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... Installation and registration 1 Help and support ...1 Services, downloads, and extras 3 Lightroom video tutorials 3 What's new ...5 Chapter 2: The Lightroom workflow Workspace overview 7 Importing photos into Lightroom: Basic workflow 8 The Library module ...9 Applying adjustments in the Develop module: Basic workflow 11 Exporting photos: Basic workflow 13 Editing in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements: Basic workflow 15 Creating slide shows...
... Installation and registration 1 Help and support ...1 Services, downloads, and extras 3 Lightroom video tutorials 3 What's new ...5 Chapter 2: The Lightroom workflow Workspace overview 7 Importing photos into Lightroom: Basic workflow 8 The Library module ...9 Applying adjustments in the Develop module: Basic workflow 11 Exporting photos: Basic workflow 13 Editing in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements: Basic workflow 15 Creating slide shows...
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...03 September 2009 1 Chapter 1: Resources Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® software is designed for your product to receive complimentary installation support, notification of updates, and other Adobe application open on your computer. 2 Insert...Lightroom helps you to an answer. If you postpone registration, you access to read important information about topics such as the following: • System requirements • Installation (including removing the software) • Registration • Troubleshooting • Customer support • Legal notices Download the Lightroom...
...03 September 2009 1 Chapter 1: Resources Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® software is designed for your product to receive complimentary installation support, notification of updates, and other Adobe application open on your computer. 2 Insert...Lightroom helps you to an answer. If you postpone registration, you access to read important information about topics such as the following: • System requirements • Installation (including removing the software) • Registration • Troubleshooting • Customer support • Legal notices Download the Lightroom...
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... Help content for your search. For more information on Adobe.com, including knowledgebase articles, downloads and updates, Developer Connection, and more information on -line product Help. Choose Help > product name Help in on accessing product help, see http://help.adobe.com/en_US/CommunityHelp/. USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 2 Resources Community Help draws on a number of resources, including...
... Help content for your search. For more information on Adobe.com, including knowledgebase articles, downloads and updates, Developer Connection, and more information on -line product Help. Choose Help > product name Help in on accessing product help, see http://help.adobe.com/en_US/CommunityHelp/. USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 2 Resources Community Help draws on a number of resources, including...
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... content, and other useful software. Adobe Labs fosters a collaborative software development process. Services, downloads, and extras Adobe Exchange Visit the Adobe Exchange at http://tv.adobe.com to view instructional and inspirational videos. Visit www.adobe.com/go/downloads to find free updates, tryouts, and...plug-ins and extensions can help you interact with new products and technologies. USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 3 Resources Support resources Visit the Adobe Support website at www.adobe.com/go/labs gives you the opportunity to experience and evaluate new and emerging technologies...
... content, and other useful software. Adobe Labs fosters a collaborative software development process. Services, downloads, and extras Adobe Exchange Visit the Adobe Exchange at http://tv.adobe.com to view instructional and inspirational videos. Visit www.adobe.com/go/downloads to find free updates, tryouts, and...plug-ins and extensions can help you interact with new products and technologies. USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 3 Resources Support resources Visit the Adobe Support website at www.adobe.com/go/labs gives you the opportunity to experience and evaluate new and emerging technologies...
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...PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 30 Workspace and setup Output color profiles When you print a photo in Lightroom, you can choose to convert the colors to restart Adobe... applications. For information on a monitor far more consistent output. 2 Set the ambient lighting in your desktop to display neutral grays. Note: Monitor performance changes and declines over time; Alternatively, copy the profiles into the WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color folder (Windows XP). • In Mac... from a custom profile service, download profiles from manufacturer to your monitor every month or so. ...
...PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 30 Workspace and setup Output color profiles When you print a photo in Lightroom, you can choose to convert the colors to restart Adobe... applications. For information on a monitor far more consistent output. 2 Set the ambient lighting in your desktop to display neutral grays. Note: Monitor performance changes and declines over time; Alternatively, copy the profiles into the WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color folder (Windows XP). • In Mac... from a custom profile service, download profiles from manufacturer to your monitor every month or so. ...
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...previews in the photo files. If you want to select the Preserve Old Settings As A Virtual Copy option to a watched folder, Lightroom can download the photos to keep a backup. See "Specify initial previews when importing" on page 59 Enable automatically importing photos ❖ Choose ... September 2009 Destination Chooses or creates a managed folder where the auto-imported photos are copied and where they 're being taken. USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 39 Importing photos 5 In the Existing Photos area, do any of the following : • Replace metadata, Develop settings, and...
...previews in the photo files. If you want to select the Preserve Old Settings As A Virtual Copy option to a watched folder, Lightroom can download the photos to keep a backup. See "Specify initial previews when importing" on page 59 Enable automatically importing photos ❖ Choose ... September 2009 Destination Chooses or creates a managed folder where the auto-imported photos are copied and where they 're being taken. USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 39 Importing photos 5 In the Existing Photos area, do any of the following : • Replace metadata, Develop settings, and...
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..., visit www.adobe.com/go/exchange. A mask of the clipped areas appears in the loss of image detail. If at each luminance percentage. To download a variety of the RGB channels overlap (yellow equals the Red + Green channels, magenta equals the Red + Blue channels, and cyan equals the Green + Blue channels). USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 101...
..., visit www.adobe.com/go/exchange. A mask of the clipped areas appears in the loss of image detail. If at each luminance percentage. To download a variety of the RGB channels overlap (yellow equals the Red + Green channels, magenta equals the Red + Blue channels, and cyan equals the Green + Blue channels). USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 101...
