To reserve your place on this workshop, please click Add to Basket or contact us on 01444 23 70 70. Places are limited to 14, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

The Aim of the course:

Learn how to effectively master your digital photography workflow with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. Learn how to quickly import, process, manage, and showcase your images — from one shot to an entire shoot. Apple Mac or PC? At Park Cameras we are now able to offer our software courses on both Mac and PC to cater for the wider needs of our customers. Should you wish to utilise one of our Macs then please let us know as these are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

Required Equipment:

No equipment is required as students will be using the facilities provided in our fully equipped training room although you may however wish to bring your own images jpg or RAW files on cd or a storage card for manipulation purposes.

Please note due to the complexity of the program it will not be possible to highlight each and every feature available in Lightroom 3. The schedule of the day will however allow us to concentrate on the most important modules, these being:-
Library
Import
Develop

With an overview of the following:-
Slideshow
Print
Web

Schedule:

09.00 - 9.30 – Arrive tea / coffee

Session 1

9.30 – 11.30

• Housekeeping, Health & Safety
• Introduction by Tutors Anthony Sinfield & Larry Bray
• Introduction by delegates , list of outcomes
• Screen Calibration
• Image Backup
• Recommended settings – Identity Plate & other appropriate settings & preferences (ProPhoto colour space, catalogue & view options)

Tea / Coffee Break
11.30 – 11.45

Session 2
11.45 – 13.30

• Camera tethering Navigation of the Library module
• Keywording & Metadata this is key to organisation with Lightroom
• Viewing Options - grid, compare & survey modes
• Folders, collections & smart collections
• Quick develop
• Import module explained & demonstrated (Importing from a storage card and from folders)

Lunch
13.30 – 14.00

Session 3

14.00 – 15.15

• Develop module explained & demonstrated
• Associated workflow (from right to left)
• Exposure controls demonstrated - Tone control, HSL & B&W options
• Detail - sharpening
• New lens correction demonstrated
• Effects & Grain removal
• Camera calibration - new processing engine explained
• Presets & History snapshot
• Adjustments - Crop, clone, Grad & adjustment brush
• Skin softening & teeth whitening & auto mask facility
• Batch processing explained
• Export function

Tea / Coffee Break

15.15 – 15.30 – Tea / coffee break

Session 4

15.30 – 16.15
A brief over view of the Slideshow, Print & Web modules

• Print module - new custom package print template

Questions & Answers & Close

16.15 – 16.30