However, occasionally I’ll use the Print module if I need to create a PDF contact sheet for a client. I rarely use anything else, because I don’t geo-tag (GPS) my images, I make my own books, I never use slideshows, and I have my own website. This is useful if you’re a portrait photographer or want to organise multiple people (such as family) to quickly find photos. You can teach the software who’s who by adding tags to images.

People View (keyboard shortcut O) shows photos with people in shot. I don’t use it that often, but am finding it increasingly useful. Survey View (keyboard shortcut N) is a more sophisticated version of Compare View with multiple images now able to display at the same time. I use this when I want to check details like focus and camera blur.Ĭompare View (keyboard shortcut C) shows a two-up display of two selected images and can help decide between similar shots taken in quick succession. Loupe View (keybaord shortcut E) bring the selected photo to the fore and isolates it by filling the image panel. Grid View (keyboard shortcut G) keeps the smaller thumbnail style pictoral view which is great for quickly scrolling through multiple images. In the Library Module you can swap between different views via small icons in the bottom-left. In the middle (highlighted orange above) the image panel takes priority. You may also use Map a lot if you’re interested in GPS-taggingīlue: The film strip shows a running flow of all images in the folder/collection you currently have selected I find the majority of my time in only two: Library and Develop. Yellow: This panel gives you the ability to edit image data, be that keywords, comments, or editing tools depending on which Module you have selected Whichever photo you have selected will appear here Orange: The main section of the screen shows your images in thumbnail or large view. Red: This is where you can navigate between photos on your hard drive and divide these photos into separate sections in folders and collections I’ve colour-coded Lightroom Classic into simple block colours to best simplify its layout.

But in this walkthrough I’m going to take you through the basics of getting started, looking at only the most common tools you’ll likely be working with. Lightroom Classic in 2020 is a powerful image editing software that can not only help you develop your photos but also prepare them for post-production print and web publication.

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