2. Bringing Your Photos into Lightroom

Lesson overview

Lightroom allows a great deal of flexibility in importing your photos; you can download images directly from a camera, import them from your hard disk or external storage media, or transfer them between catalogs on separate computers. During the import process you can organize folders, add keywords and metadata to make your photos easier to find, make backup copies, and even apply editing presets.

This lesson will familiarize you with the many options available to you as you add more photos to your Lightroom library:

Importing images from a camera or card reader

Importing images from a hard disk or removable media

Choosing file handling options

Evaluating images before importing ...

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