Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC

Duration

3 days

Prerequisites

Before starting on the lessons make sure that your system is set up correctly and that you’ve installed the required software and hardware.

Requirements on your computer

You’ll need about 500 MB of free space on your hard disk for the downloaded lesson files and the work files that you’ll create as you work through the exercises.

Required skills

The lessons in this book assume that you have a working knowledge of your computer and its operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and the standard menus and commands, and also how to open, save, and close files. Can you scroll (vertically and horizontally) within a window to see content that may not be visible in the displayed area? Do you know how to use context menus, which open when you right-click (Windows) / Control-click (Mac OS) items?

Course Outline

• A QUICK TOUR OF PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM
• Understanding how Lightroom works
• About catalog files
• Managing the photos in your catalog
• Managing files and folders
• Non-destructive editing
• Editing photos in another application
• The Lightroom workspace
• Customizing the workspace
• The Lightroom modules
• The Lightroom workflow
• Importing photos
• Reviewing and organizing
• About keywords
• Working in slideshow mode
• Creating a collection
• Rearranging and deleting images in a collection
• Comparing photos side by side
• 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
• Creating effects with the Radial Filter tool
• Sharing your work by e-mail
• Review
• BRINGING YOUR PHOTOS INTO LIGHTROOM
• 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 other applications
• Importing from a watched folder
• Specifying initial previews when importing
• Tethered shooting
• Working with the main display area
• Setting Grid and Loupe view options
• Review
• EXPLORING THE LIGHTROOM WORKSPACE
• Importing images into the library
• Viewing and managing your images
• Resizing panels
• Showing and hiding panels or panel groups
• Expanding and collapsing panels
• Hiding and showing panels
• Toggling screen modes
• Switching views
• Working in Loupe view
• Using the Loupe view overlays
• 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
• Using a secondary display
• Review
• PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASE: JOHN BATDORFF
• MANAGING YOUR PHOTO LIBRARY
• Organizing folders
• Synchronizing folders
• Using collections to organize images
• The Quick Collection
• Smart collections
• Getting started with Lightroom mobile
• Stacking images
• Applying keyword tags
• Searching by keywords
• Using flags and ratings
• Working with color labels
• Adding metadata
• Storage of metadata
• Tagging faces in the People view
• Working in the Map module
• Using the Painter tool
• Finding and filtering files
• Reconnecting missing files and folders
• Review
• PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASE: COLBY BROWN
• DEVELOPING BASICS
• Quick developing in the Library module
• Quick and easy video editing
• Previews in a nutshell
• Understanding process versions
• About white balance
• The Develop module
• Cropping and rotating images
• Removing unwanted objects
• Retouching spots
• Fixing flash effects in pets’ eyes
• Editing photos in Lightroom mobile
• Review
• PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASE: CHRIS ORWIG
• ADVANCED EDITING
• Correcting color balance and tonal range
• Undoing, redoing, and remembering changes
• Getting more from the Before & After view
• Working with the Tone controls
• Beyond the Basic panel
• Adjusting contrast using the tone curve
• Making local corrections
• Using the Graduated Filter tool
• Using the Adjustment Brush tool
• Making discrete color adjustments
• Adjusting colors selectively
• Converting an image to black and white
• Split toning
• Synchronizing settings
• Removing camera-generated image artifacts
• Correcting perspective effects automatically
• Sharpening detail and reducing noise
• Adding effects
• Creating your own developing presets
• Working with virtual copies
• Combining photos as a panorama
• Merging photos into an HDR image
• Review
• PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASE: CARSTEN SCHAEL
• CREATING A PHOTO BOOK
• Assembling photos for a book
• Working in the Book module
• Setting up a photo book
• Changing page layouts
• Adding page numbers to a photo book
• Placing photos in a book layout
• Changing the images in a photo book
• Working with photo cells
• Setting a page background
• Adding text to a photo book
• Saving and re-using custom book page layouts
• Creating a saved book
• Exporting a photo book
• Review
• PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASE: MICHAEL CLARK
• CREATING A SLIDESHOW
• Assembling photos for a slideshow
• Working in the Slideshow module
• Choosing a slideshow template
• Customizing your slideshow template
• Adjusting the slide layout
• Setting up the slide background
• Adjusting stroke borders and shadows
• Adding a text overlay
• Creating a Saved Slideshow
• Refining the content of a slideshow
• Adding sound and motion to your slideshow
• Saving a customized slideshow template
• Exporting a slideshow
• Playing an impromptu slideshow
• Review
• PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASE: NICOLE YOUNG
• PRINTING IMAGES
• About the Lightroom Print module
• Selecting a print template
• Specifying the printer and paper size
• Customizing print templates
• Rearranging the photos in a print layout
• Creating stroke and photo borders
• Using the Rotate To Fit option
• Customizing your identity plate
• Printing captions and metadata information
• Saving your customized print template
• Creating a Custom Package print layout
• Changing the page background color
• Soft proofing photos before printing
• Configuring the output settings
• Using color management
• Tweaking printed color manually
• Saving print settings as an output collection
• Printing your job
• Review
• PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASE: SETH RESNICK
• PUBLISHING YOUR PHOTOS
• Publishing photos from the Library
• Publishing photos to Flickr
• Publishing photo comments
• Republishing a photo
• Sharing images to Facebook
• Sharing work in progress on Behance
• Publishing photos to your hard disk
• Sharing from Lightroom mobile
• The Lightroom Web module
• Assembling photos for an online gallery
• Choosing a template in the Web module
• Customizing your web gallery
• Working with identity plates
• Working with Site Info text
• Changing colors
• Adding information about your photos
• Specifying output settings
• Watermarking images
• Previewing the gallery
• Saving your custom template
• Creating a Saved Web Gallery
• Exporting your gallery
• Uploading your gallery to a web server
• Review
• MAKING BACKUPS AND EXPORTING PHOTOS
• Preventing data loss
• Backing up the catalog file
• Exporting metadata
• Backing up the library
• Doing incremental backups
• Exporting photos
• Exporting JPEG files for on-screen viewing
• Using export plug-ins
• Exporting as PSD or TIFF for further editing
• Exporting as Original or DNG for archiving
• Using export presets
• Setting up post-processing actions
• Creating user presets
• Review

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.