Lightroom Integrated: Workflow Phase II - Black and White in Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Lightroom - page 90

image keywording in the library Keyword tags panel. I am importing images
shot in Uganda while working with an NGO called Soft Power Health, so I have
added the appropriate general keywords for that folder of images. I will later
go in and add more specii c keywords if needed. Once i nished, click “Create”,
and select the preset name you just created in the Metadata drop-down menu.

Lightroom 2.0 now of ers a new Keyword Set called Suggested Keywords.
This new feature makes keywording far easier as Lightroom can now suggest
keywords for the current image based on existing keywords applied to that
image, and of er other keyword suggestions that are close neighbors in terms
of capture time. For example, if a number of images in a catalog contain the
keywords “Santa Fe” and terracotta, an image assigned the keyword “Santa Fe”
will cause the suggested keyword panel to automatically update to show
“terracotta” as a suggested keyword.

Step 11: “Render Standard-Sized Previews”
It is a good idea to check “Render Standard-Sized Previews” so that Lightroom
can build the 1:1 previews of the images being imported. This is an important
step in the import process for viewing and evaluating full image detail and
sharpness, but unfortunately this process is also rather time-consuming. The
editing process will go much smoother and faster if you do allow the software
enough time to build previews but if you need to speed up the process
and choose not to render previews, you can always render the previews
in Lightroom later by going to the Library Module Previews Render
Standard-Sized Previews.

Note:
You may want to burn
another backup at this
stage with all your raw
i les to yet another
device. At this point, I
usually immediately stop
and burn a DVD of the
raw i les I just imported
and backed up. This way
I have multiple copies of
the raw i les before I ever
start the editing process.

Step 12: You are now ready to Import!
Lightroom will import the images, build the previews for your thumbnails,
back up your i les, rename them, and apply your copyright and keywording to
the metadata in one incredibly smooth moving interface! Kick back and let it
all happen for you!

II. Lightroom Basic Editing

Step 1: Actual Editing: Sort, Rotate and Evaluate
Lightroom has created a streamlined interface that dictates workl ow with
a top down approach, but any way you wish to structure the process within
your own workl ow is right if it works for you. I usually move from the Grid
View to the Loupe View and move through my images with the full size
preview to sort, edit and rank the images. Lightroom also provides a great
deal of customizable attributes to the browser windows, allowing the user
to edit panels in many ways. You can click the large arrows on the side of
the interface to collapse the panels and provide more screen real estate for
image evaluation. I usually leave the left panel open so that I can view the
Navigator and see what part of the image I am looking at when I zoom into it.