Adobe Lightroom 4 What can Lightroom do for me?

Lightroom provides a powerful method for organizing large numbers of photographs the way you want them

Lightroom delivers a complete workflow for the digital photographer or scrap-booker for importing, reviewing, selecting and enhancing digital images all in one program.

These images can then then be turned into a slide presentation, ed, exported, or organized into photo books and web galleries or made into high quality prints. The images may also turned into a slide presentation like this one..

Lightroom is divided into several modules The Library and Import module The Develop module The Map module (GPS information and view) The Book module The Slideshow module The Print module The Web module

Library module -Import function Import sources – Camera or Camera Card – Computer hard drive – CD – Portable hard drive or usb flash drive – Network Drive Index either by date or topic during import Apply metadata during import

After importing the slides are displayed in several different ways Display individually in multiple magnifications or a grid Compare two or more slides side by side or a small grid for a “Run Off “ Select slide by several different methods then filter to display or create collections of your choice.

Comprehensive data search Multiple slide selection choices – Flagging – Ranking by number – Assigning a color – Multiple slide comparisons – Comprehensive data search for desired slides

Develop Module Modify Globally – Temperature and Tint – Exposure and Contrast – Highlights, Shadows, Whites and Blacks individually adjustable – Clarity, Vibrance and Saturation easily adjustable. Modify locally all the above with gradients and spot adjustments On image adjustments of Hue-Saturation- Luminance

Develop Module - continued Adjust Noise and Sharpness – Can adjust locally and globally – Can adjust for many lens distortions automatically – Can provide extra correction for severe lens(image) distortion Do special effects such as post-crop vignette and grain addition with adjustable size and roughness Camera adjustments are modifiable creatively or for correction

Map Module Search for GPS information for where a photo was taken – The found GPS information then be applied to one or more photos metadata Can locate on the map from slide metadata and then apply it to other slides taken in the same area The map can be expanded to show your travels and selecting photos taken there.

Book module Options – Select Blurb or PDF as output – Select Cover, format, paper, Logo page and size Auto layout or manual - your choice Guides, Captions, Type, Background All this is adjustable - see link with-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-4/

Slideshow module Options – Stroke border width variable width and color – Cast Shadow with variable Opacity, Offset, Radius and Angle Layout – Show or not show Guides with adjustable sizing – The Guides may be linked or not Overlays – Identity Plate – adjustable scale, font, opacity, color and placement – Backdrop with color wash, background image and background color

Slideshow module - continued Titles – Intro screen – Option of identity plate or other label – Ending screen of your choice – All labels fully modifiable Playback choices – Sound or music of your choice with fit to music option for automatic pacing music Select slide duration and fades Random, repeat and preview all available

Print module Layout Style – Single Image – same photo, different size – Contact sheet – different photos, same size – Picture package-same photo different picture sizes and number – – check layout presets on the left – Custom picture package – anything goes Layout – Margins, grids, cell size – Color, Identity plate, watermarking and photo info all adjustable Set up your print job, color profiles etc.

Web module Layout Style – Select from several premade layouts populate from your slides – Enter site information and contact information – Edit Identity Plate Layout – Margins, grids, cell size – Many Presets on the left panel – Color, Identity plate, watermarking and photo info all adjustable Set up your print job, color profiles etc Upload Settings and Export or Upload

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