navigator to pan the photo.

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Display the Info Overlay on a photo

You can display information about a photo inLoupe view in the Library, and in Loupe view or Before and After view in the Develop module. You can display two sets of metadata and customize which information appears in each set.

Show and hide the Info Overlay

❖ Choose View > Loupe Info > Show Info Overlay, or choose the specific info set to display. Or, press the I key to

display, hide, and cycle through the info sets.

Change the info displayed in the Info Overlay

In the Library or Develop module, choose View > View Options.

2 If working in the Library, make sure the Loupe View is selected.

3 In the Loupe Info fields, choose the options you want to display for each set from the menus.

Setting preferences and personalizing

Set preferences for working in Lightroom

You can set preferences to change the Lightroom user interface.

See also

“Set import and file-handling preferences” on page 17

“Change catalog settings” on page 33

“Set Library view options for Loupe view” on page 31

“Set library view options for the Grid view” on page 30

Open the Preferences dialog box

• On Windows, choose Edit > Preferences.

• On Mac OS, choose Lightroom > Preferences.

Reset presets to their original settings

❖ In the Presets Preferences, click any of the Restore buttons in the Presets area.

Restore prompts you chose not to display

❖ In the General Preferences, click Reset All Warning Dialogs in the Prompts area.

Change the interface font size or the panel end marker

❖ In the Interface Preferences, choose options from the Panels menus.

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Personalize identity plates and module buttons

You can personalize the Lightroom interface, slideshows, and printed output using identity plates that include your name and logo.

1 Do one of the following to open the Identity Plate Editor:

• Choose Edit > Identity Plate Setup (Windows) or Lightroom > Identity Plate Setup (Mac OS).

• IntheSlideshoworPrintmodule,clicktheIdentityPlatepreviewintheOverlayspanelandchooseEditfromthe

pop-up menu.

2 In the Identity Plate Editor, select one of the following:

Use A Styled Text Identity Plate Uses the textyou enter in the box withthe font characteristics that you specify in the

menus below the box.

Use A Graphical Identity Plate Uses a graphic that is no more than 60 pixels high that you drag into the box. The

graphic can be a PDF, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, or PSD (Windows) and JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, or PSD (Macintosh). The resolution of graphical identity plates may be too low for printed output.

3 Choose Save As from the Enable Identity Plate menu, and give your identity plate a name.

4 TodisplayyouridentityplateontheleftsideoftheModulePicker,selectEnableIdentityPlateandchooseoneof

your saved identity plates from the menu to the right.

5 In the pop-up menus in the right side of the dialog box, customize the font, size and color of the Module Picker

buttons. The first color picker box sets the color of the current module, and the second box sets the color for unselected modules.

For a video on personalizing your Lightroom workspace by changing the identity plate, see

www.adobe.com/go/learn_lr_video_idplate.

Color management

About color management in Lightroom

Lightroom simplifies color management in your photographic workflow. You don’t need to choose color settings or color profiles until you are ready to output your photos. To take advantage of Lightroom color management, you need to calibrate your computer monitor so that you are viewing accurate color. See “Calibrate and profile your monitor” on page 13.

Color spaces, color profiles, and tonal response curves

It’s not necessary for you to understandhow Lightroom manages color internally,but the following information may be useful in your workflow.

A color space describes a range or gamut of colors. Various devices in your photographic workflow have different color gamuts in which they can record, store, edit, and output photos. A color profile defines a color space so that Lightroom knows how to manage and convert colors in your photo.

Rawphotofilesgenerallydon’thaveembeddedcolorprofiles.Forrawfiles,theDevelopmoduleassumesawidecolor space based on the color values of the ProPhoto RGB color space. ProPhoto RGB encompasses most colors that cameras can record.

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A color profile is also defined by a gamma value, or more accurately, its tonal response curve. The tonal response curve defines how tonal values in the raw image are mapped. To provide useful information in the histogram and RGB valuedisplay, Lightroomassumes a gamma value ofapproximately2.2. Moreaccurately,it uses a tonal response curve similar to the tonal response curve of the sRGB color space.

