THE ULTIMATE LIGHTROOM COURSE

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1 COURSE OUTLINE THE ULTIMATE LIGHTROOM COURSE BY MATT KLOSKOWSKI THE ULTIMATE LIGHTROOM COURSE This is the full course outline. To find something, simply press Cmd - F (PC: Ctrl - F) for Find in your PDF reader. Then type in what you re looking for and you can see exactly what lesson it s in.

2 COURSE OUTLINE THE ULTIMATE LIGHTROOM COURSE BY MATT KLOSKOWSKI HOW IT WORKS? THE COURSE Course SECTIONS Section = Mini-Course LESSONS Sections contain Lessons Welcome to the Ultimate Lightroom course PDF Outline. This document is your lifeline to the course. It contains a list of every video, and where to find it. Using it is really simple. Just scroll through the document to find the Section and Lesson that you want to learn more about. Then simply click on the Lesson that you want to watch and it ll launch your video player. IMPORTANT: You must keep the file structure the same as specified in the start here document in order for the links to work. (NOTE: You may need to Open or Allow if the PDF reader shows you a dialog asking if it s okay to launch the video player) The course is everything. I named this The Ultimate Lightroom Course because it contains everything about Lightroom. But, if I just threw 187 videos at you in one folder, you d hate me. So I ve broken the course up into 15 mini-courses (or sections). Each section covers a specific part of Lightroom A section is like a minicourse. Remember, the course is the entire product. But a section is like a mini-course within the course. It looks like this: Section 1: Organizing... Section 2: The Interface... Section 3: Viewing, sorting Section 15: Catalogs Remember, each section of the full course is like a minicourse. Well, in each section is where all of the meat of this course is. They re called Lessons. A lesson is a video on one topic in that section. Rather than do a 45 minute video on Slideshows, I create 9 five-minute videos that tackle each part of creating slideshows. Example: Section 9: Slideshows : Basics : Customizing :... 2

3 COURSE > SECTION > LESSON 1 ORGANIZING AND IMPORTING 2 THE INTERFACE AND PREFERENCES 3 VIEWING, SORTING, AND FILTERING How Lightroom Works Where to Store Your Photos Getting Photos Onto Your Drive Quick Tip: Setting Up Demo Files What to do With Existing Photos Making a Backup Quick Tip: It s Okay to Delete Importing to Lightroom (Pt 1) Importing to Lightroom (Pt 2) 0 1 Quick Tip: Where are Your Photos? Moving/Changing Photos and Folders Within Lightroom 0 Getting Around the Modules The Left, Right, Top, and Bottom Panels Zooming in on Photos Solo Mode The View Menu Controls Everything Everything You Need to Know About Panels Using Two Screens (Second Window Display) Customizing Identity Plates Essential Keyboard Shortcuts A Look at Lightroom s Preferences Dialog The 3 Different Ways to View Your Photos Quick Tip: Changing the thumbnail size Using Flags, Ratings and Color Labels Quick Tip: Using Auto Advance Filtering and Viewing Your Favorites Easily Deleting the Rejects Quick Tip: Knowing Where You Left off Changing the Sort Order Grouping and Stacking Photos What to do When Lightroom Can t Find Your Photos Converting to DNG Changing the Capture Time Renaming Photos Importing and Synchronizing Folders 3

4 4 ORGANIZING WITH COLLECTIONS 5 KEYWORDS, METADATA, FACES 6 THE DEVELOP MODULE What are Collections? Why Using Collections Makes Sense Creating a Collection Using Collection Sets Quick Tip: Drag-and-Drop Collections Working with Smart Collections Using Target Collections Using Quick Collections Finding Where the Photo Came From While in a Collection 0 1 What are Keywords and How to Use Them Adding and Changing Keywords to Faces Creating and Using Keyword Shortcuts Quick Tip: Deleting Unused Keywords Keyword Suggestions Keyword Sets Adding Keywords With the Painter Tool Searching Photos Based on Keywords Adding, Editing, and Searching Metadata Quick Tip: Metadata Conflict Warning Geotagging with the Maps Module Differences Between Editing Raw and JPEG Seeing the Before/After View Quick Tip: Viewing the Photo Full Screen Cropping Setting White Balance Exposure, Shadows, and Highlights Quick Tip: Match Total Exposure Setting the Black and White Points Adjusting the Histogram Clarity and Contrast Quick Tip: Resetting Your Changes Vibrance and Saturation The Tone Curve 2 Face Tagging 4 Hue, Saturation, and Lightness 3 Quick Tip: Find Photos Fast with Favorites 5 Converting to Black and White

