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USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2
The Lightroom workflow
The Library module contains buttons and commands for switching between views. See “
Switching between Grid,
Loupe, Compare, and Survey views
” on page 47. You can also display these views of the Library module in a second
window, which you can view on a second monitor, if you have one. See “
Displaying the Library on a second monitor
”
on page 25.
The panels on the left side of the Library module are primarily for displaying specific photos. Use them to navigate and
manage the folders that contain your photos, to view your collections of photos, and to adjust the zoom level of your
photos in Loupe view. See “
View the contents of a folder
” on page 61 and “
Photo collections
” on page 66.
The Library Filter bar at the top of the Grid view allows you to find photos by selecting categories of metadata; filtering
by flags, ratings, and color labels; and performing a text search. Being able to search for and find photos is important
when you want to locate specific images, assemble a group of photos into a slide show or web photo gallery, or print
your photos on a contact sheet. See “
Find photos using the Library Filter bar
” on page 93.
The panels on the right side of the Library module let you view a histogram of the active photo, and view and add
metadata and keyword tags to photos. The Quick Develop panel lets you quickly apply tone adjustments to photos.
The tone adjustments in the Quick Develop panel in the Library module are the same as their counterparts in the
Develop module. However, the Develop module has more precise controls for making adjustments and corrections to
the image. See “
Reading image histograms
” on page 101, “
Viewing and editing metadata
” on page 79, and “
Using the
Quick Develop panel
” on page 96.
Depending on the view, the toolbar below the preview area contains controls for sorting, applying ratings, rotating
photos, playing an impromptu slide show, or viewing information about the photo. See “
Show controls in the Library
module toolbar
” on page 25.
Like all modules in Lightroom, the Library module displays the Filmstrip along the bottom. Applying filters to show
only certain photos in the Filmstrip determines which photos appear in the Grid view. See “
Filtering and rating
photos
” on page 75 and “
Filter the photos displayed in the Filmstrip and Grid view
” on page 42.
For a video about the Library module, see
www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2202_lrm
.
Applying adjustments in the Develop module: Basic
workflow
The Develop module in Lightroom includes controls for globally adjusting the color and tonal scale of your photos, as
well as for making local adjustments. All the adjustments you make in Lightroom are nondestructive. With
nondestructive editing, your original file is not altered, whether it’s a camera raw file or a rendered file such as a JPEG
or TIFF. Your edits are stored in Lightroom as a set of instructions that are applied to your photo in memory.
Nondestructive editing means you can explore and create different versions of your photo without degrading your
original image data.
Updated 03 September 2009
