Lynda.com Photoshop Lightroom 3 Essential Training

Author: Chris Orwig
Duration (hr:min): 13:24
Released on: 6/28/2010
Exercise files: Yes
Software works on: Mac and Windows

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

Content:

Introduction - 02:56

    Welcome - 1:52 - 26.3 MB
    Using the exercise files - 1:04 - 0.9 MB

1. Getting Started - 17:59

    Creative tip: Using Lightroom - 1:31 - 24.3 MB
    An overview of Lightroom - 3:53 - 3.0 MB
    Photographic workflow puzzle - 2:36 - 2.1 MB
    Why use Lightroom? - 6:25 - 5.4 MB
    Lightroom and Photoshop - 3:34 - 4.1 MB

2. Setting the Stage - 29:34

    The Lightroom interface - 3:19 - 3.6 MB
    Essential interface shortcuts - 4:50 - 4.5 MB
    Using the interface shortcuts - 5:04 - 6.0 MB
    Customizing the identity plate and module pickers - 2:41 - 2.7 MB
    Using a graphic identity plate - 4:44 - 5.7 MB
    Changing the panel end marks - 2:12 - 2.1 MB
    Creating a custom panel end mark - 2:54 - 4.1 MB
    Changing the image background - 1:46 - 1.9 MB
    Modifying other interface preferences - 2:04 - 2.4 MB

3. The Library Module: Importing Images - 49:43

    Importing and file formats - 4:35 - 5.6 MB
    Importing preferences - 2:36 - 2.4 MB
    Introducing the Import dialog - 6:27 - 6.7 MB
    Catalog, import, and preview preferences - 6:40 - 7.7 MB
    Importing photos from a folder - 5:44 - 6.0 MB
    Creating a metadata preset - 4:45 - 5.0 MB
    Importing photos from a CF card - 9:16 - 9.3 MB
    Using Auto Import - 3:53 - 4.3 MB
    Using multiple hard drives - 4:14 - 4.9 MB
    Creative tip: Discard - 1:33 - 24.8 MB

4. The Library Module: Tethered Capture - 11:17

    Introducing tethered shooting - 3:46 - 3.2 MB
    Working with tethered shooting - 7:31 - 8.4 MB

5. The Library Module: Essentials - 40:30

    Working in Grid view and Loupe view - 3:00 - 3.5 MB
    Navigating and zooming - 5:14 - 7.0 MB
    Shortcuts in Loupe view and Grid view - 1:39 - 1.7 MB
    Customizing Loupe view and Grid view - 2:46 - 3.4 MB
    Comparing two images - 4:55 - 7.9 MB
    Surveying multiple images - 5:20 - 12.8 MB
    Working with the toolbar in Grid view and Loupe view - 3:58 - 7.0 MB
    Working with folders and files in the Library module - 6:25 - 7.8 MB
    Using dual monitors - 7:13 - 10.9 MB

6. The Library Module: Working with Catalogs - 27:28

    Introducing catalogs - 4:27 - 3.8 MB
    Working with catalogs - 3:19 - 3.6 MB
    Exporting catalogs - 1:44 - 2.3 MB
    Updating legacy catalogs - 3:02 - 3.5 MB
    The relationship between the raw and DNG catalogs - 3:08 - 4.3 MB
    Working with raw files in Lightroom - 3:53 - 5.7 MB
    Working with DNG files in Lightroom - 6:05 - 9.0 MB
    Creative tip: Using the right gear - 1:50 - 29.2 MB

7. The Library Module: Processing Images - 09:43

    Using Quick Develop in the Library module - 2:37 - 3.1 MB
    Synchronizing processing settings across multiple images - 3:32 - 4.3 MB
    Making incremental adjustments - 1:45 - 1.9 MB
    Applying white balance and auto tone adjustments - 1:49 - 2.1 MB

