Lightroom Video Tutorials

 

Videos that are part of the Lightroom 3 Getting Started Series all have an * (asterisk) before the title. These video’s are a great overview for beginners! If you prefer to view the videos by date created, click the “Video Tutorials – Adove TV” Category to the right. Note: Although some of these videos were recorded with previous versions of Lightroom, the information/concepts are still relevant. When content becomes outdated, I will move it to the “Archive” section at the bottom of the list – or delete it altogether if it is no longer useful.  

 

LIGHTROOM 4 BETA

Introduction to Lightroom 4 Beta- Join Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost as she discusses what will be covered in this series of Lightroom 4 Beta tutorials. 2012-01-10

Develop Module Advancements- This episode covers some of the new features in the Develop Module and Basic Panel of Lightroom 4 Beta including major improvements to image processing. 2012-01-10

Soft Proofing and DNG Enhancements - Learn some of the great ways  Lightroom 4 Beta allows you to soft proof your images. Also in this episode, Julieanne covers improvements to the way Lightroom handles the Digital Negative Format. 2012-01-10

Working with DSLR Video - Learn how the new Lightroom 4 Beta will work with and share video clips. 2012-01-10

Mapping Your Photos - Discover how Lightroom 4 Beta allows you to sort and manage your images based on where the pictures were originally taken via the new map Module. 2012-01-10

Book Module Basics - In this first of 3 videos, Julieanne Kost gives an overview of the new Book Module in Lightroom 4 Beta release, which allows you to layout and print books from Lightroom. 2012-01-10

Modifying Book Layouts - This episode shows you how you can customize your book layout in the new Lightroom 4 Beta. 2012-01-10

Advanced Book Features - This episode covers more features of the Book Module in the Lightroom 4 Beta including different ways to work with captions and templates. 2012-01-10

 

WHATS NEW IN LIGHTROOM 3

Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost walks you through new features, workflows and enhancements in the latest release of Lightroom 3. 2010-06-07

 

LIGHTROOM OR BRIDGE?

Lightroom or Bridge – Which is the Right Application to Manage your Workflow?

In this episode of the Complete Picture, Julieanne Kost helps you decide which application is right for your workflow by explaining the differences between Lightroom and Bridge for managing images and assets. 2011-11-02

 

WORKING WITH CATALOGS

Single or Multiple Catalogs in LR3?

In this episode of The Complete Picture Julieanne answers one of the most commonly asked questions,”should you use a single catalog for all of your photographs or should you use multiple catalogs?” As a general rule, she recommends that you use as few as possible, but discusses when using multiple could be beneficial. 2010-11-10

Working with Multiple Catalogs in Lightroom 2

Watch and uncover the most efficient way to work with multiple catalogs in Lightroom. Discover how to combine catalogs by merging a”location” catalog with one in the studio. . 2009-01-07

Merging Individual Lightroom Catalogs into a Master Catalog

In this Episode of The Complete Picture Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to combine individual Lightroom catalogs into a single, “Master” Lightroom catalog to simplify a photographers workflow and enable multi-shoot searching. 2010-06-13

How To: Move & Archive Images and Export A Catalog

In this episode of The complete Picture, Julieanne Kost talks about common questions she gets while on the road. These includes lost links in Adobe Lightroom and taking files with you offline. 2010-03-09

Quick Tip – How to Prevent Lightroom’s Previews File from Taking Over the Hard Drive

In this quick tip, Julieanne explains what makes Lightroom’s Preview file (.lrdata) grow and how to set your Catalog Settings to prevent it for getting out of hand. 20011-10-12

How To Migrate Lightroom to Another Computer

In this episode of the Complete Picture, Julieanne Kost explains how to transfer all of your Lightroom Catalogs, backups, presets, preferences and supporting files from one computer to another. If the paths to your images change along the way, she provides her tips on how to re-link any missing files and folders. 2011-10-19

 

THE LIBRARY MODULE

* Lightroom 3 Getting Started Series – Be Organized

Discover the most efficient method for downloading images into Lightroom and organizing them. Quickly import and manage your photo collection in a library that makes organizing, finding and editing your photos easy. 2010-06-07

Lightroom 3 – Two ways to Import Photographs

In this episode of the Complete Picture, Julieanne Kost demonstrates the two most frequent methods for importing files into Lightroom. She discusses the advantages of each workflow, whether you’re importing directly from a card or importing images already copied to a specific location on your hard drive. 2011-11-16

* Lightroom 3 Getting Started Series – Select, Rate And Prioritize Your Images in Lightroom 3

Find out which method of tagging images works best for the photography you do, and simplify the creation of collections of images. 2010-06-07

