Lynda.com Photoshop Lightroom 3 New Features

Author: Chris Orwig
Duration (hr:min): 03:32
Released on: 6/11/2010
Exercise files: Yes
Software works on: Mac and Windows

In Photoshop Lightroom 3 New Features, photographer and author Chris Orwig explores the enhancements that Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 brings to each phase of the photographic workflow—from importing and editing, to exporting and publishing. This course details Lightroom 3's new importing and asset-management features and its significant improvements in the Develop module, including enhanced sharpening and noise reduction. Chris also shows how Lightroom 3 broadens output options, and shares workflow tips and advice for upgrading Lightroom 2 catalogs and working with images processed in earlier Lightroom versions. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

• Importing and managing photos and video clips
• Improving efficiency with enhanced collections
• Applying sharpening and noise reduction
• Mastering the enhanced adjustment brush, graduated filter, and vignette features
• Improving images with the Point Tone Curve
• Adding audio to slideshows
• Creating custom print packages
• Importing on-the-fly with tethered shooting
• Publishing photos to Flickr
• Publishing to a smart folder and smart photoset
• Upgrading Lightroom 2 catalogs and working with legacy images
• Making and working with creative watermarks

Content:

Introduction - 14:41

    Welcome - 1:26 - 8.4 MB
    Comparing Lightroom 2 with Lightroom 3 - 12:27 - 9.6 MB
    Using the exercise files - 0:48 - 0.7 MB

1. Importing to the Library - 20:32

    Introducing the Import dialog - 5:54 - 6.4 MB
    Importing photos and movies from a CF card - 6:31 - 6.6 MB
    Adding and importing photos from a folder - 3:51 - 4.8 MB
    Synchronizing and finding missing photos - 4:16 - 5.4 MB

2. Library Workflow - 34:46

    Filtering photos - 4:00 - 4.8 MB
    Working with collections - 5:01 - 6.1 MB
    Modifying image and thumbnail overlays - 3:17 - 4.9 MB
    Crop presets and overlays - 5:43 - 5.9 MB
    Using Auto Sync - 5:33 - 5.8 MB
    Working with movies - 7:13 - 10.1 MB
    Using Smart Collections for video files - 2:10 - 2.1 MB
    Focal length filtering and Smart Collections - 1:49 - 2.1 MB

3. Exporting from the Library - 19:10

    Setting up Flickr publishing services - 3:47 - 4.2 MB
    Uploading photos to Flickr - 3:04 - 4.0 MB
    Publishing to a Flickr Photoset - 3:56 - 5.0 MB
    Publishing to a folder - 5:11 - 6.2 MB
    Publishing to a Smart Folder or Smart Photoset - 3:12 - 4.5 MB

4. Adjusting Image Quality in the Develop Module - 01:01:35

    How sharpening works in Lightroom 3 - 4:48 - 6.9 MB
    Introducing noise reduction - 4:45 - 4.8 MB
    Applying sharpening and noise reduction - 8:23 - 10.6 MB
    Adding a grain effect - 4:31 - 6.9 MB
    Using the Collections panel - 5:42 - 6.1 MB
    The Adjustment Brush - 5:48 - 6.2 MB
    The Graduated filter - 2:10 - 3.1 MB
    Adding a vignette - 5:45 - 7.7 MB
    Improvements to the Crop tool - 1:59 - 2.2 MB
    Quickly changing crop orientation - 1:40 - 2.1 MB
    Understanding the Point Tone Curve - 3:10 - 3.2 MB
    Improving images with the Point Tone Curve - 4:02 - 4.6 MB
    Using the Lens Correction controls - 5:46 - 6.5 MB
    Enhancing images with Lens Correction - 3:06 - 3.4 MB

5. The Slideshow Module - 05:16

    Adding audio to a slideshow - 5:16 - 6.1 MB

6. Creating Custom Print Packages - 11:13

    Introducing the custom print package - 3:42 - 4.0 MB
    Working with the custom print package - 7:31 - 8.6 MB

7. Tethered Shooting - 08:46

    Introducing tethered shooting - 2:12 - 1.9 MB
    Working with tethered shooting - 6:34 - 6.9 MB

8. Working with Catalogs and Legacy Files - 07:41

    Optimizing and backing up a catalog - 2:49 - 2.8 MB
    Upgrading Lightroom 2 catalogs - 2:13 - 2.4 MB
    Working with legacy Lightroom files - 2:39 - 3.0 MB

9. Additional Lightroom Enhancements - 27:21

    New presets in the Develop, Web, and Print modules - 3:26 - 5.1 MB
    Importing and working with CMYK images - 5:55 - 6.6 MB
    Bonus workflow tips - 4:51 - 6.1 MB
    Adding watermarks in the Print, Slideshow, and Web modules - 1:20 - 1.6 MB
    Making creative watermarks - 3:20 - 4.3 MB
    IPTC Extension metadata - 1:16 - 1.5 MB
    Exporting by file size and with watermarks - 1:51 - 2.3 MB
    Exporting collections - 3:22 - 3.5 MB
    Ejecting an external hard drive - 2:00 - 2.6 MB

Conclusion - 01:44

    Additional resources - 1:15 - 1.1 MB
    What's next - 0:29 - 5.8 MB