Getting started with Lightroom 2.0
This set of video tutorials gives you a great overview of the new features and enhancements in Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ 2.0. Watch the videos listed under "What's new in Lightroom 2.0" by Adobe's own Julieanne Kost to learn about new features in Lighroom 2.0, such as the redesigned Library layout and great new tools like the Adjustment Brush and Graduated Filter tool.
For a great overview of how to use Lightroom in your digital image workflow, watch the series of Lightroom 2.0 Basics videos by Lightroom expert Matt Kosklowski of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software:
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0
Prerequisite knowledge:
None
What's new in Lightroom 2.0
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - What's New in the Library module?
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - What's New in the Develop module?
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - What's New in the Output modules?
Lightroom 2.0 Basics
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 01 Overview of importing (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 02 Overview of Library module (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 03 Rate and review your images (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 04 Filter or find images (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 05 Collections and keywords (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 06 Overview of Develop module (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 07 Tonal and color corrections
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 08 Special effects (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 09 Local corrections (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 10 Overview of exporting (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 11 Working with Photoshop (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 12 Overview of output modules (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 13 Slideshow module (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 14 Print module (xx:xx min)
- Lightroom 2.0 Basics - 15 Web module (xx:xx min)
Where to go from here
For more information, check out these other great resources:
- Photoshop Lightroom Online Help
- Photoshop Lightroom Support Center
About the authors
Julieanne Kost has worked for Adobe Systems for the past 12 years and now serves as the Senior Digital Imaging Evangelist. She frequently teaches courses in Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Lightroom at distinguished fine art and photography workshops, prominent industry events and conferences around the world. She is the author of the Comprehensive Photoshop CS3 training DVDs published by Software Cinema.
Matt Kloskowski is the Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and is a speaker at trade shows and events around the world. He’s a co-host of the top rated video podcast Photoshop TV and has written six books on Photoshop and Illustrator including the Photoshop CS2 Speed Clinic, Photoshop CS2 Savvy and Illustrator CS2 Killer Tips. Matt is featured on various training DVDs available from www.photoshopvideos.com and is a regular writer for Photoshop User magazine, Layers magazine, and is the Editor-in-chief of the Photoshop Elements Techniques Newsletter. He’s an instructor at Photoshop World and the Mac Live Conference and teaches basic and advanced Photoshop classes for Sessions.edu online school of design. Matt is also an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop as well as a Macromedia Flash Certified Developer.
Excerpted from “Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips,” a weekly videocast and website blog produced by Matt Kloskowski at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). Copyright © 2007. Used with the permission of Matt Kloskowski. To see more, visit www.lightroomkillertips.com.
