Lightroom Secrets Revealed
Lightroom Secrets Revealed
Feb 13th 2010 9am-5pm
June 27th 2010 9am-5pm
Lightroom is one of the most intuitive programs for photographers to (i) import captured images, (ii) set up a Data Asset Management workflow (no more lost images), (iii) work on RAW and other image files to undertake global and local enhancements and (iv) export files for final adjustments (if required) into Photoshop. You will learn how to master all these steps.
I will also teach you how Lightroom can prepare images for photo-stitching and High Dynamic Range (HDR) composites for later work in Photoshop, and how you can undertake a range of special effects, e.g. preparing slideshows; setting up inkjet printing templates and preparing basic designs for your own website.
One of the desirable elements of Lightroom is that it works with tiny thumbnails of your RAW and Tiff files without touching your originals and you can have several different virtual versions of your images with no pixels being harmed or your hard drives clogged up with large image files. The ability to file, catalogue and search for images is worth the price of the software alone.
This workshop will release the awesome power of this amazing program and you will probably find you are spending less time in Photoshop as a result. The workshop will focus mainly on the library and develop modules in Lightroom as photographers will be concentrating most of their time on these.
RECOMMENDED FOR
This ‘hands-on’ workshop is suitable for photographers, who wish to ‘start from scratch ‘ and quickly reach a working proficiency in Lightroom. The workshop will also show you how to set up a proven system for cataloguing and searching your image files.
REQUIREMENTS
Participants will require a notebook and their personal laptop computer loaded with a recent version of Adobe Lightroom or a trial version. Participants may use PC or MAC computers as the techniques are similar. Hand outs will be provided for reference during the course and for revision afterwards. A CD containing the images to be used during the workshop will also be supplied. Participants can therefore follow the techniques and skills demonstrated step by step.
PARTICIPANT NUMBERS
A minimum of 8 participants is required to run the workshop.
TIMES
Start 9.00 am and finish 5.00 pm
VENUE
The venue is normally Wollaston College Conference Centre, Wollaston Road, Mount Claremont but may change depending on participant numbers. People enrolled will be informed of any venue change ahead of time.
COST
$289.00 inclusive of 7 hours tuition, GST, all day tea and coffee, lunch, handouts and working CD.
Enrolment
Choose your course date and pay the course fee – you may pay using Visa or MasterCard, and if you have a PayPal account you can pay from your linked bank account.
| 13 Feb 2010 | 27 June 2010 |
WORKSHOP OUTLINE
- What Lightroom does and how it compliments Photoshop.
- Understanding how to set up a Pro workflow in the field and at home with Lightroom
- The Lightroom interface and four main modules
- Setting up Lightroom and useful keyboard shortcuts
- Importing images from the camera and the advantages of DNG RAW files
- How to export images for maximum flexibility
- Setting up a Digital Asset Management system to manage files. The power of using keywords
- Searching for images by using the comprehensive attribute search systems including flagged images, camera and lenses used, words etc
- Collections for convenience
- The Develop module with its vast number of tools for RAW image adjustments.
- Creating virtual copies for a myriad of image styles. Using presets.
- Understanding and using the powerful tools for local and global image changes including the gradient tool, adjustment brush and post crop vignetting.
- The useful clone, heal and Targeted Adjustment Tools
- Using Lightroom for stunning black and white and toned images
- Hand tinting effects
- Illustrative edge effects
- Techniques for powerful landscapes
- Techniques for striking portraits
- Noise reduction and sharpening an image
- Diffused glows and skin softening
- Photo stitching and HDR effects seamlessly with Lightroom and Photoshop
- Introduction to the slideshow module
Brochure
Download the Brochure: Lightroom Revealed
