Photoshop Lightroom 2 Essential Training

In Photoshop Lightroom 2 Essential Training, Chris Orwig explores Adobe’s professional toolbox for image organization, processing, and output. He demonstrates effective use of catalogs, collections, keywords, and filters in the Library module; image correction and enhancement with the Develop module; and publishing the results via the Slideshow, Print, and Web modules. Chris also shares a wealth of creative tips and workflow techniques for capturing and processing stunning photographs. Example files accompany the course. Topics Include:

• Understanding Lightroom s interface, modules, and new features
• Importing photos from a folder, camera, or memory card
• Sorting and filtering with flags, ratings, labels, and other attributes
• Correcting white balance, tone, saturation, and clarity
• Cropping, straightening, and retouching with the Tool Strip
• Fixing color and exposure
• Fine-tuning portrait, travel, and nature photography workflows
• Integrating with Photoshop

Duration: 8 hours On 1 DVD-ROM System Requirements Macintosh Requirements

• OS 10.3.9 or higher
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• QuickTime 7 or higher

Windows Requirements

• XP or Vista
• DVD-ROM Drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• PC sound card/speakers
• QuickTime 7 or higher (included)
• .NET 2.0 or higher (included)

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Very good resource for Lightroom 2 users
I’m a subscriber to Lynda.com and do not own the DVD. That said I have watched most of the videos on this DVD online and they are very well done. I can’t see how anyone would be disappointed. I wanted to post an outline of what the videos covered so those considering purchasing the DVD set could make a better decision.

