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Introduction to. Déclics et des Claps Marc Pélissier - Friday October 29th 2010. Exploration map. What is Lightroom (made for) ? Pre-digital Era Advanced viewer ? Indexing & Collections Image enhancer or editing tool ? Why not using Picasa or other tools ? Diving deeper …
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Introduction to Déclics et des Claps Marc Pélissier - Friday October 29th 2010
Exploration map • What is Lightroom (made for) ? • Pre-digital Era • Advanced viewer ? • Indexing & Collections • Image enhancer or editing tool ? • Why not using Picasa or other tools ? • Diving deeper … • Workflow notion • Thought for photographers • Preset concept • And a real life example (demo)…
What is Lightroom (made for) ?
Core function : indexing and collections After Before What you need to recall Metadata are Lightroom key : Exif, IPTC, Keywords Collections are grouping view (no physical storage change)
Image editing : PS competitor ? What you need to recall Intuitive yet very powerful digital lab tools No calc, no image assembly but compete with PS on adjustement
Why not using other tools ? Aperture Xn View Similar for editing Preset ? Mac target Cost View & Sort Limited editing Simple interface Freeware & OS
Why not using other tools ? Google Picasa Easy usage Albums (~Collections) Simple editing Do not alter original But copy Face detection Integrated Geoloc Freeware & OS
Workflow notion What you need to recall Lightroom is designed for batch type work Sorting is a phase among Import, Export, Print, Slideshow, Web
Thought for (by?) photographer What you need to recall Can adapt to photographers workflow Non destructive Raw work (Digital Negative)
Preset concept What you need to recall Almost all is preset. From Name to Metadata and through development
Enough smoke ! Time for the demo