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CreativeLive

Lightroom Desktop for the Photo Enthusiast

via CreativeLive

Overview

AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

  • Import, backup and organize your photos with ease.
  • Create stunning images with powerful editing tools.
  • Create brilliant HDR and PANORAMIC images.
  • Find, enjoy and share your images instantly.
  • Do all of these things anywhere, anytime, on any device.

ABOUT JARED'S CLASS:

Photo enthusiasts and professionals alike spend a lot of time taking photos, but even more time organizing, editing and sharing those photos. Adobe Lightroom makes it possible to keep track of all of your images, edit them with powerful tools and share them with the world lightning fast. And all of this happens in the same application on any device you have!

Jared Platt, Adobe’s Lightroom Guru is going to walk you through Lightroom and the the Lightroom Ecosystem and teach you how to make this powerful software work for you to organize, edit and share your images.

You will learn how to adjust and retouch photographs, how to merge HDR and PANO images, how to select and adjust the sky in seconds, and how to find and share your images at the drop of a hat. Jared will teach you how to take control of your digital photo life!

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

  • Everyone who uses or wants to use Lightroom Desktop.
  • Professional and Photo Enthusiasts.
  • Photographers from every genre.

SOFTWARE USED:

Lightroom (Desktop) 2022 LR5

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Jared Platt is an international wedding, lifestyle, and portrait photographer, and photographic lecturer. Jared began his studies in photography in documentary and landscapes, but today you will find his images are a perfect blend of the three genres. You can catch him teaching photography, lighting, and photo editing at the B&H Event Space, on CreativeLive, on Profoto’s YouTube light shaping series "What's the Difference”, at the Canon Live Learning Center, and at international photo conferences around the globe. Jared has been teaching photography for 20 years and has been a working photographer for the last quarter-century. Jared will change your understanding of photography and put you on the path to your very best work. Don't miss the opportunity to learn from him whenever you get the chance.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Lightroom vs Lightroom Classic
  • Lightroom Overview
  • Lightroom Mobile Overview
  • Lightroom Web Overview
  • Importing
  • Organizing Images
  • Searching for Images
  • Merging Images
  • Histograms and Profiles
  • Basic Adjustments
  • Color and Effects
  • Optics
  • Geometry
  • Retouching Landscapes
  • Retouching People
  • Masking Skin
  • Masking Landscapes
  • Sharing Images
  • Conclusion

Taught by

Jared Platt

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