While Lightroom uses a tonal response curve to provide information for the histogram and RGB values, it manipulates the raw data before it is tone mapped. Working in this linear gamma avoids many of the artifacts that can result in working with a tone-mapped image.

The Library module stores previews in the Adobe RGB color space. These previews are also used when printing in draft mode.

For rendered files such as TIFF, JPEG, and PSD files, Lightroom uses the image’s embedded color profile to display the image, histogram, and color values. If the image doesn’t have aprofile, Lightroom assumes the sRGB profile, and the image may not look as expected on your monitor.

Output color profiles

When you print a photo in Lightroom, you can choose to convert the colors to more closely match the color space of the printer, paper, and ink you are using. For information on working with printer color profiles, see “Set print color management” on page 118.

Lightroom automatically exports images in the Slideshow andWeb modules using the sRGBprofile so that the color looks good on the majority of computer monitors.

Calibrate and profile your monitor

You can calibrate your monitor and create a profile that specifies its color characteristics using monitor profiling software and hardware.

When you calibrate your monitor, you are adjusting it so that it conforms to a known specification. Once your monitor is calibrated, the profiling utility lets you save a color profile.

1 If you are calibrating a CRT monitor,make sure it has been turnedon for at least a half hour. This gives it sufficient

time to warm up and produce more consistent output.

2 Set the ambient lighting in your room to be consistent with the brightness and color of the room lighting you’ll

be working under.

3 Make sure your monitor is displaying thousands of colors or more. Ideally, make sure it is displaying millions of

colors or 24-bit or higher.

4 Remove colorful background patterns on your monitor desktop, and set your desktop to display neutral grays.

Busy patterns or bright colors surrounding a document interfere with accurate color perception.

5 Calibrate and profile your monitor using third-party software and measuring devices. In general, using a

measuring device such as a colorimeter along withsoftware can create more accurate profiles because an instrument can measure the colors displayed on a monitor far more accurately than the human eye.

Note: Monitor performance changes and declines over time; recalibrate and profile your monitor every month or so. If you find it difficult or impossible to calibrate your monitor to a standard, it may be too old and faded.

Most profiling software automatically assigns the new profile as the default monitor profile. For instructions on how to manually assign the monitor profile, refer to your operating system’s Help.

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Install a color profile

Colorprofilesareofteninstalledwhenadeviceisaddedtoyoursystem.Theaccuracyoftheseprofiles(oftencalled generic profiles or canned profiles) varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. You can also obtain profiles from a custom profile service, download profiles from the web, or create custom profiles using professional profiling equipment.

• In Windows, right-click a profile and select Install Profile. Alternatively, copy the profiles into the

WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color folder (Windows XP).

• In Mac OS, copy profiles into the /Library/ColorSync/Profiles folder or the

/Users/username/Library/ColorSync/Profiles folder.

After installing color profiles, be sure to restart Adobe applications.

Chapter 3: Importing photos

Importing photos into the Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ library is the first step in working with your photos. You can import photos directly from a camera, memory card reader, or other storage device.

Getting photos into your library

Import photos into Lightroom: Basic workflow

You must import photos into the Lightroom library to begin working with them. During import, you can choose either to move or copy the photo files into a specific folder, or reference the photo files in their current location. Importing tells Lightroom what photos you want to work with, whether they are imported directly from a camera, hard drive, memory card reader, or other storage devices. As photos are imported, you can rename them, apply Develop adjustments to them, embed metadata and keywords, and even simultaneously back up the photos to a different folder.

Note: Lightroom 1.1 currently supports photos up to 10,000pixels longor wide for a maximum image size of 100 million pixels.

After they are imported, Lightroom adds the photos to the library and starts building previews and cataloging metadata. Unless manually removed, the previews and metadata stay in the library, even if you move the corresponding photos off of your computer to archive them in a different storage location. Thumbnail previews appear in theGridviewandFilmstrip,andfolderscontainingtheimportedphotosappearintheFolderspaneloftheLibrary module. You can’t import the same photo into Lightroom multiple times unless you first delete the photo from the library. See “Browsing the catalog” on page 34 and “Create virtual copies” on page 43.

