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USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2
The Lightroom workflow
4.
Reduce noise and apply sharpening.
Use the Detail panel to reduce noise and adjust the sharpness in a photo. Use the Vignettes panel to correct chromatic
aberrations or lens vignetting caused by the camera lens. See “
Reduce image noise
” on page 120, “
Sharpen a photo
” on
page 114, “
Compensate for chromatic lens aberration
” on page 118, and “
Compensate for lens vignetting
” on
page 119.
Use the Before/After button in the toolbar to see the results of your edits, or simply press \ to cycle between before and
after views. Use the History panel to return to any previous edit. Click the plus sign (+) in the Snapshots panel to
capture any editing state that you can return to at a later time.
5.
Retouch and correct flaws.
At any time, use the Crop Overlay, Red Eye Removal, and Spot Removal tools to crop and straighten your photo and
to remove red eye, dust, and spots. To apply a postcrop vignette, use the options in the Vignettes panel. See “
Adjusting
crop and rotation
” on page 112, “
Remove red-eye
” on page 114, “
Heal spots and blemishes
” on page 113, and “
Apply
a postcrop vignette
” on page 120.
6.
Apply local color adjustments.
Color correct specific areas of a photo by using the Adjustment Brush tool or the Graduated Filter tool. See “
Apply
local adjustments
” on page 115.
7.
Apply adjustments to other photos.
You can apply edits from one photo to many others. For example, apply a set of edits to all of the photos from a specific
shoot that require the same global adjustments. You can copy and paste them, or synchronize them. When you copy
or synchronize corrections, Lightroom allows you to select the specific edits that you want to apply to the other photos.
You can also use the Painter tool in the Grid view of the Library to apply Develop settings from one photo to another.
See “
Applying Develop adjustments to other photos
” on page 121.
For a video about the Develop module, see
www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2206_lrm
.
For a video about making tonal and color corrections in the Develop module, see
www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2207_lrm
.
For a video about creating special effects such as grayscale photos, split-toned photos, and postcrop vignettes, see
www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2208_lrm
.
For a video about applying local adjustments in the Develop module, see
www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2209_lrm
.
Exporting photos: Basic workflow
Lightroom lets you export photos in file formats suitable for a wide range of uses. For example, you can export photos
as JPEGs to use in multimedia presentations or send in e-mail, or as TIFFs for publication. You can export single or
multiple photos from the Library or Develop modules to the location you specify. Lightroom can rename photos
during export. When exporting photos in JPEG, TIFF, or PSD format, options are available for specifying their color
space, pixel dimensions, and resolution. Export settings can be saved as presets for reuse. Lightroom also lets you
export photos using the settings of the previous export session.
In the Slideshow module, photos can be exported to an Adobe PDF file or to JPEG. In the Print module, photos can
also be exported JPEG. And in the Web module, photos can be exported to a web photo gallery. See “
Export a slide
show
” on page 146, “
Print to JPEG
” on page 150, and “
Save and upload a web photo gallery
” on page 168.
To export photos from Lightroom, follow these basic steps:
Updated 03 September 2009
