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  1. Lightroom Classic User Guide
  2. Introduction to Lightroom Classic
    1. What's new in Lightroom Classic
    2. Lightroom Classic system requirements
    3. Lightroom Classic | Common Questions
    4. Lightroom Classic Key Concepts
    5. Lightroom Classic tutorials
    6. Feature summary | Lightroom CC 2015.x/Lightroom 6.x releases
  3. Lightroom and Adobe services
    1. Creative Cloud Libraries
    2. Using Adobe Stock in Creative Cloud apps
  4. Lightroom for mobile, TV, and the web
    1. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for mobile and Apple TV | FAQ
    2. Sync Lightroom Classic with Lightroom ecosystem
    3. Photoshop family of mobile apps
  5. Import photos
    1. Import photos from a camera or card reader
    2. Import photos from a folder on a hard drive
    3. Import photos automatically
    4. Import photos from Photoshop Elements
    5. Import photos from a tethered camera
    6. Specify import options
    7. Set import preferences
    8. The Filename Template Editor and Text Template Editor
  6. Workflows
    1. Apply Masking in photos
    2. Export and save your photos as JPEGs
    3. Export and watermark your photos
    4. Import your photos
    5. Adjustment Brush: the basics
    6. Adjustments with the Tone Curve
    7. Advanced video slideshows
    8. Control white balance
    9. Create a contact sheet
    10. Enhance your workflow with Lightroom Classic
    11. Adjustments with Lens Blur
    12. Edit and Export in HDR
  7. Workspace
    1. Workspace basics
    2. Set preferences for working in Lightroom Classic
    3. Display the Library on a second monitor
    4. Personalize identity plates and module buttons
    5. Watermark your photos in Lightroom Classic
    6. Color management
  8. Viewing photos
    1. View photos
    2. Browse and compare photos
    3. Set Library view options
    4. Share photos for comments and feedback
    5. Smart Previews
  9. Manage catalogs and files
    1. Lightroom Classic catalog FAQ
    2. How Lightroom Classic catalogs work
    3. Create and manage catalogs
    4. Back up a catalog
    5. Locate missing photos
    6. Create and manage folders
    7. Manage photos within folders
  10. Maps
    1. Work with the Map module
  11. Organize photos in Lightroom Classic
    1. Face recognition
    2. Work with photo collections
    3. Group photos into stacks
    4. Flag, label, and rate photos
    5. Use keywords
    6. Metadata basics and actions
    7. Find photos in the catalog
    8. Work with video in Lightroom Classic
    9. Advanced metadata actions
    10. Use the Quick Develop panel
  12. Process and develop photos
    1. Develop module basics
    2. Create panoramas and HDR panoramas
    3. Flat-Field Correction
    4. Correct distorted perspective in photos using Upright
    5. Improve image quality using Enhance
    6. Work with image tone and color
    7. Masking
    8. Apply local adjustments
    9. HDR photo merge
    10. Develop module options
    11. Retouch photos
    12. Cure red eye and pet eye effects
    13. Use the Radial Filter tool
    14. Use the enhanced Spot Removal tool
  13. Export photos
    1. Export files to disk or CD
    2. Export photos from Lightroom Classic
    3. Publish photos online
    4. Export to hard drive using publish services
    5. Presets for export, and other settings
  14. Work with external editors
    1. External Editing preferences
    2. Open and edit Lightroom Classic photos in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements
  15. Slideshows
    1. Create slideshows
    2. Slideshow module panels and tools
    3. Specify the slide layout
    4. Add overlays to slides
    5. Play and export slideshows
  16. Print photos
    1. Print module basics
    2. Print module layouts and templates
    3. Work with print job options and settings
  17. Photo books
    1. Create photo books
  18. Web galleries
    1. Create web galleries
    2. Use the Web module panels and tools
    3. Work with web gallery layouts
    4. Work with web gallery templates and settings
    5. Preview, export, and upload web photo galleries
  19. Keyboard shortcuts
    1. Keyboard shortcuts
  20. Troubleshooting 
    1. Fixed Issues
    2. Known Issues

Video: Advanced video slideshows

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Set slide and transition duration

The playback settings don’t apply to exported PDF slideshows. The slide duration and fade transition are fixed in PDF slideshows.

