Photoshop Lightroom 2 for Dummies (ISBN - 047034539X)

370 Pages·2021·15.95 MB·English

by Rob Sylvan

Photoshop
®
Lightroom
® 2

FOR
DUMmIES

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by Rob Sylvan

Photoshop
®
Lightroom
® 2

FOR
DUMmIES

‰

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Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 For Dummies®

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About the Author

Rob Sylvan is a photographer, trainer, writer, and Web developer. In addition
to being the National Association of Photoshop Professional’s Lightroom
Help Desk Specialist, he also serves as the site director for iStockphoto. Rob
writes the “Under the Loupe” column for Photoshop User magazine and blogs
about Lightroom at Lightroomers.com.

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Dedication

To my beloved life partner, Paloma, without whom none of this would be pos-
sible (and not nearly as much fun), and my number one son, Quinn, through
whose eyes I see the world anew each day.

Author’s Acknowledgments

The fact that you’re holding this book right now is more a testament to the
multitude of people who made it possible than just the person who put the
words to paper.

My deepest thanks go to Pete Bauer, for not only taking me on to the NAPP
Help Desk, mentoring me over the years, and providing support during the
writing of this book, but for opening doors to new worlds. I owe a special
debt of gratitude to my Help Desk counterpart Jeanne Rubbo, who undoubt-
edly picked up my slack over the last few months! Of course, without NAPP I
would not be where I am today, and so I would also like to extend my thanks
to Scott and Kalebra Kelby, Jim Workman, Jean Kendra, Larry Becker, Jeff
Kelby, and Dave Moser for creating and maintaining the most amazing profes-
sional resource I have had the pleasure of being associated with. I am also
grateful to all the NAPP members who have sent in their Photoshop and
Lightroom questions over the years; you served as the voice in the back of
my mind as I wrote.

My undying gratitude goes to the awesome team at Wiley. To the folks I worked
with directly, Bob Woerner, Paul Levesque, Brian Walls, and Steve Holmes, as
well as all those behind the scenes, many thanks for your patience, support,
professionalism, and most of all, for making this all come together!

Thanks to the Lightroom team at Adobe for mixing your passion and bril-
liance into this fantastic tool for digital photographers.

To all my friends at iStockphoto for starting me down a path so many years
ago that has led me to this point in time. There are too many to name, but
extra special thanks to Bruce Livingstone, Pete Rockwell, Pat Lor, and every-
one who has ever made me “lol” in the forums.

All my love to my wife, Paloma, my son Quinn, and the rest of my family and
friends for keeping the coffee flowing, putting up with late nights, making me
get out of my chair at regular intervals, and generally taking such good care
of me. We did it!

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Contents at a Glance

Introduction .................................................................1
Part I: Setting Yourself Up for Success...........................5

Chapter 1: Introducing Lightroom....................................................................................7
Chapter 2: Understanding the Role of the Lightroom Catalog ...................................33
Chapter 3: Digital Photo Basics ......................................................................................51

Part II: Managing Your Photos.....................................63

Chapter 4: Tackling the Import Process........................................................................65
Chapter 5: Viewing and Finding Photos in the Library................................................85
Chapter 6: Organizing and Developing from the Library ..........................................109

Part III: Working in Your Digital Darkroom.................141

Chapter 7: Develop Module Basics ..............................................................................143
Chapter 8: Taking Your Photos to the Next Level ......................................................175
Chapter 9: Using an External Editor.............................................................................197

Part IV: Sharing Your Work with the World.................207

Chapter 10: Exporting Photos.......................................................................................209
Chapter 11: Producing a Slideshow .............................................................................231
Chapter 12: Building a Web Gallery .............................................................................259
Chapter 13: Making Your Own Prints...........................................................................287

Part V: The Part of Tens ............................................317

Chapter 14: Ten Resources All Lightroom Users Need To Know .............................319
Chapter 15: Ten Common Lightroom Problems and Their Solutions......................327

Index .......................................................................339

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