Watch this seminar and learn everything you need to know about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. You can learn all the amazing features this user friendly application and discover all the advantages of Camera RAW files to JPEGs. This seminar is a must for professional and amateur photographers alike. This a non-edited recording of the seminar.

Model on my photographs in this seminar: Shumi Begum
Her portfolio

Lightroom seminar from Martin Perhiniak on Vimeo.

Topics mentioned in the seminar:

Welcome to Lightroom
– creating a new catalog

Camera RAW basics and Lightroom tools
– importing photos (camera RAW folder)
– difference between JPG and RAW
– show the tools (straighten, gradient, adjustment brush, spot removal, white balance, etc.)
– selective colours
– reduce noise
– auto lens correction
– using the history
– comparing before and after

Auto-import
– setting up auto-import
– get the camera ready

Selecting and filtering photos
– import Lightroom folder (HDR and Panorama too)
– flagging, labeling, star ratings
– keywording
– filtering
– collections (quick, normal, smart)

Developing photos
– show how effective Lightroom can be
– sync develop settings
– save snapshots
– virtual copies

Output
– export options
– print options
– web gallery options
– publish services (Facebook, Flickr)

Photoshop integration
– retouch using clone stamp
– HDR
– Panorama

Many thanks for those who attended the seminar and I hope we will meet on the next presentation!

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About the author 

Martin Perhiniak

Martin Perhiniak is a Certified Adobe Design Master and Instructor. He was voted to be one of the top 10 Adobe instructors in the world by student feedback in 2015. In his online courses besides the technical knowledge you need, Martin will also teach you a lot about design principles, compositional techniques and plenty of best practices that he picked up and developed while working as a designer and retoucher on projects such as Pixar’s Cars and Toy Story, BBC’s Dr Who or Mattel’s Team Hot Wheels. He feels it his mission to share his insights of the design industry and its latest trends with beginners and creative professionals around the World.

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