  • In the Playback panel of the Slideshow module, make sure that Slide Duration is selected. Then, adjust the sliders or enter a value for the following options:

    Slide Length

    Sets the time (in seconds) that each photo is displayed.

    Crossfades

    Sets the time (in seconds) of the fade transition between slides.

  • To create a transitional fade to a solid color between slides, select the Fades Color option, and then click the color box and choose a color from the pop-up window.

Add beginning and ending slides

You can add a solid-colored slide at the beginning and end of your slide show for a gradual transition into and out of the presentation. You can display your identity plate on these slides.

  1. In the Titles panel of the Slideshow module, select the Intro Screen and Ending Screen options.

  2. For each type of slide, specify the following options:

    • Click the color box to specify a slide color from the pop-up window.

    • Select Add Identity Plate to display your identity plate on the slide. By default, the identity plate is white.

    • To change the color of the identity plate, select Override Color and then click the color box and choose a new color from the pop-up window.

    • To adjust the size of the identity plate, drag the Scale slider or type in a value.

Play music with a slideshow

Lightroom Classic can play any .mp3, .m4a, or .m4b music file as a soundtrack to a slideshow. Music plays as the slideshow is viewed from within Lightroom Classic or exported as a video. Music does not play in exported PDF slideshows.

  1. In the Music panel of the Slideshow module, click Add Music and then navigate to the music file you want to use.

  2. You can now add up to 10 music tracks to slideshows. The tracks play sequentially in the order that you choose. You can add, reorder, or remove the tracks in the Music panel.

  3. (Optional) Click Fit To Music in the Playback panel to adjust the duration of the slideshow to the length of the audio track.

  4. (Optional) Click Sync Slide to Music in the Playback panel to automatically synchronize slide transitions to music.

    Lightroom Classic CC Selecting the Sync Slides to Music checkbox

Randomize the slide order

Selecting Random Order plays your slides in random order when you play the slideshow in Lightroom Classic or export to video.

  1. In the Playback panel of the Slideshow module, select Random Order.
Note:

Deselecting this option restores the slides to the original order visible in the Filmstrip at the bottom. To change the order of your photos when you play the slideshow manually, simply drag and arrange your photos within the Filmstrip.  

Preview a slide show

You can preview a slideshow as you build it in the Slide Editor view.

  1. Use the controls in the toolbar to stop , display the previous slide , display the next slide , or play/pause  the slideshow.

  2. Use the quality option in Playback panel to set the quality of the preview. Draft is the fastest preview but lowest quality whereas high is the slowest preview but high quality.

    Note:

    The quality option is only used for preview inside of Lightroom Classic and is not a part of export settings.

Play a slideshow

You can play a slideshow from within Lightroom Classic. When you play it, the presentation fills the computer screen.

  1. Click Play at the bottom of the right panel in the Slideshow module.

  2. Override the playback settings using the following keys.

    Right Arrow

    Advances to the next slide.

    Left Arrow

    Moves back one slide.

    Spacebar

    Pauses or resumes playback.

    Escape

    Ends the slide show.

  3. To have your slideshow play back continually, select Repeat in the Playback panel.

  4. You can now set a preference for the extent of movement that you'd like with the Pan And Zoom slider. Setting this preference to Low causes minimal panning and zooming.

    Lightroom Classic CC Preference for the Pan And Zoom slider
    Preference for the Pan And Zoom slider

Play an impromptu slideshow

An impromptu slideshow is a full-screen slide show you can quickly play from any Lightroom Classic module. The impromptu slideshow uses the current template and settings in the Slideshow module.

  1. In any module, display the photos you want to show in the Filmstrip.

    If you want to show some but not all photos in the Filmstrip, select the photos you want.

  2. Press Ctrl-Enter (Windows) or Command-Return (Mac OS) to start the impromptu slideshow.

    Note:

    You can also play an impromptu slideshow by choosing Window > Impromptu Slideshow from the main menu in Lightroom Classic.

