Lightroom: Two Minute Tips

Chapter 01: Introduction
3 Lessons
01 — Course Introduction
02 — The Advantages of Using Lightroom
03 — Lightroom Do’s and Don’ts
Chapter 02: Importing
9 Lessons
01 — Why do I need to “import” photos?
02 — Quick & Dirty Import Settings
03 — Importing Existing Photos into Lightroom
04 — Importing from Another Computer or Hard Drive (Step 1)
05 — Importing from Another Computer or Hard Drive (Step 2)
06 — Import Presets
07 — Quickly Importing to Recent Destinations
08 — Importing Raw+JPEG Files
09 — The Difference Between Raw & DNG
Chapter 03: The Library Module
30 Lessons
01 — Move, Sort, and Delete Folders and Files
02 — Customizing the Workspace
03 — Toggle the Visibility of Panels and Modules
04 — Viewing Panels in Solo Mode
05 — Setting the View Options
06 — Loupe Overlay: Layout Image
07 — The Toolbar
08 — Adding Metadata to Photos
09 — Creating a Metadata Preset
10 — Converting Raw Files to DNG
11 — Saving EXIF as Side-Car Files
12 — Organizing with Collections
13 — Group Similar Files with Smart Collections
14 — Locating a Photo’s Folder in Lightroom (or on Your Computer)
15 — Using Survey mode to find your best images
16 — The Paint Can
17 — Viewing Edits Made Outside of Lightroom
18 — Renaming Photos
19 — Changing a Photo’s Timestamp
20 — Merging HDRs
21 — Merging Panoramas
22 — Copying GPS Data to Photos
23 — Using Filters to Search the Catalog
24 — Jumping to Previous Folders & Collections
25 — Stacking & Auto-Stacking
26 — Dealing with the Exclamation Mark
27 — Synchronizing Folders to Find Missing Files
28 — Facial Recognition
29 — Setting Up Publish Services
30 — Publishing to the Hard Drive
Chapter 04: The Develop Module
8 Lessons
01 — The Develop Module Overview
02 — Simple 3-Step Processing
03 — Raw vs. JPEG in the Develop Module
04 — Resetting Panel Adjustments
05 — Basic panel: White Balance
06 — Basic panel: Tone
07 — Basic panel: Presence
08 — Tone Curve panel
Chapter 05: Develop Presets
5 Lessons
01 — Importing Presets
02 — Creating a Preset
03 — Updating Existing Presets
04 — Creating a “Favorites” Preset Folder
05 — Applying Develop Presets on Import
Chapter 06: The Print Module
11 Lessons
01 – The Print Module Overview
02 — Using Collections in the Print Module
03 — Setting the Proper Page Size
04 — Picture Packages
05 — Custom Print packages
06 — Making a Custom Collage
07 – Saving User Templates
08 — Adding Text or Logos
09 — Saving a JPEG from the Print Module
10 — Color Management: Profile, Intent, and Print Adjustment
11 — Creating a saved print
Chapter 07: The Book Module
12 Lessons
01 — The Book Module Overview
02 – Book settings
03 – Auto Layout
04 — Add, Move, and Remove Pages
05 – Changing the Page Layout
06 — Working with Photos
07 — Adding Text and Image Captions
08 – Stylizing Type and Creating Style Presets
09 — Applying Type Presets to All Pages
10 — Adding Page Numbers
11 — Changing the Background Design
12 — Creating a Saved Book Project
Chapter 08: Mobile, Maps, and More
19 Lessons
01 — Open Any Catalog When Launching Lightroom
02 — Clearing the Preferences File
03 — Increase the Cache Size to Improve Speed
04 — Backing Up Your Catalog
05 – Rendering Previews
06 — Smart previews
07 — The Quick Develop Panel
08 — Using Quick Develop to Batch Process
09 — Editing Videos
10 — Creating a Custom Identity Plate
11 — Editing (and Re-editing) in Photoshop
12 — Open as a Smart Object in Photoshop
13 — Integrating Lightroom with Plugins
14 — Manually Adding GPS to Images
15 — Creating Saved GPS Locations
16 – Adding Location Data From a GPS Log
17 — Syncing with Lightroom Mobile
18 — Setting the Lightroom Mobile Settings
19 — Sharing Synced Collections
Chapter 09: Exporting
9 Lessons
01 — Exporting: Location and Filename
02 — Exporting: Videos
03 – Exporting: File Settings
04 — Exporting: Image Sizing
05 — Exporting: Sharpening and Metadata
06 — Exporting: Keywords
07 — Exporting: Watermarking and Post Processing
08 — Creating an Export Preset
09 — Quickly Export with Presets or Previous Settings
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12 — Open as a Smart Object in Photoshop

Lightroom: Two Minute Tips Chapter 08: Mobile, Maps, and More 12 — Open as a Smart Object in Photoshop

If you want to retain the non-destructive properties of your Raw file while also editing the photo in Photoshop, then you will want to use the “Open as Smart Object” option. This lesson shows you how it works.

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