Lightroom Basics

Question 1

The library workspace opens and consists of 3 sections, what is the left hand one?

Answer 1

Left section: Source

Choose the folders you want LR to reference. Make sure ‘include subfolders’ box is ticked.

Vis. ketchup bottle sits there it raises by itself and pours on the filing cabinet.

Question 2

The library workspace opens and consists of 3 sections, what is the right hand one?

Answer 2

Right section: processing options inc:

1. quick develop
2. keywording and keyword list
3. Metadata

Import options show here too I think.

Vis.

1. a photo dark room, in which you create the image (quickly!)
2. scrabble pieces, creating KWs, to add to the image;
3. a flight case tag attached to the KWs

Question 3

The library workspace opens and consists of 3 sections, what is the middle one?

Answer 3

Mid section: View and Review pics -
Toggle between grid and loupe (solo) view most of the time;
Use ‘filter bar’ to narrow pics shown.
Use the ‘attributes’ bar to flag, star etc.

Vis. filter, like a coffee filter funnel, sits at top of the screen.
V and R in middle
V and A at bottom - view (mode) and attributes - FLAGS FLYING with stars and colours.

Question 4

View images in central section as grid or ** - and what is the original meaning?

Answer 4

loupe

a small magnifying glass used by jewellers and watchmakers.

Question 5

Where is and what do you use the ‘navigator’ screen for?

Answer 5

Also use the ‘navigator’ screen LM (left menu) to focus on a part of the photo in the main screen whilst allowing you to see the whole photo in the navigator – thus you have context for where you are.

Question 6

hot key for full screen is?

Answer 6

‘F’

Question 7

How do you use compare mode?

What is the hot key?

Answer 7

In the film strip or grid gallery, ctrl click 2 pics.
Then click the compare icon X | Y.
‘C’ = compare

Question 8

What mode allows you to compare multiple images.

Select them in film strip or via the grid gallery view.

Answer 8

Survey mode

Question 9

You can customise what info is shown on photos in the library in both grid and loupe views - how?

Answer 9

View>View Options

Question 10

What is the hot key to toggle between info view in the loupe view and grid view respectively?

Answer 10

‘i’ and ‘j’

Just have to remember ‘i’ for info, j alpha sequence

Question 11

When you DC on a pic in grid view, what does it do?

Answer 11

take the pic to loupe view

Question 12

When you click on a pic, what happens?

Answer 12

It zooms in

Question 13

How do you specifiy the degree of zoom on the ‘one click’ action?

Answer 13

open pic in loupe - use CTRL + mouse wheel to set the degree of zoom that you want to be the default. Then this setting is sticky until you next change it. So move on to the next pic and click once, the same zoom factor will be in play.

Question 14

What 3 labels can you use to code your pics?

Answer 14

1. flags
2. stars
3. colour labels

Mnemonic: flag growing out of the attribute bar near the bottom of the screen, with stars and colours like American flag

Question 15

short cuts to ‘flag’, ‘reject’ and ‘unflag’ are?

Answer 15

‘P’ = flag
‘U’ = unflag
‘X’ = reject

P.U.X. - sound like a pug dog. A pug dog does the image reviewing.

Question 16

hot keys for selecting star rating?

Answer 16

Numbers 0 – 5 to select star rating or return to zero stars.

Question 17

hot key for increasing or decreasing star rating?

Answer 17

[ ]

Question 18

hot keys for first 4 colour labels?

Answer 18

6-9

Question 19

what’s the main advantage of using the hot keys to code/label your pics?

Answer 19

you can apply to photos when reviewing in full screen.

This is great for quickly evaluating a folder of gig pics. I can code everything up super quickly. Perhaps do a couple of runs to re-evaluate after my first pass and having the overview of all the pics in mind.

i.e. u don’t need to use up screen space to show the attribute bar whilst reviewing and labelling

Question 20

Once you have flagged your rejects, then how do you delete?

Answer 20

> PHOTO> delete rejected photos

Question 21

How does LR keep track of your images? (4 points, #1 being the most important)

Answer 21

By arranging your images in to a catalog, which includes information:

1. File location
2. Previews
3. Adjustments
4. Metadata inc star ratings

FL-PAM.

