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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (Part 2 – Next Steps)

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Lightroom Course Description

Photrain - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Part 2 Next StepsOur “Adobe Photoshop Lightroom – Part 2 Next Steps” course is aimed at those who are familiar with the basic operation of Lightroom and wish to gain a deeper understanding of some of the more advanced facilities and functions available within the Lightroom software package.

Lightroom has evolved into the defacto standard for professionals and amateurs alike, to help them manage their photographic library, perform a growing range of photo editing tasks and to publish their work. Lightroom has become the central place for many photographers to manage their workflow, from capture and organisation to editing and publishing.

This Lightroom course currently covers both version 3.x and 4.x, making it suitable for the vast majority of existing and potential Lightroom users. We will provide an insight into how you can make the most of the Lightroom package, offering lots of practical examples and shortcuts, explaining the various configuration options available.

During the course we look at ways to use Lightroom to speed up your photographic workflow, advanced organisation and searching of catalogues, tethered shooting, we’ll take a deeper look at the develop module, and mechanisms to publish your photographs in more detail to give you the confidence to return home and utilise more of the capability of the Lightroom package.

What will you learn on this Lightroom course?

During this half day course, we will cover the following topics:

Recap of “Adobe Photoshop Lightroom – Part 1 Getting Started”
The Library Module – part 2
Working with the various views
Managing metadata
Importing into Lightroom – part 2
Advanced import options
Automatic imports
Post import file handling
Organising your catalogue/s – part 2
The quick collection
Smart collections
The painter tool
Searching and Filtering – part 2
Searching metadata
Attribute filtering
The Develop Module – part 2
Tone curve controls
The HSL/Colour/B&W panel
Lens correction
Other advanced development controls
Using presets
What are presets?
How to create and manage your own
Importing third party presets
Editing in PhotoShop
Editing options
Making copies
Exporting
Export settings advanced
Watermarking images
Naming files
Printing Module – part 2
Print controls
Printing hints and tips
Slideshow and Web Modules – part 2
Slideshow options
Saving slideshows
Preparing for the web
Web output options
Tethered shooting
What is it and why use it?
Hints and tips

 

Who is this Lightroom course suitable for?

We’ve designed this course to be suitable for anyone already familiar with Lightroom who wishes to develop their skills and expertise further. It is the ideal follow on to our “Abobe Photoshop Lightroom – Part 1 Getting Started” course.

Pre-requisites for this course

The course is an ideal follow on to our “Adobe Photoshop Lightroom – Part 1 Getting Started” course or those that are already familiar with the topics covered there. A working knowledge of Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac based computers is recommended as we will not have sufficient time to cover the fundamental operation of these computer platforms.

Suggested follow on courses

Delegates who attend the “Next Steps” course, may wish to consider the following courses: