Podcast #45: Tutorial - The Lightroom Catalog - Part 1

In this tutorial I outline the basics of where Lightroom stores your previews and metadata, how Lightroom links to your source files, and how all that relates to your operating system. I also show you how to integrate Lightroom with Bridge's browser-based workflow, so that both raw processors can be synchronized to the same set of XMP metadata. Note that this "video" podcast includes screen capture and graphics that are optimized for viewing on your computer, so I highly recommend downloading the large version (1024 x 768) from my iDisk rather than watching it on an iPod. It can also be viewed by downloading it directly into iTunes (if you are accessing it by subscribing via the Music Store), or by copying it into iTunes on either a Mac or a PC (if you've downloaded the iPod version from my iDisk). Once copied into iTunes, it can be transferred to a Video iPod, and viewed that way as well. Finally, it's possible that only the audio track will be heard on devices other than Apple Video iPods (depending upon their MPEG4 compatibility), and the photographs will not be seen. The free Quicktime player for Macintosh or Windows can be downloaded from: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Om Podcasten

Welcome to the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom podcast and tutorial series. This podcast series is designed to give you access to the real story behind Lightroom. Not only do we take you behind the scenes with the engineers on the Lightroom team so you can hear their personal thinking on the program, but we also interview industry leaders and artists to gain their insight into the art and craft of digital photography. Your input has helped make Lightroom great, so keep it coming. Thanks very much, and always remember Rule #5. George Jardine, Pro Photography Evangelist, Adobe Systems, Inc.