Adobe Lightroom for Photographers - Training Course
Duration: 18 hours
Teaching Methodology: Hands on
Course Schedule: Schedule
Fees $350
Course Mode: Blended Face-to-face or online via Zoom
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OBJECTIVES
The course teaches photographers how to use Adobe Lightroom to process their images.
DESCRIPTION
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a photo processor which allows you to view, organize and retouch large numbers of digital images. Lightroom's edits are non-destructive.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After a successful completion of the course, photographers will be able to:
- 1. Import and organize photos.
- 2. Edit and develop photos.
- 3. Adjust images and apply effects.
- 4. Fix common problems.
- 5. Export to Photoshop.
- 6. Create photo books.
- 7. Create slideshows.
- 8. Create layouts for the web and print.
Prequisites
- 1. Photoshop essentials course
- 2. Photography essentials course
COURSE CONTENTS
01 - IMPORTING
- GETTING YOUR PHOTO INTO LIGHTROOM
- Before You Do Anything
- Choose Where to Store Your Photo
- Now Choose Your Backup Strategy
- My Method for Getting Your Photos
- Organized Before You Get Into Lightroom
- Getting Photo from Your Camera Into Lightroom
- Using Lightroom with a Laptop?
- You’ll Love Smart Previews
- Save Time Importing Using Import Presets
- Importing Video from Your DSLR
- Go Straight from Your Camera, Right Into Lightroom
- Using Image Overlay to See if Your Images Fit Your Layout
- Creating Your Own Custom File Naming Templates
- Choosing Your Preferences For Importing Photos
- The Adobe DNG File Format Advantage
- Creating Your Own Custom Metadata Templates
- Four Things You’ll Want to Know Now About Getting Around Lightroom
- Viewing Your Imported Photos
- Using Lights Dim, Lights Out, And Other Viewing Modes
- Seeing a Real Full-Screen View
- Using Guides and the Resizable Grid Overlays
- Lightroom Killer Tips
02 - LIBRARY
- HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR PHOTO
- Explaining Shooting Modes
- Folders and Why I Don’t Mess with Them
- Sorting Your Photos Using Collections
- Organizing Multiple Shoots Using Collection Sets
- Using Smart Collections for Automatic Organization
- Keeping Things Tidy Using Stacks
- When to Use a Quick Collection Instead
- Using Target Collections
- Adding Specific Keywords for Advanced Searching
- Face Tagging to Find People Fast
- Renaming Photos Already in Lightroom
- Adding Copyright Info, Captions, And Other Metadata
- If Your Camera Supports GPS, Prepare to Amaze Your Friends
- Organizing Your Photos on a World May
- Finding Photos Fast!
- Creating and Using Multiple Catalogs
- Syncing Catalogs on Two Computers
- Backing Up Your Catalog
- Relinking Missing Photos
- Dealing with Disasters
- Lightoom Killer Tips
03 -CUSTOMIZING
- HOW TO SET THINGS UP YOUR WAY
- Choosing What Your See in Loupe View
- Choosing What you See in Grid View
- Make Working with Panels Faster & Easier
- Using Two Monitors with Lightroom
- Choosing What the Filmstrip Displays
- Adding Your Studio’s Name or Logo For a Custom Look
- Lightroom Killer Tips
04 - EDITING ESSENTIALS
- HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR PHOTOS
- Making Your RAW Photos Look More Like JPEG’s
- Setting the White Balance
- Setting Your White Balance Live While Shooting Tethered
- Seeing Befores and Afters
- My Editing Your Images Cheat Sheet
- Controlling Overall Brightness Using the Exposure Slider
- Automatically Matching Exposures
- 60 Seconds on the Histogram
- Auto Tone
- Dealing With Highlight Problems (Clipping)
- Opening Up the Shadows
- Setting Your White Point and Black Point
- Adding “Punch” to Your Images Using Clarity
- Making Your Colors More Vibrant
- Adding Contrast
- Applying Changes Made to One Photo To other Photos
- Auto Sync
- Using the Library Module’s Quick Develop Panel
- The “Previous” Button
- Putting It All Together
- Lightroom Killer Tips
05 - LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS
- HOW TO EDIT JUST PART OF YOUR IMAGES
- Dodging, Burning, and Adjusting Individual Areas of Your Photo
- Lightroom’s Adjustment Brush
- Selectively Fixing White Balance, Dark Shadows, and Noise Issues
- Retouching Portraits
- Fixing Skies (and Other Stuff) with A Gradient Filters
- Custom Vignettes & Spotlight Effects Using the Radial Filter
- Lightroom Killer Tips
06 - SPECIAL EFFECTS
- MAKING STUFF LOOK…WELL…SPECIAL!
