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Chapter 1 Importing: Getting Your Photos Into Lightroom |
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Importing Photos Already on Your Hard Drive |
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2 | (1) |
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Choosing How Fast Your Thumbnails Appear |
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3 | (2) |
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Importing from Your Camera (Easy Method) |
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5 | (2) |
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Importing from Your Camera (Advanced Method) |
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7 | (4) |
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Converting RAW Photos to the Adobe DNG Format |
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Save Time Importing Using Import Presets (and a Compact View) |
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12 | (1) |
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Choosing Your Preferences for Importing Photos |
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13 | (3) |
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Viewing Your Imported Photos |
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16 | (2) |
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Shooting Tethered (Going Straight from Your Camera, Right into Lightroom) |
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18 | (5) |
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Things You Drop in This Folder Drop into Lightroom Automatically |
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23 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 Getting Organized: My System For A Happy Lightroom Life |
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How to Get Around in Lightroom |
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26 | (2) |
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First: Move All Your Photos onto One External Hard Drive |
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28 | (2) |
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You Need a Second Backup Hard Drive |
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And I Would Super-Recommend a Cloud Backup, Too |
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It Really Helps If You Get Your Photos Organized FIRST (Before You Start Working in Lightroom) |
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32 | (4) |
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Four Really Important Things to Know Next |
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36 | (2) |
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Want a Happy Lightroom Life? Use Just One Catalog |
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38 | (2) |
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Where to Store Your Catalog |
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40 | (1) |
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How to Make a Collection from a Folder |
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41 | (1) |
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Organizing Photos Already on Your Hard Drive |
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42 | (2) |
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Use Pick Flags Instead of Star Ratings |
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44 | (2) |
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Organizing Photos You're Importing from Your Camera |
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46 | (6) |
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Two Tools to Help You Find Your Best Shots: Survey and Compare View |
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52 | (2) |
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Smart Collections: Your Organizational Assistant |
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54 | (2) |
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Reducing Clutter Inside Your Collections by Using Stacks |
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56 | (2) |
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Adding Keywords (Search Terms) |
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58 | (4) |
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62 | (1) |
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Face Tagging to Find People Fast |
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63 | (5) |
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Finding Photos Using a Simple Search |
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68 | (2) |
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Lightroom Is Automatically Organizing Your Photos by Date Behind the Scenes |
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70 | (3) |
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Lightroom Is Automatically Organizing Your Images on a Map, Behind the Scenes |
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If Your Camera Doesn't Have GPS, You Can Still Use the Map |
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74 | (2) |
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Making Collections from Locations on the Map |
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76 | (1) |
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What to Do If Lightroom Can't Find Your Original Image |
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77 | (2) |
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What to Do When You See a Question Mark on a Photo Folder |
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79 | (1) |
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Backing Up Your Catalog (This Is VERY Important) |
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80 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 Advanced Stuff: The Next Level Of Importing And Organizing |
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83 | (28) |
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Using Image Overlay to See If Your Images Fit Your Layout |
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84 | (4) |
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Creating Your Own Custom File Naming Templates |
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88 | (4) |
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Creating Your Own Custom Metadata (Copyright) Templates |
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92 | (2) |
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Using Lights Dim, Lights Out, and Other Viewing Modes |
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94 | (2) |
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Using Guides and Grid Overlays |
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96 | (1) |
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When to Use a Quick Collection Instead |
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97 | (2) |
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Using Target Collections (and Why They're So Handy) |
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99 | (2) |
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Adding Copyright Info, Captions, and Other Metadata |
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101 | (3) |
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Merging the Lightroom Images on Your Laptop with Lightroom on Your Desktop Computer |
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104 | (3) |
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Dealing with Disasters (Troubleshooting) |
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107 | (4) |
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Chapter 4 Customizing: How To Set Up Lightroom Your Way |
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111 | (18) |
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Choosing What You See in Loupe View |
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112 | (2) |
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Choosing What You See in Grid View |
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114 | (4) |
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Choosing What the Filmstrip Displays |
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118 | (1) |
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Using Two Monitors with Lightroom |
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119 | (3) |
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Adding Your Studio's Name or Logo for a Custom Look |
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122 | (4) |
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How to Keep from Scrolling So Much |
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126 | (1) |
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Hiding Things You Don't Use (and Rearranging Things You Do Use) |
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127 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Getting Your Color Right: If Your Color's Not Right...It's Wrong |
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129 | (18) |