Note: Lightroom also offers an auto-import feature for automatically importing photos into the library from a specified folder. See “Importing automatically” on page 25.

LightroomhasanImportPhotosdialogboxforpreviewing,selecting,andaddinginformationaboutthephotosyou want to import. The dialog box includes the following options:

File Handling Specifies how to import photos into the library.

Organize Specifies what folder hierarchy to use when copying or moving photos into the library.

File Naming Specifies how to name photos being copied or moved into the library.

Information To Apply Specifies what Develop preset, metadata, and keywords to apply while importing photos.

Show Preview Displays the Preview window for viewing and selecting specific photos to import.

1. Connect the camera or memory card reader to your computer.

In addition to cameras and memory card readers, Lightroomimports photos from any folderon the hard drive, CDs or DVDs, and other storage devices. You can also import photos from another catalog or from Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Album 2.0.

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2. Select the photos to import.

To bring photos into thelibrary, either click theImport button inthe Library module or choose File >Import Photos, then navigate to the folder containing the photosyou wantand click Open or Choose Selected (Windows)or Choose (Mac OS).

Note: YoucanalsoimportphotosbydraggingafoldercontainingphotosoragroupofphotosintotheGridviewofthe Library module.

3. Choose the folder of photos.

In the Open dialog box, navigate to the folder containing the photos you want and click Choose.

Important: If the photos you’re importing already exist in the library, an alert dialog box opens explaining why they cannot be imported.

4. Choose how to import the photos into your library.

Choose whether to import photos by referencing them, or copying or moving them to a specified directory. You can also copy photos as Digital Negative (DNG) files. See “Import photos from disk into Lightroom” on page 18.

5. (Optional) Back up your photos as they’re importing.

If you’re copying or moving photos into the library, you can also specify whether to back up photos as they’re imported.

6. (Optional) Preview the photos to import.

Select Show Preview to view and select specific photos if you don’t want to import all the photos in a folder. See “Preview and select the photos to import” on page 19.

7. If copying or moving photos, specify a destination folder and how to name the imported files.

See “Import photos from disk into Lightroom” on page 18.

8. (Optional) Set options for importing your photos.

You can set options to apply specific Develop settings, metadata, or keywords to the photos as they’re being imported. See “Apply Develop settings to photos when importing” on page 22, “Create and apply Develop presets” on page 71, and “Apply metadata to photos when importing” on page 22.

9. Select the type of previews to display.

The Standard-Size Previews option provides higher quality, but deselecting the option uses the embedded previews in photos and initially displays photos faster in the Grid view. See “Specify Standard-Size previews when importing” on page 22.

For more information on importing photos, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_lr_video_import.

See also

“Managing photos” on page 41

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Set import and file-handling preferences

YousetimportpreferencesintheImportandFileHandlingpanelsofthePreferencesdialogbox.Youcanalsochange preference settings in the Auto Import Settings dialog box (see “Importing automatically” on page 25) and in the Catalog Settings dialog box (see “Change catalog settings” on page 33).

1 From the Lightroom main menu, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom > Preferences (Mac OS).

2 In the Import preferences, do any of the following:

• To allow the import dialog box to be opened automatically after connecting a camera or memory card reader to

your computer, select the Show Import Dialog When A Memory Card Is Detected option. If this option is not selected, Lightroom does nothing whena cameraor memorycard isconnected. (You can still chooseFile > Import Photos From Device.)

• To not use the folder names that your camera creates, select Ignore Camera-Generated Folder Names When

Naming Folders.

• To import duplicate JPEG files and raw files separately, select the Treat JPEG Files Next To Raw Files As Separate

Photos option. Deselect this option to import only a single file.

• To specify how DNG files are imported, specify options in the DNG Creation Settings section. For more infor-

mation on DNG files, see “Convert photos to DNG” on page 43.

3 In File Handling preferences, do any of the following:

• To determine how periods and forward slashes are used to separate keywords, select options in the Reading

Metadata area.

• To specify which characters and spaces in the filenames of imported photos are illegal and to determine how

they’re replaced, choose from the menus in the File Name Generation area.

