Adobe Lightroom Classic

Goals

Learning how to archive images and footage, how to search and filter. Enhancing pictures with adjustments and spot corrections. Creating exports at a certain size with watermarks.

Prerequisite

Knowledge of the Mac or Windows work environment.

Contents

Introduction

• Understanding how works Lightroom Classic CC
• About collections
• Non-destructive modification
• Lightroom workflow

The Lightroom interface

• The Lightroom workspace
• Working with panels
• Using the artboard and the modules
• Personalizing the workspace

Collections

• Creating a collection
• Arranging and deleting pictures from a collection
• Comparing pictures side-by-side
• Comparing multiples pictures
• Developing and editing
• Using Quick Develop in the Library panel
• Working with the Develop module
• Crop and Straighten a picture
• Adjusting the luminosity and color balance
• Creating and effect with the gradient filters
• Editing in another program

Import

• The import process
• Importing images from a digital camera
• Organizing the copied pictures in collections
• About file formats
• Creating import presets
• Renaming pictures at import
• Importing pictures from a hard-disk
• Metadata setup
• Import with drag ‘n drop

Views

• Showing and managing pictures
• Flag and delete pictures
• Grouping pictures into Quick Collections
• Placing and extracting pictures from Quick Collections
• Converting and deleting Quick Collections
• Deciding a destination Collection
• Using the filmstrip
• Hiding and resizing the Filmstrip
• Using filters in the filmstrip
• Changing the order, the sorting of thumbnails

Selecting and organizing

• Organizing folders
• Creating sub-folders
• Making content changes in a folder
• Using Collections to categorize pictures
• Quick Collections
• Collections
• Smart Collections
• Stacking images
• Using keywords
• Showing keywords
• Adding keywords
• Using flags and notes
• Using color labels
• Adding metadata
• Saving metadata
• Organize pictures by location
• Working in the Map module
• Using a filter on metadata
• Using a filter in the filmstrip

Developing and editing

• Quick develop in the Library module
• Simple and quick video editing
• Shorten video clips
• Previewing in a nutshell
• Understanding current versions
• Updating the current version
• About the white balance
• The Develop module
• Crop and straighten pictures
• Erasing unwanted items
• Spot corrections on points, spots
• Correcting the color balance and the hue width
• Undo, redo and showing steps
• The history panel
• Working with the hue control
• Adjusting contrast with the curve
• Making localized changes
• Using the gradient filter tool
• Using the adjustment brush tool
• Making adjustments of distinct colors
• Understanding hue, saturation and brightness
• Adjusting colors in a selective way
• Converting a picture to black and white
• Removing artifacts generated by the camera
• Correcting the lens distortion
• Automatically correcting the perspective
• Detail sharpening and noise reduction
• Adding effects

Creating a photo album

• Assembling pictures in a book
• Working with the book module
• Setting up a book

Creating a slideshow

• Assembling pictures for a slideshow
• Working with the slideshow module
• Choosing a slideshow template
• Choosing the page setup
• Adding a background
• Exporting the slideshow

Printing pictures

• About the printing module in Lightroom
• Choosing the printer and paper size
• Arranging pictures in the page setup
• Creating a border or frame for the pictures

Making backups and export pictures

• Prevent data loss
• Backup the catalogue file
• Exporting metadata
• Backup the Library
• Exporting images in a new Catalog
• Exporting pictures
• Exporting JPEGs for use on screens
• Exporting PSD or TIFF files for further editing
• Exporting Originals or DNGs for archiving
• Using export presets
• Setting up post-production actions