Mastering the Mysterious Multi-Select in Lightroom 3

In this Episode of the Complete Picture, Julieanne will reveal essential shortcuts and little known features that will make navigating the grid view in Lightroom far more efficient. 2011-02-08

When to use Virtual Copies and Snapshots in Lightroom 3

In this Episode of the Complete Picture , Julieanne breaks down the differences and points out the advantages of using Virtual Copies and Snapshots in Lightroom 3. Since both features were designed for specific talks, discovering what they do best will allow you to take advantage of their strengths. 2010-11-17

Creating Custom Sort Orders in Lightroom

Julieanne Kost shows the best ways to take advantage of Adobe Lightroom’s Custom Sort Order feature in this Lightroom 2 tutorial. 2009-04-29

Quick Tip – Synchronizing Photos in Lightroom

In this quick tip, you’ll learn how to synchronize a folder so that Lightroom can add new photos to a previously imported folder. 2011-11-23

The Advantages of the DNG File Format
Discover the advantage of working with and archiving to the DNG raw file format over proprietary raw file formats as well as choose which tool to use to convert your files as you move through your workflow. 2010-06-22

Renaming Images in Lightroom 2

Julieanne Kost covers how to rename individual images, batch rename groups of images, and create and save file-naming templates. 2008-06-10

The Folder Panel in Lightroom 2

Learn how the folder panel can make your life easier in this Adobe Lightroom 2 tutorial. Julieanne Kost shows you the best ways to sort and organize your photographs. 2009-06-04

Selecting, Comparing, Stacking and Deleting Images in Lightroom 2

Julieanne Kost shows several ways to select and compare images in order to edit a series of images, and then stack based on time or custom groupings. 2008-05-20

Previewing Images In The Library Module In Lightroom 2

Julieanne Kost shows you everything you know to navigate your images efficiently while in the Grid and Loupe views in the library. 2008-05-13

Overview of the Lightroom Interface

Julieanne Kost covers Lightroom’s interface including modules, panels, the filmstrip, and tool bar as well as essential keyboard shortcuts to navigate Lightroom more rapidly. 2008-03-27

Moving Files in Lightroom Verses the Operating System

Julieanne Kost shows how to best move and work with files, and demonstrates how Lightroom keeps track of images if they’re moved. 2008-06-02

 

THE DEVELOP MODULE

* Lightroom 3 Getting Started Series – Lens Correction & Perspective Correction in Lightroom 3

Perfect your images by reducing lens defects like geometric distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting. Save time by combining crop, straighten, and perspective correction in one operation. 2010-06-07

* Lightroom Getting Started Series – Create Stunning Images in Lightroom 3

Learn the best way to make global and local color and tonal corrections to your images and take advantage of new world-class noise reduction capabilities. 2010-06-07

* Lightroom 3 Getting Started Series – Converting Images to Black and White in Lightroom 3

Learn how to convert images to Black & White, as well as add color overlays, edge effects, and film grain. 2010-06-07

Enhancing the Light in Lightroom 3

In this episode of The Complete Picture Julieanne demonstrates what you can do in Lightroom’s Develop module to enhance your photographs using color and tonality to change the mood and atmosphere of an image. We all know that the goal is to capture the best photograph in camera, but what happens when we aren’t at the right place at the right time? Julieanne will show you how to make subtle changes to increase the photograph’s emotional impact. 2010-10-27

Saving Changes to Your Photographs in Lightoom 3

Julieanne Kost explains how changes made to photographs are saved to the Lightroom Catalog. Then she demonstrates how to use both the”Save Metadata to Files” command as well as the”Automatically write changes to XMP” Catalog Setting to push changes  from the catalog into individual files (or sidecar files) so that they can be read and utilized within additional applications such as Adobe Bridge. 2010-08-08

Creating Diptychs & Triptychs (Part 1)

In this episode of The Complete Picture Julieanne discusses how to select multiple images to work together as diptychs and triptychs. Learn how to select photographs with similar attributes such as color and shape, mood and lighting, line and form will help to unify two (or more) photographs, perhaps even creating new meaning though the relationship of the imagery. 2010-10-13

Creating Diptychs & Triptychs (Part 2)

In this Episode of the Complete Picture Julieanne demonstrates how to use Lightroom 3′s Develop Module to use color, tone, placement of content, and stylistic effects to give a series of images a unified look and feel. Learn how to use leading lines to tie images together as well as repeating shape, detail and balance to form a cohesive story. 2010-10-20