See also

“Specify Auto Import settings” on page 25

About file formats

Lightroom support the following file formats.

Camera raw formats

Camera raw file formats contain unprocessed data from a digital camera’s sensor. Most camera manufacturers save imagedatainaproprietarycameraformat.Lightroomreadsthedatafrommostcamerasandprocessesitintoafull color photo. You use the controls in the Develop module to process and interpret the raw image data for your photo.

For a list of supported cameras and camera raw formats, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_ps_cameraraw.

Digital Negative format (DNG)

The Digital Negative (DNG) is a publicly available archival format for raw files generated by digital cameras. By addressing the lack of an open standard for the raw files created by individual camera models, DNG helps ensure thatphotographerswillbeabletoaccesstheirfilesinthefuture.YoucanconvertproprietaryrawfilestoDNGfrom within Lightroom. For more information about the Digital Negative (DNG) file format, visit www.adobe.com/dng. You’ll find comprehensive information and a link to a user forum.

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TIFF format

Tagged-Image File Format (TIFF, TIF) is used to exchange files between applications and computer platforms. TIFF is a flexible bitmap image format supported by virtually all paint, image-editing, and page-layout applications. Also, virtually all desktop scanners can produce TIFF images. Lightroom supports large documents saved in TIFF format (up to 100 million pixels with pixel dimensions of no more than 10,000 on a side). However, most other applications, including older versions of Photoshop (pre-Photoshop CS), do not support documents with file sizes greater than 2 GB.

The TIFF format provides greater compression and industry compatibility than Photoshop format (PSD), and is the recommended format for exchanging files between Lightroom and Photoshop. In Lightroom, you can export TIFF image files with a bit depth of 8 bits or 16 bits per channel.

JPEG format

Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format is commonly used to display photographs and other continuoustone images in web photo galleries, slideshows, presentations, and other online services. JPEG retains all color information in an RGB image but compresses file size by selectively discarding data. A JPEG image is automatically decompressed when opened. In most cases, the Best Quality setting produces a result indistinguishable from the original.

Photoshop format (PSD)

Photoshop format (PSD) is the standard Photoshop file format. To import and work with a multi-layered PSD file in Lightroom, the file must have been saved in Photoshop with the Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility preference turned on. You’ll find the option in the Photoshop file handling preferences. Lightroom saves PSD files with a bit depth or 8 bits or 16 bits per channel.

Import photos from disk into Lightroom

When you import photos into Lightroom, you can reference the photos in their existing location, move the photos into a specific folder, or copy the photos into a specific folder.

1 In the Library module, do any of the following:

• Click the Import button.

• From the main menu, choose File > Import Photos From Disk.

• Drag a folder with photos or individual photos into the Grid view. (Skip step 2.)

2 Navigatetoandselectthefoldercontainingthephotostoimport,andthenclickChooseSelected(Windows)or

Choose (Mac OS). You can also select individual photos and choose Open (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).

3 Select one of the following from the File Handling menu:

Import Photos At Their Current Location Keeps the photo files in their current location by using the current folder

structure. Skip steps 4 and 5.

Copy Photos To A New Location And Import Copies the photo files to the folder you choose, including any sidecar

files.

Move Photos To A New Location And Import Moves the photo files to the folder you choose, including any sidecar

files. Files are removed from their current location.

Copy Photos As Digital Negative (DNG) And Import Copies proprietary camera raw files to the folder you choose

and converts them to the Digital Negative (DNG) format.

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4 If you are importing photos by moving or copying them, do any of the following to specify where to import the

photo files:

• To choose a folder, click Choose, navigate to and select the folder you want in the Browse For Folder (Windows)

or Open (Mac OS) dialog box, and then click OK (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).

• To create a folder, click Choose, navigate to the folder you want in the Browse For Folder (Windows) or Open

(Mac OS) dialogbox. Click Make New Folder (Windows) orNew Folder(Mac OS), namethe new folder,and then click OK (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).

• To choose a previously chosen location, click the triangle next to Choose and then choose from the pop-up menu.

