| Introduction |
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How This Book Is Organized |
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Setting Yourself Up for Success |
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3 | (1) |
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Working in Your Digital Darkroom |
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3 | (1) |
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Sharing Your Work with the World |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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Conventions Used in This Book |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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Part 1: Setting Yourself Up for Success |
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5 | (58) |
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7 | (26) |
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Adding Lightroom to Your Photo Toolkit |
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8 | (3) |
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8 | (1) |
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Does it play nicely with others? |
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9 | (2) |
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Checking out the Lightroom Modules |
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11 | (9) |
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What makes each module unique |
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11 | (4) |
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What the modules have in common |
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15 | (2) |
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Controlling the interface |
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17 | (1) |
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Using the secondary display view |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (13) |
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Preparing for installation |
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20 | (2) |
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Configuring your settings |
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22 | (11) |
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Understanding the Role of the Lightroom Catalog |
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33 | (18) |
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34 | (3) |
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Knowing where the catalog is located |
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34 | (2) |
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Choosing which catalog to open |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (8) |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (1) |
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Managing the Preview cache |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (2) |
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Working with Multiple Catalogs |
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45 | (6) |
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Transferring data between catalogs |
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46 | (5) |
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51 | (12) |
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Getting Familiar with File Formats |
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51 | (6) |
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Which formats work with Lightroom |
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52 | (1) |
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Making sense of bit depth |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (1) |
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The pros and cons of shooting raw |
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56 | (1) |
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The Importance of a Color-Managed Workflow |
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57 | (4) |
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58 | (2) |
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60 | (1) |
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Preparing for Hard Drive Failure |
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61 | (2) |
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Part II: Managing Your Photos |
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63 | (78) |
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Tackling the Import Process |
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65 | (20) |
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Exploring the Import Photos Dialog Box |
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66 | (2) |
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Actually Importing Your Photos into Lightroom |
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68 | (13) |
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Employing an import workflow |
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68 | (10) |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (4) |
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Viewing and Finding Photos in the Library |
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85 | (24) |
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Exploring the Library Module |
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86 | (6) |
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Getting to Know the panels and tools |
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86 | (2) |
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Becoming familiar with the menu options |
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88 | (4) |
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Choosing the Right View for the Right Task |
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92 | (7) |
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Working with thumbnails in Grid view |
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93 | (4) |
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Taking a closer look in Loupe view |
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97 | (2) |
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Using the Panels to Access Your Photos |
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99 | (8) |
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Getting the 20,000-foot view from the Catalog panel |
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99 | (1) |
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Using the Folders panel like a file browser |
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99 | (4) |
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Grouping photos into collections |
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103 | (4) |
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Creating Multiple Versions with Virtual Copies |
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107 | (2) |
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Organizing and Developing from the Library |
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109 | (32) |
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110 | (4) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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Adjusting Your Photos in the Library Module |
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114 | (5) |
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Using the Histogram to analyze your photos |
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114 | (2) |
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Making adjustments with the Quick Develop panel |
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116 | (3) |
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Making Choices: Flags, Ratings, and Color Labels |
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119 | (6) |
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Using flags to pick the winners from the losers |
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119 | (4) |
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Using ratings to rank images |
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123 | (1) |
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Applying color labels to differentiate images |
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124 | (1) |
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Moving Beyond Camera-Generated Filenames and Metadata |
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125 | (5) |
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Batch renaming with filename templates |
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126 | (2) |
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Creating metadata templates to embed information into each image |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (6) |
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Adding and organizing keywords |
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132 | (3) |
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Using the Keyword List to find photos |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (2) |
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Finding Photos with the Filter Bar |
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138 | (3) |
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Part III: Working in Your Digital Darkroom |
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141 | (66) |
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143 | (32) |
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Exploring the Develop Module |
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144 | (6) |
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Getting to know the panels and tools |
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144 | (2) |
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Becoming familiar with the menu options |
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146 | (1) |
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Understanding the view options |
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147 | (2) |
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Applying settings to other photos |
