COMPANY: PhotoshopCAFE | URL: www.photoshopcafe.com | TYPE: DVD | PLATFORM: Mac/Windows | PRICE: $99.99
Lightroom 3 For Digital Photographers is the most comprehensive video on the market for Adobe Lightroom. Learn how to import, organize, develop and output all your captures with effortless ease. Enjoy in-depth coverage, pro techniques, secret tips and Colin’s way of breaking down even the most complex tasks into quick and easy to understand techniques. You’ll spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the camera!

If you are new to Digital Photography, an old-hand or someone looking to learn the "correct" way of doing things, look no further. Watch over Colin's shoulder as he demystifies Lightroom. You'll learn all the shortcuts, tips and tricks from a true expert. Do you ever get frustrated with tutorials that don't work in the real world? In many cases Colin shows you multiple methods so that you can choose the one that's best for your photo.

This is not like other training videos. The techniques aren't from a classroom bubble. This is what works today in the real-world. There are no monotone presentations with boring uninspiring images. You'll learn tons, you'll have fun and most of all you'll be inspired. See why millions of people are passionate about PhotoshopCAFE training (20,000,000 to date!).

This fast loading DVD ROM/or download version contains 7.5 hours of sharp widescreen video, now in full-screen with improved sound. The advanced interface allows the user to instantly jump to any of the 99 lessons with complete control over the playback. All the lesson files are included, so you can follow along at your own pace.

All source files are included with the download and DVD. Follow along, step-by-step with the instructor!

Lessons include:

Getting started

•Welcome: Set up exercise files, import sample catalog
•Overview: What is Lightroom?
•Preferences: Essential Lightroom Preferences
•Importing: Locally Import images from your hard drive
•Auto Import: Set up a watch folder to automatically import images
•DNG: What is DNG and how Lightroom can help
•Volume Browser: Viewing disks and space remaining
•Personalize: Create custom Identity Plates and use logos for End Markers
•Panel Management: Working with the panels efficiently
•Toolbar: Overview of the toolbar

Viewing

•Grid View: Working with Grid view, thumbnails and view options
•Grid Viewing Tip: Tip to view multiple photos in grid view
•Stacking: Making molehills out of mountains
•Lights Out Mode: Viewing your photos on a virtual light box
•Loupe: Using the loupe view to get a closer look at images
•Compare: Comparing images against each other to find the best
•Survey View: Viewing multiple images at once
•Understanding Previews: How previews work, make them efficient
•Video: Manage videos and preview them from Lightroom
•Dual Monitors: Working on multiple monitors

Library/Catalog

•Catalogs: Setting up your Catalogs
•Upgrading Catalogs: Upgrading Older Catalogs
•Folders: How to manage and use folders
•Quick Collections: Save time with quick collections
•Target Collections: A neat way of speeding up organization
•Smart Collections: Automatically create live collections
•Export Collections: Export collections as Catalogs
•Exporting catalogs: Export Catalogs from Lightroom
•Importing Catalogs: Bring catalogs into Lightroom Managing your catalog on multiple computers
•Optimize Catalogs: Make Lightroom run faster and smoother
•Backup: Backup catalogs and your images

Metadata

•Metadata: Understand metadata and apply it to your photos
•Rating, Flag, Label options
•Ratings: Rate your photos
•Flags: Use flags to mark photos
•Labels: Identify photos with colored labels
•Filter Bar: Blast through sorting with the new Filter Bar
•Metadata Templates: Save metadata templates and presets, then re-use them
•Exchange Metadata: Exchanging info between Lightroom, Bridge and Photoshop
•Keyword basics: How to use keywords to organize images
•Keyword sets: Save time with custom keyword sets
•Suggested Keywords: Use the new Suggested Keyword feature

Tools

•Time Change: Change the time-zone of your photos
•Straighten: Straighten crooked photos
•Cropping: Crop to certain sizes and creatively
•Redeye: Get rid of the dreaded redeye with ease
•Cloning and Healing: Get rid of blemishes on your subject
•Painter tool: Using the painter tool to copy a wide range of settings to multiple photos
•History: Use history and snapshots to look at versions of your photos
•Presets: Saving and using Presets

Adjustments

Develop Workspace: Optimizing your workspace for better results
Quick Develop: Making quick adjustments in the Library panel
White Balance: Setting the correct White Balance
Histogram: Histograms explained and used
Basic adjustments: Using the tools in the Basic Adjustments Pane
Portrait Retouching: Special considerations for adjusting skin tones
Curves: Understanding and using curves for targeted adjustments
Color control: Use HSL and color controls
Add Grain: Go for a film-like grain look
Auto Lens Correct: Automatically fix lens distortion
Lens Corrections: Manually adjust geometric Distortion on images

Advanced Adjustments

Local Adjustments: Dodging and Burning and more
Gradient Adjustment: Graduated Neutral Density filter effect
Basic Grayscale: A basic Grayscale conversion and special considerations
Advanced Grayscale: A look at more advanced grayscale workflow
Split tone: Using split-tone on grayscale images
Cross Processing: Using Split-tone on color images for a cross-processed effect
Noise reduction: Get rid of the noise in a photo
Sharpening: Understanding and using the sharpening tools
Sharpening faces: Special considerations when sharpening faces
Chromatic Aberration: Removing color fringes
Lens Vignette: Compensating for lens vignette. Add a vignette for a creative feel

Workflows

Virtual copies: Understanding Virtual copies and how to use them
XMP sidecars: Understand XMP, your key to sharing raw files
Edit in Photoshop: Integrate Photoshop with your Lightroom Workflow
Photoshop Special Features: Doing special processing with Photoshop and Lightroom
Batch processing: Process multiple images at once
Syncing: Syncing RAW files with Bridge, Lightroom and Photoshop
Exporting Images: Exporting photos out of Lightroom
Sync with Flickr:Share files with Social Networks
Camera Calibration: What is Camera Calibration?
Tethered Shooting: Connect your camera to shoot directly into Lightroom
Watermarks: Create Watermarks that can be used in many ways

Output

Impromptu slideshow: A Quick Slideshow
Slideshow starter: Selecting images for a slideshow
Customize Slideshow: Customize your slideshows
Slideshow Custom Text: Adding custom text to slideshows
Music to Slideshows: Add music to your slideshow presentations
Export Slideshows: Exporting Slideshows for use on CD or Email
Printing: Printing photos and contact sheets
Picture Package: Creating Picture Packages
Custom Layouts: Layout pages for books or printing/Exporting

Web

Web galleries: An overview of web galleries
HTML Galleries: Customize the HTML Galleries
Flash Galleries: Customize the Flash Galleries
Airtight Galleries: Fancy Flash Galleries and how to customize
Upload Galleries: Upload your galleries to your website, or export to disk
Thanks and Goodbye
Uploading this video to the iPad and other devices
Instructor

Colin Smith, PhotoshopCAFE
An award winning designer, best-selling author and trainer, Colin is founder of the #1 PhotoshopCAFE online community which has received over 7 million visitors. Colin has authored over 18 books, is a regular columnist for Photoshop User Magazine and is in high demand around the nation as a speaker.