Adobe LightRoom

Session Topics

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Introduction to Lightroom 

• Why use Lightroom 

• Adjustment Brush 

• Collections 

• Photography workflow (Lightroom, Bridge and Photoshop) 

• Getting to know the work area - Modules Basic shortcuts for manipulating workspace 

• Customising Lightroom workspace 

• (identity plate, preferences) 

 

Importing and sorting photographs 

• File formats supported (Intro to DNG) 

• Importing Preferences 

• Importing images from memory card, folder and external hard drive 

• Organsiing folders/using multiple hard drives

• Exporting photos from Lightroom 

 

Moving around Library Module Navigator

• View modes 

• Comparing Images 

• Working with Folders and Catalogs - creating, backing up, exporting and importing 

• Working on Images - basics 

• Quick develop adjustments 

• Adjusting White Balance Temperature, tint and tone control 

 

Organising Images

• Star rating 

• Quick Collections 

• Smart Collections 

• Stacking 

• Renaming

 

Working with Metadata 

• Keywording images 

• Grouping keywords into sets 

• Synchronising keywords 

• Filtering 

 

Exporting Images 

• Export image settings 

• Editing images in an external application 

• (Photoshop) 

• Exporting images to Photoshop as Smart Objects and creating panoramas

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Develop Module 

• Using Pre-sets 

• Using Histogram the right way 

• Adjusting white balance and tone 

• Cropping and straightening images

• Removing dust and red eyes on images 

• Graduated filter 

• Adjustment brush - setting and use 

• Image adjustments using curves, HSL, Colour, Black and White 

 

Conversion 

• Using the Detail Panel to deal with Sharpening, Noise and Chromatic aberrations 

• Correcting vignetting

• Camera Calibration Panel 

 

Digital Photography Workflow 

• Adjustments using Develop Module 

• Slideshow Module 

• Creating slideshows using collections 

• Slideshow templates and quick slideshow 

• access 

• Customising templates and saving as presets 

• Exporting slideshows 

 

Print Module 

• Using and customising templates 

• Saving templates 

 

Web Module 

• Creating a Web Gallery (HTML, Flash) Customising a Web Gallery 

• Uploading files