5 6 THE DEVELOP MODULE 6 THE DEVELOP MODULE 7 SHARPENING AND NOISE REDUCTION 6 Split Toning 2 History and Undos Watch this before sharpening! Quick Tip: Sharpening and Noise Reduction Lens Corrections and the Transform Panel Adding Vignette and Grain Effects Removing Haze with Dehaze Camera Calibration Synchronizing Changes to Multiple Photos Setting Lightroom Defaults or Favorite Settings The Adjustment Brush Rotating and Flipping Merging HDR Photos Creating Panoramas Using Lightroom with Photoshop Combining Two Photos From Lightroom in to Photoshop Editing with Smart Objects (Double Processing) Using 3rd Party Plug-ins with Lightroom Using Wacom Tablets with Lightroom The 3 Types of Sharpening Explained Sharpening Part 1: The Detail panel Sharpening Part 2: Creative Sharpening Sharpening Part 3: Output Sharpening Noise Reduction Quick Tip: Noise Reduction with a Brush 5 6 The Graduated Filter The Radial Filter 1 Using Template or Loupe Overlays 7 Removing Red Eye 8 Removing Spots and Distracting Areas 9 Quick Tip: Another Way to Remove Spots 0 Creative Virtual Copies (or Versions) 1 Creating Snapshots

6 8 SHARING AND SAVING YOUR PHOTOS 9 CREATING SLIDESHOWS 10 PRINTING YOUR PHOTOS How to Export/Save a JPEG (or Other Image Files) Watermarking Your Photos Quick Tip: Export Previous and Export Presets ing Photos from within Lightroom Publishing Services - Facebook and Flickr Saving a Layout as a JPEG From the Print module 0 Slideshow Basics - Use the Templates Customizing Slideshow Layout Options Adding Text Overlays Changing the Slideshow Backdrop Adding Beginning and Ending Screen Titles Quick Tip: Creating Your Own Slideshow Title Page Adding and Controlling Music in a Slideshow Pan, Zoom, and Repeat Options Exporting the Slideshow as a PDF or Video Quick Tip: Saving your Slideshows for Later 0 1 Page Setup - Print Size and Borderless Choosing a Layout Style Creating Custom Layouts Creating Contact Sheets and Picture Packages Page Options - Text, Watermarks, and Backgrounds Resolution, Sharpening, and 16-bit Printing Color Management: Paper and Profiles Color management: Soft Proofing Your Photos Color Management: Calibrating Your Screen Printer settings Let s Print! Start-to-Finish 2 Print Brightness: My Print is too Dark! 3 Creating Nice Print Layouts 4 Saving as a JPEG and Lab Printing

7 11 SHOWING OFF YOUR PHOTOS ONLINE 12 CREATING A PHOTO BOOK 13 LIGHTROOM MOBILE Website and Online Sharing Recommendations Lightroom - On the Web The Basic Books Settings Auto Layout and Layout Basics Setting up Lightroom Mobile Getting Photos From Desktop to Mobile 0 The Web Module - Choosing a Layout Style The Web Module- Changing the Website Appearance The Web Module - Exporting or Uploading to a Website Introducing Adobe Portfolio Getting Started With Layouts Adding Projects or Galleries Customizing Your Portfolio Getting started in Adobe Spark 0 Working With Each Page Quick Tip: Adding Favorite Layouts Making Custom Pages Guides and Photo Cells Working with Text Page Backgrounds Quick Tip: Saving Your Book Sending to Blurb Getting Photos From Mobile to Desktop Where are the Photos Stored? Flagging and Rating in Lightroom Mobile Editing Basics Sharing Photos Using the Shortcuts General Lightroom Mobile Settings

8 14 BACKING UP LIGHTROOM AND YOUR PHOTOS How Lightroom Backup Works About Backup Drives How to Mirror Your Backup Drives Creating a Third Cloud Copy 15 CATALOGS What is a Catalog? Where to Store the Lightroom Catalog? What if You Want to Move Your Photos? How Many Photos Can a Catalog Hold? Backing up the Lightroom Catalog Catastrophe Strikes! How to Restore From a Backup How to Move to a Larger Backup System Using Multiple Catalogs How to Merge Multiple Catalogs? Quick Tip: How Does LR Know What Catalog to Open? Change the Name of a Catalog What if my Catalog Becomes Corrupt? 0 Backing up Your Catalog 1 Are my Lightroom Changes Visible Elsewhere? 2 Using a Catalog on a Laptop and Desktop 3 Moving Catalog and Lightroom to New Computer 4 Catalogs and Networks 5 How to Start Over Fresh