8. The Library Module: Organizing Images - 35:28

    Introducing flags, stars, and labels - 5:00 - 6.8 MB
    Working with flags, stars, and labels - 6:34 - 7.1 MB
    Adding images to a Quick Collection - 2:11 - 2.4 MB
    Integrating collections with your workflow - 5:13 - 5.8 MB
    Grouping images with collections - 3:07 - 3.4 MB
    Using Smart Collections - 4:39 - 5.5 MB
    Sorting images - 3:00 - 3.7 MB
    Renaming images - 2:01 - 2.2 MB
    Stacking images - 3:43 - 4.4 MB

9. The Library Module: Working with Metadata - 18:44

    Adding keywords - 4:51 - 5.1 MB
    Working with the keyword list - 2:51 - 3.4 MB
    Synchronizing keywords - 2:26 - 2.8 MB
    Keywording with the spray can - 1:48 - 2.1 MB
    Working with the Metadata panel - 3:58 - 4.5 MB
    Adding copyright metadata - 2:50 - 3.3 MB

10. The Library Module: Finding and Sorting with Filters - 17:46

    Filtering overview - 3:49 - 4.6 MB
    Locking library filter options - 1:38 - 1.9 MB

    Filtering based on text - 2:00 - 2.3 MB

    Filtering by metadata - 6:13 - 7.7 MB
    Filtering your photos using the Metadata panel - 2:07 - 2.6 MB
    New filtering criteria in Lightroom 3 - 1:59 - 2.4 MB

11. The Library Module: Exporting Images - 45:24

    Exporting images - 6:19 - 7.1 MB
    Export quality and watermark options - 2:03 - 2.3 MB
    Exporting movies - 5:13 - 5.9 MB
    External editing preferences and considerations - 2:56 - 3.0 MB
    Editing preferences - 5:06 - 7.3 MB
    Editing photos in Photoshop - 5:04 - 6.0 MB
    Opening an image as a Smart Object in Photoshop - 3:30 - 4.6 MB
    Including multiple images in Photoshop as layers - 2:16 - 2.8 MB
    Merging multiple images in Photoshop - 3:34 - 4.9 MB
    Creating a panorama - 2:20 - 3.0 MB
    Working with a CMYK photo - 7:03 - 7.7 MB

12. The Library Module: Publishing Services - 15:37

    Setting up Flickr services - 3:45 - 4.3 MB
    Uploading photos to Flickr - 3:35 - 4.3 MB
    Working with comments - 1:49 - 2.2 MB
    Publishing to a folder - 5:38 - 7.7 MB
    Creative tip: Visual poetry - 0:50 - 13.5 MB

13. The Develop Module: Introduction - 39:26

    Develop module overview - 5:45 - 6.2 MB
    Working with legacy Lightroom files - 3:46 - 3.8 MB
    Comparing the before and after - 2:33 - 3.4 MB
    Resetting images to their default settings - 2:24 - 3.2 MB
    Using the Develop module presets - 3:10 - 4.4 MB
    Using Snapshot and History - 5:10 - 7.0 MB
    Using the Histogram - 4:06 - 4.4 MB
    Working with collections - 4:25 - 4.7 MB
    Introducing virtual copies - 2:22 - 2.1 MB
    Creating virtual copies - 2:46 - 3.6 MB
    Introducing the Develop module tool strip - 2:59 - 3.0 MB

14. The Develop Module: Basic Controls - 50:00

    Understanding white balance and color temperature - 3:10 - 3.4 MB
    Correcting white balance with a ColorChecker - 3:11 - 4.7 MB
    Using the White Balance tool - 2:36 - 3.5 MB
    Creative uses of white balance - 3:47 - 4.1 MB
    Demystifying the tone controls - 3:39 - 3.9 MB
    Using the tone controls - 3:45 - 4.5 MB
    Understanding vibrance and saturation - 2:29 - 3.5 MB
    Working with vibrance and saturation - 4:11 - 5.7 MB
    Making color adjustments with the Vibrance and Saturation sliders - 4:28 - 5.2 MB
    Creative uses of vibrance and saturation - 3:12 - 3.6 MB
    Understanding clarity - 3:20 - 3.5 MB
    Working with clarity - 3:51 - 5.3 MB
    The standard Basic panel workflow - 4:04 - 5.0 MB
    Synchronizing basic settings across multiple images - 4:17 - 5.1 MB