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If You Shoot in RAW, Start Here |
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130 | (2) |
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Setting the White Balance Using Presets |
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132 | (3) |
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Seeing a Before and After |
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135 | (1) |
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My Favorite Way to Set White Balance |
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136 | (2) |
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Using a Gray Card for More Accurate Color |
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138 | (2) |
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Setting Your White Balance Live While Shooting Tethered |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (2) |
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Making Flesh Tones Look Good |
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144 | (1) |
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Making Your Overall Color Punchier |
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145 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 Getting Your Exposure Right: The Essential Editing Stuff |
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147 | (22) |
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I Start by Expanding the Image's Tonal Range |
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148 | (2) |
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Then, Just Tweak the Exposure Slider |
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150 | (2) |
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Dealing with Highlight Problems (Clipping) |
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152 | (2) |
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Fixing Backlit Photos and Opening Up Dark Areas |
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154 | (1) |
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Enhancing Detail (Texture Slider) |
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155 | (1) |
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Adding "Punch" to Your Image |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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Adding Contrast (More Important Than It Sounds) |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (2) |
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Using the Library Module's Quick Develop Panel |
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162 | (2) |
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If You Don't Know Where to Start, Try Auto Tone |
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164 | (1) |
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Putting It All Together (Here's the Order I Use for My Own Editing) |
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165 | (1) |
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My Lightroom Editing Cheat Sheet |
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166 | (3) |
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Chapter 7 Painting With Light: The Brush & Other Masking Tools |
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169 | (42) |
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Five Handy Things to Know Right Up Front about Masking |
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170 | (2) |
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Editing Your Main Subject |
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172 | (2) |
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What to Do If It Doesn't Work Perfectly |
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174 | (4) |
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Better Looking Skies, Method 1: Select Sky |
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178 | (2) |
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Better Looking Skies, Method 2: Linear Gradient |
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180 | (2) |
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Better Looking Skies, Method 3: Masking Objects |
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182 | (2) |
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Better Looking Skies, Method 4: Preserving Your Clouds Using a Luminance Mask |
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184 | (2) |
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Five Really Helpful Things to Know Now About the Brush Masking Tool |
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186 | (2) |
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Painting with Light (Also Known as "Dodging & Burning") |
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188 | (4) |
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The Brush's Awesome Auto Mask Feature |
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192 | (2) |
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A Better Way to Reduce Noise |
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194 | (1) |
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Painting with White Balance |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (6) |
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202 | (2) |
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Adjusting an Individual Color Using a Color Range Mask |
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204 | (2) |
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Ten More Masking Things You'll Want to Know |
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206 | (5) |
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Chapter 8 Special Effects: Making Stuff Look... Well... Special! |
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211 | (44) |
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Applying "Looks" Using Creative Profiles |
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212 | (2) |
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Virtual Copies--The "No Risk" Way to Experiment |
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214 | (2) |
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Using Presets for One-Click Looks |
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216 | (2) |
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Creating Your Own Presets |
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218 | (2) |
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Creating Presets That Automatically Adapt to Your Image's ISO |
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220 | (2) |
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Other Places to Apply Presets |
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222 | (1) |
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Changing Individual Colors |
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223 | (2) |
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How to Add Edge Darkening (Vignette) Effects |
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225 | (2) |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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Creating Black-and-White Images |
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231 | (4) |
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235 | (2) |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (2) |
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Quick and Easy Spotlight Effect |
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241 | (2) |
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Adding a Light to the Background |
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243 | (2) |
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Getting the "Orange & Teal" Look |
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245 | (2) |
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247 | (3) |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 Problem Photos: Dealing With Common Image Problems |
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255 | (42) |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (3) |
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Undoing Anything (or Everything!) |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (3) |
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Lights Out: the Best View for Cropping |
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266 | (1) |
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Straightening Crooked Photos |
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267 | (2) |
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Removing Stuff with the Spot Removal Tool |
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269 | (3) |
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Finding Spots and Specks the Easy Way |
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272 | (2) |
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Removing Sensor Dust from Lots of Images Fast! |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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Automatically Fixing Lens Distortion Problems |
