Lightroom for Improvers
Use Lightroom® to bring the power of Advanced Raw processing to all of your images

This Lightroom for Improvers Course is aimed at the those who have bee using Lightroom® for at least 6 months. It is an ideal step for those who've already taken our Lightroom for beginners Course. The type of student who will get the most out of this course is someone who is either a keen amateur or has started out . It is not suitable for those new to Lightroom or Raw Processing.

This course will bring you through the specific techniques needed to produce professional quality photos at almost any size. The key concept on this course will be "non-destructive editing". The great advantage of non-destructive editing in Lightroom® is that you can easily change image effects or adjustments weeks or months later without having to undo all the work done. It also allows quick editing and increased flexibility. Everyone who uses Lightroom® should know these techniques because they really make Lightroom® very powerful.

Non-destructive editing begins in the Camera when you shoot and save your images in RAW format. It then moves on to Lightroom where you can use its many sliders and controls to best prepare the image final editing.

High Resolution original source files will be supplied on CD to each student so you can work on the same photos that are in the notes and that the tutor is working on as well. We believe this aproach is a significant aid to learning what can be very complex techniques.

Lightroom 3® is the software used for the training and in the notes. Most of the techniques shown though will apply to Lightroom 2®. Over 120 pages of detailed, full colour, illustrated handouts will be given to each student so that techniques learned on the course can be further refined outside of class time.

COURSE CONTENT
USING THE DEVELOP MODULE FOR RAW PROCESSING Correcting white balance Seeing the before and after edit Applying changes made to one image to two or more images How to set an overall exposure Using the Clarity Slider to add punch to an image Making colours look more vibrant but not garish Using a tone curve to add more contrast Adjusting individual colours using the HSL Panel Adding Vignettes to images Creating a gritty high-contrast look Use Virtual Copies to make different edits to the same image Editing a multiple images together with auto sync	HOW TO ADJUST SMALL PARTS OF AN IMAGE Fixing high contrast images Noise Reduction Undoing changes Cropping Lights Out cropping Straightening images Dust removal on multiple images Removing spots Removing red eye Correcting lens distortion Correcting edge vignettes Sharpening Removing Chromatic Aberrations (CA) Camera Calibration
CREATING SLIDE SHOWS Brightening, darkening and adjusting small areas of an image More uses for the Adjustment Brush Retouching portraits Using the Gradient Filter as a Neutral Density Graduated Filter	SENDING IMAGES DIRECTLY TO PHOTOSHOP OR ELEMENTS Setting up how images are sent to Photoshop or Elements How to transfer over to Photoshop/Elements Adding Photoshop automation to a Lightroom workflow Double-processing Photoshop with Smart Objects Creating Panoramas using Photoshop
FIXING COMMON PROBLEMS Creating a quick slide show Customising the look of a slide show Creating creative backgrounds Drop shadows and strokes Adding text and watermarking How to add opening and closing title slides Using background music Changing slide duration and fade length Sharing slide shows	CREATING WEB GALLERIES Building a quick online web gallery Adding an email or website hot link Customising a standard gallery layout Changing the colours of a gallery Using flash templates Putting a Lightroom gallery on the web
EXPORTING IMAGES Exporting JPEGs Adding Watermarks Emailing from lightroom Exporting the original Raw file

SCHEDULE AND BOOKING
Type	Night Course
Length	6 Weeks (1 night per week)
Time	9pm-10.30pm
Next Course	Monday 16 January PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL NO CLASSES ON MONDAY 20TH AND 27TH OF FEBRUARY. FINAL CLASS WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY 5TH MARCH
Fee	€250 You can see our refund policy here.
Fee Includes	Fee includes over 120 bound pages of specially designed full colour tutorial notes. Also included in the folder is a resource CD with all of the tutorial images on it. This course is suitable for Lightroom® 2 or 3
Venue	Institute of Photography, Lord Edward St, Dublin 2.
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Payment	Payment by cheque, bank draft or postal order can be made hereCredit Cards payments can be made below (unfortunately we can't take Laser at the moment) Choose Course Option Night Course - Dublin City Centre €250.00 Your Mobile Number Your Software

If you have any further queries please don't hesitate to contact us at info@iop.ie,
or call us on +353 1 633 9089.

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