Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Course

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Essential software for extraordinary photography.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: arrangement of our courses

Some of our courses have moved to online delivery. We aim to continue to deliver a high-quality educational experience through interactive, online classes in real-time. If you are currently enrolled in a course with us, we will be in touch soon with options for your enrolment.

Please note that for online classes, all course materials will be shared electronically. No printed resources will be available.

This Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic course will streamline your digital photography workflow and show you how to manage your photo collection with ease. Learn how to create libraries and make fine adjustments to create web galleries to showcase your talents. It is ideal for both professional and passionate photographers who wish to add those finishing touches to their shots.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• explore the basics of the Lightroom interface; import photos and set various import options; change views in the library and make basic adjustments; adjust the Lightroom interface; and use keyboard shortcuts to improve efficiency
• flag, rate, stack, sort, and cull photos by using Survey view; create and manipulate keywords; create collections; filter photos in Grid view; and synchronise develop settings and metadata adjustments within groups of photos
• apply presets to photos, adjust white balance, make basic tonal adjustments, use history steps to revert to previous versions of photos, create snapshots, compare before and after versions of photos, adjust tone curves, make precise shadow and highlight adjustments, adjust colour, convert photos to grayscale, create split-tone effects, crop and straighten photos, make precise detail adjustments, copy and paste adjustments between photos, and create custom presets
• preview a slideshow, adjust basic slide and backdrop options, save custom slideshow settings as a template, add text overlays to slides, adjust the size and placement of photos, adjust playback options for a slideshow, and export a slideshow as a PDF
• adjust the way photos are arranged on pages, including single photo layouts and multiple photo layouts; and adjust output settings, including basic printing options and colour management options
• create a Flash-based web gallery, including adding text, adjusting layout and colours, and adding photo information; preview a web gallery and upload it to a host server.

Content

Lightroom overview

• Importing photos
• Viewing photos
• The Lightroom interface

The library

• Sorting photos
• Organising photos
• Group photo adjustments
• Export options

Developing photos

• Basic adjustments
• Managing adjustments
• Tone curves and colour adjustments
• Grayscale and split toning
• Cropping and straightening
• Detail adjustments
• Duplicating adjustments

Slideshows

• Slide and backdrop settings
• Slide overlays and layout
• Playback and export settings

Printing photos

• Print layout
• Output control

Web galleries

• Create a web gallery
• Output a web gallery

Intended audience

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with personal computers and the use of a keyboard and a mouse.

Delivery style

Presented as practical, instructor-led computer-based training. You will have dedicated access to a computer, so you can follow instructor training and work through in-class activities.

Materials

You will be provided with a course workbook in class.

Additional information

Please bring a USB flash drive to class if you would like to make a copy of your work or any relevant class materials. Alternatively, you can save these to a cloud storage space or email them to your personal email address.

This course is delivered using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic software.