5 If you are importing photos by moving or copying them, choose one of the following from the Organize menu:

Into One Folder Copies or moves the imported photos into a new folder.

By Original Folders Maintains the original hierarchy for the folders that contain the imported photos.

By Date Specifies a date name for the folder that contains the imported photos.

6 Select Ignore Suspected Duplicates to not import any photos that might be duplicates of existing photos in the

library.

If you deselect this option and accidently import duplicate photos, no files are overwritten. There are two copies of the same photo.

7 (Optional)SelectBackupToandthenchooseadestinationtocreatebackupcopiesofthephotoswhileimporting.

Preview and select the photos to import

When you import files from disk or another catalog, you can specify what photos or folder of photos to import. In theupper-leftcornerofeachofthepreviewthumbnailsintheImportPhotosdialogboxisacheckbox.Acheckmark in the box means that the photo will be imported.

1 In the Import Photos or Import From Catalog dialog box, make sure Show Preview is selected.

Drag the slider below the previews to adjust the thumbnail size.

2 If you’re importing more than one folder of photos simultaneously, select a folder listed in the window above the

Ignore Suspected Duplicates option.

3 Do any of the following:

• To select all photos in a folder, click Check All. All photos are usually selected by default.

• To deselect all photos in a folder, click Uncheck All.

• To select or deselect specific photos in a folder, click the box in the upper-left corner of the previews.

Back up photos during import

If you are importing photos by copying or moving them into the library, you can create backup photo files in a specified location. This feature is useful, for example, if you want to back up to a completely different drive for immediate backup protection on import.

1 In the Import Photos dialog box, select Backup To and then click Choose.

2 IntheImportPhotosdialogbox,navigatetothedestinationyouwant,andthenclickOK(Windows)orChoose

(Mac OS).

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Name photos when importing

When copying or moving photos into the library during import, you can specify how the files are named.

1 In the Import Photos dialog box, choose an option from the Template menu in the File Naming area:

2 If you chose a naming option that uses a custom name, type the name in the Custom Text box.

3 If you don’t want a numeric sequence to start with “1,” enter a value in the Start Number box.

Naming options

Lightroom uses the same naming options for importing, renaming, and exporting photos.

Custom Name (x of y) Names the auto-imported photos using a custom name, followed by sequential numbers in

relation to the total number of photos being imported. For example, 1 of 10, 2 of 10, 3 of 10, and so forth.

Custom Name - Original File Number Names the auto-imported photos using a custom name, followed by the

photos’ original filenames.

Custom Name - Sequence Names the auto-imported photos using a custom name, followed by sequential numbers

starting with the number you specify.

Custom Name Names the auto-imported photos using a name you specify.

Date - Filename Names the auto-imported photos using the creation date, followed by the photos’ original

filenames.

Filename - Sequence Names the auto-imported photos using the photos’ original filenames, followed by sequential

numbers starting with the number you specify.

Filename Names the auto-imported photos using the photos’ original filenames.

Edit Names theauto-imported photos usingthe optionsyou set inthe Filename Template Editor. See “The Filename

Template Editor and Text Template Editor” on page 20.

The Filename Template Editor and Text Template Editor

The Filename Template Editor and the Text Template Editor let you specify text strings for different uses. Using the FilenameTemplateEditor,youcanusethetextstringstonamefilesasthey’rebeingimportedorexported.Usingthe TextTemplateEditor,youcanusethetextstringstoaddcaptionstophotosinaslideshow,addtextoverlaystophotos being printed, and add titles and other text to web gallery pages.

A token isatextstringthatisreplacedbythecorrespondingoptionyouset.IntheFilenameTemplateEditorandthe Text Template Editor, tokens specify the content data that replaces the text string. This saves you the effort of manually typing content data and lets you leverage the data already in the photo files.

The Filename Template Editor and the Text Template Editor include the following elements:

Preset menu Chooses, saves, deletes, or renames presets.

Image Name Specifies a text string option using the filename, folder name, or a custom name.