- Virtual Copies-The “No Risk” Way To Experiment
- Two Really Handy Uses for RGB Curves
- Changing Individual Colors
- How to Add Vignette Effects
- Getting That Trendy High-Contrast Look
- Creating Black-and-White Images
- Getting Great Duotones (and Split Tones)
- Using One-Click Presets (and Making Your Own!)
- Stitching Panoramas Right In Lightroom
- Making Street & Cobblestones Look Wet
- Lightroom Killer Tips
07 - LIGHTROOM FOR MOBILE
- USING THE MOBILE APP
- Four Really Cool Things About Lightroom On Your Mobile Device
- Setting Up Lightroom on Your Mobile Device
- Getting Images Into Lightroom on Your Device
- Flagging, Rating, and Sorting Your Images
- Editing Your Images in Lightroom on Your Devices
- Cropping & Rotating
- Client Proofing Using Lightroom on Your Mobile Device
- Four Last Things You’ll Want to Know
08 - PROBLEM PHOTO
- FIXING COMMON PROBLEMS
- Fixing Backlit Photos
- Reducing Noise
- Undoing Changes Made in Lightroom
- Cropping Photos
- Lights Out Cropping Rocks!
- Straightening Crooked Photos
- Finding Sports and Specks the Easy Way
- Removing Stuff with the Spot Removal Tool
- Removing Red Eye
- Fixing Lens Distortion Problems
- Fixing Edge Vignetting
- Sharpening Your Photos
- Basic Camera Calibration in Lightroom
- Lightroom Killer Tips
09- EXPORTING IMAGES
- SAVING JPEGS, TIFFS, AND MORE
- Saving Your Photos as JPEGs
- Adding a Watermark to your Images
- Emailing Photos from Lightroom
- Exporting Your Original RAW Photo
- Publish Your Images with Just Two Clicks
- Lightroom Killer Tips
10 - JUMPING TO PHOTOSHOP
- HOW AND WHEN TO DO IT
- Choosing How Your Files Are Sent to Photoshop
- How to Jump Over to Photoshop, and How to Jump Back
- Adding Photoshop Automation to Your Lightroom Workflow
- Lightroom Killer Tips
11 - BOOK OF LOVE
- CREATING PHOTO BOOKS
- Before You Make Your First Book
- Building Your First Book from Scratch
- Adding Text and Captions to Your Photo Book
- Adding and Customizing Page Numbers
- Four Things You’ll Want to Know About Layout Templates
- Creating & Saving Your Own Custom Layouts
- Creating Cover Text
- Custom Template Workaround
- Lightroom Killer Tips
12 - SLIDESHOW
- CREATING PRESENTATIONS OF YOUR WORK
- Creating a Quick, Basic Slide Show
- Customizing the Look of Your Slide Show
- Adding Video to Your Slide Show
- Getting Creative with Photo Backgrounds
- Working with Drop Shadows and Strokes
- Adding Additional Lines and Text And Watermarking
- Adding Opening and Closing Title Slides
- Adding Background Music
- Choosing Your Slide Duration and Fade Length
- Sharing Your Slide Show
- Lightroom Killer Tips
13 - THE BIG PRINT
- PRINTING YOUR PHOTO
- Printing Individual Photos
- Creating Multi-Photo Contact Sheets
- Creating Custom Layouts Any Way You Want Them
- Adding Text to Your Print Layouts
- Printing Multiple Photo on One Page
- Saving Your Custom Layouts as Templates
- Having Lightroom Remember Your Printing Layouts
- Creating Backscreened Prints
- The Final and Color Management Settings
- Saving Your Page Layout as a JPEG
- Adding Custom Borders to Your Prints
- Lightroom Killer Tips
14 - THE LAYOUT
- CREATING COOL LAYOUTS FOR WEB & PRINT
- Here Are Some of My Layouts For Your to Use
15 - THE LAYOUT
- CREATING COOL LAYOUTS FOR WEB & PRINT
- Here Are Some of My Layouts For Your to Use
16 - MY PORTRAIT WORKFLOW
- MY STEP-BYSTEP PROCESS FROM THE SHOOT
- TO THE FINAL PRINT
- Workflow Step One: It All Starts With the Shoot
- Workflow Step Two: Right After the Shoot
- If I Didn’t Shoot Tethered, Here’s Importing From a Memory Card
- Workflow Step Three: Finding Your Picks & Making a Collection
- Workflow Step Four: A Quick Retouch for Your Selects
- Workflow Step Five: Emailing Your Clients the Proofs
- Workflow Step Six: Making the Final Tweaks & Working with Photoshop
- Workflow Step Seven: Delivering the Finished Image(s)
- 10 Important Bits of Advice for New Lightroom Users