Session Topics
Introduction to Lightroom
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Why use Lightroom
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Adjustment Brush
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Collections
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Photography workflow (Lightroom, Bridge and Photoshop)
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Getting to know the work area - Modules Basic shortcuts for manipulating workspace
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Customising Lightroom workspace
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(identity plate, preferences)
Importing and sorting photographs
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File formats supported (Intro to DNG)
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Importing Preferences
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Importing images from memory card, folder and external hard drive
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Organsiing folders/using multiple hard drives
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Exporting photos from Lightroom
Moving around Library Module Navigator
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View modes
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Comparing Images
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Working with Folders and Catalogs - creating, backing up, exporting and importing
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Working on Images - basics
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Quick develop adjustments
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Adjusting White Balance Temperature, tint and tone control
Organising Images
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Star rating
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Quick Collections
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Smart Collections
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Stacking
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Renaming
Working with Metadata
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Keywording images
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Grouping keywords into sets
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Synchronising keywords
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Filtering
Exporting Images
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Export image settings
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Editing images in an external application
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(Photoshop)
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Exporting images to Photoshop as Smart Objects and creating panoramas
Develop Module
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Using Pre-sets
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Using Histogram the right way
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Adjusting white balance and tone
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Cropping and straightening images
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Removing dust and red eyes on images
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Graduated filter
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Adjustment brush - setting and use
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Image adjustments using curves, HSL, Colour, Black and White
Conversion
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Using the Detail Panel to deal with Sharpening, Noise and Chromatic aberrations
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Correcting vignetting
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Camera Calibration Panel
Digital Photography Workflow
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Adjustments using Develop Module
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Slideshow Module
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Creating slideshows using collections
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Slideshow templates and quick slideshow
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access
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Customising templates and saving as presets
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Exporting slideshows
Print Module
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Using and customising templates
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Saving templates
Web Module
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Creating a Web Gallery (HTML, Flash) Customising a Web Gallery
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Uploading files