Hello people! Welcome to this tutorial! I am going to explain you here how to use
Adobe Lightroom 5
If you are looking for something in detail, check the quick index in the video
description to save time.
First of all,
photos, in fast and very easy actions. This is truly recommended to people that do
work on photos. What differs from the known Photoshop software, is that
better focused on media
First of all, on your left side, you have all for navigation. Lightroom does work with
catalogs
image
catalogs and all empty. So start with importing any media. Go to
button
what you want to add in Lightroom, under the
automatically the pieces of media when you click on the folders that have content.
The photos or videos that are checked are all the ones that will be imported
all easier, help yourself with the
In any window of Lightroom, you can choose how to visualize the photos. At the
bottom you can choose to view many photos at once or just a single photo per time.
You can do this through the two icons on the left, or simply double-clicking on the
image to see. In the first case, so in
of each image; in the second case, called
out of a picture. This does work on videos as well, although what you will see
and manage is
If you look on top, you will see what Lightroom is doing. On the left you have
the
choose the
But we can choose
you choose
that you can further check on top. Here we just see the
on
import other media by selecting
In case you want to
Then go to
from your Lightroom catalog instead from your hard drive
What you are actually seeing, is the
group of photos in general and your catalog as well. Each photo is ordered with a
number on the top left corner. The order can be changed through the
at the bottom.
The general images overlook can be modified through the options at the bottom.
You have here the
At the bottom, you have another navigation space, to select the image interested
in one touch.
The
information about them, for example title, tags and comments related. On the
right you can start editing.
a cool way. Always click on the arrows on the right to see all the
To edit the property described on the left, just click on the buttons. The
increase the property's value. Whereas use the
vary the value of the property deeper than the single arrow. Use
to change info and comments related to the photo selected.
You can indeed make fast operations directly from your Library.
For example, if you approach your mouse on an image, you can use the buttons on the
bottom corners to rotate the image. Approach on the top right corner to add
the photo to the
add photos through this rounded button. You can find such catalog always on the left.
On the top left corner you can add
and organize them. In the
just zoom in by clicking once, and drag your pointer to move around with the hand.
Click again on the image to zoom out.
Even more, you can use
on top and click on an image's point to set where you want to have a look at.
Very important, expecially while editing photos, is the
corner. When you select an image, the Histogram will show you the color spectrum
of such image. For example, if you choose a photo where there is a lot of blue color,
the
more present colors in the image.
In case you want to edit photos into deep, go to
Below
don't find these options, click on the right arrow to show them. Click on
the arrow on the right to open the sub-options. Whenever you need to edit
values, you can proceed in three ways: you can drag the point on the bar, or you can
insert a precise value by clicking once on the numbers. Even more, you can approach
your mouse on the number and drag on the left and right to change it.
Let's see these options in detail. First of all, before starting,
save the state of your original photo
section
shown through date and hour by default. Click on the
to save the current original photos. You will click on such whenever you want to come
back to this.
The first step usually done is cropping the image. Go to
the first button on the left above all. This is important to select just the area of the
photo you want to save. The rest will be cut off. Drag the mouse on the image to set
the area to save. Then edit such area through its boundaries and dragging.
Hold Shift down
the crop area edges to rotate. Then just click on
In case you don't like how the image is, or it is mirrowed, just go to
click on
In a second step, you usually edit
Basic section
The image is OK if its Histogram doesn't show too much high peaks on the
extreme left and right.
Use
Go to
Use
picture will make you see the effects of your actions.
The third step is to
Saturation
starting from the ones of the image.
given from the
The
how these have to communicate.
Notice the
The section
main colors instead on all of them together. Similar is the
try it.
This is basicly the main operations you make to enhance your photo.
In case you want to know how to apply nice effects on your photos, check the video
related in this show.
What to do while editing? To save your intermediate editings, go on clicking the
plus
you can always click on a previous snapshot done to come back. If you want to
undo the latest action done instead, go to
CTRL+Z
on the left.
In case you want to edit quickly, you can use the
your image according to the values saved in Lightroom, ready to use.
How to save such an image modified then? Go to
The window appearing seems complex, but just do this. In the
Browse
option if you want. In
image. In
quality
click on
If you want to save a whole
Collection
its name in the next window.
Well, this is all! Check the other videos in this show, to know the other features of
Adobe Lightroom 5. Thanks for watching!