Adobe Lightroom CC Introduction - Bristol

Lightroom 5 Introduction Overview

This 1-day Introduction course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. We will help you understand how this powerful program takes Photoshop's image-manipulation capabilities to a new level.

We will guide you in learning the work area and then move on to show you how to import, process, manage, and showcase images.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Navigate the Lightroom environment
• Import and organise images
• Sort and filter images
• Apply a wide range of image adjustments
• Add metadata and synchronise keywords
• Develop images appropriately
• Prepare images for the web and for print
• Create and customise a web gallery

Our goal is for you to manage and adjust images quickly and effectively.

Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites

This course is intended for those who wish to enhance their existing knowledge of Photoshop and who work as digital artists and photographers as well as those who work for advertising agencies, design agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, and specialist corporate departments.

You will need basic experience in using Photoshop. Ideally, you will have taken our Adobe Photoshop CC Introduction 2 Day course.

 

Lightroom 5 Introduction Course Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

Introduction to Lightroom

• Overview of Lightroom – why use Lightroom?
• Adjustment Brush
• Collections
• Photography workflow (Lightroom, Bridge & Photoshop)
• Getting to know the work area – Modules
• Basic shortcuts for manipulating workspace
• Customizing Lightroom workspace (Identity plate, preferences)

Importing and sorting photographs

• File formats supported (intro to DNG)
• Importing Preferences
• Importing images from: Memory Card, a folder on a computer, an external hard drive
• Organizing folders / using Multiple Hard-drives
• Exporting photos from Lightroom

Moving around Library Module

• Navigator
• View modes
• Comparing images
• Working with Folders and Catalogs – creating,
• backing up, exporting, importing

Working on images – basics

• Quick develop adjustments
• Adjusting White Balance
• Temperature / Tint and Tone Control.

Organizing images

• Star rating
• Quick Collection
• Smart Collections
• Stacking
• Renaming

Working with Metadata

• Keywording images
• Grouping keywords into sets
• Synchronizing keywords
• Filtering

Exporting images

• Export images settings
• Editing images in an external application (Photoshop)
• Exporting images to Photoshop as Smart Objects and creating panoramas.

Develop Module

• Using Presets
• Using Histogram the right way
• Adjusting White Balance and Tone, Cropping / Straightening images
• Removing dust and red eyes on the images
• Graduated Filter (New in Lr2.0!)
• Adjustment Brush – settings and usage
• Image adjustments using Curves, HSL / Color Black and White Conversion
• Using the Detail Panel to deal with Sharpening, Noise and Chromatic aberrations
• Correcting vignetting
• Camera Calibration Panel

Digital Photography Workflow

• Adjustments using Develop Module
• Slideshow Module
• Creating slideshows using collections
• Slideshows templates and quick slideshow access
• Customizing the templates and saving as presets
• Exporting slideshows

Print Module

• Using / customizing templates
• Saving templates

Web Module

• Creating a Web Gallery (HTML, Flash)
• Customizing it.
• Uploading files

What's Included

The following are provided for your best experience on this course:

• All computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac systems
• Small class size (limited to a maximum of 4-8 attendees on all sessions)
• Quality reference manual for post course reference to take away with you
• 6 months post course support to assist you where needed
• Official Adobe Authorised Certificate for your successful completion of the course
• Lunch To give you the most flexible options for lunch we provide lunch vouchers which can be redeemed locally at a number of popular eateries including Pret A Manger, EAT, Starbucks, Tesco, Sainsburys, Boots and Greggs
• Refreshments to keep you on top form are available for you throughout the course with a full range of teas, coffees and biscuits
• Pads and pens

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.

Further details on benefits included with this Adobe Lightroom 5 course:

Adobe Certified Lightroom Instructor

We are an Adobe Authorised Training Centre and our trainers are Adobe Certified Instructors with years of experience teaching Lightroom. Get the photo skills you need with our experienced Lightroom professionals.

6 months support

Included with your course booking for all delegates on this course is 6 months free support so if you run into problems or need assistance relating to anything covered during your course we would be happy to assist you during this time.

Adobe Certificate

After your Adobe class with XChange Training you will receive our official Adobe Authorised Training Certificate as a record of your successful completion of the Adobe Certified Lightroom course.

Lunch & refreshments

Delegates attending scheduled or bespoke courses at our training centres will receive lunch and plentiful refreshments including tea, coffee and hot chocolate for each day of the course.

Training Location

This course is provided at the Bristol training centre located at:

Broad Quay House
Prince Street
Bristol
BS1 4DJ

The training centre is conveniently located in central Bristol in the popular Waterfront area of the city and is easily accessible from Bristol Temple Meads.

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.

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