In this movie, we'll take a look at how we can navigate to different folders in order to view our photographs. We'll also explore how we can view our images in different ways. Alright, well let's begin by taking a look at the panels that we have on the left. And if your catalog panel is closed, go ahead and open it up. Up top, you have the ability to click on all photographs. That will show you each and every photograph and video file which you have imported into Lightroom. If you want to get to a specific folder, what we need to do is to go to the folder panel, so let's open that up.
Here I have my folders on my hard drive. It's showing that it's green. That shows me that I have lots of space left on that hard drive. If it changes to yellow or red, it's showing me that I'm running out of space. Next, I have exercise files. I'll go ahead and click on the triangle icon to open these folders up. And as I do this, what we can do is we can click on a folder, say like the 01 Library. By default, it's showing me this folder and all of the other subfolders, yet what I only want to view are the files which are located in this Viewing folder which I've created here.
If I want to get down to a subfolder and just view those images inside of that, I can click on that one. In other words, whenever you have a parent folder, it's gonna show you the parent folder and all of the subfolders and everything inside of it. Alright, well, let's go to this Viewing folder, so we can see these images. And let's scroll through what we have here. We can scroll by using the scrollbar on the right of our thumbnails, or by using the scrollbar which is located right underneath the filmstrip thumbnails. Here we can drag this to the left or right.
If you have a three-button mouse, you can actually just position your cursor over the thumbnails and then use that. You can see I'm just scrolling with that third button. Up here, I can do the same thing. That's a nice quick way to scroll through images. Now with these photographs, let's say that what we wanna do is view one of them larger. We can click on an image. You can click on the thumbnail here in the grid view or down bellow. Notice how I can click between images in either location. Then if we wanna view this image larger, we can use the icons which we've already learned.
Click on the Loop icon to view it in the Loop view, or click on the Grid icon to view this in the Grid view. If you wanna speed up the way that you navigate between Grid and Loop, what you can do is click on an image, then tap the E key to navigate to the Loop view, or tap the G key to go back to the Grid view. That give you just a quick way to change between your views. And what you'll find is, in Lightroom, you're gonna be switching between those quite often, so I recommend you write those down.
G for Grid, E for Loop. Yet another way to go between these two is to select an image, then to double-click that image. That will take it to the Loop view. Double-click again, it will take it back to the Grid view. So here we've learned three techniques for going between Grid and Loop. Let me reiterate those. First one is to click on the icons that we have right here. The next one is to press the E key for the Loop, the G key for the Grid, and then last but not least, to double-click, and then double-click again.
That gives us the ability to change between those different view modes of our photographs here in our Library module.
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4/28/2015Chris starts with the Library module: the hub for importing, viewing, ranking and rating your photographs. Then he'll move to the Develop module and show how to make one-click enhancements, correct exposure, retouch distractions, and perform localized adjustments. Want to push photos to their creative limit, and share them with family friends? Chris also covers creating panoramas and books, slideshows, and custom print layouts.
- Why use Lightroom?
- Importing photographs from your computer or camera
- Viewing and comparing images in the Library
- Renaming photos and folders
- Rating and organizing photos
- Grouping photos into collections
- Adding keywords and face tags
- Editing JPEG and RAW images in Photoshop
- Exporting and emailing photos
- Enhancing photos in the Develop module
- Fixing issues with the retouching tools
- Making localized corrections
- Reducing noise and sharpening
- Correcting lens distortion
- Combining images with Photo Merge
- Creating a book, web gallery, or slideshow
- Printing photos
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 9s
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1. Getting Started
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2. Importing Your Photographs
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3. Viewing Your Images in the Library Module
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4. Rating and Organizing Your Photographs
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5. Grouping Your Photos into Collections
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What is a collection?2m 29s
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6. Working with Metadata
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Adding keywords3m 30s
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Filtering based on keywords3m 26s
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Working with the Map module4m 44s
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7. Opening Images in Photoshop
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8. Exporting Your Photos
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9. Improving Photos with the Develop Module
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Correcting exposure problems5m 47s
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Cropping your photographs5m 31s
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Using virtual copies5m 21s
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10. Fixing Your Photos with the Retouching Tools
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Cleaning up distractions3m 32s
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Fixing red eye2m 11s
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11. Making Localized Corrections
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12. Changing and Enhancing Color
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13. Reducing Noise and Sharpening
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Sharpening your photos5m 17s
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Reducing digital noise4m 22s
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14. Correcting Lens Distortion
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Removing distortion5m 9s
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15. Adding Vignettes and Grain Effects
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16. Using Photo Merge to Combine Images
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Creating a panoramic image2m 56s
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17. Creating a Book Project
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Customizing the page layout2m 54s
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Adding type or graphics2m 24s
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18. Sharing Your Work as a Web Gallery
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Customizing the web gallery3m 11s
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19. Building a Slideshow
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20. Creating Quality Prints
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Using print templates5m 12s
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Making print collections2m 52s
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Creating the print5m 32s
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Conclusion
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Next steps18s
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