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Adobe Lightroom Training

Import, catalog, rank and enhance your photos, then edit and export them like a pro.

  • Import and organize your library
  • Edit and enhance photos
  • Keywords, ratings and collections
  • Export like a pro

What is Adobe Lightroom?

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Adobe Lightroom Classes, Prices & Dates

Introduction

Lightroom | Level 1

Import, review, organize, select, develop and edit your photos.

$495per student1 Day | 6 hoursRegister
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Introduction to Lightroom

  • What is Lightroom?
  • Importing your images
  • About catalog files
  • Managing photos in a library
  • Non-destructive editing
  • The Lightroom workspace
  • The top panel
  • The work area
  • The left and right panel groups
  • The Toolbar
  • The Filmstrip

Photoshop Lightroom Workspace

  • Customizing the workspace
  • The Lightroom modules
  • The Library module
  • The Develop module
  • The Map module
  • The Book module
  • The Slideshow module
  • The Print module
  • The Web module
  • The Lightroom workflow
  • Importing photos
  • Reviewing and organizing
  • About keyword tags
  • Working in slideshow mode
  • Creating a collection
  • Rearranging and deleting images in a collection
  • Comparing photos side by side
  • Comparing several photos
  • Developing and editing
  • Using Quick Develop in the Library module
  • Working in the Develop module
  • Straightening and cropping an image
  • Adjusting lighting and tonal balance
  • Correcting lens distortion
  • Editing in another application
  • Sharing your work by e-mail
  • Getting help
  • Navigating Help in the application
  • Accessing Help and Support on the Web

Introducing the Workspace

  • Importing images into the library
  • Toggling screen modes
  • Adjusting the workspace layout
  • Working with the application window on Windows
  • Working with the application window on Mac OS
  • Using a secondary display
  • Resizing panels
  • Showing and hiding panels
  • Working with the left and right panel groups
  • Expanding and collapsing panels
  • Hiding and showing panels
  • Customizing the appearance of the panel groups
  • Working with the main display area
  • View modes
  • Grid and Loupe view options
  • Dimming lights
  • Personalizing the identity plate
  • Keyboard shortcuts

Importing

  • The import process
  • Importing photos from a digital camera
  • Organizing your copied photos in folders
  • About file formats
  • Creating import presets
  • Backup strategies
  • Renaming files as they are imported
  • Importing images from a hard disk
  • Applying metadata
  • Importing via drag and drop
  • Evaluating photos before importing
  • Importing and viewing video
  • Importing to a specific folder
  • Importing from other catalogs
  • Importing photos from Photoshop Elements
  • Importing from a watched folder
  • Specifying initial previews when importing
  • Tethered shooting
  • Tethered shooting with a supported camera
  • Tethered shooting with other cameras

Reviewing

  • Importing images into the library
  • Viewing and managing your images
  • Switching views
  • The Grid view
  • View options for the Grid view
  • Zooming with the Navigator in Loupe view
  • Comparing photos
  • Using Survey view to narrow a selection
  • Flagging and deleting images
  • Grouping images in the Quick Collection
  • Moving images into or out of the Quick Collection
  • Converting and clearing the Quick Collection
  • Designating a target collection
  • Working with the Filmstrip
  • Hiding the Filmstrip and adjusting its size
  • Using filters in the Filmstrip
  • Changing the sorting order of the thumbnails

Organizing and Selecting

  • Importing images into the library
  • Organizing folders
  • Creating subfolders
  • Making changes to a folder’s content
  • Synchronizing folders
  • Using collections to organize images
  • The Quick Collection
  • Collections
  • Smart collections
  • Stacking images
  • Applying keyword tags
  • Viewing keyword tags
  • Adding keyword tags
  • Working with keyword sets and nesting keywords
  • Searching by keywords
  • Using flags and ratings
  • Flagging images
  • Assigning ratings
  • Working with color labels
  • Adding metadata
  • Storage of metadata
  • Organizing photos by location
  • Working in the Map module
  • Geotagging images captured without GPS data
  • Adding locations using GPS tracklogs
  • Saving map locations
  • Using the Painter tool
  • Finding and filtering files
  • Using the Filter bar to find photos
  • Using the Metadata filter
  • Using the filters in the Filmstrip
  • Reconnecting missing files and folders

Developing and Editing

  • Importing images into the library
  • Quick developing in the Library module
  • Quick and easy video editing
  • Trimming video clips
  • Setting video thumbnails and grabbing still frames
  • Applying develop presets to videos
  • About process versions
  • Updating the process version
  • About white balance
  • The Develop module
  • Cropping and rotating images
  • Removing spots
  • Adjusting a photo’s tonal range
  • Undoing, redoing, and remembering changes
  • The History panel
  • Creating snapshots

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