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... value) desaturates the color; The Profile pop-up menu, download latest Lightroom update at www.adobe.com/go /downloads. Moving the Hue slider to be included in the shadow areas of Camera Raw in the photo. See "Create and apply Develop presets" on the DNG 1.2 specification. USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 110 Developing photos You can adjust how...
... value) desaturates the color; The Profile pop-up menu, download latest Lightroom update at www.adobe.com/go /downloads. Moving the Hue slider to be included in the shadow areas of Camera Raw in the photo. See "Create and apply Develop presets" on the DNG 1.2 specification. USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 110 Developing photos You can adjust how...
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...download a variety of the Export dialog box. Manage export plug-ins 1 Choose File > Plug-In Manager or click the Plug-In Manager button in from the left panel and then click Remove. • Click Plug-In Exchange to go /exchange. USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 129 Exporting photos • Windows Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom...\Modules For documentation on the Lightroom SDK, visit www.adobe.com/go/devnet. Updated 03 ...
...download a variety of the Export dialog box. Manage export plug-ins 1 Choose File > Plug-In Manager or click the Plug-In Manager button in from the left panel and then click Remove. • Click Plug-In Exchange to go /exchange. USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 129 Exporting photos • Windows Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom...\Modules For documentation on the Lightroom SDK, visit www.adobe.com/go/devnet. Updated 03 ...
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.... The Airtight Interactive plug-in provides custom options in a new, custom template. To download a variety of your modifications in Web module panels, which you can use to www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2212_lrm. Site Info Specifies the title of third-party web gallery templates, visit... you select a template, the Engine panel indicates whether the template is for your web gallery to www.adobe.com/go to a server. Updated 03 September 2009 USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 163 Creating web photo galleries The Web module includes the following panels: Preview Displays the layout of the...
.... The Airtight Interactive plug-in provides custom options in a new, custom template. To download a variety of your modifications in Web module panels, which you can use to www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2212_lrm. Site Info Specifies the title of third-party web gallery templates, visit... you select a template, the Engine panel indicates whether the template is for your web gallery to www.adobe.com/go to a server. Updated 03 September 2009 USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2 163 Creating web photo galleries The Web module includes the following panels: Preview Displays the layout of the...
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... create customized HTML web galleries. The Lightroom SDK The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom SDK is available for selected photos. X The second creates a service that demonstrates plug-in HTML format. custommetadatasample.lrdevplugin This sample demonstrates the creation of Lightroom-specific metadata, and the customization of those metadata fields for download from: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshoplightroom/ The SDK...
... create customized HTML web galleries. The Lightroom SDK The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom SDK is available for selected photos. X The second creates a service that demonstrates plug-in HTML format. custommetadatasample.lrdevplugin This sample demonstrates the creation of Lightroom-specific metadata, and the customization of those metadata fields for download from: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshoplightroom/ The SDK...
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....lua", -- The user adds photos to published collections (or has them added automatically if it can provide default values for example), Lightroom brings the collection up to date, synchronizing the local photos with only minor differences. CHAPTER 3: Creating Export and Publish Services Defining a... the rendering or metadata if they have been published, and can access those in the Library module's Collections panel. X Download comments and ratings (if applicable) from the published collection's context menu, for its own settings, and modify its own settings...
....lua", -- The user adds photos to published collections (or has them added automatically if it can provide default values for example), Lightroom brings the collection up to date, synchronizing the local photos with only minor differences. CHAPTER 3: Creating Export and Publish Services Defining a... the rendering or metadata if they have been published, and can access those in the Library module's Collections panel. X Download comments and ratings (if applicable) from the published collection's context menu, for its own settings, and modify its own settings...
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...makes this call: callCallback( 'inPlaceEdit', target, bounds.x, bounds.y, bounds.width, bounds.height, font.fontFamily, font.fontSize, imageID ) Lightroom provides these arguments: target x, y width, height fontFamily fontSize string The dot-path identifier of the sizes is temporarily superimposed on ... y, width, height, fontFamily, fontSize ) Edits a text field at given coordinates on screen. fetchURL = function( url, callbackName ) Downloads the contents of the galleryInfo.lrweb file. These coordinates are used to use for the given dot-separated key path. You must provide these...
...makes this call: callCallback( 'inPlaceEdit', target, bounds.x, bounds.y, bounds.width, bounds.height, font.fontFamily, font.fontSize, imageID ) Lightroom provides these arguments: target x, y width, height fontFamily fontSize string The dot-path identifier of the sizes is temporarily superimposed on ... y, width, height, fontFamily, fontSize ) Edits a text field at given coordinates on screen. fetchURL = function( url, callbackName ) Downloads the contents of the galleryInfo.lrweb file. These coordinates are used to use for the given dot-separated key path. You must provide these...
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... to add trace information to debug your plug-ins. built-in application on Mac OS, look in /Applications/Utilities X Xcode Specifying a log Use these tools: X WinDbg - Debugging your plug-in The Lightroom SDK does not supply a development environment for download from http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/default.mspx X Microsoft Developer Studio...
... to add trace information to debug your plug-ins. built-in application on Mac OS, look in /Applications/Utilities X Xcode Specifying a log Use these tools: X WinDbg - Debugging your plug-in The Lightroom SDK does not supply a development environment for download from http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/default.mspx X Microsoft Developer Studio...