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I will be on sabbatical starting September 1, 2021. I won’t be updating this series while I’m out, but you’ll still find it VERY HIGHLY relevant, and the series comes with a 60-day 100% satisfaction guarantee. I did add a 35 minute tutorial on the new Lightroom Classic 11 Masking feature!
Lightroom 5, 6 and Classic: The Fundamentals & Beyond
A Workshop on Video with Laura Shoe
Master the fundamentals of Lightroom and WAY beyond!
In this series for both beginners and experienced users, learn how to import, organize and manage, edit and share your photos.
Start you best-in-class Lightroom training with this series.
For Lightroom Classic (AKA Classic CC; updated through 10.4) and for the old Lightroom 5, and 6.
2428 hours of training on 123 videos – download and keep them forever (no subscription)!Get off to a great start in Lightroom or fill in gaps in your knowledge
Clean up your Lightroom mess – get and stay organized
Edit like a pro: produce beautiful results quickly
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“Laura’s video training has to be the best and easiest way to master Lightroom. It’s superb…perfect for both beginners and intermediate level Lightroom users and will impress advanced users as well.”
Photosource International
Laura Shoe has taught for Adobe, creativeLIVE, Rocky Mountain School of Photography and other organizations, and has been making video tutorials for over 10 years. From her years of teaching experience she anticipates where students get stuck, and with a clear and concise presentation style, guides you through the complexities with ease.
This series covers the most important parts of Lightroom, that everyone should learn well – the Library and Develop modules – as well as Map. Click on the tabs below to read more about what you’ll learn:
Get and Stay Organized
Understand how Lightroom works with a catalog and how to avoid painful mistakes users often make
Make decisions on where to store your photos and how to organize them, set up Lightroom to meet your needs
Protect your photo library: understand what needs to be backed up and how to do it
Import from memory cards, hard drives, iPhoto, Photos, Elements; import as you shoot with your camera tethered to Lightroom
Clean up your Lightroom mess: Move and reorganize your photo library; resolve and avoid missing-file issues; merge catalogs, eliminate duplicate photos
Add keywords, face tags, stars, labels, names, other “metadata” to find any photo almost instantly
Use the Map module to save time and easily find photos based on location without having to add location keywords
Fix and Enhance Your Photos
Watch me develop a photo start-to-finish, then delve into the tools to transform your images
Learn and focus on the basics, or master and leverage every tool in the Develop module
Take care of problem areas in your photos and bring attention to your main subject
Eliminate distractions by removing spots and objects
Retouch portraits to smooth skin, remove blemishes, reduce appearance of wrinkles and under-eye shadows
Fix architectural lines and lens issues
Convert all or part of your photo to black and white, add color toning, grain, and other creative effects
Get more done faster with presets and by working on many photos at once
Move from Lightroom to Photoshop (or Elements) and back
NEW: Two hours of additional photo editing practice with even more tips!
Share Your Photos
Export copies of your photos to send out for printing or to share electronically
Email photos from within Lightroom
Upload to Flickr and other services
Use Publish Services to manage your exports so that you’ll know if you have done more editing since export and need to export/upload again.
Watermark your photos with a logo or your copyright
And MUCH MORE!
Beginners: I don’t assume you have any prior experience and I give you guidance on which videos are most important to watch so that you don’t feel overwhelmed. Experienced users: in addition to many videos intended particularly for you (The Pros and Cons of DNG, Smart Previews for Offline Editing, Shooting Tethered, The Tone Curve, Noise Reduction and Sharpening, etc., etc.), you’ll find that almost all videos have content intended for you as well – use them to fill gaps in your knowledge.
Table of Contents
Green-coded videos: core lessons that everyone should watch, and beginners should start with.