Question 22

‘*’ to darken the screen (‘lights out mode’), again to go pitch black so you can study your pic without distraction.

If using a double screen setup, why can this mode be better than simply going full screen with your pic?

Answer 22

‘L’

–

If you just go full screen with your pic, it will mean your other screen is still bright and a distraction.

With ‘lights out mode’ LR darkens your 2nd screen as well as the screen your viewing the pics on, so you can cut out glare and focus on the task at hand - very good.

Question 23

If you create edits from raws in PS and create a folder in explorer, you can then ‘sync’ the folder in LR so that the app sees the new folder and pics. How?

Answer 23

> RC folder>synchronize folder

Question 24

Which hot key to deselect all photos?

Answer 24

Ctrl + D

Of course it’s Ctrl first - when you select multiples you do this using Ctrl and click - as you would in windows apps too.

Question 25

Hot key to toggle the ‘tool’ bar? And what/where is the 'tool' bar? What can it otherwise be known as?

Answer 25

‘t’ It's below the main view part of the screen; it holds various functions: 1. view modes 2. attributes Aka: the attribute bar (or it could be the View and Review bar, as the view modes are view options and reviewing usually involves tagging attributes such as flags and stars.) (NOTE: Vis. For attribute options, the US flag: Flag options Stars Colour labels)

Question 26

How can you tell a pic has associated KWs?

Answer 26

A KW icon/tag show in the BR of the pic in the grid (providing you have this info view switch on).

Question 27

How do you enter KWs for images? (5)

Answer 27

Select one more more photos you want to apply KWs too. Go to the ‘keywording’ section> Either: 1. Keyword tags box: Manually enter, separate by comma – don’t have to leave a space, either or, both seem to work. This tells LR that any kw with more than one word are defined with commas before and after. LR autocomplete existing KW list entries. And adds new KWs to the list. 2. Use the 'Suggestions' box. 3. Find your KWs in the KW list>select all the entries u wish to apply - they are then applied to your pre-selected photos. (a many to many option) 4. Select your images then drag on to a KW in your KW list. (a many to one option) 5. If you want to apply a new KW i.e. it's not already in your KW list, then with your image(s) selected, press the '+' icon at the top of the KW list panel. This gives you options to add synonyms and other attributes to the new KW.

Question 28

You can collapse the left, right and bottom panels by using the ****.

Answer 28

triangles

Question 29

How do you filter a folder for video?

Answer 29

On the Filter Bar> 1. Select ‘metadata’ 2. On left hand column header click on ‘date’ – choose ‘file type’ instead

Question 30

How to rename files in an existing location?

Answer 30

1. Select all files to rename | 2. Right panel>metadata>file name>select your syntax

Question 31

If you want to change a child keyword into a top-level keyword in a KW hierarchy list how do you do it?

Answer 31

Drag and drop the keyword between existing top-level level keywords instead. As you drag, a thin blue/dark grey line appears. NB: Don’t worry about dropping it in the right place in the list, as the Keyword List is automatically set to alpha-numeric sort.

Question 32

Where is the icon to go to dual screen mode?

Answer 32

In the film strip, far left. NOT on the tool bar.

Question 33

wherever you are in Lightroom, even if you are in a module other than the library, press * , to return to the Library’s Grid view

Answer 33

G

Question 34

Problem: i exported some edits to a new folder (that i created via the export box) but it didn't show in the catalog folder structure in LR, why?

Answer 34

In the Export dialog there is a check box to "Add to this catalog" and the option, at the top, to place the exported image in the original folder or some other folder.

Question 35

In Lightroom Classic, you don't save photos in the traditional sense. Instead, you ***** photos. You can export photos in various file formats suitable for a wide range of uses.

Answer 35

export

Question 36

What are the 'view modes' in the tool bar?

Answer 36

These modes dictate how you view and review images in the central panel> Grid/ Loupe/ Compare/ Survey and People

Question 37

How do u show the ‘filter’ bar if not shown?

