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Adobe Lightroom - Library Module
Article
11 of 100 in this series
The
entire window shown below is the Library Module in Adobe Lightroom
Beta. It is selected by clicking on the appropriate Module
Picker at the top right hand side of the Adobe Lightroom window.
The window is divided into four main areas, the central viewing
area, the left and right hand panels, and the filmstrip area
at the bottom of the window.
The
central viewing
area has three different settings, Grid, Loupe and Compare.
The
Grid setting
is the one you see above and is used to view organize and
rate your images. Individual or groups of images can be selected
to be included in a Quick Collection or a labeled permanent
Collection for group processing or slide show production.
Individual images in the grid can be from very small to full
viewing area size.
The
Loupe setting
magnifies a single image to the entire size of the central
viewing area and allows you to magnify the image to check
sharpness and detail at 100% magnification.
The
Compare setting
allows you to compare any number of images side by side, the
size depending upon the number of images and the size of your
screen.
The
left hand side of the Adobe Lightroom window contains
the Photo Library panel
which handles the management of all your files. The top three
items on the Library panel are Show Entire Library, Show Quick
Collection, and Show Previous Import.
Show
Entire Library
puts your entire Adobe Lightroom Library at your disposal.
Selecting this item will fill both the central viewing area
and the Film Strip View with your entire Adobe Lightroom Library.
How much you see of your library of course depends upon the
size view you select in both areas and the size of your screen.
A 30 inch display is not overkill for organizing and processing
thousands or even just hundreds of digital images.
Show
Quick Collection
allows you to quickly isolate those images you have decided
to label as Quick Collection images. Making a Quick Collection
selection is as easy as hitting the B key when you have an
images selected in the grid.
Show
Previous Import
brings up all the images from your last import.
The
Search function
allows you to find image files based on file name or keyword.
Browse
by Shoot
allows you to browse files by groups of individual Shoots
imported into Adobe Lightroom.
Browse
by Collections
allows you to browse files by individual collections of images
that have been selected from different Shoots or at random
from the Entire Library.
Browse
by Keywords
allows you to browse files from the Entire Library by Keywords
that you have given.
View
Options
allows you to show or hide the Index Number, Rating, Quick
Collection Marker, Filename, and rotation control on the images
in the Grid. I can't really imagine that you would want to
turn them off, except when you are maybe showing your images
to a client.
The
right hand side of the Adobe Lightroom window contains
the currently active image thumbnail, and the image
processing panel
which includes Quick Develop tools, Info tools, and Metadata
tools.
The
Quick Develop
tools are a simple version of the Develop Module and allow
you to enter the Develop Module at any time to apply the full
set of Develop tools. Basically they allow you to apply simple
exposure settings to one or a batch of images and allow for
the Synchronizing, Copying and Pasting of identical settings
to a group or individual images from the Library Module.
The
Info tools
include a Keywords
and Ratings
generator. All you do to enter keywords on a highlighted image
or group of images is to enter them and hit return. Ratings
are entered by a simple click on the ratings panel or typing
in a number when an image is selected.
The
Metadata tools
are actually more in detail than I had realized as they can
be selected to be Default, All, Minimal, EXIF, and IPTC. Way
to much to go into detail here, we will have a separate page
on this feature later.
The
last item on this quick intro to the Library Module of Adobe
Lightroom is the
Filmstrip area
at the bottom of the Adobe Lightroom window which quite simply
allows you to browse through the entire library that your
are viewing in the main viewing area, without interrupting
the images you are currently viewing in the main viewing area.
P.S.
Please do not get upset if your personal experience and views
are different from my own. These opinions are mine exclusively
and do not reflect the views or policies of any of the manufacturers
mentioned in this article...... George
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