Introduction (40 min)
- Series Introduction
- Introduction to Lightroom
- How Lightroom Works
Upgrading (38 min)
- Upgrading to Lightroom Classic 10
- Upgrading to Lightroom Classic 9
- Updating Lightroom Classic
- Upgrading to Lightroom 6
Devise Your Organization and Backup Strategy (38 min)
- Organizing and Backing Up Your Photo Library
- Setting Up and Managing Catalog Backups; Catalog Files
Importing into Lightroom (1 hour, 40 min)
- Importing from Your Hard Drive
- Importing from Memory Cards
- Importing from Elements into 6, CC 2015, Classic
- Importing from Elements into Lightroom 5
- Importing from iPhoto
- Import from Mac Photos
- Shooting While Tethered to Lightroom
- Auto Import from a Watched Folder
Setting Up Lightroom and Getting Started in Library (1 hour, 14 min)
- Orientation to the Library Module
- Identity Plate
- Setting Grid and Loupe View Options
- Lightroom Preferences
- Catalog Settings
Move Your Photo Library (32 min)
- Moving Your Lightroom Catalog
- Moving Your Photos to Another Hard Drive
Organize and Clean Up Files and Catalogs (1 hour, 14 min)
- Reorganize Your Files and Folders
- Missing Files and Folders
- Merging Catalogs
- Eliminating Duplicate Photos
Cull, Manage and Find Your Photos (3 hours, 45 min)
- Evaluating (Culling) Photos
- More Zoom Tools and Tips
- Cull Faster with Auto Advance
- The Embedded Preview Workflow
- Quick Develop
- Keywording Basics
- Keyword Sets and Suggestions
- Face Tagging
- Organize and Manage Keywords
- Metadata Panel
- Renaming Photos
- Searching for Your Photos
- Collections and Collection Sets
- Smart Collections
- Pros and Cons of Converting to DNG
- Converting to and Managing DNG Raw Files
- Smart Previews
- Enhance Raw File Details
- Enhance: Super Resolution
Transfer Work from Your Laptop to Desktop (17 min)
- Transfer Lightroom Work – Export and Import Catalog
- Transfer Lightroom Work Using Cloud-Based Lightroom CC
The Map Module (42 min)
- Map 1: Adding to and Managing Photos on the Map
- Map 2: Address Lookup/Reverse Geocoding
- Map3: Saved Locations & Filtering
- Map 4: Automated Ways to Assign GPS Location
Photo Editing Preparation (30 min)
- Importing Practice Photos
- Calibrating Your Monitor
Panorama and HDR Merges (54 min)
- Photomerge Panorama (not available in LR 5)
- Photomerge HDR (not available in LR 5)
- Photomerge HDR Panorama (Classic 8.0+)
- Batch Processing for Photomerge (Classic 9+)
Basic Photo Editing (3 hours, 8 min)
- Orientation to the Develop Module
- The Histogram
- Overview of Developing a Photo
- Crop Tool
- Spot Removal Tool for Healing and Cloning
- Red Eye
- Profiles (Lightroom Classic)
- Profiles (LR 5, 6, CC 2015)
- White Balance (WB)
- Basic Panel
- Texture (Classic)
- Dehaze (Lightroom CC 2015, Classic)
- Before and After
- Virtual Copies Snapshots
Advanced Photo Editing (7 hours, 12 min)
- Process Version (LR Classic Version)
- Process Version (LR 5, 6, CC 2015)
- Masking
- Tone Curve
- HSL Panel
- Adjustment Brush Basics
- More Adjustment Brush Applications
- Graduated Filter
- Radial Filter Tool
- Luminance and Color Range Mask
- Depth Range Mask
- Local HSL
- Black & White Conversions (LR Classic)
- The Color Grading Panel
- Black & White Conversions (LR 5, 6, CC 2015)
- Split Toning (LR 5, 6, CC 2015, Classic 7-9)
- The Effects Panel
- Lens Corrections (LR 6, CC 2015, Classic)
- Flat Field Correction (Classic)
- Lens Corrections (LR 5)
- Transform Panel (LR 6, CC 2015, Classic)
- Detail: Intro and Noise Reduction
- Detail: Sharpening
- Develop Presets
- Editing Groups of Photos
- Reference View
- Set New Raw File Develop Defaults (LR Classic)
- Vary Presets and Raw File Defaults by ISO (LR Classic 9.3+)
- Vary Presets and Raw File Defaults by ISO – for Coders (LR Classic 9.2+)
- Soft Proofing
