Overview
Importing, organising, processing and exporting. These are the basic skills you'll need to start to get the best out of Lightroom Classic.
While each of the above can be quite complex, we've distilled the basics into easily understandable portions of a basic efficient workflow. We can cover this in one 3-hour session.
3 Hour Beginner Session Topics
You can learn all this and more.
Simple Screen Calibration
Lightroom Classic is an app that relies on the user adjusting many of the controls by eye. From Exposure to Saturation we just play with the slider until we like the results on the screen. So, what if your screen isn't setup correctly? You'll get poorly processed photos. They might look good on your screen but, chances are, they'll look wrong on any other device.
You can learn to use basic tools on your computer to get your screen much closer to perfect calibration.
You can learn to use basic tools on your computer to get your screen much closer to perfect calibration.
Setting Up Your Catalog System
Do you need one catalog for all of your photography, one per year, one per month or one per shoot. You'll know exactly the right way to go after we ask you a few simple questions.
You can organise your organising! Have all of your assets where they need to be.
You can organise your organising! Have all of your assets where they need to be.
Downloading and Keywording
There are an awful lot of options and controls on Lightroom Classic's Import dialog. If you don't have a defined workflow it's incredibly easy to end up with files everywhere in all sorts of formats and with all sorts of file naming conventions.
We can demystify the Import dialog for you so that everything ends up where it needs to be. Follow the best practice habits of the professionals.
We can demystify the Import dialog for you so that everything ends up where it needs to be. Follow the best practice habits of the professionals.
Selecting The Best From A Shoot
Do you want to know the best way to find the best shots from a shoot? We can help you with the best techniques for finding the gems.
Keeping Track Of What You've Done To Each Image
With our system of using flagging, rating and colour labelling you'll be able to keep track of where you're at with each file even during huge editing sessions.
Develop Module from Top to Bottom
The Develop module is the heart and soul of Lightroom Classic. While other modules have tools that very few people need or know, the Develop module is full of tools that everyone should be using regularly.
We can show you what each tool does and when you should be making use of it.
We can show you what each tool does and when you should be making use of it.
Basic Exposure Control
How bright each section of your image is goes a long way towards setting the mood of the image.
From light and airy to dark and brooding and everyrhing in between we can show you the how to best control exposure both globally and locally.
From light and airy to dark and brooding and everyrhing in between we can show you the how to best control exposure both globally and locally.
Basic Colour Control
Along with exposure colour, whether subtle or rich, is a major contributor to the mood created by an image. Carefully controlled colour is a key factor in putting your stamp on an image.
Let us teach you how to best create and then fine tune the pallette of colours for your image.
Let us teach you how to best create and then fine tune the pallette of colours for your image.
Basic Black and White
Sometimes colour is unneccesary for an image. Creating beautiful black and white images can be very rewarding.
You can learn the basics of monochrome imaging with Lightroom Classic. We'll show you a number of ways to eliminate the colour yet maximise the wow factor.
You can learn the basics of monochrome imaging with Lightroom Classic. We'll show you a number of ways to eliminate the colour yet maximise the wow factor.
Basic Masking
Most tools in Lightroom Classic affect the entire image. These global adjustments are great but sometimes you just need to make a change to a certain part of an image.
Masking allows you to very precisely point out where you want to make adjustments to just a portion of an image. You can learn the tricks of the professionals in fine tuning sections of your image for the biggest impact.
Masking allows you to very precisely point out where you want to make adjustments to just a portion of an image. You can learn the tricks of the professionals in fine tuning sections of your image for the biggest impact.
Using Presets
Whether paid for, free or self made presets are a fantastic way of making a one click change to your image to get most of the way to where your artworks need to be.
Unlike say actions in Photoshop, presets are a great way of quickly making adjustments to dozens of settings in a non destructive way. Each control or slider is just set to a recorded value. You can then fine tune those value to suit your wishes. And all with no loss of quality.
Unlike say actions in Photoshop, presets are a great way of quickly making adjustments to dozens of settings in a non destructive way. Each control or slider is just set to a recorded value. You can then fine tune those value to suit your wishes. And all with no loss of quality.
Exporting for Screen/Socials
Are you ready to put your images up on your website or on social media? If sop you'll need to know the right settings on the Export dialog. Lightroom Classic has added quite a bit of complexity to the export tools over the years and so, what used to be a simple task is now easy to muck up.
Learn the best settings for each usage case and make exporting a breeze.
Learn the best settings for each usage case and make exporting a breeze.
Exporting for Print
Do you want to put your images on your walls?
We can help you understand file formats, bit depths and colour spaces so that you can create files that your print house of choice will love working with and will print beautifully.
We can help you understand file formats, bit depths and colour spaces so that you can create files that your print house of choice will love working with and will print beautifully.
Improve your post processing skills today!
If you have a serious camera and you're shooting in raw mode (and you should be!) the pictures can look quite flat and unexciting when you first look at them.
It takes knowledge and work to release the magic that you've captured in a file. Without the right skills in a package such as Lightroom Classic you'll never see your photos at their best. Even if you prefer a more "natural" look to your images than some other artists, there's still work to be done. You might be surprised how much work your favourite photographers put into making their shots look untouched.
Don't let those incredible moments that you've already captured languish around on your hard drive or float around aimlessly in the cloud, learn now how to take them from flat to wow!
Training - Post Processing
Let us show you how to get the best out of your photos.
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