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- The grid view or image display area has four modes between which
you switch by clicking buttons on the toolbar (below): grid for thumbnails,
loupe for full screen or zoomed display of an image, compare with two im-
ages side by side, and survey to compare one image against any number of
others. In grid view thumbnails can be set to various sizes from extra small to
extra large. To compare two or more images more closely you can Ctrl-click
them to display them in the Grid. - The toolbar in the library module has buttons that change the view in the
contents area, stars to rank photos, pick and reject flags, and rotate buttons. - Filmstrip buttons above the thumbnails change the view in the content
area, navigate through images, and turn filters for stars, flags and colors on
and off. Photos that don’t meet the criteria are filtered out and not displayed. - Navigator panel lets you scroll around zoomed images.
- Library panel lets you specify if all photos are listed or just those in the
quick collection or previous import. - Find panel searches for photos using the text and date range you specify.
- Folders panel is where imported photos are listed. Each photo can be in
only one shoot. - Collections panel lets you gather together related photos for a project.
- Keyword Tags panel is where you click keywords you have assigned to im-
ages so just those images are displayed. - Metadata Browser panel lets you quickly locate images with matching
metadata such as the camera used. - Histogram panel shows the distribution of tones in the selected image and
a few of the camera settings used to capture it. You can adjust the displayed
tonal range with sliders or by dragging the histogram itself. - Quick Develop panel lets you make adjustments to your images. The
choices are described in the section on “The Develop Module.” - Keywording panel lets you add keywords to selected photos.
- Metadata panel lists Exif and IPTC metadata for the selected image and
lets you enter additional IPTC metadata.
the deVeloP module
For a complete discussion of all Lightroom features, you need a book devoted
to the program. However, here are the procedures listed in Lightroom’s Basic
editing section—the ones almost every photographer thinks about for almost
every image.- Navigator panel lets you specify the size of the image and scroll around
images larger than the screen display. - Presets panel lists stored settings you can apply to images. You can create
and save your own presets and they are added to the list.
Icons you click to
change the content area
to grid, loupe, compare
or survey views.
The histogram is a good
way to locate the white
and black points.
Modules in the left (top)
and right (bottom)
panels.
The metadata browser.
The red eye and remove
spots tools are the only
local editing tools in
Lightroom. All other
tools are for global
editing.
Buttons in the navigator
panel let you specify the
size of the image you
are editing.
photo-editing—globAl editing