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In addition to writing a series of eight feature stories about what’s new in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.1 for Lightroom-news, Martin Evening, author of The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom book, has just published a free Lightroom 1.1 PDF supplement update for readers of his book and anyone who is interested in learning about what’s new in Lightroom 1.1. The PDF (20 MB) is 177 pages long and available now for download via the Peachpit website (registration required).This is not a book revision, but a supplement to the original book in which Martin Evening describes in detail all of the new features found in Lightroom 1.1. Martin writes: “I wanted to provide a free update for Lightroom 1.1 that would satisfy readers who had already bought the book as well as all those who hadn’t bought it yet but wanted to make sure they were up to speed on all the new program features”. It is richly illustrated, fully indexed and contains page cross-references to the main book. The Contents list also includes hyperlinks, which make it real easy to navigate to specific topics of interest.How to download the PDF supplementThe PDF update supplement is available free for everyone to download. All you have to do is visit the peachpit website at: www.peachpit.com/register. There you will need to create a new account by providing your email address, full name and a password to access the site.Once you have confirmed your account details proceed to the register page and enter the 10-digit ISBN number of the book. Please note that this PDF is not limited to those who are buying the book. Everyone is welcome to register and download the PDF. Just copy and paste the following ISBN number: 0321385438 as shown below.You will now be ready to download the PDF supplement.Table of contents 1 General menu items File Menu 354Catalog options 354Exporting catalogs 354Exporting with negatives 355Exporting without negatives 356Including available previews 356Importing catalogs 357A catalog export and import in action 358Limitations when excluding negatives 362Export and Import summary 362Catalog Settings 363General Catalog settings 363File Handling settings 364Metadata settings 366Summary of metadata saving behavior 368Lightroom 1.1 and Camera Raw 4.1 371Viewing Lightroom edits in Camera Raw 371Viewing Camera Raw edits in Lightroom 372Keeping the Lightroom edits in sync 372Synchronizing Lightroom and Camera Raw 4.1 373Metadata Browser categories 375Importing 375Exporting and keyword hierarchy 376Filters 378Edit menu 379Help menu 3822 The Library module Library Menu 386Filters 386Subfolder filtering 387Synchronize Folder 388Updating previews 390Photo menu 391Removing and deleting photos 392Metadata menu 393The Painter tool 393Metadata editing and target photos 396Saving and reading metadata 398Updating DNG files 399The Library module interface 400Catalog path (Mac only) 400Find panel 401Copy Name searches 401Empty field searches 401Date searches 402Count display in Folders panel 402Navigator view of Folders panel contents 402Metadata Browser panel options 403Quick Develop panel 404Keywording panel 405Metadata panel 406New view modes 406New Metadata panel interface 406Metadata change tracking 409Labels, crop mode and ISO 411Date representation 411Mail and Web links 412Copyright status 413Editing Metadata presets 413Metadata panel data entry efficiency 414Toolbar 415Compare view display 415Painter tool 416Sort functions 416Sort order button 419Filmstrip 419Rating filters 419Breadcrumbs text 420Color label filtering 420Virtual copy and Master copy filters 4213 Develop module Develop menu 424Exporting and importing presets 424Applying default develop settings 426Photo menu 428Edit externally 428Show folder location 428Create Virtual Copy shortcut 429Saving Metadata 429Settings menu 430Match Total Exposures 430Swap Before and After settings 432View Menu 434Progressive zooms 434Tool Overlay menu 435Crop Guide Overlays 437Thirds 438Diagonal 438Triangle 439Golden Ratio 439Golden Spiral 440Crop guide orientation 441Cancelling a crop 441Clarity slider 442White Balance tool 444Spotting tools 447Remove Spots tool 447Clone or Heal 448Spot Size 448Click and drag 448Click only 448Editing the spot circles 449Hiding the spot circles 449Undoing/deleting spot circles 449Synchronized spotting 450Synchronized spotting with Adobe Camera Raw 451Remove Red Eye tool 452Color panel 457Lens Corrections panel 458All Edges corrections 459Reset Develop settings 462Set Default… 462Reset (Adobe) 463Sharpening and noise reduction 464Capture sharpening for a sharp start 464Sharpen preset settings 465Sharpen – Portraits 466Sharpen – Landscapes 467Getting to know what the sharpening sliders do 467Sample sharpening image 468Evaluate at a 1:1 view 469Luminance targeted sharpening 469The sharpening effect sliders 469Amount slider 470Radius slider 472The suppression controls 474Detail slider 474Interpreting the grayscale sharpening preview 477Masking slider 477Applying manual sharpening adjustments 480Noise reduction 4824 Lightroom preferences General preferences 486Catalog selection 488Completion sounds and prompts 488Presets preferences 489Default Develop Settings 489Camera-linked settings 490Restoring presets 490Exporting presets 492Import preferences 493DNG options 494External Editing preferences 496File Handling preferences 498Interface preferences 499Panel end marks 499Custom panel end marks 501Lights Out 501Background 501New Filmstrip preference options 502Tweaks 5035 Lightroom 1.1 extrasSlideshow module 506Play menu 506Slideshows and selections 507Print module 508Print overlays 508Using the native pixel resolution for print 508Web module 509Web module and selections 509Web templates 510New Web module panel layouts 510Site Info panel 510Appearance panel 510Image Info/Output Settings/Upload Settings 512Removing modules 512Index __________________________The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book by Martin Evening is available from Peachpit, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all usual bookstore outlets.Martin Evening has worked on the development of Adobe Photoshop as an alpha tester from the program’s earliest beginnings. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book describes all of Lightroom’s features in detail, with photographers in mind. Photographers who routinely work with raw (and even jpg & tiff) images will find Lightroom–and The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book–an indispensable tool in their digital darkroom.Lightroom-news has a free PDF download of Chapter 1. (click here to download-4.6MB PDF)

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