Lynda.COM Photoshop Lightroom 3 Essential Training

Author:
Chris Orwig

Duration:
13h 24m

Released on:
6/28/2010

Exercise files:
Yes

Software works on:
Windows only

In Photoshop Lightroom 3 Essential Training, author Chris Orwig provides a comprehensive look at Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, the popular photo-asset management, enhancement, and publishing program. The course covers indispensable techniques such as importing, processing, and organizing images in the Library, correcting and adjusting images in the Develop module, and creating slideshows, web galleries, and print picture packages. In addition to exploring all of Lightroom 3's capabilities, this course is rich with creative tips and expert advice on photographic workflow. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:

    Understanding the difference between Lightroom and Photoshop
    Using interface shortcuts to navigate the workspace quickly
    Working with catalogs
    Making incremental adjustments
    Grouping images with collections and smart collections
    Creating virtual copies of adjusted images
    Correcting white balances
    Adjusting color with Vibrance and Saturation
    Cropping images and changing aspect ratios
    Using the Adjustment Brush
    Toning with the HSL controls
    Outputting images to slideshows and web galleries
    Printing photos




Introduction
Welcome           01m 52s
Using the exercise files           01m 04s

1. Getting Started
Creative tip: Using Lightroom           01m 31s
An overview of Lightroom           03m 53s
Photographic workflow puzzle           02m 36s
Why use Lightroom?           06m 25s
Lightroom and Photoshop           03m 34s

2. Setting the Stage
The Lightroom interface           03m 19s
Essential interface shortcuts           04m 50s
Using the interface shortcuts           05m 04s
Customizing the identity plate and module pickers           02m 41s
Using a graphic identity plate           04m 44s
Changing the panel end marks           02m 12s
Creating a custom panel end mark           02m 54s
Changing the image background           01m 46s
Modifying other interface preferences           02m 04s

3. The Library Module: Importing Images
Importing and file formats           04m 35s
Importing preferences           02m 36s
Introducing the Import dialog           06m 27s
Catalog, import, and preview preferences           06m 40s
Importing photos from a folder           05m 44s
Creating a metadata preset           04m 45s
Importing photos from a CF card           09m 16s
Using Auto Import           03m 53s
Using multiple hard drives           04m 14s
Creative tip: Discard           01m 33s

4. The Library Module: Tethered Capture
Introducing tethered shooting           03m 46s
Working with tethered shooting           07m 31s

5. The Library Module: Essentials
Working in Grid view and Loupe view           03m 00s
Navigating and zooming           05m 14s
Shortcuts in Loupe view and Grid view           01m 39s
Customizing Loupe view and Grid view           02m 46s
Comparing two images           04m 55s
Surveying multiple images           05m 20s
Working with the toolbar in Grid view and Loupe view           03m 58s
Working with folders and files in the Library module           06m 25s
Using dual monitors           07m 13s

6. The Library Module: Working with Catalogs
Introducing catalogs           04m 27s
Working with catalogs           03m 19s
Exporting catalogs           01m 44s
Updating legacy catalogs           03m 02s
The relationship between the raw and DNG catalogs           03m 08s
Working with raw files in Lightroom           03m 53s
Working with DNG files in Lightroom           06m 05s
Creative tip: Using the right gear           01m 50s

7. The Library Module: Processing Images
Using Quick Develop in the Library module           02m 37s
Synchronizing processing settings across multiple images           03m 32s
Making incremental adjustments           01m 45s
Applying white balance and auto tone adjustments           01m 49s

8. The Library Module: Organizing Images
Introducing flags, stars, and labels           05m 00s
Working with flags, stars, and labels           06m 34s
Adding images to a Quick Collection           02m 11s
Integrating collections with your workflow           05m 13s
Grouping images with collections           03m 07s
Using Smart Collections           04m 39s
Sorting images           03m 00s
Renaming images           02m 01s
Stacking images           03m 43s

9. The Library Module: Working with Metadata
Adding keywords           04m 51s
Working with the keyword list           02m 51s
Synchronizing keywords           02m 26s
Keywording with the spray can           01m 48s
Working with the Metadata panel           03m 58s
Adding copyright metadata           02m 50s

10. The Library Module: Finding and Sorting with Filters
Filtering overview           03m 49s
Locking library filter options           01m 38s
Filtering based on text           02m 00s
Filtering by metadata           06m 13s
Filtering your photos using the Metadata panel           02m 07s
New filtering criteria in Lightroom 3           01m 59s

11. The Library Module: Exporting Images
Exporting images           06m 19s
Export quality and watermark options           02m 03s
Exporting movies           05m 13s
External editing preferences and considerations           02m 56s
Editing preferences           05m 06s
Editing photos in Photoshop           05m 04s
Opening an image as a Smart Object in Photoshop           03m 30s
Including multiple images in Photoshop as layers           02m 16s
Merging multiple images in Photoshop           03m 34s
Creating a panorama           02m 20s
Working with a CMYK photo           07m 03s

12. The Library Module: Publishing Services
Setting up Flickr services           03m 45s
Uploading photos to Flickr           03m 35s
Working with comments           01m 49s
Publishing to a folder           05m 38s
Creative tip: Visual poetry           00m 50s

13. The Develop Module: Introduction
Develop module overview           05m 45s
Working with legacy Lightroom files           03m 46s
Comparing the before and after           02m 33s
Resetting images to their default settings           02m 24s
Using the Develop module presets           03m 10s
Using Snapshot and History           05m 10s
Using the Histogram           04m 06s
Working with collections           04m 25s
Introducing virtual copies           02m 22s
Creating virtual copies           02m 46s
Introducing the Develop module tool strip           02m 59s