Table of contents

Introduction

Welcome 0:37 11.6 MB

Lightroom overview 7:22 6.9 MB

Using the example files 1:28 2.3 MB

1. Getting Started

Photographic workflow puzzle 1:14 0.75 MB

Why use Lightroom? 3:50 2.9 MB

Lightroom and Photoshop 2:14 2.2 MB

Lightroom resource links 2:13 3 MB

New features in Lightroom 2 2:52 2.7 MB

2. Setting the Stage

The Lightroom modules 1:40 1 MB

Essential interface shortcuts 4:40 4.1 MB

Customizing the Identity Plate and Module Picker 3:23 6 MB

Changing the panel end marks 1:15 1.8 MB

Changing the image background 1:39 2.4 MB

Modifying other interface preferences 2:54 4.3 MB

Dual monitor support 1:37 2.2 MB

3. The Library: Importing Images

Importing and file formats 2:56 2.6 MB

Importing preferences 2:16 2 MB

Importing photos from a folder 4:26 4.4 MB

Importing photos from a CF card 3:07 4.5 MB

Using Auto Import 2:57 3.6 MB

Using multiple hard drives 5:14 6.3 MB

Creative tip 1: Handling your camera 1:00 7 MB

4. The Library: Essentials

The Navigator 4:29 6.1 MB

Working in the Grid and Loupe views 5:39 7.9 MB

Comparing two images 4:08 5.2 MB

Surveying multiple images 4:21 5.1 MB

The toolbar 3:26 3.9 MB

Folders 7:01 8.6 MB

Working with catalogs 4:04 6 MB

Exporting catalogs 5:14 8.1 MB

Defining catalogs 0:59 1 MB

Importing catalogs from laptop to desktop 1:30 1 MB

Sharing catalogs between multiple computers 2:04 1.2 MB

Using multiple catalogs to optimize performance 2:44 1.7 MB

Creative tip 2: Backing up your hard drive 1:48 14.7 MB

5. The Library: Processing Images

Presets 2:24 3 MB

Quick Develop: White balance 2:24 2.9 MB

Quick Develop: Image workflow 3:38 5.6 MB

Synchronizing settings 2:16 3 MB

6. The Library: Organizing Images

Flagging, rating, and labeling pt. 1 5:40 6.2 MB

Flagging, rating, and labeling pt. 2 1:26 1.9 MB

Using Quick Collection 1:38 1.9 MB

Collections 3:14 4.1 MB

Smart Collections 3:47 4 MB

Stacking 3:19 4.6 MB

Renaming 1:21 1.7 MB

7. The Library: Working with Metadata

Adding keywords 2:22 2 MB

Creating keyword sets 1:05 1.4 MB

Using keyword shortcuts 1:12 1.3 MB

Synchronizing keywords 1:32 1.8 MB

Keywording with the Painter tool 0:44 1.1 MB

Creative tip 3: Taking wide-angle shots 1:37 36.4 MB

8. The Library: Finding and Sorting with Filters

Filtering overview 1:38 1.6 MB

Filtering by text 1:55 2.1 MB

Filtering by attribute 1:44 2 MB

Filtering metadata by keyword 2:18 3 MB

9. The Library: Exporting Images

Exporting files 4:26 5.1 MB

External editing preferences 1:50 3.4 MB

Editing inside Photoshop 1:45 2 MB

Opening an image as a Smart Object in Photoshop 1:04 1.1 MB

Editing multiple images in Photoshop as layers 6:18 7.1 MB

Creating a panorama 3:41 7.5 MB

10. The Develop Module: Introduction

Develop module overview and essential shortcuts 4:39 4.2 MB

Using the Develop module presets 2:04 2.5 MB

Comparing the before and after 2:56 2.3 MB

Using the Snapshots and History panels 2:35 2.6 MB

Using the Histogram panel 3:55 4 MB

Creative tip 4: Shooting in perspective 1:33 14.7 MB

11. The Develop Module: Using the Basic Panel

Correcting white balance 3:52 4.8 MB

Complicated white balance made easy 1:54 1.8 MB

Customizing white balance 3:47 4.9 MB

Demystifying the Tone controls 4:10 4.8 MB

Using the Tone controls 6:02 6 MB

Understanding vibrance and saturation 2:18 2.2 MB

Using the Vibrance and Saturation controls 4:22 4.7 MB

Creating and using virtual copies 4:32 3.4 MB

Understanding clarity 2:13 1.9 MB

Using the clarity controls 3:26 3.5 MB

Typical Basic panel workflow 5:21 5 MB

12. The Develop Module: Using the Tool Strip Tools

Cropping 5:48 7.6 MB

Crop overlay 6:26 8.8 MB

Straightening with the Crop tool 3:24 2.9 MB

Perspective, composition, and crop aspect ratio 4:06 6.5 MB

Retouching with the Spot Removal tool 4:21 4 MB

Retouching dust on a lens 2:44 3.1 MB

Fixing red-eye 3:26 4 MB

Using the Graduated Filter tool 3:57 6.5 MB

13. The Develop Module: Using the Adjustment Brush

Adjustment Brush tool overview 9:51 11.8 MB

Working with color 4:31 5.3 MB

Whitening teeth 5:01 6.6 MB

Enhancing makeup color 3:24 4.9 MB

Creative color adjustments 4:41 6 MB

Smoothing skin 6:31 7.8 MB

Burning and dodging 5:39 6.7 MB

Fixing exposure 1:33 1.7 MB

Creative tip 5: Understanding f-stop 1:16 9.5 MB

14. The Develop Module: Modifying Tone Curve

Demystifying the Tone Curve controls 3:18 3.1 MB

Correcting an image with the Tone Curve panel 3:06 2.8 MB

15. The Develop Module: Using HSL and Color

Understanding the HSL controls 4:46 5.9 MB

Using HSL to brighten based on color 1:30 1.8 MB

Creative color with HSL 1:47 1.7 MB

Desaturating color with HSL 1:25 1.4 MB

Using the Color panel 2:21 2.6 MB

Creative tip 6: Take your camera everywhere 1:11 9.1 MB

16. The Develop Module: Converting to Grayscale

Converting to black and white 1:48 2 MB

Modify black-and-white tone with the Grayscale panel 3:13 4.6 MB

Enhancing black and white with other tools 4:17 8.1 MB

Using presets to convert to black and white 3:12 3.1 MB

Creative black and white 3:55 5 MB

17. The Develop Module: Split Toning

Split Toning essentials 5:16 5.6 MB

Advanced Split Toning tips 3:39 4.7 MB

Split Toning a color image 1:47 2.7 MB

18. The Develop Module: Improving Details

Reducing noise in a grayscale photo 3:38 4.2 MB

Reducing noise in a color photo 3:55 6 MB

Sharpening in Lightroom 6:58 9.2 MB