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149 | (1) |
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The Presets, Snapshots, and History Triple Play |
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150 | (4) |
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151 | (2) |
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Freezing time with snapshots |
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153 | (1) |
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Going back in time with the History panel |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (8) |
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Using the Histogram panel |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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Adjusting tonal range to bring out the best |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (13) |
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Creating strong compositions through cropping |
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163 | (1) |
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Removing spots and healing blemishes |
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164 | (2) |
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Correcting red-eye problems |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (3) |
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171 | (4) |
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Taking Your Photos to the Next Level |
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175 | (22) |
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Working with Contrast and Color |
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176 | (9) |
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176 | (3) |
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Enhancing and changing colors |
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179 | (3) |
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Creating black and white images |
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182 | (2) |
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Adding color to shadows and highlights |
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184 | (1) |
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The Devil's in the Details |
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185 | (8) |
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Applying capture sharpening |
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186 | (4) |
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190 | (2) |
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Reducing chromatic aberration |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (3) |
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Correcting a photo with a vignette |
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194 | (1) |
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Creative vignette applications |
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194 | (2) |
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Modifying the Camera Calibration Settings |
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196 | (1) |
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197 | (10) |
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Configuring Your External Editors |
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198 | (3) |
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Basic Editing in an External Editor |
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201 | (3) |
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Advanced Editing Options with Photoshop CS3 |
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204 | (3) |
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Part IV: Sharing Your Work with the World |
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207 | (110) |
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209 | (22) |
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Exploring the Export Dialog Box |
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210 | (2) |
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Creating Copies of Processed Photos |
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212 | (16) |
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Employing an export workflow |
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212 | (12) |
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Saving settings as a preset for reuse |
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224 | (2) |
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226 | (2) |
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Extending Possibilities with Export Plugins |
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228 | (3) |
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231 | (28) |
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Exploring the Slideshow Module |
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231 | (3) |
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Getting to know the panels and tools |
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232 | (2) |
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Becoming familiar with the menu options |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (22) |
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Employing a slideshow workflow |
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235 | (19) |
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254 | (2) |
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Playing the Slideshow for Your Audience |
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256 | (3) |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (2) |
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259 | (28) |
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259 | (3) |
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Getting to know the panels and tools |
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260 | (2) |
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Becoming familiar with the menu options |
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262 | (1) |
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What's the Difference between Flash and HTML? |
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262 | (2) |
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264 | (19) |
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Employing a Web gallery workflow |
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265 | (16) |
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281 | (2) |
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Web Gallery Output Options |
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283 | (4) |
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Uploading your gallery with Lightroom |
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283 | (3) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (30) |
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Exploring the Print module |
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288 | (3) |
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Getting to know the panels and tools |
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288 | (3) |
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Becoming familiar with the menu options |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (24) |
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Employing a print workflow |
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292 | (23) |
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Working With Your Printer |
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315 | (2) |
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317 | (22) |
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Ten Resources All Lightroom Users Need To Know |
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319 | (8) |
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Making the Most of Adobe's Online Support Center |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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George Jardine on Lightroom and Digital Photography |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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The National Association of Photoshop Professionals |
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323 | (1) |
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324 | (1) |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (1) |
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325 | (2) |
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Ten Common Lightroom Problems and Their Solutions |
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327 | (12) |
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Lightroom Troubleshooting 101 |
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328 | (2) |
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Restoring a Catalog from a Backup |
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330 | (1) |
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How to Uninstall and Reinstall Lightroom |
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331 | (1) |
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The Black/Blank Slideshow Problem |
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332 | (1) |
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My Slideshow Stops after a Few Photos and Jumps Back to the Beginning |
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332 | (1) |
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The Minimize, Maximize, and Close Buttons Have Vanished |
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333 | (1) |
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Lightroom Shows Photos Are Missing, but I Know They're There |
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333 | (1) |
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Previews Are Gray or Show a Color Cast |
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334 | (2) |
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Previews Change After Import |
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336 | (1) |
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336 | (3) |
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