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Import and sort images • Get started in Lightroom fast by learning the best ways to import and organise your images

The Lightroom workspace • Get to know the general layout and purpose of Lightroom’s photo organising, editing and sharing modules

Import your photos into Lightroom • Discover how to import images and video clips from a memory card or hard drive into Lightroom

Find photos fast using metadata • Protect your images by assigning your copyright and adding your contact details to every picture’s metadata

Organise images using Collections • Learn how to sort your photos into themed Collections, and use Smart Collections to automatically file your shots for you

Trigger a camera • Use Lightroom to control a camera that’s tethered to your computer, and automatically add keywords as you import

The Library module • Locate, rate, give images keywords and apply quick photo fixes with Lightroom’s Library module

Introducing the Library module • Discover the key features of the Library module, and customise it to create a cleaner-looking workspace

Sort and rate your images • Use the tools in the Library module to start organising your photos to make them easier to manage

Find images with keywords • Identify particular pictures by adding keywords to the metadata, then search for specific images using keyword filters

How to put a name to a face • Use the facial recognition tools in Lightroom’s Library module to detect and organise your portraits and snaps

Tag your images with location data • Use and add GPS data embedded in your images to pinpoint the shooting location of a photo in the Map module

Quick photo fixes • Use the Quick Develop panel to overcome common problems with colour and tone while you organise your photos

The Develop module • Discover how to make basic adjustments to images quickly and easily using the Develop module

Introducing the Develop module • You’ll find Lightroom’s key image-editing tools and photo-fixing panels in the Develop module

The histogram • Use Lightroom’s histogram window to diagnose and fix tonal problems in your digital photos

Use Smart Previews • Edit images in the Catalog that aren’t currently accessible by Lightroom using Smart Previews

Make basic colour adjustments • Use Lightroom’s colour-correcting tools to boost weak colours without over-saturating strong ones

Crop & straighten your photographs • Use Lightroom’s Crop Overlay tool to straighten tilted horizons and improve the composition of your photos

Photo-fixing tools • Improve your images quickly and easily using the sophisticated tools in the Develop module

Tackle high-contrast monochrome scenes • Tweak the tones of a monochrome image to reveal detail in the shadows, midtones and highlights

Remove lens distortion • Set up and apply lens profiles in Lightroom to automatically counteract lens-induced distortion

Get a better perspective • Straighten converging verticals caused by perspectival distortion using Lightroom’s powerful Lens profile corrections

Reveal more midtone detail • Reveal more texture and detail by selectively increasing midtone contrast using the Clarity slider

Remove a cast • Counteract warm or cool tints produced by an incorrect white balance using the Develop module

Selective adjustments • Edit selected parts of an image while leaving the rest of the image untouched

Remove sensor spots • Use Lightroom’s Spot Removal...