Lynda.com: Photoshop Lightroom 3 Advanced Techniques
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In Photoshop Lightroom 3 Advanced Techniques, photographer Chris Orwig shows how to master the subtleties of Lightroom 3 and maximize its efficiency. The course begins with an in-depth exploration of Lightroom catalogs to keep track of photos, collections, keywords, stacks, and more. Along the way, Chris shows how to integrate Bridge and Photoshop in the Lightroom workflow and shares advanced techniques, including image editing with the adjustment brush, automating actions, using plug-ins and extensions, exporting to email or an FTP server, and more. Exercise files are included with the course.
0. Introduction
Welcome
Strategies for success
Using the exercise files
1. Lightroom, Bridge, and Photoshop
Understanding how Lightroom, Bridge, and Photoshop work together
Working with Lightroom, Bridge, and Photoshop
Maximizing compatibility with Photoshop
Resolving Camera Raw mismatches
Customizing external editor naming
Stacking multiple photos
What to do when Bridge isn't seeing the raw adjustments
2. Speeding Up Your Workflow with Automation
Setting up an additional external editor
Should I work with TIFF or PSD files?
Setting up an export preset
Integrating Photoshop actions into Lightroom
3. Understanding Catalogs
What are catalogs and why do they matter?
Where are my images?
The nuts and bolts of catalogs
Understanding catalogs, collections, and folders
4. Working with Folders and Collections
Working with folders
Working with collections
The collections workflow
5. Working with Catalogs
Exporting and importing catalogs
Diagramming multiple catalogs and computers
When to use multiple catalogs on one computer
Cleaning up the catalog mess
6. Using Catalog Best Practices
Catalog backup defaults
Performing a better catalog backup
Restoring from a backup catalog
Optimizing catalogs
7. Managing Digital Assets
Hard drive options
Further resources
8. Using Tethered Capture
Setting up tethered capture
Custom tethered capture white balance
9. Advanced Retouching
Enhancing eyes
Whitening teeth
Smoothing skin
Reducing small blemishes
Darkening or dodging with the Adjustment brush
Adding dimensions and contrast
Retouching workflow with Photoshop and Lightroom, pt. 1: Reducing blemishes
Retouching workflow with Photoshop and Lightroom, pt. 2: Smoothing skin
10. Managed Color Is Better Color
Understanding color space and preventing color profile mismatch
Monitor calibration with ColorMunki
Working with ColorChecker Passport
Creating and exporting a ColorChecker Passport profile
Choosing and applying a profile
Saving a profile as a preset
11. Print Perfection
Are your prints too dark?
Monitor brightness presets
Custom grid layouts
Importing and exporting custom presets
Exporting from Lightroom to Pictage
12. Creating Custom Watermarks
Designing a custom watermark in Photoshop
Implementing a custom watermark
Using a custom watermark for effect in a slideshow
Using a custom watermark for effect in a web gallery
13. Printing Photo Books
Exporting images for a Blurb photo book
Downloading and installing Blurb BookSmart
Building and designing a Blurb book
14. Publishing Features
Setting up an iPhone or iPad
Publishing to the iPhone or iPad
Flickr
SmugMug
15. Working with Web Galleries
Web galleries and web hosting
Creating and uploading a gallery
Popular web gallery plug-ins
Installing and uploading a web gallery plug-in
16. Exporting for Different Places
Exporting to burn on DVD or Blu-ray
Exporting to a blog
Exporting for the web
Exporting and posting a slideshow or video
Creating a Lightroom screensaver
17. Communicating with Clients
Creating a client web gallery template
Sending high-resolution images via FTP
18. Lightroom and Email
Emailing images from Lightroom
Emailing images from Lightroom with Gmail
19. Extending Lightroom with Creative Plug-Ins
Installing plug-ins
Accessing plug-ins
Creative plug-in resources
20. Shortcuts and Speed Tips
General navigation shortcuts
Importing shortcuts
Library module shortcuts
Develop module shortcuts, pt. 1
Develop module shortcuts, pt. 2
Develop module shortcuts, pt. 3
Develop module shortcuts, pt. 4
Develop module shortcuts, pt. 5
Shortcut resources
21. Improving Lightroom Performance
General tips
Increasing the cache size for greater speed
22. Conclusion
Goodbye

