Tasks
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Creating a New Catalogue :
1. Start Lightroom (If it asks to backup then select ‘Skip Now’)
2. Create a New Catalogue :-
i. Select ‘File->New Catalog …’
ii. Name the Catalogue ‘YourName-Ex-14’
iii. Create it in a new folder on the desktop called ‘Lightroom Exercise’
3. Import about 20 images into the catalogue :-
i. Add some keywords to the images as you do this.
Keywords :
4. Make sure the ‘Keywording’ and ‘Keyword List’ panels are visible.
5. Select an image and add keywords for all the dominant colours in the image -
i. Click where it says ‘Click here to add keywords’
ii. Enter the new keywords (the colours) separated by commas.
iii. Press the ‘Return’ key. They will be added to the keyword list above, and to the Keyword List panel below.
6. Repeat for another image with different colours.
7. Add a keyword to a group of images –
i. Select a number of images that all contain one of the colours already entered.
ii. Move the mouse over the colour in the Keyword List and click on the box at the left hand side to add the keyword to all the selected images.
8. Create a keyword set
i. Click on the + sign at the top left of the Keyword List panel,
ii. Enter the keyword tag ‘Colour’
iii. Untick ‘Put inside “xxx” and ‘Add to selected photos’
iv. Select ‘Create’. It will be added to the keyword list and greyed out.
v. Drag all the colour keywords into ‘Colours’
Selecting Images with Keywords :
9. Move the mouse over the Keyword List panel and click on the arrow to the right of one of the keywords. All the images with that keyword will be selected.
10. Click where it says ‘Filter Keywords’ and type a letter that is in at least one of your keywords. Type more letters to search for keywords containing that group of letters. This is useful when you want to find a keyword the list is very long.
11. Select ‘View -> Show Filter Bar’ to turn on the filter bar.
What is the keyboard shortcut for this ? \
12. Click on ‘Text’ and type keywords into the entry field to select images with those keywords.
13. Click on ‘Attribute’ and select combinations of ratings, Labels and Flags to select images meeting particular criteria.
14. You can combine a keyword search with an attribute filter as well.
15. Select ‘Metadata’ to select images based on their metadata. At the top of each column the ‘All’ option will clear that search criteria.
16. Click on ‘None’ to clear the filter and select all the images.
Stacks :
17. Select at least 4 images of the same subject. Eg pictures of the same building or person.
18. Select ‘Photo -> Stacking -> Group into Stack’.
What is the keyboard shortcut for this ? Ctrl+G
19. Find 3 ways to expand and collapse the stack – list them here –
i. Click on the number on top left of master image
ii. Little bar on the side of stacked images
iii. File>Photo>Stacking>Expand/collapse
20. Expand the stack and rearrange the images in the stack to move a different image to the top of the stack.
21. Collapse the stack. What do you notice ? The second image is faded out and not highlighted it also has 2 of 2 written on it
Virtual Copies :
22. Select an image and then select ‘Photo -> Create Virtual Copy’.
What is the keyboard shortcut for this ? Ctrl+’
23. Use the Quick Develop panel or the Develop module to make changes to the virtual copy.
24. Make another virtual copy of the same image and apply a ‘Creative Preset’.
25. Click on the number in the top left corner of the one of the copies to make it the master image.
26. Click on the number in the top left corner of the master image to collapse the group.
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Shortcuts
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Some useful keyboard shortcuts are :-
Tab - Hide / Show side panels
F - Full Screen modes
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