Introduction to Lightroom | February

Introduction to Lightroom

Date  | Saturday, February 22, 2025

Time  |   10 AM – 4 PM

Location |  Colorado Photographic Arts Center

1200 Lincoln Street, Suite 111, Denver, CO, 80203

Cost  |  $210 (10% off for CPAC members)

Instructor  |  Frank Varney

Skill Level  |  Beginner

Objective:

Students will learn to navigate the user interface of Adobe Lightroom, including basics such as importing, editing, and exporting a photograph at the correct color, tone, and size.

Course Description:

Lightroom (LR) is Adobe’s easier to use version of Lightroom Classic (LRC) without the hassles of Catalog Management, using the Cloud or Local Drives instead, LR offers the same editing benefits as it older brother LRC. This workshop offers instruction for the beginning user, with a gentle hands-on approach. Should you decide to migrate to Lightroom Classic (LRC) later, the image editing skills you learned with Lightroom (LR) will transfer.

TOPICS COVERED
  • In-depth instruction into Lightroom’s user interface and setup
  • Using Lightroom with the cloud, with local hard drives, and on multiple devices
  • How to edit photographs in Lightroom, including tonal and color adjustments and local masks to edit specific areas, and applying those edits to multiple files
  • How to use Lightroom’s Search feature to easily find ranked and keyworded files
  • Importing and exporting photos from Lightroom.

Materials Needed:

  • Personal computer with Lightroom 8.0 installed
  • Several personal image files to work on during the workshop
  • Note-taking materials