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USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2
Developing photos
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To refine the spot-removal operation, do any of the following:
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To change the sampled area, drag the sample circle.
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To adjust the size of the circles, move the pointer over the edge of the spot circle until it changes to a double-
pointing arrow. Then, drag to make both circles larger or smaller.
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To change the area being cloned or healed, drag inside the spot circle.
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To hide the circles, move the mouse pointer out of the content area. You can also press the H key to hide and show
circles. Hold down H for a few seconds to hide the circles until you release the key.
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To delete a spot, select one of the circles and press Backspace or Delete.
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To cancel the operation, click the Reset button in the Spot Removal options panel. Clicking Reset also removes all
previously created spot circles.
Remove red-eye
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Zoom in to at least 1:1 (100%) to get a better view.
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Select the Red Eye Correction tool
in the tool strip.
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Click the center of the eye to use the current selection, or drag from the center of the eye to change the selection
size. For best results, select the entire eye, not just the pupil.
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Drag the Pupil Size slider in the Red Eye Correction tool drawer to the right to increase the size of the area corrected.
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Drag the Darken slider to the right to darken the pupil area within the selection and the iris area outside the
selection.
Press the H key to hide or show the red eye circle. To remove the red eye change, select the red eye circle and press
Enter or Delete.
Click Reset to clear the Red Eye Correction tool changes and to turn off the selection. Click the tool again to make
further corrections.
Move between multiple selected red eye areas by clicking the selection.
Sharpen a photo
You sharpen photos at two stages in the Lightroom workflow: as you view and work on photos, and when you print
or export them. Sharpening is part of the camera default that Lightroom automatically applies to your photos.
When Lightroom exports, prints, or rasterizes a photo for editing in an external editor, the sharpen setting for the
image is applied to the rendered file.
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(Optional) Zoom in on the photo to at least 100%.
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Drag the 1:1 image preview in the Detail panel of the Develop module to see the area of the photo that highlights
the effect of the sharpening adjustment.
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In the Sharpening area of the Detail panel, adjust any of the following:
Amount
Adjusts edge definition. Increase the Amount value to increase sharpening. A value of zero (0) turns off
sharpening. In general, set Amount to a lower value for cleaner images. The adjustment locates pixels that differ from
surrounding pixels based on the threshold you specify and increases the pixels’ contrast by the amount you specify.
Radius
Adjusts the size of the details that sharpening is applied to. Photos with very fine details may need a lower
radius setting. Photos with larger details may be able to use a larger radius. Using too large a radius generally results
in unnatural-looking results.
Updated 03 September 2009
