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Quickly AdjustThe Color Of Your
Images UsingAdobe Lightroom
A how-to guide forquick turnaround
on post-productionprocessing throughAdobe Lightroom.
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Commerce is a fastmoving industry with high
standards for turnaround
time. It’s essential to
get images of your product from
the camera to the web as quickly
as possible, while maintaining
professional standards. Post-pro-
duction processing is a critical step in
developing an efficient workflow, and
it can become time-consuming when
dealing with large numbers of images.
It’s important to invest time in learning
to use software that will help you
save time and money in the long run.
One of the most useful programs for
a photographer is Adobe Lightroom.
If you know how to use Lightroom
and you photograph your products
with the same camera settings for all
images, your post-production process
can be streamlined.
Adobe Lightroom is a photo processor
and image organizer that allows
you to view imagery, organize it for
convenience, and quickly retouch a
large number of images at the same
time. Its main purpose is to batch
process multiple images, keeping aconsistent professional appearance
without requiring you to perform
repetitive actions. Lightroom has
many useful product image editing
tools, but in this post we will stick to
the basics and show you how to batch
edit and process large volumes of
imagery.
Follow along to learn the basics of
batch processing in Adobe Lightroom.
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Images OnHard Drive
ou should already know
how you want your
images organized. It’s
important to keep that
structure in mind while
setting up your batch process.
In our example, we have organized
by photo shoots. Each shoot gets its
own folder, and all the images from
that shoot go into the folder in RAW
format. We’ll pull the RAW images
into Lightroom; all of the editing done
through Lightroom is non-destructive,
so you won’t lose any data and can
edit them again later if needed.
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Step 1:
All of the
editing donethrough
Lightroom isnon-destruc-
tive, so youwon’t loseany data.
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ImportingInto Library
Step 2:
ow that our files are
organized into folders
on the hard drive, let’s
begin importing our first
cataloged session. We’ll
break the process into easy to follow
steps, and you can watch the video for
even more helpful detail.
1. From the main menu, choose File >
Import Photos And Video.
2. In the upper-left corner of the
import window, use the Source
panel to navigate to the folder you
want to import.
3. At the top of the frame you will see
a button that says ‘Add.’ Make
sure this is selected so you are
adding these images to your
Lightroom catalog while still
keeping them in the same place onyour hard drive.
4. At the bottom of the frame you
should see in the left-center a
‘select all’ button. Make sure you
have all the images in this folder
selected so you can import your
whole session.
5. Click ‘Import’ and watch your files
appear in their own import catalog.
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AdjustmentsStep 3:
ow that we have all the
images imported into
our catalog, it’s time to
adjust them!
At the top right of the catalog frame,
you will see a row of buttons: Library
(where we are currently), Develop,
Map, Book, Slideshow, Print & Web.
Since we are currently in the Librarysection for organizing and selecting,
we will now want to shift to the
Develop section to use adjustment
tools. Once in the Develop tab you
should see a panel on the right
side next to the image you have
selected. You will be making all of
your adjustments to this one image.
As you can see, there are a few drop
down tabs in the right adjustment tool
box. The main drop down menu you
will be using is Basics. This is where allyour priority tools live. The main tools
under Basics you will be using are:
1. White Balance:
There is a dropper tool at the top left
of the Basics box. Click it and drag
your dropper tool over the image to a
spot that should be grey. Click on the
spot and it should automatically white
balance your image for you. If you
feel it needs more adjustments, try
playing with the Temp & Tint toggles.
They allow you to have more manual
control over white balance.
2. Exposure:
Your exposure should already be
as close to real life as possible, but
some adjustment may be needed tobrighten it up a bit. Use this toggle to
brighten or darken your image.
3. Contrast:
This will help make your image pop by
accentuating the lights and darks. It
will make your blacks and whites more
prominent, which can help certain
details stand out.
After making your adjustments on
this one image, select the rest of
the catalog from the bottom film
strip. After they are selected, on thebottom right of the tools panel you
will see a sync button. Click this and
a window will pop up that allows you
to select the adjustments you would
like to batch throughout the selected
images. Choose the ones that you
adjusted (the list above) and click
synchronize. You should be able to see
the adjustments on each image as the
sync moves through them.
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SelectingStep 4:
ow that all your images
are imported and
adjusted, we need
to select images for
processing. The most
efficient and organized selection
method uses star ratings. At the
bottom of each image there are five
empty stars, allowing you to rate the
image by clicking the appropriate
star. Mark your selects with a five star
rating. Once you are done picking
selects, sort your catalog by Rating so
that five star images are at the front:
View > Sort> Rating.
You may want to take this opportunity
to delete unstarred images in order
to save disk space; RAW images are
often 30MB or larger. Whether you
choose to delete unstarred images
or not, proceed to the next step by
clicking the first image and holding
down ‘command’ while clicking the
last image with five stars.
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ProcessStep 5:
ll of your images
should be imported,adjusted, and selected.
In Lightroom, in the top
menu under File you will
select Export. A window will pop up
with information that you need to fill
in. For organizational purposes, it’s
best to export them to a new folder
within the folder your RAW images are
located. Call the folder ‘Final’ so you
know that these are the images you
want in the future. Here I have named
them Shoe_#, but you can name themanything you like. Most companies
name products by their class, style
& color numbers (ex: 333_5555_444).
Using the company’s naming scheme
will allow your imagery to be both
organized and accessible to others
with whom you may share the files.
When all your information is
completed, click Export and you
should see your files in their new folder
within the original folder on your hard
drive!
Optimizing product image quality
in the fast paced environment of
eCommerce is a challenge. Fluency in
Adobe Lightroom allows you to import
and organize files, quickly edit them
all in bulk, and batch process selected
images for future use. It’s quick, easy,
and affordable to manage a large
image workflow when implementing
software like Adobe Lightroom.
If you don’t have time to do the editing
yourself, or if you want hassle free
customized product images delivered
in 24 hours or less, let Pixelz help! We
integrate seamlessly and ensure a
consistent professional presentation
of your product images.
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