Answer 37

Either: a. View>Show filter bar OR b. \ (back-slash!) - this toggles the filter bar between: show/hide Mnemonic: slash the photos back to only the ones I want to see

Question 38

Why does Adobe call the single image view 'Loupe'?

Answer 38

It comes from the original meaning of Loupe: any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.

Question 39

What are the 4 filter options for the 'library filter' that sits on the top of the view and review panel? Give the main fields I use for each filter option. How can you show (and use) more than one filter at the same time?

Answer 39

text - attribute - metadata - none ( T.A.M. ) Text: KW, filename, title, KW Attribute: flag, rating, colour label & kind (master photos, virutal copy & video) Metadata: date, file type CTRL + click on consecutive filter menu options e.g. text then attribute to show both filters at same time

Question 40

You can order pics in grid by dragging. How do you do this? And why is this helpful?

Answer 40

1. You do it via the 'filmstrip' - and you can do it via the 'grid' (i didn't think you could, but just tried it and it works). Click in middle of image and drag. For a group, select all, click on one, and drag. NOTE: the pic don't need to be next to each other, you can select non consecutive pics and move them as a group. 2. a) To compare in order to review/ set attributes/ delete. b) To rationalize and organize the group of pics with a view to processing in sub-groups and potentially moving to different collections. I.e. to speed up workflow and facilitate batch process.

Question 41

``` The main benefit of Lightroom’s Library module is that it gives you the tools you need to get organised and speed up your ******** . ``` The end result is that you can spend more time in the ****** module – the place where you creatively process your photos.

Answer 41

workflow Develop

Question 42

What is the short cut for: 1. hiding the left and right side panel controls 2. hiding all of the left and right control panels AND top filter bar so you can just review the library pics without distraction, and add attributes from the tool bar.

Answer 42

1. tab key 2. shift + tab key Good to open the filmstrip so you know where you are in the folder

Question 43

You can accelerate the review process by using the ‘auto-advance’ function! How does it work?

Answer 43

Press the caps lock and now when you flag (P) or unflag (U) a photo LR will automatically move to the next image (it applies to all the attribute keys i.e. colour, star ratings too…). So you can extremely quickly review your pics. Chris Orwig keeps an index of each hand on the P and U and whizzes through pics. (Make sure you remember to turn off the caps lock when finished as this could interfere with other functions). If you make a mistake just use the arrow keys to go backwards.

Question 44

Why may wish to order the pics in grid? (3)

Answer 44

Ordering the pics in grid. You may want to order your pics to: 1. better review, rationalise and process pics; 2. prepare the sequence of shots for a LR slide show. 3. The order is reflected in renaming on export with the sequence variable; e.g. if you want all B+W versions of your export batch to be named sequentially last, i.e. with numbers great than the colour ones coming before, then re-order.

Question 45

In what situations (2) can you not order pics using the filmstrip?

Answer 45

1. if you are in a folder where there are images in a subfolder below it which are also visible. You can see if this is likely if you open the fly-out for the folder in the Folders panel in the library. If there is another folder the one you are working on, chances are that the images in the subfolder are included in the filmstrip and so you cannot arrange the images by dragging them into position if this is the case. ``` To workaround this limitation you can remove the photos in the subfolder from view – this just removes them from the grid and filmstrip and not from Lightroom or your disk. To do this, click Library in the menu and disable the Include Photos from Subfolders option With this disabled, you can now move images by dragging and dropping them into position. ``` 2. you can not order in a smart collection.

Question 46

Once you have arranged the images as you want them to appear, Lightroom stores your ordering so it is as accessible as, for example, any other sort order options for that folder or collection. So, you can return to your preferred sort order at any time by selecting **** ***** from the Sorting menu - where do you find this?

Answer 46

Custom order Turn on the 'sorting' menu via the Attribute Tool Bar drop down menu, far right of tool bar.

Question 47

How do you move around an image? (2) | as opposed to moving an image around

Answer 47

1. You could use the navigator to focus on parts of an image - see the zoom factor first so that the main screen isn't showing everything. 2. Or press and hold the space bar, to zoom in, then use mouse to move around, Importantly the latter works whilst in Develop module with an active control, i.e. in the middle of applying an effect