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Lightroom ecosystem, import and organization
Understand Lightroom and Lightroom Classic and import photos with a clear structure.
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- Understand Lightroom and Lightroom Classic
- Import photos with a clear structure
- Choose location, copy and renaming options
- Use folders, albums or collections
- Apply metadata and copyright information
- Avoid duplicates and missing files
RAW development and essential adjustments
Understand the histogram and exposure and correct white balance and tone.
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- Understand the histogram and exposure
- Correct white balance and tone
- Adjust contrast, highlights and shadows
- Work with texture, clarity and dehaze
- Compare before and after
- Create a consistent correction baseline
Cropping, optics, geometry and presets
Crop and straighten precisely and correct lens distortion and aberrations.
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- Crop and straighten precisely
- Correct lens distortion and aberrations
- Use perspective corrections
- Create and apply presets
- Adapt presets to different cameras
- Maintain non-destructive editing
Masks and local adjustments
Create subject, sky and background masks and use brush and gradients.
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- Create subject, sky and background masks
- Use brush and gradients
- Combine and subtract masks
- Correct faces, objects and specific areas
- Copy masks across similar images
- Keep adjustments natural and repeatable
Colour, profiles and visual look
Choose appropriate profiles and spaces and use colour mixer and curves.
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- Choose appropriate profiles and spaces
- Use colour mixer and curves
- Create a consistent palette
- Apply colour grading with restraint
- Harmonize a photo series
- Evaluate colour across multiple images
Culling, ratings, keywords and search
Cull a large series quickly and use stars, flags and colour labels.
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- Cull a large series quickly
- Use stars, flags and colour labels
- Create useful keywords
- Filter with metadata and search
- Create smart collections or albums where available
- Establish a team method
Synchronization and batch processing
Synchronize adjustments across sets and use selective copy and paste.
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- Synchronize adjustments across sets
- Use selective copy and paste
- Manage virtual variants
- Rename and export in batches
- Create reusable processing presets
- Check consistency before delivery
Detail, noise, sharpening, HDR and panoramas
Set sharpening and noise reduction and use available denoising tools.
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- Set sharpening and noise reduction
- Use available denoising tools
- Merge HDR exposures when appropriate
- Create panoramas
- Correct merge artifacts
- Prepare demanding files without over-processing
Export, print and multichannel delivery
Choose format, dimensions and compression and manage colour profiles on export.
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- Choose format, dimensions and compression
- Manage colour profiles on export
- Create web, social and print presets
- Add watermark or metadata when needed
- Prepare contact sheets or client outputs
- Control file quality and size
Catalog, backup and team workflow
Understand catalog, originals and previews and set up a backup strategy.
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- Understand catalog, originals and previews
- Set up a backup strategy
- Move or archive projects correctly
- Avoid broken links and offline originals
- Define folder and naming conventions
- Document a reusable processing workflow