Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
The fact that you can now shoot tethered directly from your camera, straight into
Lightroom, is one of my favorite features in Lightroom 3, but when I learned the trick
of having the correct white balance applied automatically, as the images first come
into Lightroom, it just put me over the top. So much so that I was able to include a
free, perforated tear-out 18% gray card in the back of this topic, so you can do the
exact same thing (without having to go out and buy a gray card. A big thanks to my
publisher, Peachpit Press, for letting me include this). You are going to love this!
Step One:
Start by connecting your camera to your
computer (or laptop) using a USB cable,
then go under Lightroom's File menu,
under Tethered Capture, and choose
Start
Tethered Capture
(as shown here). This
brings up the Tethered Capture Settings
dialog, where you choose your preferences
for how the images will be handled as
they're imported into Lightroom (see
page 22 in Chapter 1 for more details on
this dialog and what to put in where).
Step Two:
Once you get your lighting set up the
way you want it (or if you're shooting
in natural light), place your subject into
position, then go to the back of this topic,
and tear out the perforated 18% gray card.
Hand the gray card to your subject and
ask them to hold it while you take a test
shot (if you're shooting a product instead,
just lean the gray card on the product, or
somewhere right near it in the same light).
Now take your test shot with the gray card
clearly visible in the shot (as shown here).
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