Prerequisite: Digital Photography Level 1 or Camera Basics, or equivalent. An intermediate level of computer skills is strongly suggested.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is an image management and organization application which offers viewing, editing, and data base management features. Lightroom’s user-friendly interface features numerous digital photography tools for photographers of all skill levels, from beginner to advanced.

Lightroom is a stand-alone program that can also work in conjunction with as well as complement all other programs in the Adobe Creative Suite. Lightroom offers an image filing system that can be customized to individual needs along with various tools for colour correction, retouching, cropping, web and print output, as well as slide show presentations. New AI features are increasing its power as powerful post production tool.

This course will introduce students to the Lightroom interface and its modules, focusing on how to import and organize, edit and output digital photos from camera capture to print and web presentation.

Platform: Mac

Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Duration: 21 hours

Content: Introduction

Lightroom Topics The Lightroom Interface

• Essential shortcuts
• Modifying interface preferences

The Library Module

• Importing Images – preferences, tethered capture
• Working with view modes – Navigating and zooming, comparing two images, surveying multiple images
• Introducing catalogs – Working with raw files in Lightroom
• Processing Images – Using Quick Develop, applying white balance and auto tone adjustments
• Organizing Images – Introducing flags, stars, and labels, using Quick and Smart collections, sorting images
• Working with Metadata – adding keywords, adding copyright metadata
• Finding and Sorting with Filters – Filtering your photos using the Metadata panel
• Exporting Images – Editing photos in Photoshop
• Publishing Services – Uploading photos to Flickr, Picasa, Facebook

The Develop Module

• Using the Develop module – presets, using the Histogram, creating virtual copies
• Introducing the Develop module tool strip – Understanding white balance and color temperature, using the tone and colour controls, cropping and straightening
• Retouching – spot removal tool, fixing red-eye, using the graduated filter, adjustment brush
• Converting to Black and White – Introducing black-and-white conversion, understanding split toning
• Fine tuning problematic images – Introducing noise reduction, image sharpening, removing chromatic aberration, using the Lens Correction controls
• Special Effects – adding film grain and colour effects

The Slideshow Module

• Creating and customizing Lightroom slideshows – Adding music, exporting slideshows to various formats

The Print Module

• Creating a collection of images to print – creating preset templates, customizing print layouts, creating a picture package

The Web Module

• Creating a collection of images for a web gallery – using and customizing web galleries, uploading a web gallery, online web gallery resources