15. The Develop Module: Cropping - 23:58

    Creative tip: Why crop? - 1:50 - 29.4 MB
    Cropping an image - 4:18 - 5.2 MB
    Straightening with the Crop tool - 3:51 - 5.8 MB
    Working with the Crop Overlay tool - 3:18 - 4.1 MB
    Changing the aspect ratio of an image - 1:38 - 4.0 MB
    Auditioning different aspect ratios - 1:56 - 2.7 MB
    Quickly changing crop orientation - 1:49 - 2.4 MB
    Using Crop to improve a composition - 5:18 - 6.4 MB

16. The Develop Module: Retouching - 11:16

    Retouching with the Spot Removal tool - 5:43 - 6.3 MB
    Retouching away dust on a lens - 3:22 - 3.4 MB
    Fixing red-eye - 2:11 - 2.4 MB

17. The Develop Module: Using the Graduated Filter - 22:59

    Introducing the Graduated filter - 4:37 - 6.4 MB
    Darkening a sky with the Graduated filter - 4:31 - 5.8 MB
    Enhancing a landscape with the Graduated filter - 3:33 - 3.8 MB
    Improving a portrait with the Graduated filter - 5:14 - 6.4 MB
    Increasing color variety and saturation with the Graduated filter - 3:50 - 4.1 MB
    Creative tip: Tenacity - 1:14 - 19.8 MB

18. The Develop Module: Using the Adjustment Brush - 44:02

    Adjustment Brush overview - 7:04 - 7.2 MB
    Essential Adjustment Brush shortcuts - 3:33 - 3.5 MB
    Enhancing makeup color - 4:14 - 4.9 MB
    Whitening and brightening teeth - 3:17 - 3.4 MB
    Improving eyes - 5:57 - 7.0 MB
    Softening and smoothing skin - 7:10 - 8.3 MB
    Brightening and improving shadows - 3:05 - 3.2 MB
    Darkening lips and cheeks - 3:25 - 3.6 MB
    Correcting overall exposure - 3:48 - 3.9 MB
    Subtly correcting exposure - 2:29 - 2.7 MB

19. The Develop Module: Modifying Tone Curve - 16:09

    Demystifying the tone curve controls - 5:15 - 5.0 MB
    Increasing contrast and color with the tone curve controls - 4:46 - 6.2 MB
    Correcting exposure with the tone curve controls - 4:34 - 4.9 MB
    Creative tip: Shoot what matters - 1:34 - 25.0 MB

20. The Develop Module: Using HSL and Color - 26:53

    Understanding the HSL controls - 5:02 - 5.1 MB
    Using the HSL Target Adjustment tool - 3:44 - 4.5 MB
    Brightening tones with HSL - 1:36 - 1.8 MB
    Using HSL to increase warm tones - 3:04 - 5.0 MB
    Using HSL to increase warm and cool tones - 2:56 - 3.1 MB
    Creative color with HSL - 2:57 - 3.0 MB
    Desaturating color with HSL - 3:27 - 3.7 MB
    Using the Color panel - 4:07 - 4.4 MB

21. The Develop Module: Converting to Black and White - 23:34

    Introducing black-and-white conversion - 2:15 - 2.4 MB
    Understanding Black & White Mix - 2:21 - 2.4 MB
    Converting to black and white - 4:10 - 4.8 MB
    Black-and-white workflow with virtual copies - 3:35 - 4.0 MB
    Enhancing black-and-white images with the Adjustment Brush - 3:07 - 3.5 MB
    Using presets to convert to black and white - 3:12 - 3.6 MB
    Creating a black-and-white collection - 4:54 - 5.9 MB

