Creating Prints and Books is part of author Chris Orwigs investigation of Lightroom 4, the image management and editing tool from Adobe, and focuses on the Print and Books modules, which can be used to create high-quality prints and proofs and design custom layouts for books and other print projects. Chris briefly reviews how to correct and paint away gamut issues and other problems in the Develop module and shows how to take advantage of templates and collections.

The course also shows how to adjust print job settings for contact sheets, single image prints, and print packages, and the final chapters guide photographers through the step-by-step process of building and printing a book from Lightroom.

Topics include:

Creating better prints by soft proofing
Choosing a soft proof rendering input
Creating a custom template
Customizing the print layout style
Adjusting print to JPG settings
Reviewing prints
Creating collections for a book project
Using Auto Layout
Using guides and cell controls
Swapping image position in a book
Changing the book background
Working with typography
Adding captions
Designing a book cover
Exporting to PDF
Ordering from Blurb

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