Adobe Lightroom Classic CC Archive

Goals

Learning how to archive images and footage, how to search, filter and reuse pictures.

Prerequisite

Knowledge of the Mac or Windows work environment.

Contents

Introduction

• Understanding how works Lightroom Classic CC
• About collections
• Non-destructive modification
• Lightroom workflow

The Lightroom interface

• The Lightroom workspace
• Working with panels
• Using the artboard and the modules
• Personalizing the workspace

Import

• The import process
• Importing images from a digital camera
• Organizing the copied pictures in collections
• About file formats
• Creating import presets
• Renaming pictures at import
• Importing pictures from a hard-disk
• Metadata setup
• Import with drag ‘n drop

Views

• Showing and managing pictures
• Flag and delete pictures
• Grouping pictures into Quick Collections
• Placing and extracting pictures from Quick Collections
• Converting and deleting Quick Collections
• Deciding a destination Collection
• Using the filmstrip
• Hiding and resizing the Filmstrip
• Using filters in the filmstrip
• Changing the order, the sorting of thumbnails

Selecting and organizing

• Organizing folders
• Creating sub-folders
• Making content changes in a folder
• Using Collections to categorize pictures
• Quick Collections
• Collections
• Smart Collections
• Stacking images
• Using keywords
• Showing keywords
• Adding keywords
• Using flags and notes
• Using color labels
• Adding metadata
• Saving metadata
• Organize pictures by location
• Working in the Map module
• Using a filter on metadata
• Using a filter in the filmstrip

Collections

• Creating a collection
• Rearranging and deleting images from a collection
• Viewing pictures side-by-side
• Comparing multiple pictures

Printing pictures

• About the printing module in Lightroom
• Choosing the printer and paper size
• Arranging pictures in the page setup
• Creating a border or frame for the pictures

Making backups and export pictures

• Prevent data loss
• Backup the catalogue file
• Exporting metadata
• Exporting pictures
• Exporting JPEGs for use on screens
• Exporting PSD or TIFF files for further editing
• Exporting Originals or DNGs for archiving
• Using export presets