Chapter three, "Quick Develop", shows you how to do minor corrections from within the library module and how to apply that same fix to a bunch of other photos. Although this is a short chapter, the depth in which Kelby goes into within this book is evident here as it is throughout this book. For example, step eight in "Doing Quick Fixes" the author shows a histogram of a photo and explains "See that gap on the right, where the graph just stops before it reaches the right side? This gap tells me that I can increase the highlights in the photo (which I control by increasing my Exposure setting) a little bit more with out loosing detail in the highlights of my photo." It is this kind of insight that I look for in a book, that makes it a must read; especially for a new product.
Chapter four, "Editing Essentials", you will learn how to develop your photos. You will be shown how to adjust the white balance and then cascade them across the other photo's in the shoot. You will learn the "No Risk" way to tryout different versions of your photos. You will work with contrast, boost colors and use sync to fix groups of photos. You will learn how to create presets as well as using presets from others users.
Chapter five explores "Problem Photos." Here the author looks at undoing changes, sharpening and reducing noise, fixing chromatic aberrations, cropping, removing red eye and tricks for removing spots and other nasty junk. You will also learn about basic camera calibration in Lightroom as well as adding Photoshop automation to your workflow.
Chapter six focuses on creating black and white images from within Lightroom. Again, Kelby not only steps you through how to make a color image into black and white after, with tongue-in-cheek, explaining that you can make a lot more money by creatively making artistic B&W images, but he gives personal insight into what makes a B&W image work. Chapter seven will step you through Slideshow and how to share your photos onscreen as well as export them to PDF. He even has a trick to put music into the PDF slide show if you have Acrobat Professional.
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