Lightroom II (Dec 3-11)

Dates: December 3 - 11, 2024

Meetings: Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM CST (4 sessions)

Location: Houston Center for Photography

Cost: $395 (HCP members receive a 10% discount)

Instructor: Mark Chen

Skill Level: Intermediate

Special Benefit: 8-hour Digital Lab credit (worth $80)

This course is designed for Lightroom Classic users who wish to deepen their knowledge and get the most out of all the features offered by this powerful Adobe software. Learn how to improve your photographic archive by applying best practices for using Lightroom to manage your visual assets. Enhance your image processing capabilities by using all of the Develop module features including color management, advanced selections and masking, effects, and image corrections. Expand your digital workflow by practicing printing and creating professional web-ready content directly from Lightroom Classic. Through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practice, students will complete their knowledge of Adobe Lightroom Classic while acquiring useful advanced capabilities.

Objectives:

• Optimize your image archive management according to your photographic practice

• Learn to work in a multi-catalogue environment across computers and external HDs

• Utilize all the image-processing power that Lightroom Classic offers

• Color-correct your images like a pro

• Define accurate masks and apply precise local adjustments creatively

• Produce high-quality prints of your favorite images

• Create online galleries of your images directly from Lightroom

Prerequisites: 

Lightroom I or Photography II or experience using Adobe Lightroom Classes.

Course Prep: 

Please bring with you to class a selection of your image files on a flash drive or hard disk. Students have free access to Adobe Lightroom Classic at HCP’s Digital Lab. An Adobe Lightroom Classic subscription is highly recommended to use the software at home.