Introduction to Lightroom with Tim Daly
This course provides an introduction to Lightroom’s organisational, editing and printing tools and is suitable for a beginner. The Course will be held on Windows PC laptops.
Day schedule
10.00 Welcome and outline of the day
Topic 1: How Lightroom is different
Overview of the application, how it simplifies your workflow and the function of the Catalogue file.
Topic 2: Setting up your image archive
Advice on data storage, naming files, importing and managing your growing archive.
Topic 3: Viewing, editing and sorting
12.30 – 13.15 Lunch
Topic 4: Basic editing in the Develop module
Colour, exposure and tone control using a variety of panel tools.
Topic 5: Hand-editing techniques
Using the Selection Brush and other ‘floating’ tools, to create Lightroom-style masks.
Topic 6: Preparation for print
Using Lightroom’s new Soft-Proofing functions, we will use printer profiles and Lightroom print templates to layout contacts and finals for printing.
16.00 Review and recap of the day
16.30 End
What you need to bring along
A USB stick or portable hard drive with a selection of your own images. Best option is to bring RAW files, but JPEG’s are okay too. (Note: Lightroom can’t edit layered .psd/Photoshop files) Packed lunch or use local amenities.
Apple Mac users
Only drives that are in the FAT32 format can be read and written to by both Windows PC’s and Apple Mac computers. Check the format of your external drive before you attend the course, as it may not be compatible with our Windows PC laptops. If you wish to use your own Mac for the course please contact Liz on 01225 325 770
Times: 10am – 4.30pm
Please visit www.rps.org/visit to help plan your trip. Please be aware that the car park in the Paintworks on a weekday is limited to three hours. Weekends, and evenings after 6pm are unlimited.
Bristol Temple Meads is a 30-minute walk to Paintworks.
Busses running from Bristol Temple Meads to Paintworks are: 1, 178, 349 or the X39, but please check before leaving.
A Park & Ride service is available from Brislington Park & Ride. More information can be found at www.travelwest.info/park-ride/bristol/brislington
Local Parking
If you need to bring your car and don’t want to use the Park and Ride Buses, you can book a place to park at a nearby supermarket using this link yourparkingspace.co.uk
You can also park all-day for £5 at Arnos Manor. Visitors will need to go to the hotel reception to purchase a ticket to display on their windscreen.
Wheelchair Access
Lift
Please inform us as soon as possible if you are unable to attend a course as it is not possible to refund any cancellation or transfer to another workshop less than 14 days prior to course start date. The Society reserves the right to cancel a workshop 7 days prior to its start date - please check your hotel and travel cancellation policy as this may be affected. If you are attending one of our workshops that involves a trip out please ensure you bring all weather clothing and protection for your camera. Persons under the age of 16 are welcome to attend events but, to conform with UK law, must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or responsible adult.
RPS House
337-340 Paintworks
Arnos Vale
Bristol
BS4 3AR
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