22. The Develop Module: Split Toning - 10:54

    Understanding split toning - 3:37 - 3.6 MB
    Advanced split-toning tips - 4:10 - 4.6 MB
    Split-toning a color image - 3:07 - 3.2 MB

23. The Develop Module: Improving Details - 21:27

    Introducing noise reduction - 3:26 - 3.7 MB
    Introducing sharpening - 3:42 - 5.7 MB
    Sharpening in Lightroom - 5:44 - 6.8 MB
    Advanced sharpening in Lightroom and Photoshop - 5:04 - 7.7 MB
    Removing chromatic aberration - 3:31 - 6.0 MB

24. The Develop Module: Vignettes and Effects - 24:54

    Using the Lens Correction controls - 5:53 - 6.7 MB
    Enhancing images with lens correction - 3:06 - 3.4 MB
    Synchronizing vignette settings across multiple images - 2:32 - 2.8 MB
    Combining lens correction, Lightroom, and Photoshop - 3:36 - 4.0 MB
    Adding a post-crop vignette - 3:57 - 4.3 MB
    Adding film grain with the Effects panel - 5:50 - 9.1 MB

25. The Develop Module: Camera Calibration - 07:37

    Understanding Camera Calibration in Lightroom - 4:46 - 5.2 MB
    Creative color with Camera Calibration - 2:51 - 3.0 MB

26. The Develop Module: Workflows - 38:28

    Basic Develop module workflow - 7:28 - 9.4 MB
    Workflow for converting to black and white - 10:11 - 13.5 MB
    Workflow project: Surfing - 6:08 - 6.8 MB
    Workflow project: Portrait - 4:58 - 6.3 MB
    Workflow project: Portrait details - 8:39 - 12.1 MB
    Creative tip: Go outside - 1:04 - 17.0 MB

27. The Slideshow Module - 36:31

    Creating a collection to make a slideshow - 3:56 - 4.9 MB
    Selecting the best images for the slideshow - 3:17 - 5.1 MB
    Customizing the layout of the slideshow - 3:34 - 5.2 MB
    Customizing the background of the slideshow - 4:14 - 5.4 MB
    Customizing overlay elements for the slideshow - 6:39 - 7.9 MB
    Creating titles for the slideshow - 2:27 - 2.9 MB
    Playing back the slideshow - 4:24 - 4.8 MB
    Previewing the slideshow - 4:00 - 9.7 MB
    Exporting the slideshow to different formats - 4:00 - 4.6 MB

28. The Print Module - 48:34

    Creating a collection of images to print - 3:20 - 4.7 MB
    Laying out images into preset templates - 4:34 - 5.6 MB
    Customizing the layout of a single image - 4:26 - 5.0 MB
    Choosing page options for a single image - 6:08 - 6.7 MB
    Specifying the print job options for a single image - 6:19 - 6.9 MB
    Creating a custom package - 4:36 - 4.9 MB
    Creating a picture package - 4:16 - 4.6 MB
    Printing one image quickly - 1:42 - 1.9 MB
    Creating a custom print template - 4:34 - 5.2 MB
    Effective print workflow - 8:39 - 8.6 MB

29. The Web Module - 32:03

    Creating a collection of images for a web gallery - 5:18 - 6.7 MB
    Using web gallery templates - 3:27 - 4.5 MB
    Customizing a web gallery - 6:49 - 7.8 MB
    Uploading a web gallery - 4:19 - 5.8 MB
    Creating color and black-and-white galleries - 3:48 - 4.6 MB
    Uploading color and black-and-white galleries - 3:32 - 3.9 MB
    Online web gallery resources - 2:53 - 3.6 MB
    Domain name and hosting overview - 1:57 - 1.6 MB

30. Final Tips - 03:26

    Online resources and the Lightroom Newsletter - 2:55 - 4.8 MB
    Goodbye - 0:31 - 8.2 MB