Lightroom Classic CC Basics A Beginner Has To Know
Jun 3, 2018 11:39:40 #
There is a topic that has run for a couple days where the OP wants to know how to learn Lightroom. Responses are all over the map. One post called Laura Shoe the "Lightroom Queen". Laura lives in Oregon. Victoria Brampton lives in England. Most suggest that all Lightroom learning has to be free. Wandering randomly around YouTube should do it.
I thought it might be fun to start a different sort of topic. What do you really have to know to start using (the computer and file based) Lightroom Classic CC?
My all time number one "Basic" is:
Nothing is actually "IN" Lightroom. Importing into Lightroom means only that it registers, in a "catalog", where image and video files are stored on your computer.
What is yours?
I thought it might be fun to start a different sort of topic. What do you really have to know to start using (the computer and file based) Lightroom Classic CC?
My all time number one "Basic" is:
Nothing is actually "IN" Lightroom. Importing into Lightroom means only that it registers, in a "catalog", where image and video files are stored on your computer.
What is yours?
Jun 3, 2018 12:09:18 #
bsprague wrote:
There is a topic that has run for a couple days wh... (show quote)
I don't use Lr, just Ps CS6 alone!
Jun 3, 2018 12:18:40 #
Number 1 thing to know is start at the beginning and use the Adobe basic tutorials. Don't be afraid to try things - your file will be safe and you can always hit the reset button.
Jun 3, 2018 12:38:54 #
The number 1 thing for a new Lightroom user to learn? Do not be afraid to try new things. Just because you've always done it one way, open your mind and try another.
Jun 3, 2018 16:09:47 #
Linary
Loc: UK
bsprague wrote:
There is a topic that has run for a couple days wh... (show quote)
If you are just learning, do not mess with files or folders outside of Lightroom.
Jun 3, 2018 23:51:41 #
lamiaceae wrote:
I don't use Lr, just Ps CS6 alone!
So, Mike, your number one basic rule is to use CS6 and ignore Lightroom? That's pretty good!
Jun 3, 2018 23:53:25 #
BlueMorel wrote:
Yes! "Non-Destructive" Lightroom can't, won't and isn't going change your original files imported from your camera.Number 1 thing to know is start at the beginning and use the Adobe basic tutorials. Don't be afraid to try things - your file will be safe and you can always hit the reset button.
Jun 3, 2018 23:54:24 #
Linary wrote:
If you are just learning, do not mess with files or folders outside of Lightroom.
Yes. There are ways to fix it if you do, but it is a lot easier if you don't.
Jun 4, 2018 07:59:26 #
Jun 4, 2018 08:28:50 #
Learn the organization part first. For me it was the most uninteresting and I dove into the "fun" part-the develop module. Big mistake for me. Learn the import and filing procedure to avoid a mess.
Jun 4, 2018 08:44:59 #
bsprague wrote:
There is a topic that has run for a couple days wh... (show quote)
I guess they don't have Internet or mail to England - I live in SC and use Laura Shoe Lightroom training courses. Downloaded from the Internet and got the CD's in the mail.
Jun 4, 2018 08:45:25 #
LA
Loc: Little Rock, AR
sodapop wrote:
Learn the organization part first. For me it was the most uninteresting and I dove into the "fun" part-the develop module. Big mistake for me. Learn the import and filing procedure to avoid a mess.
Yes!
And the two most important rules - equally important - are:
1 - Don't move files around outside of LR (already mentioned, I know)
2 - Don't use more than one catalog file. (And always back it up!)
Violate these rules and you will quickly become an expert at finding lost photos! Which is not as much fun as it sounds.
Jun 4, 2018 09:30:26 #
LA wrote:
Yes!
And the two most important rules - equally important - are:
1 - Don't move files around outside of LR (already mentioned, I know)
2 - Don't use more than one catalog file. (And always back it up!)
Violate these rules and you will quickly become an expert at finding lost photos! Which is not as much fun as it sounds.
And the two most important rules - equally important - are:
1 - Don't move files around outside of LR (already mentioned, I know)
2 - Don't use more than one catalog file. (And always back it up!)
Violate these rules and you will quickly become an expert at finding lost photos! Which is not as much fun as it sounds.
1 - Don't move files around outside of LR (already mentioned, I know)
2 - Don't use more than one catalog file. (And always back it up!)
Agreed. A lot of posts, complaints and requests for help are from users that violate those two rules!
Jun 4, 2018 09:38:51 #
sodapop wrote:
Learn the organization part first. For me it was the most uninteresting and I dove into the "fun" part-the develop module. Big mistake for me. Learn the import and filing procedure to avoid a mess.
Agreed.
There was a guy here on UHH a couple years ago that became the go-to UHH member for Lightroom advice. (I'm sadly forgetting his name). He disappeared briefly, came back for a while, reported being sick, then disappeared again. His advice was always spot on.
One of his common suggestions was to pick a couple dozen unimportant image files, import them into a catalog and learn the Library first and then the Develop module. He would say that once you are really sure you know how the Library module works it was OK to open a primary and permanent catalog.
Jun 4, 2018 09:47:24 #
CaptainPhoto wrote:
I guess they don't have Internet or mail to England - I live in SC and use Laura Shoe Lightroom training courses. Downloaded from the Internet and got the CD's in the mail.
Laura Shoe is one of the very best.
In another forum sponsored by Adobe she wrote that she nearly quit when Adobe decided to do the product name changing. It was a huge burden on her and others in her league of trainers had all their work messed up. Wherever they used or wrote the word Lightroom CC, it became wrong. It had to be changed to Lightroom Classic. Wherever they wrote Lightroom Mobile, it had to be changed to Lightroom CC.
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