1. Importing : Getting your photos into lightroom. Before you do anything, choose where to store your photos -- Next, do this: set up your folder organization (it's really important) -- Getting photos from your camera into lightroom -- Using smart previews to work without an external hard drive attached -- Importing photos already on your computer -- Save time importing using import presets (and a compact view) -- Importing video from your DSLR -- Shooting tethered (go straight from your camera, right into lightroom) -- Using image overlay to see if your images fit your layout -- Creating your own custom filen aming templates -- Choosing your preferences for importing photos -- The Adobe DNG file format advantage -- Creating your own custom metadata (copyright) templates -- Four things you'll want to know now about getting around lightroom -- Viewing your imported photos -- Using lights dim, lights out, and other viewing modes -- Seeing a real full-screen view -- Using guides and the resizable grid overlays -- Lightroom killer tips -- 2. Library : How to organize your photos. Folders and why I don't mess with them (this is really important!) -- Sorting your photos using collections -- Organizing multiple shoots using collection sets -- Using smart collections for automatic organization -- Keeping things tidy using stacks -- When to use a quick collection instead -- Using target collections (and why they're so handy) ; Adding specific keywords for advanced searching -- Renaming photos already in lightroom -- Adding copyright info, captions, and other metadata -- If your camera supports GPS, prepare to amaze your friends -- Organizing your photos on a world map -- Finding photos fast! -- Creating and using multiple catalogs -- From laptop to desktop: syncing catalogs on two computers -- Backing up your catalog (this is very important) ; -- Relinking missing photos -- Dealing with disasters -- Lightroom killer tips -- 3. Customizing : How to set things up your way. Choosing what you see in loupe view -- Choosing what you see in grid view -- Make working with panels faster & easier -- Using two monitors with lightroom -- Choosing what the filmstrip displays -- Adding your studio's name or logo for a custom look -- Lightroom killer tips -- 4. Editing essentials : How to develop your photos. Are you seeing different sliders? Read this first! -- Setting the white balance -- Setting your white balance live while shooting tethered -- My editing your images cheat sheet -- How to set your overall exposure -- 60 seconds on the histogram (& which slider controls which part) -- Auto tone (having lightroom do the work for you) -- Dealing with exposure problems (the highlights and shadows sliders) -- Setting your white point and black point -- Adding "punch" to your images using clarity -- Making your colors more vibrant -- Using the tone curve to add contrast -- Two really handy uses for RGB curves -- Adjusting individual colors using HSL -- How to add vignette effects -- Getting that trendy high-contrast look -- Creating black-and-white images -- Getting great duotones (and split tones) -- Lightroom killer tips --
5. DJ develop (part deux). Making your RAW photos look more like JPEGs -- Seeing befores and afters -- Applying changes made to one photo to other photos -- Virtual copies: the "no risk" way to experiment -- Editing a bunch of photos at once using auto sync -- Using one-click presets (and making your own!) -- Using the library module's quick develop panel -- Using soft proofing to make your images look good in print and on the Web -- The "previous" button (and why it rocks!) -- Lightroom killer tips -- 6. Local adjustments : How to edit just part of your images. Dodging, burning, and adjusting individual areas of your photo -- Five more things you should know about lightroom's adjustment brush -- Selectively fixing white balance, dark shadows, and noise issues -- Getting creative effects using the adjustment brush -- Retouching portraits -- Fixing skies (and other stuff) with a gradient filter -- Custom vignetts & spotlight effects using the radial filter -- Lightroom killer tips -- 7. Problem photos : Fixing common problems. Fixing backlit photos -- Reducing noise -- Undoing changes made in lightroom -- Cropping photos -- Lights out cropping rocks! -- Straightening crooked photos -- Finding spots and specks the easy way -- Oh hallelujah, it's a regular healing brush! (Finally!) -- Removing red eye -- Fixing lens distortion problems -- Auto correcting perspective and other lens problems using upright -- Fixing edge vignetting -- Sharpening your photos -- Fixing chromatic aberrations (a.k.a. that annoying color fringe) -- Basic camera calibration in lightroom -- Lightroom killer tips -- 8. Exporting images : Saving JPEGs, TIFFs, and more. Saving your photos as JPEGs -- Adding a watermark to your images -- Emailing photos from lightroom -- Exporting your original RAW photo -- Publish your images with just two clicks -- Lightroom killer tips -- 9. Jumping to Photoshop : How and when to do it. Choosing how your files are sent to Photoshop -- How to jump over to Photoshop, and how to jump back -- Adding Photoshop automation to your lightroom workflow -- Stitching panoramas using Photoshop -- Creating HDR images in Photoshop -- Lightroom killer tips -- 10. Book of love : Creating photo books. Before you make your first book -- Building your first book from scratch -- Adding text and captions to your photo book -- Adding and customizing page numbers -- Four things you'll want to know about layout templates -- Creating & saving your own custom layouts -- Creating cover text -- Custom template workaround -- Lightroom killer tips --
11. Slideshow : Creating presentations of your work. Creating a quick basic slide show
Customizing the look of your slide show
Adding video to your slide show
Getting creative with photo backgrounds
Working with drop shadows and strokes
Adding additional lines of text and watermarking
Adding opening and closing title slides
Choosing your slide duration and fade length
12. DSLR: the movie : Working with video shot on your DSLR. Working with videos
13. The big print : Printing your photos. Printing individual photos
Creating multi-photo contact sheets
Creating custom layouts any way you want them
Adding text to your print layouts
Printing multiple photos on one page
Saving your custom layouts as templates
Having lightroom remember your printing layouts
Creating backscreened prints
The final print and color management settings
Saving your page layout as a JPEG
Adding custom borders to your prints
14. The layout : Creating cool layouts for Web & print. Here are some of my layouts for you to use
Bonus: 24 cool lightroom 5 develop module presets
15. My portrait workflow : My step-by-step process from the shoot to the final print. Workflow step one: It all starts with the shoot
Workflow step two: Right after the shoot, do this first
Workflow step three: Finding your picks & making a collection
Workflow step four: A quick retouch for your selects
Workflow step five: Emailing your clients the proofs
Workflow step six: Making the final tweaks & working with Photoshop
Workflow step seven: Delivering the finished image(s)
10 important bits of advice for new lightroom users
