Lynda - Lightroom 5 Essentials: 02 Managing Images with the Library Module

author Chris Orwig

subject Photography, Photo Management, Sharing Photos

software Lightroom 5

level Beginner

duration 3h 31m

released Jul 02, 2013

In part two of Chris Orwig's Lightroom Essentials, you'll learn how to add important metadata to your images that will help you find and filter your library, process images and video, and export, email, and share photos?all from within the powerful Library module in Adobe Lightroom. First you'll learn how to flag, rate, and rank your photos and use the information to find images that match those criteria. Then tag them with locations and add keywords and identifying information that clearly distinguish the subject and your copyright. Chris also shows you how to make image adjustments with Quick Develop, and play, trim, and edit video. Lastly, find out how to export your photographs to a hard drive, email them to friends and clients, and upload them to sharing sites like Flickr and Facebook.

Topics include:

Adding flags, stars, and labels to images

Filtering your library by text, metadata, and file type

Stacking photos into groups

Creating a collection to group images

Tagging images with locations

Processing images in the Library module

Viewing and editing videos

Working with the DNG file format

Adding copyright metadata to photos

Adding keywords

Opening images in Photoshop

Exporting, emailing, and publishing photos