Photo Editing Practice (2 hours, 20 min)
- Spot and Object Removal/Healing Practice #1
- Spot and Object Removal/Healing Practice #2
- Spot and Object Removal/Healing Practice #3
- Editing Practice – Introduction
- Editing Practice – Wakehurst Castle
- Editing Practice – Vintage Car
- Editing Practice – Train Landscape
- Editing Practice – Portraits
- Editing Practice – The Tone Curve
Exporting and Sharing Photos (1 hour, 31 min)
- Exporting Copies of Your Photos
- Batch Exporting – Multiple Presets (LR Classic 9.0+)
- Emailing from Lightroom
- Watermarking Photos
- Publish Services
- Adobe Stock Publish Service (LR Classic, CC 2015)
Video Editing and Exporting (15 min)
- Manage, Edit, Export Videos
Working with Photoshop or Another Editor (32 min)
- Preferences for Photoshop or Other Image Editor
- Editing in Photoshop
Working with Lightroom Mobile and Web (17 min)
- Lightroom Mobile and Web Overview (LR Classic, CC 2015)
Miscellaneous (18 min)
- Using Lightroom in Two Windows
What’s New Since Previous Versions of The Fundamentals & Beyond
- Comprehensive instruction in all Lightroom Classic v. 8, 9 and 10 new features – local Hue, setting new raw file defaults, varying presets and defaults by ISO, depth range mask, single-step HDR-Panorama merge, new process version, customizing Develop panel order, Enhance Details, Texture, Flat Field Correction, the Color Grading panel, Super Resolution, new zoom tools and many others. Also includes Lightroom Classic 11.0 new Masking video tutorial.
- New videos: Batch Export with Multiple Presets, Depth Range Mask in Local Adjustments, Process Version for Classic, new method of moving photos to another hard drive, Enhancing Raw File Details, White Balance, Auto Import from a Watched Folder, Texture, Flat Field Correction, Cull Faster with Auto Advance; Batch Processing for Photomerge Panorama, HDR, HDR Panorama, Upgrading to Lightroom Classic V. 10 (and 9), Editing Practice – The Tone Curve, Using Lightroom in Two Windows, local HSL, Setting New Raw File Defaults, Varying Presets and Raw Defaults by ISO (two videos), Opening Lightroom Photos into Photoshop as Smart Objects, The Color Grading Panel, Super Resolution, More Zoom Tools and Tips, Make Local Edits with Masking.
- Many existing videos edited or redone as needed to refine explanations, update content, and add additional tips and techniques. For videos that you didn’t watch in the previous version or would want to revisit, feel confident that what you are watching is completely up-to-date and my best teaching.
Should you upgrade? This will be most beneficial for those subscribing to Lightroom Classic, since new features and changes are introduced every two to four months and my videos are updated for all of these. However, regardless of whether you have Lightroom 5, 6, CC 2015 or Classic, if you haven’t watched many of the videos in the prior version or plan to revisit them and you’re not facing a budget constraint, I always prefer that students learn from my most recent training so that you’re learning from my best instruction and with the most up-to-date information. There are fewer changes for Lightroom 5 and 6 users, though bullet 3 above as well as the new videos on an alternative way to move photos to another hard drive, White Balance, Auto Import from a Watched Folder, Cull Faster with Auto Advance, Using Lightroom in Two Windows, and Edit Practice – The Tone Curve and Opening Lightroom Photos into Photoshop as Smart Objects still apply to you.
- Twelve more hours of training, including more than 4 hours applicable to Lightroom 5 and 6 (as well as CC 2015 and Classic)
- Comprehensive instruction in Lightroom Classic v. 7, 8, 9, 10 new features and changes – the big ones and all the many small ones!
