Duration 2h Project Files Included MP4

Title: Skillshare – Lightroom Classic CC: Total Beginner Walkthrough

Info:

In this photo editing class I’ll show you around Lightroom Classic CC, version 7.5

This class will take you through common processes and demonstrate importing, culling, editing, presets, and exporting.

**Included is 2 Lightroom Presets I made in the course. They are attached as a .zip file in the project section to the right of the project description**

I’ve packed this 2-hour guide with organizational tips, my exact workflow and settings, as well as a few editing sequences. To help you make the most of it, I’ve created a course syllabus below for your reference.

Introduction: About this class

Catalogs Explained:

1:11 – What a catalog stores and why you want more than 1 catalog

3:17 – What Lightroom creates and a visual explanation about Non-Destructive Editing

4:50 – Backups

6:45 – My Catalogs, naming, and storing

9:32 – My backups, deleting old ones to free space

10:25 – Creating a new catalog and adding your main hard drive folders

12:45 – Moving files off your computer and into long-term storage

13:36 – Prepping a session for storage

15:15 – Disconnected drives, missing files, finding files

17:05 – Dates and organization and how it helps me with my taxes and mileage

Importing and Library View:

0:46 – How to import

1:37 – Import settings

3:57 – Location of your previously imported photos within the Library

4:42 – The Navigator, grid view, thumbnail size, and Survey Mode

6:11 – Catalog Drawer including Quick Collection

7:56 – Building custom collections for organizing photos

9:23 – Metadata Drawer

Culling, Starring, and Color Labels:

0:03 – What’s culling? How do you decide?

6:19 – How to cull in Lightroom and my process

10:40 – Filtering first pass of 1 star images

11:34 – Color labels

12:43 – Adding Keyword tags for easy searching

Develop Sliders:

0:34 – Develop Module: Histogram

1:51 – Slider Drawers

3:02 – Begin edit with light and contrast edits in Basic and Tone Curve drawers

6:12 – White Balance

10:08 – HSL/Color and Split Toning

14:34 – Detail, Noise Reduction, and Sharpen Masking

16:23 – Lens Corrections, Distortion, and Transform menu

18:04 – Vignetting and Grain

19:43 – Edit wrapup and a Dark and Moody tutorial

Cloning, Filters, Cropping, and Brushing:

0:38 – Basic edits before cloning and brushing

1:25 – Cropping

3:00 – Cloning Spot Tool for blemish removal

5:20 – Red Eye Tool

5:44 – Graduated Filter

8:34 – Radial Filter

9:43 – Adjustment brush

14:17 – Using spot tools on Chocolate/product photography

Lightroom Presets: Import, Create, Share:

0:05 – My personal feelings on Lightroom Presets

1:34 – Finding the Presets Menu and Lightroom’s pre-loaded presets

2:27 – Online Lightroom Presets for purchase and download to get you started

4:28 – Downloading free presets from Greater Than Gatsby

5:21 – Getting downloaded presets into Lightroom

6:42 – How to create your own Lightroom Presets

13:19 – Making a Black and White Preset

15:00 – Sharing your presets with your friends

15:55 – Where to find the presets I made for you! (in the project section on the right!)

Export Settings:

0:38 – How to export

1:07 – Instagram Export Settings

4:25 – Getting photos to my phone for easy sharing on Instagram

4:40 – Full Resolution photo export settings

5:57 – Creating Export presets

8:05 – Export and Open in Adobe Photoshop for further editing

Miscellaneous Tips:

0:20 – Changing the Background color of Lightroom

0:55 – Copying edits, or better, SYNCHRONIZING a session

1:32 – Keyboard Shortcuts

3:25 – Changing your view options for library and develop tabs

4:38 – Map, Book, Slideshow, Print, and Web tabs (and why I don’t use them)

5:25 – Creating a contact sheet

6:15 – Clone tool: Heal vs. Clone and feather slider

7:12 – Navigator zoom options

8:17 – Detail window and how to use it to check your sharpening

8:58 – Rotating a photo

9:34 – Keyboard keys for adding stars and colors

Final Thoughts and Project:

Wrap up, share your project, etc! Thanks for reading, hope this was helpful!

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