Lightroom Classic: Using the Library and Develop Modules

Name: Lightroom Classic: Using the Library and Develop Modules
Author: Jeff Shaffer

In these lessons, you will examine the overall interface of Lightroom Classic and briefly review the various modules. We’ll also take a look at the library…

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Hello. In today's lesson we'll look at the basic interface and modules in Lightroom Classic. When Lightroom Classic is launched and a catalog has chosen or loaded automatically it enters into the library module by default. There's a center gray area where the images are displayed and a number of the panels on the left and right. And along the array of images along the bottom known as the filmstrip. At the very top is the menu bar. Lightroom classic allows you to hide or show the side panels and limit which of the nested panels are visible. To control how the slide panels hide or show, click and hold on the small triangle at the center far edge of each panel. You can have the panels auto-hide and show when you hover the mouse over them. When in this mode, the triangle appears with a dot pattern in it, rather than as a solid triangle. You can click and say auto-hide only requires you to click on it to reveal it. Manual, which also requires you to click on the triangle to make it appear or disappear. As you can see the triangle rotates when you do that. And the last option is to sync with the opposite panel. You can also employ a keyboard shortcut to show or hide all the panels. Shift tab will perform this action. The various nested panels that are in here can be controlled by right clicking and holding down the mouse in the black area of any nested panel. You can check or uncheck the panels you wish to display. If you choose the solo mode, this will twirl down only the currently selected nested panel, even if I have these others open. And you'll note that the triangles now have also acquired this dot pattern that indicates that solo mode is active. Expand all or collapse all are additional options available for any nested panels on either side. You can do that individually on each set of panels. Moving now down to the filmstrip here at the bottom. You can increase its size by clicking on this line here and dragging up to increase it or down to decrease it. In the center panel you can increase or decrease the size of the thumbnails with this slider here. And at the far left of the filmstrip is an option for one or two monitor displays. You can use this even if you only have one monitor because it opens a second window as another panel. You can see here. We'll take a closer look at this further down the line. Clicking on the number will turn off the second panel At the very top of the library panel is the library filter, which is used to narrow an image search by using metadata, keywords, camera info and text info such as file names or captions. There you can see you could choose keywords to search by searchable metadata, file, name, title, et cetera. You would type that into here and then you can choose options regarding that whether it contains it or doesn't contain those words. For example, every module has its own set of keyboard shortcuts, which can be revealed by using the keyboard shortcut on the Mac which is command forward slash or control forward slash on the PC. As you can see here, many are single letter or numeric shortcuts. To hide the shortcut window simply click on it. As you can see here. We'll now take a quick look at the other modules, which will be explored in depth as we move forward in the course. Develop reveals a different set of side panels, clicking on a developed word activates these panels, which include many options for image processing, retouching, correcting perspective, and optical flaws. On the left panel are presets, snapshots, which are recordable history states. History, which in itself are recorded levels of undo. Collections. Of course, you can also reveal the shortcuts for the develop module in the same way using the keyboard shortcut again on the Mac it is command forward slash on the PC control forward slash. And there you can see develop shortcuts. Moving to the map module. Map mode uses Google maps satellite imagery and GPS coordinates to allow you to place very specific location information on your images. Even if your camera does not record GPS data. By dragging an image lacking this data to a spot on the map will record the correct coordinates, for example. As you can see, it asks me to enable the address lookup for that image. GPS data has now been recorded for this particular bot that I randomly dropped on there. Of course there are keyboard shortcuts for that map mode as well too. The book module reveals collections once again on the left side and a series of panels for book template creation and modification on the right. You can also save the layout for future use and you could even send the file directly to the publisher, in this case, Blurp. The slideshow module provides a number of preset templates on the left and also the ability to customize those templates here. Along the bottom of the center panel, click on this. You can add custom text to the image here. Like so, and place that wherever you'd like and even scale it. For example, the print module also provides a whole series of templates. You can see here access to collections once again different layout styles, ability to customize that template. It also uses a color manage workflow which we will examine in detail. Lastly, the web gallery provides both templates and customization and access to third-party templates as well. In this lesson, we've reviewed basic interface aspects keyboard shortcuts, and briefly reviewed the various modules in Lightroom Classic.

Beginner Provider : Jeff Shaffer 17 Lessons · 2h 43m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese

Course Description

In these lessons, you will examine the overall interface of Lightroom Classic and briefly review the various modules. We’ll also take a look at the library module in detail. The library is a key module for organizing, rating, and selecting your images for output. You will learn how to effectively organize folders, create collections and collection sets, sort images, and use flags, labels, and star ratings to mark selected images. The more effectively you organize and rate your images, the easier it will be to locate and output them with greater efficiency.

What You'll Learn

Navigate the overall Lightroom Classic interface and review its various modules
Use the Library module to organize, rate, and select images for output
Organize folders and create collections and collection sets
Sort images and mark selections using flags, labels, and star ratings
Apply creative adjustments to your images using the Develop module
Work with the Basic panel, gradients, the adjustment brush, tone curve, HSL, and color grading

Key Takeaways

The Library module is a key module for organizing, rating, and selecting images for output.
Effectively organizing and rating images makes it easier to locate and output them with greater efficiency.
Lightroom Classic lets you organize folders and create collections and collection sets to manage images.
Flags, labels, and star ratings can be used to mark selected images.
The course covers creative image adjustments through tools such as the Basic panel, gradients, adjustment brush, tone curve, HSL, and color grading.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Lightroom Classic course cover?

It examines the overall interface of Lightroom Classic, reviews its various modules, and looks at the Library module in detail for organizing, rating, and selecting images, as well as using the Develop module to apply creative adjustments.

What will I learn about the Library module?

You will learn how to effectively organize folders, create collections and collection sets, sort images, and use flags, labels, and star ratings to mark selected images for output.

Does this course teach image editing and adjustments?

Yes. It covers using the Develop module and creative adjustments through lessons on the Basic panel, gradients and the adjustment brush, tone curve, HSL, and color grading, plus detail to calibration.

What additional Lightroom Classic topics are included?

The lessons also cover using a two monitor setup in Classic, tethered capture, and working with video in Lightroom Classic.

What skills are associated with this course?

The course relates to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, darkroom and software modules, tutorials, library instruction, and library programming.