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CreativeLive

Lightroom CC: Essential Training

via CreativeLive

Overview

AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

  • Use Lightroom to its fullest potential using the Adobe Creative Cloud.
  • Edit photos quickly and creatively.
  • Share your images in custom websites and on social media.
  • Grow your editing skills for years to come.
  • Share editing techniques with thousands of others.
  • Create prints and albums using Lightroom Connections.

ABOUT MARK’S CLASS:

This class is a step-by-step walkthrough of Lightroom CC. This class will give you an overview of Lightroom and how it fits within the Adobe Creative Cloud universe. You’ll learn how to maximize Lightroom’s potential by learning now to organize and edit your images. You’ll also learn how to share your work with the world using online galleries, portfolios, and more.

Topics Covered in this class:

  • Adding photos to Lightroom, backing them up and keeping them organized.
  • Editing your images quickly using Presets and Enhance.
  • Using the advanced photo editing features in Lightroom; the global and local adjustments.
  • Adding titles and captions to your images.
  • The many ways to share images from Lightroom; exporting, building online galleries, using Adobe Portfolio and Behance, and more.
  • How to share your images quickly on social media by exporting by using Adobe Spark.
  • Expanding your editing skills with the Discover and Share Edit features in Lightroom.
  • Lightroom and Lightroom Classic syncing.
  • Lightroom and Photoshop integration.

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

  • Beginner and Intermediate Photographers
  • Professional Photographers looking to streamline their workflow
  • Lightroom Classic users wanting to make the transition to Lightroom CC
  • Social Media Influencers who need to post frequent updates
  • Professional Photographers looking for ways to reach more clients
  • Photographers looking to learn new ways of editing their photos

SOFTWARE USED:

Adobe Lightroom 2021
Adobe Photoshop 2021
Adobe Lightroom Classic 2021
Adobe Portfolio (web)
Adobe Behance (web)
Adobe Spark (iOS, web)

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Mark Wallace is a photographer based in the United States. Best known for his web-based video series Digital Photography One on One and Exploring Photography sponsored by Adorama.

Millions of people have watched Mark’s videos on YouTube, and the numbers continue to grow. Mark has a strong social media following on Facebook and Twitter, where he spends time interacting with viewers and workshop attendees.

In 2014, Mark left the United States to embark on a 2-year worldwide adventure. He visited 28 countries and captured thousands of unique photographs across the globe.

In 2016 Mark decided to give up planes, trains, and automobiles and is now exploring the world on his motorcycle.

Syllabus

  • Class Overview
  • What is Lightroom CC?
  • Adding Photos to Lightroom
  • Organizing Photos in Folders and Albums
  • Adobe Sensei – It’s Magic
  • Date and People View
  • Picking Winners
  • Filtering Images
  • Using Photo Merge for HDR and Panoramas
  • Edit using the Enhance Feature
  • Editing Images: Global Adjustments
  • Editing Images: Local Adjustments
  • Copy and Paste Edit Settings
  • Using Presets
  • Integration with Photoshop
  • Adding Titles and Captions to Images
  • Exporting Images
  • Sharing Images
  • Creating a Slideshow
  • Sharing Images with Gallery
  • Sharing Images with Adobe Portfolio
  • Sharing Images with Adobe Behance
  • Sharing Images with Adobe Spark
  • Sharing an Edit
  • Sharing Images using Connections
  • Migrating a Lightroom Classic Catalog to Lightroom CC
  • Syncing Images with Lightroom Classic
  • Class Wrap Up

Taught by

Mark Wallace

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