Online Program
Adventures Online: An Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Classic
Program No. 24829RJ
Get an introduction to Adobe Lightroom Classic with photography instructor Mason Marsh during a three-day online course that offers a look at organizing and enhancing your photos.
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Day
1
Orientation & Introductions, Modules, Library
Location:
From the comfort of your own home.
Activity Note
Today’s session will start at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time and end at 4:00 p.m.
Afternoon:
1:00 p.m.: Orientation & Introductions (30 minutes). 1:30 p.m.: Lesson – A House of Many Rooms - Lightroom’s Floor Plan (45 minutes). Adobe Lightroom is like a house. In this introductory lesson, we will explore the many modules of Lightroom and learn how they work together. 2:15 p.m.: Break (15 minutes). 2:30 p.m.: Lesson – A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place (60 minutes). Building and maintaining an organized Lightroom library is the first step in a satisfying digital workflow. We will learn how to use Lightroom’s powerful tools to import, tag, keyword, and compartmentalize your digital images. 3:30 p.m.: Wrap-up & Homework Assignments (30 minutes).
Day
2
Digital Asset Management, Synchronicity, Adjustments
Location:
From the comfort of your own home.
Activity Note
Today’s session will start at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time and end at 4:00 p.m.
Afternoon:
Afternoon 1:00 p.m.: Lesson – Digital Asset Management (30 minutes). Adobe Lightroom is a powerful digital image management tool, but a thoughtful approach to safekeeping your image files is required. We will work together to build a sustainable digital asset management plan. 1:30 p.m.: Lesson – Synchronicity (30 minutes). Lightroom can run on multiple platforms. We will learn how to keep them all working together smoothly. 2:00 p.m.: Break (15 minutes). 2:15 p.m.: Lesson – Developing Your Images Part 1 – Global Adjustments (45 minutes). Lightroom’s Develop Module does a lot of your image processing heavy lifting. We will explore tools at your disposal for adjusting your images’ tones, details and geometry. 3:00 p.m.: Lesson – Developing Your Images Part 2 – Local Adjustments. Fine tune your image using Lightroom’s powerful masking tools. We’ll learn about Lightroom’s latest AI-powered tools and how they have changed the nature of image processing. 3:45 p.m.: Wrap-up & Homework Assignments (15 minutes).
Day
3
Color & Sharpening Tools, Processing Jobs, Exporting
Location:
From the comfort of your own home.
Activity Note
Today’s session will start at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time and end at 4:00 p.m.
Afternoon:
1:00 p.m.: Lesson – Developing Your Images Part 3 - Color Tools (30 minutes). Much of Lightroom’s processing potential lies in the color tools. We will explore the different approaches to bringing out the best color in your images. 1:30 p.m.: Lesson – Developing Your Images Part 4 – Sharpening Tools (30 minutes). It takes a steady hand to bring the sharpness of your digital images to life. We will learn how to carefully manage details in Lightroom. 2:00 p.m.: Break (15 minutes). 2:15 p.m.: Lesson – All Together Now! - Start-to-Finish Processing Demos (45 minutes). Applying all we’ve learned, we’ll run through several image processing jobs from start to finish. 3:00 p.m.: Break (15 minutes). 3:15 p.m.: Lesson – Now What? Exporting Your Work. The final step in our Lightroom journey is the output of our finished images. We’ll explore the options for exporting our images. This concludes our program.
