With a firm base understanding of Lightroom's catalog system, move forward into the library module. Walk through each panel of the library interface, examining application features like the navigator, grid view, loop view, compare and survey. Learn to use the application interface to examine your images and the subsequent metadata. Create folders, rename files, and learn to locate and relink offline media. Compare the organizational features of smart collections vs. collections. Understand the library structure and non-destructive file management. Leverage the power of metadata to organize your images intelligently and quickly.
Transition from the focus of library organization into the essentials of Lightroom's develop module. Learn a rock solid foundation in developing camera RAW image data for post-production. Learn to extract and prepare the most information possible from your RAW image data to preserve quality throu...
Continue into a more advanced look at the develop module tool set within Lightroom. Learn about, healing, clone stamp, brushes, gradients and cropping tools. Evaluate when these tools are best used within Lightroom versus Photoshop. Practice skin retouching on portraits and dust removal on landsc...
Examine the best practices for exporting your images out of Lightroom versus into Photoshop. Learn about post processing file formats, optimum color spaces, comparing 8 bit to 16 bit imagery, and ideal resolutions settings. Export multiple exposures and processes of the same image into Photoshop....
