Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is aimed at both professionals and photography enthusiasts. Our tips will help you master some of the key modules.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (available on Windows and iOs) makes post-production work on photos easy, from importing images to publishing. Faced with the many tools that this software presents, how to start learning? Here we show you the various ways to import your photos and how to perform multiple image selection. You will also learn how to rotate your photos and how to crop them.
1. Import your photos from files on your computer
To open the import window, as soon as Lightroom is open, you can either click Import in Library; either go to File then click on Import photos and videos.


In the column on the left of the window, you can see your files. Select your folders including your photos. If you are unable to see them, click Include subfolders. You should see all of your photos appear in the central rectangle.
At the top of the import window you can choose to copy your photos in DNG format by clicking on Copy as DNG. Clicking on To copy you can copy your photos to the folder of your choice. If you select To move, your photos will be placed in the chosen folder and will no longer be in the original file. Clicking on Add, photos are not removed from their original location.
Choose the photos you want to import then click on Import.

2. Import your photos from your camera
Connect your camera to your computer using a USB cable or insert your camera’s card into the reader provided for this purpose. Once your device is connected, the import window appears. If the latter does not appear, go to File then click on Import photos and videos.

On the left side of your screen, choose the camera card you want to use to import your images. Then click on To copy at the top of your screen. You can choose to either copy your selected photos to the folder of your choice; or to copy them in DNG format.
By default all your photos are selected (this is indicated by the checked box). Deselect the photos you don’t want to import by unchecking the box in the upper left corner of each photo. Click on Import at the bottom right of the import window.

3. Connected mode: import your photos remotely
You can import your photos without using your camera card or capture software, thanks to connected mode. After connecting your camera to your computer, click File, then on Capture in online mode and choose Start capturing in online mode.

When the settings window appears, enter your various settings. First name your session. Then define how you want to name your photos in the section Denomination. You can choose the location in the section Destination. You can also specify other information, in particular by adding keywords. Once you have made your settings, click on OK.

A bar appears and allows you to import your photos remotely.

4. Select multiple photos
Whether you are in grid view or in the Filmstrip, you can choose a photo by clicking on the thumbnail of the photo in question. If you want to select several photos that are not located side by side, click on a photo then on the following photos while holding down the key. Ctrl under Windows or Ordered on Mac.
If you want to choose a photo and all the following photos after this one, click on the photo concerned and then hold down the key. Shift. If you want to select all the photos go to Editing, then click Select all or hold down the keys Ctrl and TO under Windows or the key Ordered on Mac.
When you select multiple photos, the first photo you chose represents the active photo with a light gray background. In Grid mode, retouching is performed on all the images you have chosen.

5. Rotate your images
Click on Development then on the dotted square icon on the right of the screen.

By hovering your mouse cursor over one of the corners of your photo, it turns into a double arrow. Next, click on the photo while holding down the mouse click, then rotate the photo to the desired angle. Release the click as soon as you have achieved the desired result.

If you wish to cancel this operation and find the original photo, click on Reset located at the bottom right.

6. Crop your photos
Go to Development at the top of your window, and click on the dotted square symbol.

Click one of the corners of your image, then drag the angle of your photo to change its dimensions. By holding down the Shift, you can change the aspect ratio. Then release the mouse click. By going to the drop-down menu Aspect, you can choose from different predefined ratios or customize your aspect ratio.

If you want to crop your image again, click on the lock to the right of the section Aspect.

To go further, discover all of the Adobe solutions dedicated to photography.