What You'll Learn

Do you wish you had a firm grip on straightforward, powerful ways to process your digital photos so they look their best? Are you looking for efficient tools to organize your photos so they're easy to find? Then Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC and this class are for you.

Spend a full day learning what you need to know to enhance the appearance of your photos in Lightroom's Develop module and manage your photos in Lightroom's Library module. The instructor will provide you with practice photos and walk you through the essential steps for processing and managing digital photos in Lightroom.

This class will cover:

• Importing photos to a Lightroom catalog
• Techniques for organizing and finding photos
• Tonal adjustments
• Color corrections
• Local adjustments
• Sharpening and noise reduction
• Exporting corrected photos
• Since Adobe now bundles Lightroom with Photoshop in the Creative Cloud Photography Plan, this class can help clarify when and why you should take your photos from Lightroom into Photoshop. And when not to do so.​

What To Expect

• There is only enough time for an overview of the Map, Book, Slideshow, Print, and Web Modules as the bulk of the class is spent on the most important modules: Library and Develop. All the editing and organizational processes are covered.
• Moving to Lightroom from other software solutions is a detailed and time-consuming task and this workshop does *not* cover how to do that in detail as the variations and individual needs are endless.

Computer Requirement

This is a hands-on class where you'll "learn by doing" - therefore you'll need a computer (Mac or PC). If you need any particular software installed, that will be detailed below. Not all programs require special software so if there isn't any detailed listed below you will only need a computer with an up-to-date web browser.

This is a hands-on class where you'll "learn by doing" - therefore you'll need a computer (Mac or PC, tablets/pads will not do).

You will need the most current version of Adobe Lightroom Classic installed. See the note below about the different versions of Lightroom available.

You will be sent a link to download example images that will let you work along with the instructor.

Adobe Creative Cloud

This class will be presented from the latest version of the Adobe Creative Cloud. If you are using your own computer for the class, it is important that you have the latest version installed! Adobe offers a free 7-day trial of the Creative Cloud.

An Important, Special Note About Adobe's New Names for Lightroom

If you are asking yourself, "which Lightroom do I want?", please read the following:

Adobe has updated, renamed and enhanced the Lightroom program world a few times in recent years! Some of the details and names are confusing but essentially there is now a full mobile/cloud version for mobile devices, web browsers and desktop computers. While the original Lightroom for the desktop has been updated and enhanced. They are both now subscription products. Here are the facts:

Lightroom (formerly known as Lightroom Mobile) is the cloud-native program for phones, pads, desktops and within any browser. It stores everything in the cloud so you can access all of your photos from any point. It has been quite useful on our smart-phones but the desktop and web versions are new so their features are still limited. Many pundits think that this is the future and its feature set will continue to improve but full use will depend upon very fast (and dependable) internet access and a huge amont of cloud storage.

Lightroom Classic (formerly Lightroom - do you see the naming problem?!) is the latest version of the Lightroom we have been using on our desktop computers with its professional image editing and organization workflow. This newest version has performance enhancements and other improvements and is the most fully featured one. It stores all of your photos on your computer, as it always has.

You need the LIghtroom Classic version installed for this class. If you're trying to figure out which Lightroom you have, contact us and our instructor (Steve Gandy) will help you figure it out. Please note that the $9.99/mo. Photography Plan gives the buyer Photoshop, Lightroom Classic , and Lightroom with 20GB of online storage. So, you can try everything out out...you may end up using all 3 for different parts of your workflow!

This information is subject to change :-) Please contact us with any questions!