The training

Lightroom classic

The training

Lightroom classic

The knowledge pack indispensable to Lightroom Classic users.

Adobe Lightroom Classic CC

Professional library system for photo storing, calatoging, editing and automated processing

The training agenda in the pritable PDF format can be downloaded here.

The training agenda in the pritable PDF format can be downloaded here.

Training profile

The training is addresed to individuals or photographic studios, who seek to implement the Lightroom into their photo workshop. The training emphasizes the library management, automation and fast serial processing of photos.

Acquiring the learning material (and repeating on Your own) guarantees competences high enough to meet responsibilities in a professional graphics studio.

Prerequisite Skills

During the training the proficiency in computer operation is necessary.

Training language

The training is offered both in English and in Polish.

Further learning path

The parallel work in Lighroom and Photoshop gives You virtually unlimited possibilities of photo processing and editing. That’s why the “Photoshop core” course is a further natural way of skill development, followed by “Photoshop advance^↑”.

Training objectives

To familiarise participants with Lr to a degree when they are able to efficiently and comfortably operate Lr’s modules
To present how to customize Lr to individual style of work and to own preferences of organising a photo archive
To train the ability to quickly sort, label and assess the quality and usefulness of images
Discussing the workflows: a photoreporter, design agency, collection digitalization
Extensive overview of colour correction and image styling techniques

When the training is effective?

Training succeeds:

if participants have a similar level of knowledge (very important);
the group should be no more than 6-7 people;
it is helpful when the participants are relieved from other duties so that they can focus only on learning.

Regarding videoconference online training:

The day before the training, we recommend testing the computer and software and downloading exercises so that the next morning everything is ready for work;
very important: two displays; one showing the remote trainer’s presentation, the second for the student’s individual practice. More info on working with two monitors.

After the training:

After completing the course, daily professional contact with Lightroom is necessary: work, practical tasks.

Training duration

The training lasts for 16 school hours. It is 2 days, 8 school hours each.

Training day schedule

08:45

Gathering

Workplace preparation, attendance list, organizational arrangements

09:00

Beginning of a training

An introduction & lesson start right on time

10:45

Coffe break (15 min.)

A short breather to stretch your legs

12:30

Lunch break (45 min.)

45 minutes to rest, relax and to have a meal

14:30

Coffe break (15 min.)

The last break on this training day

16:00

End of a training day

A quick review of the topics covered

Is it possible to change training hours?

Naturally. The presented schedule is a proposal based on the experience from previous training sessions, however, the trainer can adapt flexibly to the client’s requirements.

Can you reschedule the breaks?

Yes, of course. If students wish, breaks can be shifted at will.

Online training

Stationery training

If you prefer a training in a videoconferencing form, we offer our courses in Poland and abroad as live online classes, through modern platforms like Zoom, Teams, etc.,

Do you prefer a stationary training conducted locally, at the premises of your company? We offer on-site courses throughout Poland.

More on online trainings

Stationery training

Do you prefer a stationary training conducted locally, at the premises of your company? We offer on-site courses throughout Poland.

Online training

More on online training

If you prefer a training in a videoconferencing form, we offer our courses in Poland and abroad as live online classes, through modern platforms like Zoom, Teams, etc.,

Online training

If you prefer a training in a videoconferencing form, we offer our courses in Poland and abroad as live online classes, through modern platforms like Zoom, Teams, etc.,

More on online training

Stationery training

Do you prefer a stationary training conducted locally, at the premises of your company? We offer on-site courses throughout Poland.

Training program

Let us emphasize the flexibility of the course: a trainer chooses exercises accordingly to specific training objectives set by a student, who takes time to practice only exercises that are directly useful and advantageous. The training program is a proposal, well thought-out and proven in practice.

We proceed on the premise, that a training should flexibly adjust to student’s needs, but never the other way around.

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Expand the training program

Introduction

The role of Lightroom in the Adobe CC environment
The comparison of Lightroom CC vs. Lightroom Classic
Lr interface: division into modules, customization, tool panels
The Lightroom used with dual displays

Import

Importing photos into the library from a pendrive, memory card, portable HDD, DVD disc, network location, etc.
Import options: mass tagging, adding to virtual folders, renaming files, applying development presets on photo series
Own templates of file renaming
Quick import into the current folder
Setting up the Autoimport feature (insert a memory card and import will run automatically)
Creating presets, i.e. customized data import settings, ready to be called up quickly
Ways of generating previews