14. The Develop Module: Basic Controls
Understanding white balance and color temperature           03m 10s
Correcting white balance with a ColorChecker           03m 11s
Using the White Balance tool           02m 36s
Creative uses of white balance           03m 47s
Demystifying the tone controls           03m 39s
Using the tone controls           03m 45s
Recovering detail in highlights           02m 29s
Working with vibrance and saturation           04m 11s
Making color adjustments with the Vibrance and Saturation sliders           04m 28s
Creative uses of vibrance and saturation           03m 12s
Understanding clarity           03m 20s
Working with clarity           03m 51s
The standard Basic panel workflow           04m 04s
Synchronizing basic settings across multiple images           04m 17s

15. The Develop Module: Cropping
Creative tip: Why crop?           01m 50s
Cropping an image           04m 18s
Straightening with the Crop tool           03m 51s
Working with the Crop Overlay tool           03m 18s
Changing the aspect ratio of an image           01m 38s
Auditioning different aspect ratios           01m 56s
Quickly changing crop orientation           01m 49s
Using Crop to improve a composition           05m 18s

16. The Develop Module: Retouching
Retouching with the Spot Removal tool           05m 43s
Retouching away dust on a lens           03m 22s
Fixing red-eye           02m 11s

17. The Develop Module: Using the Graduated Filter
Introducing the Graduated filter           04m 37s
Darkening a sky with the Graduated filter           04m 31s
Enhancing a landscape with the Graduated filter           03m 33s
Improving a portrait with the Graduated filter           05m 14s
Increasing color variety and saturation with the Graduated filter           03m 50s
Creative tip: Tenacity           01m 14s

18. The Develop Module: Using the Adjustment Brush
Adjustment Brush overview           07m 04s
Essential Adjustment Brush shortcuts           03m 33s
Enhancing makeup color           04m 14s
Whitening and brightening teeth           03m 17s
Improving eyes           05m 57s
Softening and smoothing skin           07m 10s
Brightening and improving shadows           03m 05s
Darkening lips and cheeks           03m 25s
Correcting overall exposure           03m 48s
Subtly correcting exposure           02m 29s

19. The Develop Module: Modifying Tone Curve
Demystifying the tone curve controls           05m 15s
Increasing contrast and color with the tone curve controls           04m 46s
Correcting exposure with the tone curve controls           04m 34s
Creative tip: Shoot what matters           01m 34s

20. The Develop Module: Using HSL and Color
Understanding the HSL controls           05m 02s
Using the HSL Target Adjustment tool           03m 44s
Brightening tones with HSL           01m 36s
Using HSL to increase warm tones           03m 04s
Using HSL to increase warm and cool tones           02m 56s
Creative color with HSL           02m 57s
Desaturating color with HSL           03m 27s
Using the Color panel           04m 07s

21. The Develop Module: Converting to Black and White
Introducing black-and-white conversion           02m 15s
Understanding Black & White Mix           02m 21s
Converting to black and white           04m 10s
Black-and-white workflow with virtual copies           03m 35s
Enhancing black-and-white images with the Adjustment Brush           03m 07s
Using presets to convert to black and white           03m 12s
Creating a black-and-white collection           04m 54s

22. The Develop Module: Split Toning
Understanding split toning           03m 37s
Advanced split-toning tips           04m 10s
Split-toning a color image           03m 07s

23. The Develop Module: Improving Details
Introducing noise reduction           03m 26s
Introducing sharpening           03m 42s
Sharpening in Lightroom           05m 44s
Advanced sharpening in Lightroom and Photoshop           05m 04s
Removing chromatic aberration           03m 31s

24. The Develop Module: Vignettes and Effects
Using the Lens Correction controls           05m 53s
Enhancing images with lens correction           03m 06s
Synchronizing vignette settings across multiple images           02m 32s
Combining lens correction, Lightroom, and Photoshop           03m 36s
Adding a post-crop vignette           03m 57s
Adding film grain with the Effects panel           05m 50s

25. The Develop Module: Camera Calibration
Understanding Camera Calibration in Lightroom           04m 46s
Creative color with Camera Calibration           02m 51s

26. The Develop Module: Workflows
Basic Develop module workflow           07m 28s
Workflow for converting to black and white           10m 11s
Workflow project: Surfing           06m 08s
Workflow project: Portrait           04m 58s
Workflow project: Portrait details           08m 39s
Creative tip: Go outside           01m 04s

27. The Slideshow Module
Creating a collection to make a slideshow           03m 56s
Selecting the best images for the slideshow           03m 17s
Customizing the layout of the slideshow           03m 34s
Customizing the background of the slideshow           04m 14s
Customizing overlay elements for the slideshow           06m 39s
Creating titles for the slideshow           02m 27s
Playing back the slideshow           04m 24s
Previewing the slideshow           04m 00s
Exporting the slideshow to different formats           04m 00s

28. The Print Module
Creating a collection of images to print           03m 20s
Laying out images into preset templates           04m 34s
Customizing the layout of a single image           04m 26s
Choosing page options for a single image           06m 08s
Specifying the print job options for a single image           06m 19s
Creating a custom package           04m 36s
Creating a picture package           04m 16s
Printing one image quickly           01m 42s
Creating a custom print template           04m 34s
Effective print workflow           08m 39s

29. The Web Module
Creating a collection of images for a web gallery           05m 18s
Using web gallery templates           03m 27s
Customizing a web gallery           06m 49s
Uploading a web gallery           04m 19s
Creating color and black-and-white galleries           03m 48s
Uploading color and black-and-white galleries           03m 32s
Online web gallery resources           02m 53s
Domain name and hosting overview           01m 57s

30. Final Tips
Online resources and the Lightroom Newsletter           02m 55s
Goodbye           00m 31s