Creating Your Own PhotoBook in Lightroom 4

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Scott Kelby takes viewers through the process of designing a photobook using Lightroom 4′s new Book Module. These lessons cover everything from picking which shots to include, to choosing a layout, placing photos in that layout, adding captions and other type, and finally, submitting the finished product to Blurb for printing. Using these built-in tools, photographers can use Lightroom 4 to create a presentation of their work to be shared, sold, or gifted to friends and family. Follow along with these lessons and see how easy it is to design your own photobook using Lightroom 4.

Overview (09:35) Scott talks about what he will be covering in the course and how to prepare for making your photobook by selecting and editing the images you will use.
The Book Module (10:40) When selecting which photos to use, it is important to choose ones that help tell your story. Learn about initial settings for your photobook like size, paper type, and cover style.
Placing Photos (16:01) This lesson deals with placing images into the book layout, creating a book cover, adding pages with the page panel, and how to design a 2-page spread.
Using Auto Layout (13:41) Lightroom has some automated functions that can speed up the design process.
Adding Type (10:01) Choose fonts, size, color, opacity, and text styling. Also learn how to use guides to visualize your layout.
Customize Auto Layout (07:19) Create and use custom presets to style your photobook as you like it.
Captions and Backgrounds (03:46) Scott shows viewers how to add page captions, photo captions, and how to use a photo as a background image.
Page Layout Freedom (08:21) Use Lightroom's print module to create a custom page. Then save it and import it into your photobook.
Submit to Blurb (04:37) Be sure to double check your work and when you are ready, send the whole packet to blurb for printing. Blurb will also allow you to create a PDF version and an ebook.

Course Time: 01 Hours 24 Minutes

F. Tychuaco

Apr 5 2013

Excellent tutorial. The enthusiasm is contagious. I'm doing my photobook as I am watching this.
G. Pavelich

Mar 8 2013

Thankyou Scott for an excellant tutorial. Just what I needed to take a serious stab at creating my first book.
B. Kohl

Feb 28 2013

I just watched the blurb webinar on building your photo book with Lightroom 4 and it was a graphic comparison showing the excellence of the Kelby Training course Scott does! Scott, your visual examples are excellent, your explanations ROCK, the options you show take it over the top! Many thanks for your expertise and details!
A. Wilson

Feb 28 2013

I've been thinking about creating my own book for a while, but I've never seen any other method as flexible and as fun as this. I am a Lightroom user and love the program, so it makes sense. Scott Kelby's presentation was so inspiring, I can't wait to start!
A. Sparkman

Jan 9 2013

Kelly is an excellent instructor and I have enjoyed his class. It was very informative and to the point. Thanks this is the type of information I have been looking for... Two Thumbs Up.........
G. Mes

Jan 6 2013

Great course! Went directly hands-on.
K. Fister

Jan 3 2013

This was very helpful, thanks so much!
C. Alexander

Dec 31 2012

Thanks so much, Scott for the awesome video on building a photo book in Lightroom.
C. Edwards

Dec 23 2012

Excellent job of explaining everything! Thank you! Candice Edwards
J. Dabarno

Dec 18 2012

This was a great course on using the book module, I wish it was out before I did mine. I just received the book this week and as you said Scott, I was blown away by the quality of the book and also by the service. Once the book shipped I had it in 4 days, with a weekend in between, I was very impressed with the quality of the paper. Thanks for your great training courses.
T. Phillips

Dec 18 2012

So cool! Great class. Learned so much. Can't wait to get started. Thanks for offering this class.

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