  3. Override the current Duration settings by using the following keys:

    Right Arrow

    Advances to the next slide.

    Left Arrow

    Moves back one slide.

    Spacebar

    Pauses and resumes play of the slideshow.

    Escape

    Ends the slideshow.

Export a slideshow

Export a slideshow as PDF

You can export a slideshow as a PDF file so that you can view it on other computers. PDF slideshow transitions work when viewed using Adobe Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader. Exported PDF slideshows don’t include music, randomized images, or the duration settings you specify in Lightroom Classic.

  1. In the Slideshow module, click Export PDF on the lower left.

  2. In the Export Slideshow To PDF dialog box, type a name for the slideshow in the File Name (Windows) or Save As (Mac OS) box.

  3. Navigate to and select a location to save the PDF file.

  4. Set the following options:

    Quality

    Renders each slide at a specified JPEG quality setting. Lower quality slides yield a smaller slide show file size. Drag the Quality slider or enter a numeric value from 0 to 100 (with 100 representing the highest quality, and 0 representing the lowest).

    Note: Photos are embedded with sRGB profiles.

    Width and Height

    Specify the pixel dimensions for the slideshow. Lightroom Classic resizes the slides to fit within the dimensions without cropping or changing the slide’s aspect ratio. The pixel dimensions of your computer display are the default size.

    Common Sizes

    Specifies common dimensions for a slideshow, such as 640 x 480, and enters those values in the Width and Height fields. Screen applies the dimensions of your display.

    Automatically Show Full Screen

    Displays slides at the full size of the screen that the slideshow is displayed on. The full-screen option works when the slideshow is played in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat.

  5. Click Save (Windows) or Export (Mac OS).

Export a slideshow as JPEGs

You can export a slideshow as a series of JPEG files that you can share with clients or other people. Each JPEG file includes the slide’s layout, background, and cell options. No transitions or playback options are exported.

  1. In the Slideshow module, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and then click the Export JPEG button on the lower left.

  2. In the Export Slideshow To JPEGs dialog box, type a name for the slideshow in the File Name (Windows) or Save As (Mac OS) box. The name is used for a folder that contains the JPEG images. The JPEG images use the filename you specify plus a sequence number and the .jpeg filename extension.

  3. Navigate to and select a location to save the folder that contains the JPEG images.
  4. Set the following options:

    Quality

    Renders each JPEG at a specified quality setting. Lower-quality images yields a smaller file size. Drag the Quality slider or enter a numeric value from 0 to 100 (with 100 representing the highest quality, and 0 representing the lowest).

    Note: Photos are embedded with sRGB profiles.

    Width and Height

    Specifies the pixel dimensions for the exported JPEG files. Lightroom Classic resizes the slides to fit within the dimensions without cropping or changing the slides’ aspect ratio. The pixel dimensions of your computer display are the default size.

    Common Sizes

    Specifies common dimensions for the files, such as 640 x 480, and enters those values in the Width and Height fields. Screen applies the dimensions of your display.

  5. Click Save (Windows) or Export (Mac OS).

Export a slideshow as video

You can export a slideshow as a video file that you can watch on other computers. Lightroom Classic saves video slideshows as H.264 MPEG-4 files complete with slide layout, soundtrack, and other playback options. The exported video is compatible with Adobe Media Player, Apple Quicktime, and Windows Media Player 12.

  1. In the Slideshow module, click Export Video on the lower left.
  2. In the Export Slideshow To Video dialog box, enter a filename and choose where you want to save the video.
  3. Choose a Video Preset to determine pixel size and frame rate. Use the guidelines in the dialog box to help you choose.

    480 X 270 (16:9)

    Optimized for Android and iOS mobile devices.

    640 X 480 (4:3)

    Optimized for small handheld devices and web.

    720p (16:9)

    Optimized for online sharing on social media platforms such as Youtube, Facebook, etc.

    1080p (16:9)

    Optimized for high quality HD video.

  4. Click Save (Windows) or Export (Mac OS).

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