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The Basics of Importing Files and Images into Lightroom 3

April 25, 2011 - Article by Pye

(The Lightroom video tutorial in this post is just under the introductory text below. The working files for this video can be found just above the video.)

Before we can work on our images in Adobe Lightroom 3, we need to first bring them into Lightroom. We are going to do this by importing our files into our catalog.

This video will start you on the importing process. In this video, we are first going to go over what types of files Lightroom supports. Then we will select our images from our exercise files and review a bit of the basic import dialog box functions, before covering all of the import settings in the next video.

Be sure to either have a set of your own working files ready, or download the working files below.

Enjoy!

Exercise File Download Links:

Note: These images have been provided to the SLR Lounge users curteousy of Lin and Jirsa Photography for educational purposes only. They may not be used in any other manner outside of these SLR Lounge learning videos without the express written consent of Lin and Jirsa Photography. Thank you.

Full RAW Exercise Files (265MB) – For faster connections. The full RAW files will allow you to follow the tutorials while achieving the exact same results as shown.
JPEG Exercise Files (24MB) – For slower connections. The JPEG files will allow you to follow the tutorials, although the results may vary due to not having the image details of the full RAW file.

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Post Production Pye
SLR Lounge Senior Editor
Partner ofLin and Jirsa Photography

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About Pye
Pye (AKA Post Production Pye) is a founder and the Managing Editor for SLR Lounge. Pye is also a Partner of Lin and Jirsa Photography, an Orange County based wedding, engagement and portrait photography studio. Connect with him on Google Plus
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  • Leedsfreespirit

    What a boring monotonous voice- no inflection or  pauses etc,  just a constant drone !!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/PyeJirsa Payam Jirsa

    Gotta love h8te mail

    Keep in mind to record these in a quiet environment, I can’t do it in our studio. So I have to record these from home at night while the fam is asleep. So I am trying to be quiet so not to wake anyone up. 

    It’s either that, or no absolutely free tutorials for you =)

  • tran

    i actually like these tutorials.  at least his voice is easy to understand and not annoying

  • Diego

    I also like those tutorials. I find that the voice is perfect… I understand everything and English is not my mother tongue

    Greetings from Colombia and thank you very much Pye!

  • Diego

    Pye, I have a question.

    Suppose I shot my photos in RAW + JPEG. Therefore I have the NEF files of my Nikon plus the JPEGS. When I import I see something like JPEG+NEF. So obviously Lightroom detected that I shoot both types of files and merged them into a “unique” photo. Is there any advantage if I use both types of files at the same time. Or should I just import the RAW files as you did in the video?

    Can you please say some words about that please?

    Thank you very much, and please keep doing these instructive videos (the best I have found on the internet)

    Diego

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