Library management

Systematics, organization and arrangement of images in the library as a reflection of the photographer’s work style and preferences
Browsing, selecting, labelling, describing of images + navigation shortcuts
Display options and interface tools improving efficiency and comfort
Quick evaluation of series of photos: rejecting and deleting failed ones, quality marking (on a scale of 1-5), colour labelling
Detailed comparison of two shots
Rotating photos, individually and altogether
Defining own tags (i.e. keywords), nesting tags hierarchically
Ways to quick apply tags to series of photos
Automatic face recognition and tagging of specific people
Filtering and searching based on dates, time, tags, events, names, people
Building complex filtering criteria, saving ready-made filters as presets for future use
Stacking, reordering and removing photos from a stack; splitting a stack
Collecting photos in virtual theme folders
Smart Collections – dynamically updated sets of images based on own filtering criteria presets

Catalog management

Understanding relations among the Lighroom application, the catalog, presets, pictures as files on HDD
Non-destructive operations on Lr catalog vs. direct file management on HDD
The DNG format and its applications
Metadata export from Lr catalog and embedding it directly to a RAW file or saving as an external .xmp file
What are sidecar .xmp files and what are their uses?
Lr cooperation with Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw module
Data exchange with other photo studios: sharing/receiving RAW negatives together with information about applied editions
Development of multiple versions of the same photograph with alternate settings

Developing a photograph

The concept of luminance contrast
The skill of histogram analysis, exercises
RAW format, quality advantage of 16-bit over 8-bit images
Dynamic range of RAW pictures, detection and repair of blowouts in lights and shadows
Using Curves
Exercises in contrast correction of the picture’s subject, a difficult art of compromise
The concepts of RGB color space, color wheel and their application in colour correction
Eliminating color tint
Selective color replacement
Controllable image conversion to grayscale
Framing and rotation to vertical position
Compensation of geometry distortion (curved buildings, “fish eye”) based on the profile of the particular lens model
Removing the chromatic aberration (color shift)
Image sharpening
Undo, history of edits
Revocable local correction applied to selected areas
Simple retouch: removing lens scratches, dust, “red-eye”, repairs with the stamp tool
Applying developed settings from one photo to entire series
Styling with fashionable effects: matt, HDR, sepia, bichromy, retro polaroid, Lomo, high contrast, wedding, etc.
Combining series of photos taken with a variable aperture (bracketing) into high dynamic range 16-bit RAWs
Merging series of photos into a panorama

GPS geotaging

GPS coordinates as metadata describing the place, where the photo was taken
Maps view, navigation, Google Maps display options
Inspection of GPS tags, clipping photographs into a map, individually and in series
Filtering images by geotags
Adding geotags from a .gpx file (e.g. recorded with the mobile app) to a series of photos taken with the camera without built-in GPS receiver
Exporting photos with the option of geotag cleaning (privacy concerns) Book (optional, presented upon a customer request)
The Book module as a quick way to prepare a PDF for printing in a photo lab
Selecting photos to include in an album, adding titles and descriptions
Automatic creator, composing own layout presets
Manual photo arrangement, page composition, adding page numbers, narrative text blocks
Exporting book to .pdf or .jpg
Limitations of the Book module

Export

Selection and outputting processed images to a hard disk or into an email
Export settings: file format, color mode, dimensions, resolution
Saving export settings as a preset
How to add additional elements to exported photos: photo ID in photographer’s offer, own watermark, copyright information, contact details to the author, etc.

Backup

Saving the metadata from Lr library as .xmp files into folders containing photos on HDD
Backing up the Lr catalog library
Setting up an automatic backup to an external drive or to a network location
Migrating the Lr catalog, presets and photos to a different computer

Expand the training program

Introduction

The role of Lightroom in the Adobe CC environment
The comparison of Lightroom CC vs. Lightroom Classic
Lr interface: division into modules, customization, tool panels
The Lightroom used with dual displays

Import

Importing photos into the library from a pendrive, memory card, portable HDD, DVD disc, network location, etc.
Import options: mass tagging, adding to virtual folders, renaming files, applying development presets on photo series
Own templates of file renaming
Quick import into the current folder
Setting up the Autoimport feature (insert a memory card and import will run automatically)
Creating presets, i.e. customized data import settings, ready to be called up quickly
Ways of generating previews

Library management

Systematics, organization and arrangement of images in the library as a reflection of the photographer’s work style and preferences
Browsing, selecting, labelling, describing of images + navigation shortcuts
Display options and interface tools improving efficiency and comfort
Quick evaluation of series of photos: rejecting and deleting failed ones, quality marking (on a scale of 1-5), colour labelling
Detailed comparison of two shots
Rotating photos, individually and altogether
Defining own tags (i.e keywords), nesting tags hierarhically
Ways to quick apply tags to series of photos
Automatic face reckognition and tagging of specific people
Filtering and searching based on dates, time, tags, events, names, people
Building complex filtering criteria, saving ready-made filters as presets for future use
Stacking, reordering and removing photos from a stack; splitting a stack
Collecting photos in virtual theme folders
Smart Collections – dynamically updated sets of images based on own filtering criteria presets