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276 | (4) |
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Fixing Lens Problems Yourself Using Guided Upright |
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280 | (4) |
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Fixing Dark Corners (Vignetting) |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (6) |
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Removing Color Fringe (Chromatic Aberrations) |
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292 | (2) |
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Fixing Color Problems in Your Camera |
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294 | (3) |
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Chapter 10 Exporting: Saving As A Jpeg, Tiff, And More |
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297 | (20) |
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298 | (8) |
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Adding a Watermark to Your Images |
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306 | (4) |
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Emailing Photos from Lightroom |
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310 | (2) |
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Exporting Your Original RAW Photo |
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312 | (2) |
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Drag & Drop to Export Your Images Using Publish Services |
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314 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 Lr With Photoshop: When And How To Use Photoshop With Lightroom |
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317 | (16) |
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Choosing How Your Files Are Sent to Photoshop |
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318 | (2) |
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How to Jump Over to Photoshop, Do Your Stuff, and Jump Back |
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320 | (2) |
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Adding Photoshop Automation to Your Lightroom Workflow |
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322 | (8) |
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Keeping Your Photoshop Layers Intact in Lightroom |
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330 | (3) |
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Chapter 12 Photo Books: Creating Your Own Coffee Table Book |
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333 | (1) |
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Before You Make Your First Book |
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334 | (1) |
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Making the Print Version of Your Book Available for Sale |
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335 | (1) |
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Here Are the Types of Books You Can Make in Lightroom |
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336 | (2) |
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Making Your First Book in Just 10 Minutes |
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338 | (8) |
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346 | (2) |
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Four Things to Know About Layout Templates |
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348 | (2) |
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Making Your Own Custom Layouts |
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350 | (2) |
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Using Auto Layout to Automate Your Layout Process |
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352 | (4) |
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Adding Text and Captions to Your Photo Book |
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356 | (4) |
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Adding and Customizing Page Numbers |
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360 | (2) |
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Customizing Your Backgrounds |
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362 | (2) |
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Upgrade to Premium Lustre Paper without Any Out-of-Pocket Costs |
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364 | (1) |
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Designing Your Book Cover |
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365 | (3) |
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Guides Can Make Your Layout Life Easier |
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368 | (1) |
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Making a PDF (and the Option to Print Your Photo Book Somewhere Else) |
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369 | (2) |
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Chapter 13 Printing: Unlocking The Power Of The Print |
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371 | (44) |
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Printing Individual Photos |
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372 | (4) |
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Creating Multi-Photo Contact Sheets |
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376 | (8) |
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Creating Custom Layouts Any Way You Want Them |
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384 | (4) |
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Adding Text to Your Print Layouts |
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388 | (2) |
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Printing Multiple Photos on One Page |
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390 | (5) |
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Having Lightroom Remember Your Printing Layouts |
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395 | (1) |
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How to Set Up Borderless (Edge-to-Edge) Printing |
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396 | (1) |
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Saving Your Custom Layouts as Templates |
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397 | (1) |
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The Final Print & Color Management Settings |
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398 | (12) |
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Saving Your Layout as a JPEG (for Photo Lab Printing) |
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410 | (2) |
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Increasing the Size of Your Image (without Losing Quality) |
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412 | (3) |
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Chapter 14 Going Mobile: Using Lightroom On Your Phone Or Tablet |
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415 | (42) |
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Setting Up Lightroom on Your Mobile Device |
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416 | (1) |
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How to Get Images from Lightroom Classic onto Your Phone |
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417 | (1) |
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Four Quick Things You'll Want to Know Next |
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418 | (2) |
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Organizing Your Images in Mobile |
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420 | (4) |
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How to Reorder Your Thumbnails |
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424 | (1) |
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How to Undo a Little or a Lot |
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425 | (1) |
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Adding Pick Flags and Ratings to Photos |
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426 | (2) |
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Editing Your Images in Mobile |
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428 | (8) |
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436 | (4) |
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440 | (2) |
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Sharing Your Lightroom Albums Online |
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442 | (4) |
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Sharing a Live Shoot as It's Happening |
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446 | (2) |
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Finding Photos in Mobile Is Like Magic |
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448 | (2) |
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Using Lightroom's Built-in Camera |
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450 | (7) |
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