Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Now that your images have been imported, there are some tips about working
with Lightroom's interface you're going to want to know about right up front
that will make working in it much easier.
Step One:
There are seven different modules in Light-
room, and each does a different thing. When
your imported photos appear in Lightroom,
they always appear in the center of the
Library module, which is where we do all
our sorting, searching, keywording, etc. The
Develop module is where you go to do your
photo editing (like changing the exposure,
white balance, tweaking colors, etc.), and
it's pretty obvious what the other five do
(I'll spare you). You move from module to
module by clicking on the module's name
up in the taskbar across the top, or you can
use the shortcuts
Command-Option-1
for
Library,
Command-Option-2
for Develop,
and so on (on a PC, it would be
Ctrl-Alt-1,
Ctrl-Alt-2
, and so on).
Step Two:
There are five areas in the Lightroom inter-
face overall: that taskbar on the top, the left
and right side Panels areas, a Filmstrip across
the bottom, and your photos always appear
in the center Preview area. You can hide any
panel (which makes the Preview area, where
your photos are displayed, larger) by clicking
on the little gray triangle in the center edge
of the panel. For example, go ahead and
click on the little gray triangle at the top
center of the interface, and you'll see it hides
the taskbar. Click it again; it comes back.