- New videos: Upgrading to Lightroom Classic V. 9 and V. 10, Updating Lightroom Classic , Shooting while Tethered to Lightroom, Merging Multiple Lightroom Catalogs, Finding and Eliminating Duplicate Photos, The Embedded Previews Workflow (Classic only), Transfer Lightroom Work from Laptop to Desktop Using Cloud-Based Lightroom CC, Classic Enhanced Details, Calibrating Your Monitor, Classic Luminance and Color Range Mask, Classic Depth Range Mask, Classic Profiles, Setting New Develop Defaults, Auto Import from a Watched folder, Cull Faster with Auto Advance, Classic Texture, Classic Flat Field Correction, Batch Processing for Photomerge Panorama, HDR, HDR Panorama, Batch Exports with Multiple Presets, Setting New Raw File Defaults, Varying Preset and Defaults by ISO (2 videos), Opening Lightroom Photos into Photoshop as Smart Objects, The Color Grading Panel, Super Resolution, More Zoom Tools and Tips, and by popular demand, 7 videos (2 hours) of additional photo editing practice: three videos providing practice with the spot removal tool/healing brush to remove objects and spots and to retouch portraits and five videos providing practice editing photos start to finish – these videos also include more techniques and tips! Also includes Lightroom Classic 11.0 Masking tutorial.
- Existing videos edited or redone as needed to refine explanations, update content, add additional tips and techniques. For existing videos that you didn’t watch before or would want to revisit, feel confident that what you are watching is completely up-to-date and my best teaching.
Should you upgrade? Even if you are using Lightroom 5 or 6, I recommend upgrading, due to the number of new videos added (that apply to all versions) and my opinion of the value of these, and due to the number of changes I have made to existing videos, including improvements to instruction (valuable if you haven’t watched videos or plan to revisit them).
- My photos are included for all the lessons on photo editing, and on panorama and HDR merges.
- Over 14 hours of additional training, 50 additional videos
- Existing videos edited or redone as needed to refine explanations, update content, add additional tips and techniques. For existing videos that you didn’t watch before or would want to revisit, feel confident that what you are watching is completely up-to-date and my best teaching.
- Easily get back to any point in any video with the detailed 60+ page Video Index with subtopic start times. Use Acrobat Reader to search the index for any topic.
Should you upgrade? Yes!! Even if you are using Lightroom 5 or 6, I recommend upgrading, due to the number of new videos added (that apply to all versions) and the value of these, and due to the number of changes I have made to existing videos, including improvements to instruction.
- My photos are included for all the lessons on photo editing, and on panorama and HDR merges.
- Over 18 hours of additional training, 67 additional videos!
- Existing videos edited or redone as needed to refine explanations, update content, add additional tips and techniques. For existing videos that you didn’t watch before or would want to revisit, feel confident that what you are watching is completely up-to-date and my best teaching.
- Easily get back to any point in a video with the detailed 60+ page Video Index with subtopic start times. Use Acrobat Reader to search the index for any topic.
Should you upgrade? Yes!! Even if you are using Lightroom 5 or 6, I recommend upgrading, due to the number of new videos added (that apply to all versions) and the value of these, and due to the number of changes I have made to existing videos, including improvements to instruction. The series has more than doubled in length since your purchase!
- My photos are included for all the lessons on photo editing, and on panorama and HDR merges.
- The series has almost quadrupled in length – over 21 hours of additional training!
- All existing videos redone to improve audio and editing quality, refine explanations, update content, add additional tips and techniques. For existing videos that you didn’t watch before or would want to revisit, feel confident that what you are watching is completely up-to-date and my best teaching.
- Easily get back to any point in any video with the detailed 60+ page Video Index with subtopic start times. Use Acrobat Reader to search the index for any topic.
Should you upgrade? Yes!!! Even if you are using Lightroom 5 or 6, I recommend upgrading, due to the number of new videos added (that apply to all versions) and the value of these, and due to the number of changes I have made to existing videos, including improvements to instruction. The series has tripled in length since your purchase, and the quality of the video editing and audio have also improved.
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Practice Photos
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