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User Manual for DAM Useful Publishing Book & DVD: The DAM Book Guide to Organizing your Photos with Lightroom 5

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Table of Contents
• Introduction
  My assumptions about the reader
  About the demonstration movies
  What about organizing my videos
  Sustainability
  How this book is organized

Chapter 1: Store, Tag, Create
• This chapter lays out basic organization principles for your images.
  
  Creating an organized library
  Storing the photos
  Organizing with tags
  Creating projects
  The Lightroom Catalog
  Adding intelligence to your image collection
  Start big and subdivide
  Multiple Files and Multiple Versions
  Sample Import workflow

Chapter 2: The Lightroom Catalog
• This chapter gives an overview of basic catalog storage and care.
  
  What we'll cover in this chapter
  Catalog basics
  The elements of a catalog
  The ideal number of catalogs is 1
  Lightroom catalog storage
  Working with offline photos?
  Managing catalog size with preview settings
  Merging your existing catalogs
  Merge, or start over?
  Catalog merging workflow
  Lightroom catalog backup
  Make backup copies of your catalog
  Make backup versions of the catalog
  Using the Backup .lrcat to rollback a catalog
  Metadata Writeback

Chapter 3: Photo Storage
• This chapter describes good practices for storage and backup. This includes recommendation for storage media, folder structure, file names, and backup processes.
  
  Our goals for file storage
  Hard drive types
  Folder structures
  Parent, Year, Month, Project
  When you outgrow your Photo Library
  Size-limited buckets
  Collecting legacy photos
  File naming
  Making a file naming preset
  File backup
  File and folder handling in Lightroom
  Checking for completeness and integrity

Chapter 4: Finding & Filtering with Tags
• This chapter describes tagging and organizing your library as well as how to use the Library Filter and Smart Collections.
  
  Creating useful tags
  Who, What, When, Where, Why and How (good)?
  Choosing a source to filter
  Using the Library Filter bar
  Using ratings and flags
  Making filter presets
  Using Smart Collections
  Using labels
  Stacking

Chapter 5: Keywords
• This chapter explains the purpose and usage of keywords.
  
  Using keywords
  Building your keyword structure
  Getting started
  Tag your shoots
  Adding keywords while you search
  The Keyword List
  The Keywording Panel
  Finding images without keywords

Chapter 6: Metadata Presets
• This chapter discusses the use of Metadata Presets and how they work.
  
  Metadata preset basics
  Preset strategy
  Creating custom presets
  Make location presets
  Making a preset to remove all tags

Chapter 7: Location Tags
• This chapter presents strategies for making GPS tags as well as use of the Map Module.
  
  Privacy issues
  Map tag or location name tag?
  Adding place names
  Adding location tag names to a large collection
  Adding GPS tags with the Map module
  Adding GPS tags with a tracklog

Chapter 8: Collections and Projects
• This chapter details how Collections work and how best to utilize them.
  
  Shoots and portfolios
  Collections are the hub of your projects
  Working with Collections
  Organizing your Collections
  Managing a shoot with Collections
  Managing a portfolio project with Collections
  Module Creations
  Making a Collection "Permanent"

Chapter 9: Using Publish Services
• This chapter explains the purpose of and how to use publish services.
  
  What does Publish do?
  Basic hard drive publishing
  Publish to Sharing Services
  Push images out to social media
  Deliver shoots
  Upload online portfolios
  Backup your most valuable photos
  Publish Services details

Chapter 10: Managing Derivative Files
• This chapter details working with files that are sent to other programs for additional work.
  
  Keep it simple
  Why make derivative files?
  Storing derivate files
  Naming derivative files
  Virtual Copies and Snapshots
  Store and Stack with Original
  Export and Forget
  dedicated derivative storage
  Export for another application
  Export to Derivatives Folder and catalog
  Re-catalog Master Files only
  What about the derivatives I already have?
  Consult The DAM Book

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