- It's fairly simple to use Lightroom on multiple computers, if you use an external hard drive. Use the hard drive as the storage space for the Lightroom library. Once the library is set up on the external hard drive, you can transport it between multiple computers and use Lightroom on each of them.
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You can use the library to manage your photos, import them from your camera, and set up different collections. For instance, if you shoot landscapes, wildlife, and sports, you can set up separate folders for each and import those types of photos into the main folders, and set up subfolders inside each to further date them.
If you plan to put your photos on the web, copyrighting is important, and a copyright can be added when you import the photos into the library. Set this up by going to the "IPTC" area of the "Metadata" panel in "Lightroom" and activating the "Copyright" field. Create your copyright information, such as name and contact, and save it as a "Metadata" field that you can select when importing photos. When you import your photos, the data will be added and your work will be protected. - Non-destructive photo editing is an important part of editing photos, and one of the main reasons that photographers like to use Photoshop. Lightroom can also do non-destructive photo editing, enabling you to add filters and effects without altering the original, then saving the edited photograph as a new file. Effects include brightness, color, monochrome, and sharpness. Lightroom offers a wide variety of brushes to control the density of the effect, and you can preview it by clicking on the pin in the image that shows the effect and dragging it out over the image, showing the effect.