Advanced sharpening in Lightroom and Photoshop 4:44 5.6 MB

Removing chromatic aberration 1:58 3.9 MB

Creative tip 7: Zooming effectively 0:54 10.1 MB

19. The Develop Module: Creating Vignettes

Using the Lens Correction controls 2:56 3.2 MB

Using the Post-Crop controls 4:24 4.7 MB

Combining Post-Crop and Lens Correction 2:21 2.6 MB

20. The Develop Module: Using Camera Calibration

Understanding Camera Calibration in Lightroom 3:15 3.7 MB

Creative color with Camera Calibration 2:41 2.5 MB

21. Develop Module Workflows

About this chapter 0:56 0.9 MB

Portrait: Enhancements 7:34 10.2 MB

Travel: Black and white 5:19 5.4 MB

Surfing: Cleanup 10:00 10.1 MB

Nature: Creative color 8:24 10.8 MB

Portrait: Creative color 11:00 12.7 MB

22. Slideshows

Slideshows and Collections 1:37 1.8 MB

Using Slideshow templates 2:50 4.6 MB

Customizing the background 2:33 3.1 MB

Customizing the overlay elements 3:16 4.2 MB

Customizing titles and playback 3:18 4.7 MB

Creating a custom template 2:36 3 MB

Exporting as JPG or PDF 2:58 4.4 MB

23. Printing

Printing and Collections 2:36 2.6 MB

Using Print templates 2:07 2.1 MB

Customizing images settings and layout 3:22 4.5 MB

Customizing guides and overlays 2:43 3.7 MB

Picture Package 5:17 7.1 MB

Creating a custom Print template 1:00 1.3 MB

24. Web Options

Web resource overview 1:40 1.5 MB

Selecting images with the Library and Smart Collections 2:27 2.3 MB

Choosing a Web Gallery template 1:30 2.3 MB

Customizing 3:41 5.4 MB

Output settings 3:51 3.9 MB

Saving your template and exporting 2:26 3.2 MB

Print job settings 4:48 4.2 MB

Conclusion

Goodbye 0:22 2.3 MB

Running Time: 8 hours

Price: 99.95

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Photoshop Elements 3 Essential Training

Photoshop Elements 3 Essential Training offers all the tools and features you’ll need to improve the look of your photographs, organize your digital photo collection, and share your photos with family and friends. Expert Jan Kabili walks you step by step through the process of importing your photos into Elements and organizing them so they’re easy to find. She explains the program’s tools and features in easy-to-understand tutorials. You’ll learn how to apply those tools to fix common photo problems like color casts, improper exposure, red eye, and much more. Jan also shows you how to share your photos in slide shows, contact sheets, greeting cards, Web photo galleries, and other special photo creations.

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Photoshop CS3 One on One Video Training

Welcome to the first and most far-reaching training on the latest version of Adobe’s flagship image editor, Photoshop CS3. Hosted by award-winning author and Photoshop Hall of Famer Deke McClelland, Photoshop CS3 One-on-One is your opportunity to delve headlong into the new Photoshop with a seasoned, knowledgeable guide by your side. Complete with task-based projects and work-along sample files, this is the ultimate insider’s guide to Photoshop CS3. Organized into 27 logical chapters, these 360 movies will load you up with the essential information and skills you need to become comfortable and competent with the standard edition of Photoshop CS3. Everything is here, from the newest enhancements to the reliable classics, from the absolute essentials to the most advanced techniques. As Deke says, “Photoshop CS3 One-on-One is about in-depth instruction, real-world projects, and an informal while at the same time detailed and painstakingly accurate approach. It s your chance to go from 0 to 60 in a single series. I hope you ll agree, this is one-on-one training at its best.” Photoshop CS3 One-on-One covers the following topics, with an eye toward addressing techniques in the order that they are best employed:

• Understanding what Photoshop is and what it can do
• Zooming, scrolling, and getting around an image
• Making the most of the new-and-improved CS3 interface
• Using Adobe Bridge to organize and manage images
• Saving workspaces for maximum comfort and efficiency
• Correcting colors using the Variations and Hue/Saturation commands
• Taking on the professional-grade luminance editors, Levels and Curves
• Resampling an image and selecting an interpolation setting
• Cropping and straightening a photograph
• Using the selection tools, including the new Refine Edges command
• Retouching and image and healing away blemishes
• Understanding masking, layering, and layer comps
• Sharpening, blurring, and averaging the details in a photograph
• Working with transparency and blend modes
• Working with transparency and blend modes
• Cloning and healing in perspective using Vanishing Point 2
• Creating and editing text
• Using layer effects and styles to correct photographs and achieve special effects
• Making the most of adjustment layers, smart objects, and smart filters
• Working with the wealth of new features in Camera Raw 4, including its ability to open photos saved in JPEG or TIFF
• Stitching multiple photographs seamlessly using the new and improved Auto-Align, Auto-Blend, and Photomerge
• Recording actions and printing your images

It’s a lot, to be sure. But thanks to Deke’s wit, encouragement, and charm, it goes by quickly. His promise: “Give me 7 hours a week for a solid month, and I ll turn you into the most capable Photoshop user you know.” Who could say no?

