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Hi there! Let's see some advanced tools you have in Lightroom 5.
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There are three advanced tools we haven't seen yet.
In Develop section, on top of the list, you have some tools, like the Adjustment
Brush. When you click on it, a new panel appears.
This tool works through two steps: brushing on the photo and then applying changes
to such brushed part.
Your mouse will be a plus with white circumferences, that indicate you the
area affected by the brush. The inner one indicates the radius of your brush.
The outer one the range of the total feather. Use your mouse wheel if you want to
change the radius. For advanced settings, simply have a look at the Brush section.
So hold your click down and brush over the interested parts of the photo. When you
release, the brush will be done and indicated by a grey node on your workspace.
This brush will apply the changes listed and set on the right, from colors to lightness,
exposure and clarity. You can see the Adjustment Brush as a tool to apply any
adjustment to a personalized part of the photo.
You can edit and extend such brush anytime. In case you want to remove some
brushed parts, simply hold ALT down and click on. In this case a minus sign appears
on the centre of the circumferences.
You have two main Mask options. Use New to create another independent brush.
A new grey node will indicate your new independent brush. This brush
will have its own adjustment settings, that can be different from the previous brushes
done. Then, using Mask in Edit mode, you can change the settings of each
brush, just select the one interested first by clicking on the nodes. The one
selected will be filled in black. Plus, if you hover on a node for a short time, Lighroom
will show you the area affected by such brush in red color.
To delete an independent brush, simply right-click on its node and go to Delete.
When you are done, just click on the Adjustment Brush icon. You can always come
back to this panel clicking on it to change again the brushes settings.
Great is the Spot Removal Tool too. There are two kinds of it: the Clone
and the Heal mode. They work the same. You firstly brush on the photo to set the
source, so what to follow for the next step. This brush is colored fully in white.
When you release, a copy of the brushed area is created, and you can pick and drag it
where you need it on the photo. If you are using the Clone mode, this is the exact
copy of the source. If you use Heal, the range of colors will be copied, and not
just the full details. You can add more circles per time of course.
You can use this tool to remove not just spots, but also damaged parts of the photo,
or lines not well defined.
You can change the mode or modify or delete the source node right-clicking on it.
There is also the Red Eye Correction Tool. This is indeed used to correct red eyes,
on both people and animals. This is fully made auto, you just need to include the
eye inside the rectangle. Then fine the settings on the right.
Lightroom has advanced tools to export your photo as well. To print your photo
selected, go to Print section.
On the centre you have a full preview of what you are going to print.
On the left you have a smaller preview and, under
Template Browser, you can choose between a list of ready-made templates to follow,
from the simple and unique photo, to a series of them. Depending on the kind of
layout, you can adjust the default settings using the options inside Image Settings
on the right, for example to fill contours, or add custom strokes.
Templates that are all filled with photos usually admit just one photo per time. The
photo used is the one selected in the Navigator panel at the bottom. Other
templates instead, have vacant cells, that you can fill with other different photos from
the Navigator. Simply drag an interested photo on the desired cell.
Moreover, the cells are fully customizable: drag them to move them. Use the small
squares to scale them instead.
To adjust print settings, you can use Page Setup... to import the properties of the
page you are going to use; use Printer... to choose your printer and its settings.
To get a realistic preview, untick Show Guides. Guides are used to set dimentions
and print settings more easily.
You can personalize your page adding cells, text, any background color, and adjusting
advanced print settings under Print Job. When you are OK with all, just click on Print.
Moreover, you can create your own website to show your photos on the net.
Click on Web in the top right corner. The structure of this section is very
similar to the Print one.
Through Layout Style and Template Browser you can choose the appearance of
your site. Some of these will be simple HTML sites, others will have Adobe Flash
Player components, in this case you will notice an f in a corner.
On the right, you can set the site name, the written text, the links, anything regarding
colors, custom text and so on.
You can click on Preview in Browser... to see how your site looks like once online.
Then, how to export it on the net? You can decide to save your site through Export...
and then export it manually, if you have Adobe Business Catalyst or an own domain.
Otherwise you can set all server properties directly from Lightroom in Upload Settings,
clicking on Edit next to FTP Server. Then you can finally go to Upload.
The photos included in your site will be all the ones listed in the Navigator panel at
the bottom. If you want to change this list and its order, go back to Library section.
If you have problems with the Library section, check the beginner tutorial in this show.
Thanks for watching! Watch the next video to start creating Books and Slideshows!