Course Description

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2's superior organizing tools make it a snap to get your photo collection under control, and you can edit photos using powerful tools like the Clarity tool, set white balance, edit exposure using the Tone Curve, and crop. You can even fix blemishes with the Spot Removal Tool and remove red eye, and use the Adjustment Brush to brush on corrections only where they are needed...all this without leaving Lightroom! You can even send photos to Photoshop or Elements for further work. Lightroom lets you save custom settings as presets so you can apply the same settings to other photos in a snap, and supports plugins to send photos to online sites like Flickr. You can share photos with online galleries and prints. This six week course will have you organized and sharing your photos in no time! This is a 6 lesson, self-paced, online course. LVS is a Corel Training Partner. LVS students may purchase Corel products at a significant savings. Follow this link for details. LVS students are eligible to receive software and hardware at a discount. Follow this link for details. Students are also eligible take advantage of special offers made available specifically for LVS by famous software developers such as Andromeda, AV Bros, Extensis, Harry Heim, namesuppressed, Nik Multimedia, and Ulead. Details are provided in the classinfo link found in the confirmation of registration. Show off your LVS Online spirit with an item from the LVS Store If you would like to receive more information regarding this course, click on the "Contact Us" link in the Information section and we'll try to answer any of your questions within the day.

Course Requirements

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom This class is for both Mac and Windows users. The class was written for Lightroom 2, but users of Lightroom 1 will also find useful tips. For most of the lessons the homework will consist of posting comments on your experiences with the program on the class message board, the other weeks you will need somewhere to post photo homework. Homework must be reviewed by the instructor in order to earn a certificate. Students have the option of using the Student Upload Area or free web hosting made available for LVS students. Details are provided in the classroom. If you prefer to use your own web space, you must know how to upload your files to a server. Free tutorials are available: Basic HTML page WS_FTP SmartFTP Students should have working knowledge of their operating system and must understand directories and paths: Free Windows Class Here Directory Structure Tutorial Here Zip files may be necessary to complete the exercises provided each week. WinZip, PKZip, Windows Compression or similar program is required to unzip these files. Winzip Tutorial Here Windows Compression All lessons are available in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view/print the lessons. Plan to devote 3 - 4 hours per week on the lesson and assignment; on this class that may vary according to how many photos you are organizing as the course proceeds.

Course Prerequisites

You need to have a good understanding of your operating system and of course, have photos you want to organize!

Course Syllabus

Lesson 1 What is Covered in this Class? Installing Lightroom What's New in Lightroom 2 Installing Lightroom as an Upgrade Importing Catalogs when you Upgrade The Lightroom Workflow: What are Modules? Library Module Essentials Expanding your Workspace Using Secondary Display Importing Photos to Lightroom Setting Preferences Backing up the Catalog Getting Help with Lightroom Lesson 4 Editing with Quick Develop Editing your Photos with Lightroom's Develop Module Lesson 2 What are DNG files? What are Virtual Copies? Using the Library Module to Organize your photos Setting Preferences for Viewing Photos Organizing and Managing your Photo Collection Keywording Flagging, Rating, and Labeling Photos Working with Folders Catalog Settings The Catalog Panel Working with Collections Lesson 5 Slideshow Module File Formats Exporting your Photos Lesson 3 The Navigator Panel Filtering Your Photos The Metadata Panel and Editing Metadata Using the Library Module to Sort Your Photos Lesson 6 Print Module Web Module Resources for Adobe Lightroom

Course Excerpt

What is Lightroom? Lightroom's full name is Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and it is part of Adobes Photoshop family of programs along with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements. As part of the Photoshop family, it is a standalone program that can be used alongside Photoshop or Elements or completely on its own. In this class it will be referred to as "Lightroom" since I know you know what I mean or you wouldn't be reading this! Lightroom is a non-destructive photo editor. When you edit images in Photoshop or Elements, the pixels are actually changed. This is known as destructive editing. When you use Lightroom, changes you make are written to the Lightroom database file. The actual pixels are not changed. This kind of photo editing is known as non-destructive since it doesn't change or damage the original image. Important Lightroom Facts Lightroom does NOT NOT NOT store your PHOTOS. Did I say Lightroom does not store your photos? This is one thing many people do not understand and can easily delete their photos from their hard drive thinking Lightroom has them. This is not the case! Lightroom does not have them. Lightroom has INFORMATION about them, and that's all. The only time the corrections are actually applied to the image is when you export or print them. >Lightroom is a database program. It creates a database file that contains the LOCATION of your photos, not the photos themselves. It also contains tags or any other information written to the photo file, as well as any changes made to the photos, which is why it is a non-destructive editor. It always has the information for the original photo. Can you use Lightroom if you don't shoot in RAW? Yes, you can! I do! Camera RAW files contain more information and can be corrected more than jpgs coming from your digital camera, but you still can make a huge difference on your JPG or TIFF using the Camera Raw editing in Lightroom. Continued... Please note: Lessons provide step-by-step instructions with detailed screen captures.

Course Goals

By the end of this course, you will know how to import photos into Lightroom, organize them using tags and collections, and how to edit them using the editing tools in Elements. You will also learn to create web galleries using Flash and HTML, and make prints. You will be able to get your photo collections under control!