Making Relative vs Absolute Adjustments to Images in Lightroom 3 

In this episode of the Complete Picture, Julieanne demonstrates the differences between making absolute adjustments to photographs -using the Develop module in Lightroom- and relative adjustments using the Quick Develop panel. 2011-09-13

Essential Shortcuts for Lightroom 3′s Develop Module

In this episode, Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to streamline Lightroom 3’s Develop module by taking advantage of her top 10 favorite shortcuts & time-saving features in order to eliminate many of the repetitive image adjustment tasks when editing large volumes of images. 2011-03-31

Working with Camera Profiles in Lightroom 2

Learn how the new DNG camera profiles in Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2 can easily adjust the look and feel of your images. Julieanne Kost walks you through the entire process. 2009-07-15

Using Lightroom With Two Monitors

In this episode of The Complete Picture, Julieanne Kost shows you how to use 2 monitors to take advantage of Lightroom’s dual monitor solution. 2010-02-01

Using the Crop and Straighten Tools in Lightroom

Learn the most efficient way use the crop and straighten tools in the develop and library modules in Lightroom 2 to quickly modify a single images or an entire edit. 2008-04-04

 

EXPORTING FILES AND HANDING OFF IMAGES TO PHOTOSHOP

* Lightroom Getting Started Series – Moving Between Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5

Learn how to take a single image or multiple images for editing seamlessly between Lightroom and Photoshop. Also, use tools like Photomerge, HDR pro, and the export dialog in Lightroom for exporting multiple files. 2010-06-07

Opening Files from Lightroom into Photoshop – FAQ

In this episode of the Complete Picture, Julieanne Kost helps you avoid unwanted or puzzling results by answering the three most frequently asked questions around opening and round-tripping files from Lightroom to Photoshop. 2011-10-05

Using Photoshop Actions and Droplets With Lightroom

Discover new ways to integrate Adobe Lightroom 2 with Photoshop CS4. Julieanne Kost shows you how you can automate your workflow in this digital imaging tutorial. 2009-06-24

E-Mail Photos Directly from Lightroom

In this Lightroom 2 tutorial, Julieanne Kost shows you how to set up Lightroom to e-mail your photos with the simple click of one button. 2009-03-18

Working with Lightroom and Adobe Bridge

Julieanne Kost demonstrates the push and pull of metadata to allow Lightroom and Bridge to work together so that your photographs appear the same in both applications.  2008-07-08

 

THE OUTPUT MODULES

AUTOMATION (PRESETS, TEMPLATES AND MORE)

The Top 10 Ways to Automate Lightroom (Part 1)

In this episode Julieanne Kost will demonstrate how to streamline Lightroom 3 by taking advantage of presets, templates, Collections, Virtual Copies (and more) in order to eliminate much of the repetitive post-capture tasks such as importing, tagging, developing, exporting and sharing photographs. 2010-09-08

The Top 10 Ways to Automate Lightroom (Part 2)

In this episode Julieanne Kost will demonstrate how streamline Lightroom 3 by taking advantage of presets, templates, Collections, Virtual Copies (and more) in order to eliminate much of the repetitive post-capture tasks such as importing, tagging, developing, exporting and sharing photographs. 2010-09-24

Quick Tip – Presets

 

PHOTOGRAPHY AND CREATIVITY

Using Leading Lines in Photography

In this episode of the Complete Picture, Julieanne demonstrates several ways to use leading lines in order to guide a viewer’s eye through an image including leading towards the primary subject, keeping movement within the frame, and adding tension to a composition. 2011-02-23

The Creative Composite – “Twilight”

In this episode follow along as Julieanne Kost uses Lightroom 2.0 and Photoshop CS4 to showcase some of the new features as she creates a digital composite based on the concept of”Twilight”. 2008-11-04

The Red Thread – Moments Alone

A slideshow of Julieanne’s images that were created with Instagram and her iphone. 2011-07-06

 

LIGHTROOM 2

What’s New in Lightroom 2 – The Develop Module

Take a tour of the updated Develop module in Lightroom 2.0. Julieanne Kost shows how to make nondestructive localized corrections using the new Adjustment Brush and Graduated filter tools. 2008-06-27

Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2 Integration

Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost shows you all the ways Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2 work together to increase the efficiency of your workflow. 2009-03-26

What’s New in Lightroom 2 – The Output Modules

Julieanne Kost gives an overview of the updated Export options in Lightroom 2.0. Learn about integration with Photoshop, as well as updates to the Print, Slideshow, and Web modules. 2008-06-27

September 1, 2009 — Timesaving Features in Lightroom 2

Join Julieanne Kost as she shows you a multitude of Adobe Lightroom 2 features that can make a huge difference in your overall workflow.