Top 10 digital photo-sharing tips
1 Choosing software? Some suggestions
2 Make your photos ready for sharing
3 Create a presence on the Web
4 Become app-savvy
5 Set your camera to name and number images for you
6 Don't delete images on your camera
7 Get better white balance
8 Share your hard drive with both Macs and PCs
9 Hard drives fail
10 Find out about copyright and creative commons
1 Think workflow: plan your process, choose your tools
Digital photography tasks
Dealing with lots of photos
Considering JPEG v. raw shooting
Scanned images are digital photos, too
Choosing between cataloguing and browsing
Considering pixel v. parametric editing
Considering sidecar metadata v. DNG
A look at Google Picasa 3
A look at Photoshop Elements 9
A look at Lightroom
A look at Photoshop
Adding functionality with plug-ins
Combining Photoshop with Lightroom
2 Shoot, transfer and scan
Set your camera for JPEG shooting
Set your camera for raw shooting
Organising and protecting your files
Transfer files with a card reader
Import with Picasa
Use Photo Downloader in Bridge
Set Photo Downloader to launch automatically
Specify where Lightroom stores its catalogue
Import images to Lightroom in expanded mode
Import images to Lightroom in compact mode
Download photos from your smartphone
A look at scanning with VueScan
Set your initial scanning preferences
Adjust the input settings
Adjust the output settings
Set preferences for scanning to TIFF
Name and number your scanned files automatically
Set preferences for scanning to JPEG
Preview, adjust and scan
3 Organise and browse: find your photos fast
Browse images in your operating system
Browse in Picasa
Use key elements of Bridge
Browse in Bridge
A look at the Library Module in Lightroom
Browse in Lightroom
Evaluate an image in Lightroom ? the Loupe view
Evaluate an image in Lightroom ? the Compare view
Evaluate and compare images in Bridge
Name files systematically
Use Batch Rename in Bridge
Rename files in Lightroom
Rename folders in Bridge or Lightroom
Create a new folder via Bridge
Add a folder to Lightroom
Synchronise Lightroom folders with those on your hard drive
Apply star ratings
Flag photos in Lightroom
Tag by faces in Picasa
Use map locations in Picasa
Filter in Bridge
Filter by text in Lightroom
Filter by attribute in Lightroom
Filter by metadata in Lightroom
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4 Basic editing and image tuning
Edit photos with Picasa
Edit photos with Picasa ? the Basic Fixes tab
Edit photos with Picasa ? the Tuning tab
Edit photos with Picasa ? the Effects tab
Use the Lightroom Develop module
Set preferences for Camera Raw
Use the Adobe Camera Raw interface
Use the adjustment tabs in Camera Raw
Use the White Balance tool
Crop or straighten an image in Lightroom
Crop an image or remove cropping in Camera Raw
Straighten an image in Camera Raw
Remove red-eye in Lightroom
Remove spots in Lightroom
Adjust exposure, recovery, fill light and so on in Camera Raw and Lightroom
Use Noise Reduction in Camera Raw or Lightroom
Convert to black and white in Lightroom or Camera Raw
Add post-crop vignetting and simulate film grain
Make variations with virtual copies in Lightroom
Use Develop presets in Lightroom
Considering Photoshop
Round-trip editing: edit files in both Lightroom and Photoshop
5 Prepare images for sharing
Export files from Lightroom
Export files from Picasa
Set up a slide show in Lightroom
Export a slide show from Lightroom
Save to PDF from Bridge
Create a movie in Picasa
Resample in Photoshop using Image Size
Use Smart Sharpen in Photoshop
Create Web and e-mail images in sRGB
Save as JPEG from Photoshop
Use Save for Web & devices in Photoshop
6 Make prints for sharing
Prepare for printing
Set up your display for the best results
Resize for printing in Photoshop
Print in Photoshop with Photoshop managing the colours
Edit and save Print Settings
Set pagelayout in Photoshop
Set colour management in Photoshop
Print in black and white from Photoshop
Use the Print module in Lightroom
7 Use online print services
Set up a Shutterfly account and upload photos
Order photo prints on Shutterfly
Create a photo mug on Shutterfly
Make a Blurb book
Create a business card at MOO
8 Share images via the Internet
Set Lightroom for streamlined e-mail attachments
A look at Tumblr
Set up a Tumblr account
Upload your first photo to Tumblr
Choose a theme and give your Tumblr blog a title
Navigate on Tumblr
Create additional Tumblr posts
Post with the Tumblr app
Network your Tumblr blog
Manage your Tumblr blog
Set up a Picasa Web Albums account and upload photos
Share photos with Picasa Web Albums
Put your photos on the map ? literally ? in Picasa or Picasa Web Albums
Use Panoramio: map-based social networking
Top 10 digital photo problems solved
1 Importing into Lightroom is confusing
2 Folders in Lightroom don't match what's on my computer
3 I can't see some of my photos in Lightroom
4 Double-clicking opens my photo in the wrong program
5 My prints look dark
6 My prints are coming out with a strong magenta cast
7 My matt paper prints are coming out oddly coloured and mottled
8 I'm getting a message about a missing colour profile in Photoshop
9 I'm getting a message about an embedded profile mismatch in Photoshop
10 How do I install colour profiles?
