Up and Running with Lightroom 5

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom has become a popular program for photographers of all experience levels. In this course, photographer and teacher Jan Kabili provides an approachable introduction to all its capabilities. The course begins with a look at how to import photos from a camera and from a hard drive, describing how the Lightroom catalog works along the way. Then you'll learn key ways to manage your photos in Lightroom, from reviewing photos after a shoot to working with Smart Previews when your photos are offline. This part of the course covers making collections, adding keywords, and much more. Next, the course introduces the Lightroom Develop module and its features for improving a photo's appearance, including adjusting tone and color, cropping and fixing perspective, converting to black and white, reducing noise, and sharpening. It explores how to make local adjustments with the Adjustment Brush, Radial Filter, Graduated Filter, and Spot Removal tools. The course ends with a look at the most commonly used Lightroom features for sharing photos: exporting, printing, and sharing online.

Introduction 5m 24s
Welcome 1m 2s
Using the exercise files 4m 22s

1. Importing Photos 30m 31s
Understanding catalogs 4m 21s
Organizing your photos before importing 3m 10s
Deciding where to store your photos 4m 28s
Importing photos from a drive 8m 14s
Importing photos from a camera 10m 18s

2. Managing Photos in the Library Module 1h 15m
Library module workspace 7m 21s
Viewing and sorting photos 6m 16s
Selecting photos 7m 9s
Reviewing and rating photos 8m 41s
Organizing with collections 6m 27s
Using Smart Collections 6m 21s
Keywording 4m 51s
Finding photos by keyword 5m 40s
Finding photos with the Metadata filter 4m 53s
Moving files and folders 7m 16s
Renaming photos 4m 18s
Working with Smart Previews when traveling 6m 6s

3. Editing Photos in the Develop Module 54m 18s
Develop module workspace 6m 14s
Cropping and straightening 4m 25s
Fixing perspective with Upright 7m 19s
Setting white balance 4m 41s
Using the histogram to evaluate tones 4m 5s
Adjusting tone and color in the Basic panel 8m 45s
Fine-tuning colors in the HSL panel 3m 35s
Converting to black and white 3m 56s
Using virtual copies 3m 43s
Reducing digital noise 3m 24s
Sharpening 4m 11s

4. Correcting Part of a Photo 26m 21s
Targeting edits with the Adjustment Brush 6m 45s
Spotlighting and vignetting with the Radial filter 6m 0s
Gradual editing with the Graduated filter 4m 5s
Removing dust spots with Spot Removal circles 6m 12s
Removing content with Spot Removal brushstrokes 3m 19s

5. Sharing and Printing Photos 30m 40s
Exporting photos 9m 22s
Setting up a connection to Facebook 6m 22s
Sharing photos to Facebook 5m 44s
Printing photos 9m 12s

Conclusion 26s
Next steps 26s