Book description
The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program doesan official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Classroom in a Book 2024 Release contains 11 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.
Learn proven methods to organize your photography.
Leverage tools in each module to reduce the amount of time you spend working on images.
Use AI-based masking and the new Lens Blur panel to quickly change your depth of field.
Make precise color changes with Point Color to pull the best out of all the elements in your images.
Showcase your images with stylish books and print layouts, dynamic slideshows, and interactive web galleries.
Access collections and presets on your desktop, mobile device, or on the web!
Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the books Getting Started section to unlock access to:
Downloadable lesson fi les you need to work through the projects in the book
Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, and videos that walk you through the lessons step by step
What you need to use this book: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 2024 Release software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.)
Note: Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic software.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Where are the Lesson Files?
- Contents
- Getting Started
- 1. A Quick Tour of Lightroom Classic
- Photography Showcase: Mary Bel
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2. Bringing Photos into Lightroom Classic
- Getting started
- Lightroom is your digital notebook
- The import process
- Importing photos from a digital camera
- Importing images from a hard disk
- Importing via drag and drop
- Evaluating photos before importing
- Images that are already imported
- Importing to a specific folder
- Importing from a watched folder
- Tethered shooting
- Viewing imported photos in the work area
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Photography Showcase: Gregory Heisler
- 3. Exploring the Lightroom Workspace
- Photography Showcase: Latanya Henry
- 4. Managing Your Photo Library
- Photography Showcase: Joe Conzo
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5. Developing Basics
- Getting started
- The Develop module
- Creating a collection from a previous import
- Cropping and rotating images
- What are camera profiles?
- Setting your picture’s white balance
- Setting exposure and contrast
- Adjusting shadows and highlights
- Adjusting whites and blacks
- Clarity, vibrance, and saturation
- Adding detail to your images
- New: Denoise, AI-enhanced noise reduction
- Manual Noise Reduction
- Lens corrections and transformations
- Using snapshots for variations
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Photography Showcase: Binuk Varghese
- 6. Advanced Editing
- Photography Showcase: Sara Lando
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7. Localized Edits & Time Savers in Lightroom
- Getting started
- Using the Linear Gradient mask
- Using the Radial Gradient mask
- Using the Masking Brush tool
- The Color Mixer panel
- Working with the Tone Curve panel
- Creative color and black-and-white effects
- Making panoramas
- Making HDR images
- Creating HDR panoramas
- Saving time in Lightroom
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Photography Showcase: Felix Hernandez
- 8. Creating a Photo Book
- Photography Showcase: Tito Herrera
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9. Creating a Slideshow
- Getting started
- Working in the Slideshow module
- Customizing your slideshow template
- Creating a saved slideshow
- Refining the content of a slideshow
- Adding sound and motion to your slideshow
- Saving a customized slideshow template
- Exporting a slideshow
- Playing an impromptu slideshow
- My suggested settings for a slideshow
- Review questions
- Review answers
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10. Printing Images
- Getting started
- About the Lightroom Classic Print module
- About layout styles and print templates
- Selecting a print template
- Customizing print templates
- Saving your customized print template
- Creating a Custom Package print layout
- Configuring the output settings
- Using color management
- Saving print settings as an output collection
- Review questions
- Review answers
- 11. Making Backups and Exporting Photos
- Index
- Contributors
- Production Notes
- Conclusion
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Bonus Lesson: Publishing Your Photos
- Getting started
- Publishing photos from the Library
- The Lightroom Classic Web module
- Customizing your web gallery
- Specifying output settings
- Previewing the gallery
- Saving your custom template
- Creating a saved web gallery
- Exporting your gallery
- Uploading your gallery to a web server
- Review questions
- Review answers
- 12. Bonus Lesson: An Overview of My Workflow
Product information
- Title: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Classroom in a Book 2024 Release
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2024
- Publisher(s): Adobe Press
- ISBN: 9780138317768
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