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) ?
Before Digital Era
An advanced viewer ?
Core function : indexing and collections
Before
After
What you need to recallMetadata are Lightroom key : Exif, IPTC, KeywordsCollections are grouping view (no physical storage change)
Image editing : PS competitor ?
What you need to recallIntuitive yet very powerful digital lab toolsNo calc, no image assembly but compete with PS on adjustement
Why not using other tools ?
Aperture
Similar for editing
Preset ?
Mac target
Cost
Xn View
View & Sort
Limited editing
Simple interface
Freeware & OS
Google Picasa
Easy usageAlbums (~Collections)
Simple editing
Do not alter originalBut copy
Face detection
Integrated Geoloc
Freeware & OS
Why not using other tools ?
Diving Deeper …
Workflow notion
What you need to recallLightroom is designed for batch type workSorting is a phase among Import, Export, Print, Slideshow, Web
Thought for (by?) photographer
What you need to recallCan adapt to photographers workflowNon destructive Raw work (Digital Negative)
Preset concept
What you need to recallAlmost all is preset. From Name to Metadata and through development
Enough smoke !
Time for the demo