Digital Workflow with Lightroom : Learn the Basics

Digital Workflow with Lightroom

Learn the basics of Adobe Lightroom from image import to developing and showing images through the slide show module. This is a journey in not only the creative aspects of managing your images but a practical approach to organizing and tracking your images. You will leave this workshop with a working knowledge of the application Adobe Lightroom.

Course Objectives

• How images are imported, edited, developed and displayed
• How to use Lightroom to be creative as well as organized
• User interface and the application preferences to enhance your images
• Hands on, one on one exposure to this “one stop” application
• How to use Lightroom as an integral part of your digital workflow
• Round tripping from Lightroom into Photoshop and back to create selective enhancements
• Color space and monitor calibration

In Addition…

Each student will be supplied with a disk containing lesson movies and images. The lesson plan includes watching the lesson movie, working step by step on each taught technique and most of all, having one on one time to apply the learned techniques to your images.

Guest speakers will also be a part of this two-day workshop. They will share techniques specific to Adobe Lightroom followed by a Q & A.

Itinerary

DAY 1: 9am-6pm

• Adobe Lightroom User Interface
• Preferences and Customization
• The Library Module
• Importing and Exporting
• Making A Plan On How To Store Images
• Using The Navigator
• Using The Loupe To Analyze The Image
• Using Different Views To Edit and Compare
• The Editing Process, Labeling And Rating
• What Is Metadata and Why We Use It
• Searching For Images With “Find”
• Syncing and Batching
• Keywords and Filtering
• Histograms…What Are They and Why Are They Important
• Collections and Virtual Copies
• The Quick Develop

DAY 2: 9am-6 pm

• The Develop Module
• White Balance and Correcting Color Casts
• Making and Using Presets
• Snapshots and History
• Setting White Balance
• Sliders Vs. Direct Adjustments
• Adjusting Tone and Color
• Black and White and Split Toning
• Noise Reduction and Sharpening
• Lens Correction and Camera Calibration
• Using Filtering and Syncing Settings
• Looping, Cropping, Cloning And Comparing
• The Slide Show Module
• Making and Using Templates
• Customizing Options, Layouts And Overlays
• Washes, Transitions and Music
• The Print Module
• Making and Using Templates
• Customizing Layouts and Print Settings
• The Web Module
• Making and Using Templates
• How To Customize For Viewing On The Web

Studio

Bathhouse Studios
540 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10009

Directions

Subway

• Cross-town(8th Av/Williamsburg area): L Train to 1st Ave. stop. You’ll be on14th St. & 1st Ave. Walk East one block to Ave. A and hang a right. Walk down A ‘till you hit 11th St. Take a left down 11th & we are on the South (right) side closer to Avenue B.
• North/South : N, R Train (Brooklyn/Queens), 4, 5, 6 Train (Brooklyn/Bronx) To 14th St & Union Sq (East) stop. Walk east on 14th St. to Ave A. Take right on A (south) till you hit 11th St. Take left on 11th . We are on the South (right) side closer to Avenue B.

Parking

• Nice, LLC – 212.475.5262
  311 E 11th St btw 1st & 2nd Aves
  New York, NY (Please call for pricing)

Cost per person

$1999 per person

Limited to: 20 participants

Terms and Conditions

Included:

• Quest workshop fee
• Reviews
• All lectures
• Lunch

Not included:

• Flights for out-of-state attendees
• Any required hardware or software
• Lodging

Chris Alvanas

Chris Alvanas is a digital photographer and photoshop maven. He is a gifted and sought after post-production artist for high-end beauty retouching. As a photographer, Chris is known for his commercial quirky kids images. His fine art side delves into the worlds of jazz and dance by illustrating the musician’s relationship with the instrument, as well as the motion of dance: his images are anything but static. Chris believes every-thing starts with perspective, and the beauty of the shot lives on the fringe of awkwardness: a pleasantly alarming place.

Chris’s images have appeared in Nikon World Magazine, PopularPhotography, Nikon Product Guide, Nikon Pro Website, and in the 2007and 2008 Nikon Calendars. His clients include: Nikon, Kodak, Procter & Gamble, Safilo Eyewear-Italy, Armadani Jewelers, Bob’s Store, Samsonite, Newport International Polo, American Photo Magazine, Popular Photography Magazine, Rubberball and Getty Images.

As a retoucher, Chris is a regular contributor to Layers Magazine and is included in the 2008 Layers Magazine best of the year compilation DVD.

He is currently working with Katrin Eismann on the second edition of her book “Masking and Compositing”, due to be released in Fall 2008. Chris is a faculty member at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University and previous owner of Hope Gallery in Bristol, RI. www.lightyearimaging.com

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Gear to Bring

The following is required for the class, except as indicated:

• Laptop Computer
• Wacom Tablet (optional)
• Storage Media and Reader
• Portable Hard Drive (at least 40-80GB)
• Software: Adobe Lightroom 1.3