Numbering Specifiesatextstringusinganimportnumberbasedonhowmanyphotoshavebeenimportedintothe

library, sequence number, or image sequence number. (This element is only available in the Filename Template Editor, when importing or auto-importing photos, and in the Text Template Editor, when creating slideshows, printing photos, or creating web photo galleries.)

Additional Specifies a text string option using the creation date, or Exchangeable Image Format (EXIF) data. (This

element is only available in the Filename Template Editor, when importing or auto-importing photos.)

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available in the Filename Template Editor, when exporting photos.)

EXIF Data Specifies a text string option using EXIF data. (This element is only available in the Filename Template

Editor, when exportingphotos, orin the TextTemplateEditor,when creatingslideshows, printing photos, or creating web photo galleries.)

IPTC Data Specifies a text string option using IPTC metadata. (This element is only available in the Text Template

Editor, when creating slideshows, printing photos, or creating web photo galleries.)

Custom Uses the options you specify for the text string.

Open the Filename Template Editor and choose presets

Do any of the following to open the Filename Template Editor:

• In the Import Photos dialog box, choose edit from the File Naming menu when importing photos into the library

by copying or moving files. See “Name photos when importing” on page 20.

• Choose File > Auto Import > Auto Import Settings, and then choose Edit from the File Naming menu in the Auto

Import Settings dialog box. See “Specify Auto Import settings” on page 25.

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Choose File > Export, andthen choose Editfrom the Template menu in theFile Namingarea ofthe Export dialogbox.

2 Choose a preset from the Preset menu.

Open the Text Template Editor and choose presets

Do any of the following to open the Text Template Editor:

• In the Slideshow module, add text to the slide layout. Make sure the text is selected in the work area, and then

choose Edit from the Custom Settings menu in the toolbar. See “Add text and metadata to slides” on page 104.

• In the Overlays panel of the Print module, select Photo Info, then click the triangle next to Custom settings and

choose Edit from the pop-up menu. See “Print filename, caption, and other information” on page 116.

• IntheWebmodule,selectanyoptionintheImageSettingspanel.Clickthetrianglenexttotheoptionandchoose

Edit from the pop-up menu. See “Adding text to web galleries” on page 125.

2 Choose a preset from the Preset menu.

Create and save filename and text template presets

In the Filename Template Editor dialog box or the Text Template Editor dialog box, choose an option and then

click Insert for as many categories as you want. This creates the text string.

For example, chose Filename from the Image Name menu and then click Insert. A token is added to the window just below the Preset menu. Add one or as many tokens as you want.

2 Move your pointer over the token displayed in the Example window. Click the triangle to see more options, and

then choose an option from the pop-up menu.

3 To delete tokens, select one or more tokens in the window and then press the Delete key.

If you don’t want to save your token settings as a preset and want to use them immediately, skip the remaining steps and click Done.

4 (Optional) To save your settings for reuse, choose Save As New Preset from the Preset menu., and in the New

Preset dialog box, type a name in the Preset Name text box, and click Create.

5 (Optional) In the New Preset dialog box, type a name in the Preset Name text box, and click Create.

Rename filename and text template presets

In the Text Template Editor, choose a preset from the Preset menu.

2 Choose Rename Preset from the Preset menu.

Delete filename and text template presets

In the Text Template Editor, choose a preset from the Preset menu.

2 Choose Delete Preset from the Preset menu.

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Apply Develop settings to photos when importing

Any Develop settings preset can be applied to photos as they’re imported. This is especially useful for applying Develop settings to photos from a camera for which you created a Develop preset.

❖ In the Import Photos dialog box, choose a setting from the Develop Settings menu.

See also

“Create and apply Develop presets” on page 71

Apply metadata to photos when importing

❖ In the Import Photos dialog box, choose any of the following options from the Metadata menu:

• To not apply metadata to photos during import, choose None.

• To apply a set of metadata that you saved as a template, choose a metadata preset from the menu.

• To apply a new set of metadata to photos while importing, choose New and enter the information in the New

Metadata Preset dialog box.

• To add keyword metadata to photos while importing, type the keywords in the Keywords text box. Use commas

to separate the keywords.