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Little to basic for me
Personally I was a little disappointed with this DvD. Not because it was a bad training guide, but because I knew most everything in it already. I’ve been a creative retoucher for 17 years and thought this DvD would get me up to speed on the new features in CS3. Which it did a OK job of.

All in all this would be a excellent training DvD for a Photoshop beginner or even a newer user. If you’ve been working in Photoshop as a Professional for many years, you might want to try a different book or DvD. One thing I did love was learning some newer keyboard short cuts. Deke McClelland is a smart guy, I hope he comes out with a much more advanced DvD in the future.

Cheers

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Photoshop CS3 for the Web Essential Training

Covering everything from setting up the interface to optimizing photos to using tools like the Web Photo Gallery, Photoshop CS3 for the Web Essential Training is a beginner course for anyone using Photoshop CS3 to create or edit images for the web. Instructor Jan Kabili explains the difference between web and print graphics, demonstrates how to create color swatches, discusses layers and slices, teaches how to create integral web page elements, and much more. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.Topics Include:

• Customizing the interface
• Understanding the Bridge interface
• Working with layers
• Creating custom color swatches
• Using vector-based type
• Creating web graphics from scratch
• Optimizing images for the web
• Creating web backgrounds and navigation tools
• Animating GIFs
• Optimizing and saving slices
• Installing the lynda.com rollover script
• Automating processes

Duration: 8.5 hoursOn 1 DVD-ROM

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Photoshop Elements 7 for Windows Essential Training

Photoshop Elements 7 is packed with features to help amateur photographers with every stage of digital photo processing, from getting organized to sharing projects with family and friends. In Photoshop Elements 7 for Windows Essential Training, Jan Kabili shares workflow techniques for organizing, editing, creating projects, and sharing. She also demonstrates how to enhance photos with this budget-friendly software. Jan explains the latest updates to the Organizer and Editor workspaces, and also covers new features like the Smart Brush tool and Photoshop.com integration. Elements is very well known for its project features, and Jan shows how to create books, collages, panoramas, and more. Example files accompany the course. Topics Include:

• Getting photos from a camera, scanner, or files
• Organizing and finding photos with tags, albums, and Smart Collections
• Using automatic and guided edit tools for common fixes
• Mastering Full Edit mode for refining, retouching, and photo editing
• Adding special effects and text
• Sharing and backing up images on Photoshop.com

Duration: 6.75 hours On 1 DVD-ROM System Requirements Macintosh Requirements

• OS 10.3.9 or higher
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• QuickTime 7 or higher

Windows Requirements

• XP or Vista
• DVD-ROM Drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• PC sound card/speakers
• QuickTime 7 or higher (included)
• .NET 2.0 or higher (included)

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Much better than a classroom-Easy way to learn Photoshop Elements
I have had elements for several years but never fully understood or took advantage of all of the great options it had to offer. After using this DVD I feel I have a much better understanding of the program and will enjoy using it so much more.

The instructor takes the total novice and walks you slowly and clearly through the program She is easy to follow and the DVD shows you clearly what you can do. To make it even better she provides practice exercise folders so you can work right along with her using the exact same pictures she is using in the instructions. The program is broken up into chapters and can be started and stopped as you need to . You can also bookmark certain pages for future reference.

My suggestion:

1.Better instruction should be provided re. how to set up the DVD and use it along with your own elements program

2. The DVD isn’t viewed well on a laptop as it would be on a full LCD screen or played on a traditional DVD player on your TV.. The reason is the screen doesn’t adjust fully to allow you to see the bottom of the screen where some adjustments are located and where the function buttons are for the DVD .

Conclusion:

I think this is a valuable learning tool and I will be able to go back and review items in the future as I need to refresh my memory or to try options that right now I don’t need . This is soooooooo much better than a simple class room training as I now have Jan Kabili on my DVD forever to help me use Elements fully.

1 Star Product fine, beware hidden costs.
Bought this from the US because I coudn’t find it on sale in UK.

Photoshop CS4 Essential Training

Photoshop has become an indispensible tool for photographers, designers, and all other creative professionals, as well as students. Photoshop CS4 Essential Training teaches a broad spectrum of core skills that are common to many creative fields: working with layers and selections; adjusting, manipulating, and retouching photos; painting; adding text; automating; preparing files for output; and more. Instructor Jan Kabili demonstrates established techniques as well as those made possible by some of the new features unique to Photoshop CS4. This course is indispensable to those who are new to the application, just learning this version, or expanding their skills. Example files accompany the course. Topics Include:

