Digital Studio: Workflow & Post-Processing

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Workflow & Post Processing Workshops in Asia – Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.

This workshop goes over my entire workflow, from importing files through sorting, post-processing, exporting and printing.

The workshop requires that you have:

Evaluational version of the software can be downloaded by clicking on the mentioned applications above.

Adobe Lightroom segment will cover the following:

Overview and Lightroom Settings
Photo Importing

Importing files
File Handling
Develop Settings
Tethered Capture

Library Module

Navigator
Catalog Panel
Library Previews
Navigator Panel
Folders Panel
View Modes
All about Collections
Working in Library
Tagging and Filters
Keywords
Quick Develop
Metadata

Develop Module

Develop Workspace
Histogram
Presets
The Basic panel: Essential adjustments for every photo
Tone Curve: Modify tones based on ranges of luminance
Targeted Adjustment Tool
HSL / Color / B & W: Adjust color by range
Split Toning: Apply creative color treatments
Detail: Fine-tune sharpening and noise reduction
Lens Corrections: Fix image problems caused by the lens
Effects: Add vignettes and simulate film grain
Camera Calibration: Precisely control raw image rendering
Before/After
Crop Overlay: Cropping and straightening your photos
Spot Removal: Retouching photos in Lightroom
Spot Removal: Retouching photos in Lightroom
Heal Dust Spots
Red Eye Correction
Local Adjustments: Dodging, burning, and so much more
Graduated Filters
Radial Filters
Working with Adjustment Brush
Navigator panel
Presets: Apply multiple Develop adjustments with one click
Snapshots & History
Collections
Virtual copies
Apply settings from one photo to others
Soft proofing
External Editing – Photoshop
Exporting

Map Module

MAP: Plot your photo locations with GPS coordinates
Working with photos that already have GPS data
Adding GPS coordinates to photos using the map
Adding GPS coordinates to photos using a tracklog software
Navigator
Saved Locations
Collections
Metadata
Map display
Location Filter
Map Toolbar
Sync Metadata

Books Module

Design and order photo books in Lightroom
Create a new book with a custom layout
Preview panel
Collections: Create and manage Saved Books
Book previews
Book Toolbar
Book Filmstrip
Book Preferences
Book Settings
Book templates
Auto Layout: Create a book with one click
Working in the Auto Layout Preset Editor
Page panel: Add or change pages
Guides
Cell panel
Text panel: Add text to photos and pages
Table of Contents
Type: Style your text
Background panel
About covers
Create Saved Book
Send Book to Blurb

Slideshow Module

Make a Slideshow
Preview
Template Browser
Collections
Slideshow Toolbar
Options
Layout
Overlays
Backdrop
Titles
Playback
Preview and Play Your Slideshow
Impromptu Slideshow
Create Saved Slideshow
Exporting Slideshows

Print Module

Making a print
Preview
Template Browser
Collections
Page Setup
Main preview area
Print Toolbar
Layout & Layout Style
Single Image / Contact Sheet
Image Settings
Guides
Page
Picture Package
Image Settings
Rulers, Grid & Guides
Cells
Page
Custom Package
Printing

Web Module

Build a Lightroom Web Gallery
Preview panel
Template Browser
Collections
Main preview area
Web Toolbar
Layout Style
Site Info
Color Palette
Appearance
Image Info
Output & Upload Settings
Create Saved Web Gallery
Preview in Browser
Export & Upload

Catalog

Catalog Settings
Catalog backups
Maintaining catalog integrity
Using multiple catalogs
Export as Catalog
Import from Catalog
Working with Lightroom on multiple computers

Adobe Photoshop segment will go over the following:

Photoshop Overview and Settings
Understanding file formats, resolution, canvas size, and print size
Opening, Viewing, and Saving Files
Layers – Selecting, stacking, aligning, and grouping layers, blending
Selections: Choosing What to Edit – Marquee, Lasso, and Brush tools
Using Refine Edge, Quick Selection, and layer masks to isolate soft edge objects
Understanding Channels
Cropping, Resizing, Rotating, Straightening, Transforming, Warping, Scaling
Combining Images
Draining, Changing, and Adding Color
Correcting Color and Lighting
Improving tone, contrast, and color selectively
Retouching blemishes, smoothing skin, whitening teeth, and brightening eyes
Retouching with the Liquify, Content-Aware Fill, Healing Brush, and Patch tools
Converting to black and white and tinting images
Sharpening
Filters
Actions
Plug-Ins: Silver Efex Pro and Imagenomic Portraiture
Using Adobe Bridge

Note: To fully cover the above segments I recommend that you opt in for a three-day workshop otherwise we will have to skip or accelerate through certain parts in order to fit within the available time.

(If you have a different software package please check with me first to see if it will be of any use.)