Note: When adding metadata to photos, Lightroom doesn’t apply the data to proprietary camera raw files but to their sidecar XMP files.

Specify Standard-Size previews when importing

As photos are imported, Lightroom can immediately display the photo’s embedded previews or display previews as the program renders them. You can choose the rendered size for previews using the Standard Preview Size menu in File Management preferences. Please keep in mind that embedded previews are created on-the-fly by cameras and are not color managed. So, embedded previews don’t match Lightroom’s interpretation of the camera raw files. On the other hand, previews rendered by Lightroom are color managed.

❖ In the Import Photos dialog box, do one of the following:

• To display previews as Lightroom renders them, select Render Standard-Size Previews.

• To immediately display images using the previews embedded in the photos, deselect Render Standard-Size

Previews. Lightroom renders standard-size previews when needed.

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Set preview cache

Lightroom renders three types of previews: thumbnails, screen resolution images, and 1:1 previews. 1:1 previews have the same pixel dimensions as the original photos. All previews are stored in the folder where your catalog is located.

1 Choose File > Catalog Settings.

2 Choose from the following menus:

Standard Preview Size Specifies the maximum pixel dimension for the rendered preview. Choose the size that

accommodates the display size you’re working with.

Preview Quality Specifies the appearance of the previews. Low, Medium, and High are similar to the upper range of

the quality scale for JPEG files.

Automatically Discard 1:1 Previews Specifies when 1:1 previews are discarded. 1:1 previews are rendered as needed

and can make the library preview file large.

Import photos from Photoshop Elements or Photoshop Album 2.0 (Windows)

Lightroom detects if your computer has a Photoshop Elements or Photoshop Album 2.0 catalog, and can import photos and data from the catalogs. This feature is not available on Mac OS.

1 In the Library module, choose File > Import From Elements. If prompted, click OK to continue importing.

2 Choose any of the following from the Select The Catalog To Import menu:

Adobe Photoshop Elements Imports photos from the current Photoshop Elements catalog. (Skip step 3.)

Custom Location Imports photos from a backed-up catalog.

3 If you chose Custom Location, click Choose, navigate to the backed-up catalog you want, and click Open.

4 In the Import Photos dialog box, select the photos and import options, and then click Import.

For more information on importing photos from Photoshop Elements or Photoshop Album, see

www.adobe.com/go/kb400736.

See also

“Import photos into Lightroom: Basic workflow” on page 15

Import photos from a catalog into Lightroom

When you import photos from a different catalog, you can specify optionsto handle new photos and existingphotos (photos that already appear in the current catalog).

Note: Before you can import photos from a Lightroom 1.0 database (.lrdb), you must open the 1.0 database file as a catalog in Lightroom 1.1 to convert it.

1 Choose Files > Import From Catalog.

2 Double-click the catalog to import.

3 Specify the photos to import:

• Under Catalog Contents, make sure the folders containing the photos to import are selected.

• To select or deselect individual photos, click Show Preview, and click the box in the upper-left corner of any

preview image. You can also choose Check All or Uncheck All.

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4 In the New Photos area, choose from the File Handling menu whether to import new photos at their current

location or at a new location. If you choose to import at a new location, click Choose and specify a folder. If you choose not to import new photos, only photos that exist in the current catalog are replaced.

5 In the Existing Photos area, do any of the following:

• Replace metadata, Develop settings, and negative files to override all the settings in the current catalog. If you

choosethisoption,youmightwanttoselectthePreserveOldSettingsAsAVirtualCopyoptiontokeepabackup. You can also select the Replace Non-Raw Files Only option to avoid replacing raw negatives. If changes to raw negative files affect only metadata, selecting this option helps save time.

• Replace metadata and Develop settings only to leave the negative files (the source photos) unchanged. If you

choose this option, you might want to select the Preserve Old Settings As A Virtual Copy option to keep a backup.

• Replace nothing to import only new photos.

• If photos in the current catalog are missing and can be found in the imported catalog, indicate whether you want

to update the metadata and Develop settings for this file. Select the Preserve Old Settings As A Virtual Copy option to keep a backup. If the photos missing in the current catalog appear in the imported catalog, specify whether the missing files are copied and where they copied to.

