Recapitulating the Lightroom Classic modules

Let's start with the Library module.

The Library module

We explored the Library module in Chapter 3, Tools Available within the Library Module. This is where we manage our photographs. It's where each project begins and ends. We start by importing new images into Lightroom, deciding where they will be saved, and whether we want to apply any default keywords or Develop settings. We can even do a preliminary edit, picking images for import with "P" and rejecting them, and unselecting with "X". Once our new photos are imported, we can then view them as a grid ("G") or singular photo ("E"). I always call this part editing, but other photographers might call it culling or selecting. For me, personally, culling is a derogatory term in this case, and selecting describes only part of the process, and so I call it editing. We can create our edit, which we will later develop in a couple of...