Lightroom: Mastering Adjustments and Editing

Learn how to enhance photos in Adobe Lightroom. This course focuses on how to apply adjustments using the editing features of the Develop module.

Introduction

• The Lightroom Develop module is your key to amazing images
• Develop: The heart of Lightroom
• Which Lightroom is best for you?

1. The Edit/Develop Module: Reviewing the Basics

• Order of operations
• The importance of Auto
• Creative profiles
• White balance and temperature
• Tone: Basic and Curves
• Color
• B&W and toning
• Workflow in Lightroom

2. The Edit/Develop Module: In Depth

• HDR and post
• Sharpening: Global and variable
• Noise Reduction and grain addition
• Lens correction, upright, and manual perspective control
• Clarity, vignetting, and Dehaze
• Precision sliders and using the alt or opt key
• In-depth workflow in Lightroom

3. Edit/Develop Tools

• Crop and draw to straighten
• Retouching and the adjustment brush
• Graduated filters
• Multiple graduated filters for special effects
• Adjustment brush tricks
• Develop workflow
• Develop tools workflow in Lightroom

4. Saving Time

• Match total exposure
• Synching settings
• The power of presets
• Applying presets on import
• Before, after, and history
• Differences between Lightroom and Classic workflow

5. Lightroom: Beyond the Desktop

• Syncing from Lightroom to mobile
• Lightroom mobile phone raw and HDR capture
• Quick edits
• Deeper edits
• Accessing Lightroom anywhere
• Sharing, collaboration, and culling

6. Beyond Lightroom

• When to go to Photoshop
• Creative imaging
• Retouching
• Magic
• Video

Conclusion

• Next steps