Lightroom: Digital Darkroom - Dec 9

Adobe Lightroom has revolutionized the digital photographer’s practices and productivity. Using the simple and intuitive Lightroom workflow modules, you can quickly and easily take your photographs to a professional level. Lightroom is ideal for organizing and cataloging thousands of photographs. It is also an essential tool for anyone who wants to process, retouch, and creatively enhance their images. We will focus on the Develop Module in this one-day course, learning how to make customized adjustments to individual and groups of images. You will also learn how to take advantage of the unlimited filters and effects that are available to Lightroom users. Topics covered will include:

• Using the Develop Module to work non-destructively on RAW or JPEG files
• Making your blah photos look fabulous
• Essential image enhancements: exposure, contrast, and saturation
• Retouching portraits
• Masking techniques
• Creating the vintage, vignette, and high-contrast film effects
• Converting color photos to beautiful black-and-white photos
• Fixing problem areas
• Applying adjustments to multiple photos in one step
• Saving and Exporting your images
• Using Lightroom and Photoshop together