Catalog management

Understanding relations among the Lighroom application, the catalog, presets, pictures as files on HDD
Non-destructive operations on Lr catalog vs. direct file management on HDD
The DNG format and its applications
Metadata export from Lr catalog and embedding it directly to a RAW file or saving as an external .xmp file
What are sidecar .xmp files and what are their uses?
Lr cooperation with Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw module
Data exchange with other photo studios: sharing/receiving RAW negatives together with information about applied editions
Development of multiple versions of the same photograph with alternate settings

Developing a photograph

The concept of luminance contrast
The skill of histogram analysis, exercises
RAW format, quality advantage of 16-bit over 8-bit images
Dynamic range of RAW pictures, detection and repair of blowouts in lights and shadows
Using Curves
Exercises in contrast correction of the picture’s subject, a difficult art of compromise
The concepts of RGB color space, color wheel and their application in colour correction
Eliminating color tint
Selective color replacement
Controlable image conversion to grayscale
Framing and rotation to vertical position
Compensation of geometry distortion (curved buildings, “fish eye”) based on the profile of the particular lens model
Removing the chromatic aberration (color shift)
Image sharpening
Undo, history of edits
Revocable local correction applied to selected areas
Simple retouch: removing lens scratches, dust, “red-eye”, repairs with the stamp tool
Applying developed settings from one photo to entire series
Styling with fashionable effects: matt, HDR, sepia, bichromy, retro polaroid, Lomo, high contrast, wedding, etc.
Combining series of photos taken with a variable aperture (bracketing) into high dynamic range 16-bit RAWs
Merging series of photos into a panorama

GPS geotaging

GPS coordinates as metadata describing the place, where the photo was taken
Maps view, navigation, Google Maps display options
Inspection of GPS tags, clipping photographs into a map, individually and in series
Filtering images by geotags
Adding geotags from a .gpx file (e.g. recorded with the Endomondo app) to a series of photos taken with the camera without built-in GPS receiver
Exporting photos with the option of geotag cleaning (privacy concerns) Book (optional, presented upon a customer request)
The Book module as a quick way to prepare a PDF for printing in a photo lab
Selecting photos to include in an album, adding titles and descriptions
Automatic creator, composing own layout presets
Manual photo arrangement, page composition, adding page numbers, narrative text blocks
Exporting book to .pdf or .jpg
Limitations of the Book module

Export

Selection and outputting processed images to a hard disk or into an email
Export settings: file format, color mode, dimensions, resolution
Saving export settings as a preset
How to add additional elements to exported photos: photo ID in photographer’s offer, own watermark, copyright information, contact details to the author, etc.

Backup

Saving the metadata from Lr library as .xmp files into folders containing photos on HDD
Backing up the Lr catalog library
Setting up an automatic backup to an external drive or to a network location
Migrating the Lr catalog, presets and photos to a different computer

What makes us

stand out

?

We offer

individual

live online

competitively priced

customizable

trainings.

Close delivery dates

We specialize in closed training courses aimed at companies and institutions, so we can offer quick delivery times. We do not reschedule agreed trainings unless requested by the client.

Even for a one trainee

Are you looking for a position training for a newly hired employee? We will deliver it in the form of remote online training or onsite stationery training at your company office in any location in Poland.

Customizable courses

The modular construction of the training material allows for flexible adjustment of the material exactly according to the needs of the participants, even on an ongoing basis during the training session.

What makes us

stand out

?

We offer

individual

live online

competitively priced

customizable

trainings.

Close delivery dates

We specialize in closed training courses aimed at companies and institutions, so we can offer quick delivery times. We do not reschedule agreed trainings unless requested by the client.

Even for a one trainee

Are you looking for a position training for a newly hired graphic specialist? We will deliver it in the form of remote online training or onsite stationery training at your company office in any location in Poland.

Customizable courses

The modular construction of the training material allows for flexible adjustment of the material exactly according to the needs of the participants, even on an ongoing basis during the training session.

What makes us

stand out

?

Close delivery dates

We specialize in closed training courses aimed at companies and institutions, so we can offer quick delivery times. We do not reschedule agreed trainings unless requested by the client.

Even for a one trainee

Are you looking for a position training for a newly hired graphic specialist? We will deliver it in the form of remote online training or onsite stationery training at your company office in any location in Poland.

Customizable courses

The modular construction of the training material allows for flexible adjustment of the material exactly according to the needs of the participants, even on an ongoing basis during the training session.

Estimated training cost

Price

The calculator below will give you a close indication of the training price. To get a final binding offer, multiple variables have to be accounted for, therefore please contact us directly.

Recommended group size (4–8 people)

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