Using Lightroom's Develop Module for Local and Creative Adjustments

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Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic CC Classroom in a Book (2019 release), 2nd Edition

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Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic CC Classroom in a Book (2019 release), 2nd Edition

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Preparing for this lesson

1. Follow the instructions in the “Getting Started” section at the beginning of this book for setting up an LPCIB folder on your computer, downloading the lesson files to that LPCIB folder, and creating an LPCIB catalog in Lightroom.

2. Download the Lesson 04 folder from your Account page at peachpit.com to username/Documents/LPCIB/Lessons.

3. Launch Lightroom, and open the LPCIB catalog you created in “Getting Started” by choosing File > Open Catalog and navigating to the LPCIB Catalog. Alternatively, you can choose File > Open Recent > LPCIB Catalog.

4. Add the Lesson 4 files to the LPCIB catalog using the steps in the Lesson 1 section “Importing photos from a hard drive.”

5. In the Library module’s Folders panel, select Lesson 04.

6. Create a collection called Lesson 04 Images and place the images from the Lesson 04 folder in the collection.

7. Set the Sort menu beneath the image preview to File Name.

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Now that you have plenty of files to play with, you’re ready to learn how to use Lightroom’s tools to perform local adjustments. You’ll start with the Graduated Filter and Radial Filter tools.