Lightroom 4 Essential Training: 1 Organizing and Sharing with the Library Module

Join photographer and author Chris Orwig in Photoshop Lightroom 4 Essentials: Organizing and Sharing with the Library Module, as he explores the interface of this popular image-management program and shows how to use its Library module to organize and manage a photo library. The course covers importing both still images and video; shooting in tethered-capture mode; organizing and rating images with flags, stars, labels, and location tags; and working with collections. The course also details how to export, email, and share photos, and introduces the Lightroom 4 video-editing features, as well as its ability to work together with the full editing power of Photoshop. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

• Customizing the interface
• Importing from a memory card
• Auto-importing from a watched folder
• Considering color management with tethered capture
• Working with catalogs
• Comparing two images in a library
• Working with multiple hard drives
• Stacking photos in groups
• Using smart collections and quick collections
• Using Quick Develop to process images
• Editing the color and tonality of video
• Adding copyright data to photographs
• Exporting, emailing, and publishing photographs