Learn the basics of organizing and editing your photos using Lightroom Classic. This class is appropriate for people with little or no experience using Lightroom. The class is designed to introduce you to the fundamental tools, not to cover everything available. Students will gain skills and confidence editing your photos without being overwhelmed!
Topics include:
- Storing your photos on your computer or in the cloud
- Organizing photos with folders or albums
- Organizational tools: flags and star ratings
- Recovering highlight and shadow detail
- Adjusting color intensity
- Enhancing details
- Fixing color casts
- Converting to Black and White
- Intro to selective adjustments using Masking
- Retouching tools to remove distractions
- Removing chromatic aberration and distortion
- Noise reduction
- Sharpening
- Exporting images to share your edited photos
Each evening's session will be recorded and will be available to you for 90 days after the class starts.
All students will receive a pdf handout with tips, techniques and screen shots. It'll be your post-class companion when you're back at home editing your photos.
Students will follow along with their own computers with Lightroom Classic installed. If you haven’t already downloaded Lightroom Classic go to the Adobe website and find the “Lightroom” plan for $11.99/month. You can also choose a fully functional 7-day free trial."