• Learning and customizing the interface and workspace
• Utilizing various manual and guided selection techniques
• Working with Adobe Camera Raw
• Adding special effects with layer styles and Smart Filters
• Creating Photomerge panoramas
• Optimizing photos for the web and creating web galleries

Duration: 8.25 hours On 1 DVD-ROM System Requirements Macintosh Requirements

• OS 10.3.9 or higher
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• QuickTime 7 or higher

Windows Requirements

• XP or Vista
• DVD-ROM Drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• PC sound card/speakers
• QuickTime 7 or higher (included)
• .NET 2.0 or higher (included)

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Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac Essential Training

In Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac Essential Training, Ted LoCascio teaches casual photographers how to organize, edit, and share their digital image libraries using this powerful software package from Adobe. He tours the included Adobe Bridge application, used for importing and organizing photographs, and explores every feature of Elements itself. He demonstrates how to navigate the Elements workspace, which is used to correct and improve images, combine them into projects, and produce slideshows, photo books, web galleries, and more. Ted also explains how to get the most out of each editing mode, and shares tips for correcting, retouching, and sharpening photographs. Example files accompany the course. Topics Include:

• Identifying photos by name, keyword, rating, and label
• Locating photos with searches, filters, collections, and stacks
• Using automated red-eye correction and sharpening tools
• Making detailed color and tone corrections
• Using Photomerge on faces and groups
• Working with filters, artwork, and other image customizations
• Scrapbooking

Duration: 8.5 hours On 1 DVD-ROM System Requirements Macintosh Requirements

• OS 10.3.9 or higher
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• QuickTime 7 or higher

Windows Requirements

• XP or Vista
• DVD-ROM Drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• PC sound card/speakers
• QuickTime 7 or higher (included)
• .NET 2.0 or higher (included)

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac
As I am a newbie to photoshop elements, I found this tutorial to be outstandingly clear and informative. As the title suggests, it is essential training. It will get you up and running using the program. Since Photoshop Elements has so many features that simply cannot be covered in a single 8 hour video.[...] I look forward to purchasing it when (and if) it becomes available.

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Photoshop Lightroom Essential Training

Photoshop Lightroom is a powerful new photographic workflow application designed to help photographers expand their creative potential. Photoshop Lightroom Essential Training is all about using this revolutionary new tool to its full potential. One of the main challenges of photography is dealing with the sheer volume of images that result from each shoot. In Photoshop Lightroom Essential Training , instructor and professional photographer Chris Orwig explains how browsing, organizing, and adjusting images in Photoshop Lightroom dynamically improves photo management, processing, and presentation. The training empowers photographers to establish a more effective and creative workflow so they can focus on what it s all about, the photo! Exercise files (full resolution raw files) accompany the tutorials.Topics Include:

• Understanding the core features and workflows of Photoshop Lightroom
• Organizing, rating, filtering, and managing a robust image database
• Processing raw images
• Using essential time-saving shortcuts
• Using Lightroom and Photoshop effectively
• Designing slideshow presentations
• Printing and layout techniques
• Creating and publishing effective web galleries
• Streamlining the photographic workflow

Duration: 6.5 hoursOn 1 DVD-ROM

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star hard to review a training dvd that is so buggy
First off, the disk comes in a normal dvd case with a folded card that gives the chapters and times they last, thats it, no instructions, nothing else other than a brag page for the author on the back.

I tried to watch the dvd the first time, only to have it crash at the end of the first chapter. I downloaded the newest quicktime, and hoped that would help. I started the disk again, and it crashed at the end of the chapter again. This is where the real problems begin with this disk, I was looking for an interactive tutorial, what I got was a disk that is anything but interactive. You can’t pause or fast forward, just start a chapter and watch. This makes it very hard to follow along with lightroom open and do any of the things talked about in the disk.

I can’t say how good the training is, since somewhere around chapter 5 the end of chapter crashes finally got to be too much and I quit trying to even watch any more of it.

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1 Star WORTHLESS
THE SPEECH ON THIS DVD IS SO FAST IT CAN NOT BE UNDERSTOOD. YOU CAN SPEED IT UP EVEN FASTER BUT YOU CAN NOT SLOW IT DOWN. THE WHOLE THING IS WORTHLESS.

UPDATED: JUNE 25

THE AUTHOR “Chris Orwig” HAS NOT RESPONDED. Lynda.com OFFERED SOME “FREE” ON LINE TRAINING FOR 3 MONTHS WITH SOME OF THEIR “OTHER PROGRAMS?” MAYBE THE THEY THINK I WOULD BUY SOMETHING ELSE? HA! BLOW ANOTHER $100 BUCKS…?

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