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hi just got lightroom and photoshop downloaded a lesson called Basic Post-Processing for Landscape Photographers in it show you various things but on one in lightroom on the left hand side there is a box marked collections in it he as another one called landscape photographers class with more pre-sets inside but on my lightrooom theres nothing in collections is it an extra you buy sorry if I seem a bit dim just stuck and this site is the only help I know thanks
 
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In lightroom you need to setup your own collections it says collections and a little + sign click the plus sign and decide what your collection is called and drag images in as you require or make a smart collection and define what characteristic you require and it will find images in your library that match
 
Wrong forum - go to Post Processing & Image Editing ...
 
TBH, to get the most out of Lightroom, you need a book. Eg, Scott Kelby.

I find LR quite intuitive and it's easy enough to bimble around with the basic stuff and get good results, but there's a heck of a lot more to it than that.
 
As HoppyUK says, go for a book...

I got Scott Kelby's book for Lightroom,

I can see how it's such a popular book,

The format and layout is very good, but he imparts his knowledge/information in a way that is very easily digested and clearly explains the purpose of this panel, slider button etc, without overloading you with information. Nothing more off putting than having to read through pages of information to get somewhere.

I did like at some of the free on-line tutorials, but they only really concentrated on one part, and sometimes missed out information or clearly explain how they achieved an action, assuming that the visual side it all!

Another good thing about having a book, it's a lot easier when working in lightroom, to flick through a book for reference, than it is to flick from one window to another on the computer screem
 
Ellie Jones said:
As HoppyUK says, go for a book...

I got Scott Kelby's book for Lightroom,

I can see how it's such a popular book,

The format and layout is very good, but he imparts his knowledge/information in a way that is very easily digested and clearly explains the purpose of this panel, slider button etc, without overloading you with information. Nothing more off putting than having to read through pages of information to get somewhere.

I did like at some of the free on-line tutorials, but they only really concentrated on one part, and sometimes missed out information or clearly explain how they achieved an action, assuming that the visual side it all!

Another good thing about having a book, it's a lot easier when working in lightroom, to flick through a book for reference, than it is to flick from one window to another on the computer screem
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Exactly. I've worked through Scott Kelby's book so I know pretty much what's what, then when I come across something while working, it's far better just to reference the index than search the web for a video guide (many of which are crap). Julieanne Kost's vids (linked above) are very good though.
 
Tony northrops book is good he also lets you into the forums and Facebook page, and also gives you Lightroom presets lots of them. The presets are predefined settings that you can just choose to save you doing all the hard work, however to be correct you should still do it manually till you know what your doing, then mess with the presets...

I find Lightroom good for quick post processing, if I want more fine tuning PS is the daddy
 
HoppyUK said:
TBH, to get the most out of Lightroom, you need a book. Eg, Scott Kelby.

I find LR quite intuitive and it's easy enough to bimble around with the basic stuff and get good results, but there's a heck of a lot more to it than that.
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Ellie Jones said:
As HoppyUK says, go for a book...

I got Scott Kelby's book for Lightroom,

I can see how it's such a popular book,

The format and layout is very good, but he imparts his knowledge/information in a way that is very easily digested and clearly explains the purpose of this panel, slider button etc, without overloading you with information. Nothing more off putting than having to read through pages of information to get somewhere.

I did like at some of the free on-line tutorials, but they only really concentrated on one part, and sometimes missed out information or clearly explain how they achieved an action, assuming that the visual side it all!

Another good thing about having a book, it's a lot easier when working in lightroom, to flick through a book for reference, than it is to flick from one window to another on the computer screem
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This ... I have tried on line help / tutorials etc and for me, it just isn't the same as a book which you can work through I find it easier to reference aswell.

Which copy of Lightroom have you got ?
 
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