6 Click Import.

See also

“Import photos from Lightroom 1.0” on page 24

Import photos from Lightroom 1.0

The Lightroom 1.0 catalog (previously called a library or database) you were using previously should be converted when you first start Lightroom 1.1. In some cases, such as when you created multiple libraries, you need to open the Lightroom 1.0 library in Lightroom 1.1 before you can import photos from that library.

1 Choose File > Open Catalog, and then double-click the Lightroom 1.0 library database file (Lightroom

Database.lrdb).

By default, the library database stored in the Lightroom folder inside the My Pictures (Windows) or Pictures (Mac OS) folder.

2 Click Relaunch to close the current catalog and open the selected database file. When prompted, click Continue.

After the Lightroom 1.0 database file is open, youcan import the files into a Lightroom 1.1catalog. For example, you can choose a different catalog (such as Lightroom Catalog.lrcat) from the File> Open Recent menu, and thenchoose File > Import From Catalog to import the files from a Lightroom 1.0 database.

See also

“Create and manage catalogs” on page 32

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Importing automatically

About Auto Import

The Auto Import feature automaticallyimports photosinto the Lightroom library by monitoring a watched folder for photos and then moving the photos into a managed folder in the library. The feature has many uses. For example, if your camera manufacturer’s software provides a tethered connection feature and can download the photos to a watched folder, Lightroom can monitor the folder and automatically import the photos as they’re being taken. Auto Import does not import images from a subfolder of a Watched folder.

See also

“Synchronize folders” on page 41

Enable automatically importing photos

❖ Choose File > Auto Import > Enable Auto Import.

Specify Auto Import settings

1 Choose File > Auto Import > Auto Import Settings.

2 In the Auto Import Settings dialog box, specify any of the following:

Watched Folder Chooses or creates the watched folder where Lightroom detects photos to auto import.

Destination Folder Chooses or creates a managed folder where the auto-imported photos are moved into.

File Naming Names the auto-imported photo.

Information Applies Develop settings, metadata, or keywords to auto-imported photos.

3 Select Render Standard-Sized Previews to have Lightroom render previews of the imported photos rather than

only using the embedded previews in the photo files.

See also

“Naming options” on page 20

“Specify Standard-Size previews when importing” on page 22

Set up watched folders

In the Auto Import Settings dialog box, click the Choose button next to Watched Folder.

2 Navigate to the location you want and do any of the following:

• To create a watched folder, click Make New Folder and then overwrite New Folder to give the folder a name

(Windows), or click New Folder (Mac OS), give the folder a name, and click Create.

• To select an existing watched folder, select the folder.

Note: You cannot choose an existing folder containing photos as a watched folder.

3 Click OK (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).

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Select managed folders for auto-imported photos

When Lightroom detects photos added to a watched folder, the photos are moved into a managed folder called a destination folder and automatically imported into the library.

1 In the Destination area of the Auto Import Settings dialog box, click the Choose button beside Copy To.

2 In the Browse For Folders (Windows) or Open (Mac OS) dialog box, navigate to the location you want, and do

any of the following:

• To create a destination folder, click Make New Folder and then overwrite New Folder to give the folder a name

(Windows), or click New Folder, give the folder a name, and click Create (Mac OS).

• To select an existing destination folder, select the folder.

3 Click OK (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).

4 (Optional) Type a name for the destination folder in the Subfolder Name text box.

Apply Develop settings and metadata to auto-imported photos

❖ In the Information area of the Auto Import Settings dialog box, do any of the following:

• To apply Develop settings to auto-imported photos, choose a preset from the Develop Settings menu. See “Create

and apply Develop presets” on page 71.

• To apply metadata to auto-imported photos, choose a preset from the Metadata menu. See “Create a metadata

preset” on page 57.

• Toapply keywords toauto-imported photos, typein the Keywords text box.Use commasto separatethe keywords.

• To have Lightroom render previews of the imported photos rather than only using the embedded previews in the

photo files, select Render Standard-Sized Previews.

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