Lightroom for Mobile

(All of the images on this page were edited in Lightroom for mobile)

Who is this course designed for?

The Lightroom for Mobile course is designed for people who want to be able to confidently retouch photos directly from their mobile device, without the need for a PC.

This course is intended for users of either Apple (iPhone or iPad) or Android devices (phone or tablet).

This course is kept to a maximum of 4 students and a minimum of 1 mentor, allowing your mentor to spend quality time with you, and ensuring you receive the most out of your experience.

What is the duration of the course?

The duration for the course is 4 hours generally running from 09:00am to 1:00pm, however this can be tailored to suit times for students.

Please note: Subject to your mentors availability course durations may be extended to ensure you receive the most out of the course.

What can you expect?

In the Lightroom for Mobile course you will be guided through a series of topics on your mobile device that will introduce you to the basic techniques of creating Albums, adding photos to Albums, and retouching photos using all of the Lightroom panels.

Please note: Lightroom is both free and premium software. If you are using the free version some topics will be modified to suit.

Essential Gear

♦ Your mobile phone or tablet (iPhone or Android)

♦ Stylus - if your device can use a stylus

Course Locations

Our Lightroom for Mobile courses are organised throughout the year and are held in the following locations:

♦ Newcastle, NSW

♦ Taree/Forster, NSW

♦ Port Macquarie, NSW

This gives us great variety to host our courses in a range of locations, all of which have been selected for their suitability.

Topics and Practice Exercises

Meet and greet

Get to know your mentor, and they’ll get to know you!

Creating an Adobe Account/Installing Lightroom

In this topic you will be assisted to create an Adobe account, as well as installing Lightroom on your mobile device.

Please note: this topic of the course is optional and is dependent on whether you have an existing Adobe account, and Lightroom is already installed on your device.

Freemium vs Premium

We will discuss with you the main differences between the free and premium versions of Lightroom, as well as the subscription option available from Adobe.

In this topic we will also discuss the difference between JPEG and RAW, how these are supported on various devices, and which format is preferable in respect to retouching.

Please note: we do not receive any commission or payment if you choose to purchase a monthly Lightroom subscription.

Albums

Every great collection is sorted into specific catalogues. In the case of Lightroom mobile these are Albums. In this topic you will be introduced to Albums, how to create and manage Albums and add photos to Albums.

The Panels

The development module of Lightroom is comprised of a series of panels, that each modify aspects of a photo in a variety of ways.

In this topic we will provide an overview of the panels and what each panel does.

The Basic Panels

In this topic you will be guided through each of the basic panels listed below:

Light

Colour

Effects

Detail

Optics

Geometry

Each panel will be delved into in detail with each of the sliders being explained and demonstrated.

Exercise: The Basic Panel topic will conclude with an exercise that makes use of all of the Basic Panels.

Advanced Panels

Moving on from the Basic Panels, we will guide you through the Advanced Panels, including:

Selective

Healing

Crop

Each of the features of the Advanced Panels will be discussed and demonstrated in detail, and it is during this exercise that we will discuss the Rule of Thirds and how this applies to cropping.

Exercise: In this exercise we will assist you retouching a photo using the Selective panel options, as well as Healing and Cropping photos.

Profiles and Presets

There are times when we want to simplify our workflows, or transfer the edits we have applied one image to another image. In this topic you will be introduced to Presets and Profiles and explore how these can be used in your workflow.

Exercise: This topic will conclude with a brief exercise in creating a preset and then applying that preset to a new image.

Putting it All Together

In our final topic we will take all that we have learned in the course and apply these in action. You will first import a photo into a Lightroom Album, and then retouch that photo with our assistance. Once completed you will save your retouch as a Preset and finally export your image.

This topic will also cover an introduction to Light and Colour, and how understanding how these can be applied to an image can really make it pop!

Exercise: In the final exercise of the Lightroom for Mobile course you will be shown before and after versions of the same image. Comparing the two you will need to tell us what has been done to the image to achieve the retouched result.

You will then be provided with the original unretouched image and together we will process the image to achieve a result as close to the final image as possible.

We’ll be there with you, assisting you all the way.

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What is included in the course?

The cost for the Lightroom for Mobile course includes the following:

Photography
Mentor

4-hours of personal guidance with a professional photography mentor who will guide you through each of the topics in the Lightroom for Mobile course

Course
Materials

Lightroom for Mobile guide booklet outlining all of the lesson topics covered in the workshop (printed or downloadable)

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$150 per person

Course limited to a maximum of 4 students, and a minimum of 1 mentor. This allows us to ensure you achieve the most out of the course.

Limitations

The Lightroom for Mobile short course will be held at a public location selected for comfort and suitability. As such the course is not contingent on weather conditions.

In the event a course is postponed or cancelled you will be entitled to a full refund.

Food and drinks are not provided in this short course.

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