Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step 11:
This takes you to the folder on your
computer where Lightroom stores Export
Actions (and more importantly, where
you can store any you create). All you have
to do is click-and-drag that Soften droplet
right into that Export Actions folder to
add it into Lightroom. Now you can close
this folder, head back to Lightroom, and
click Cancel to close the Export dialog
(after all, you only needed it open to get
you to that Export Actions folder, so you
could drag that droplet in there).
Step 12:
Okay, now let's put it to work: In Light-
room's Grid view, select the photo (or
photos) you want to have that effect
applied to, then press
Command-Shift-E
(PC: Ctrl-Shift-E)
to bring back the Export
dialog. From the Preset section on the left,
click on the right-facing triangle to the
left of User Presets, and then click on the
Export JPEGs for Web preset we talked
about creating in Chapter 7 (if you didn't
create that one, go ahead and do it now).
In the Export Location section, click on the
Choose button and select the destination
folder for your saved JPEG(s) (if you want
to change it). Then, in the File Naming
section, you can give your photo(s) a
new name, if you like. Now, in the Post-
Processing section at the bottom, from
the After Export pop-up menu, you'll see
Soften (your droplet) has been added,
so choose it (as shown here). When you
click Export, your photo(s) will be saved
as a JPEG, then Photoshop will automati-
cally launch, open your photo, apply
your Soften Finishing Effect, then save
and close the photo. Pretty slick stuff!
(Note:
Droplets will not work with 64-bit
in Mac OS X Leopard, so you'll have to
switch to 32-bit. See the tips at the end
of Chapter 1 for how to do this. If you
have Snow Leopard, you may have to
install Apple's Rosetta.)
