Workflow and Bulk Editing in Lightroom

Workflow and Bulk Editing in Lightroom

“We have reached the end of the course and I hope it has been useful for you to expand your knowledge in this area. For your final project, I recommend that you choose a series or topic of your complete interest, so that you can fully indulge in this experience of batch development. Maybe you have an abandoned project on your records or a project that you didn't feel comfortable with when you released it, and this could be a very good opportunity to work on that series and share it with me and the entire Domestika community. I share with you a series of steps that I would like to see from your work to give you feedback. Choose the topic and prepare everything This step will be key because from here the magic begins. Take your time to think about the topic you want to work on. I recommend you choose one that awakens many emotions in you.

Select your photos Choose the photos you will be working with. Take advantage of the fact that you already have the selection and label the images, incorporate the metadata and keywords, to organize and have clear and precise information on each of the photographs already selected. Remember that one of the keys to maintaining a correct workflow is to be very orderly with your photographs! Keep in mind that in the case of the wedding, the story is rather chronological, and in the documentary series you should not forget the concept or theme you are working on. The revealed Use essential tools like HSL, contrast, effects, grain, and lens correction. Also, create your own presets and apply them to your batch of images. I recommend that you always work on virtual copies, so you can keep your originals intact. Show the world your work! Finally, export your files in bulk. Do not forget to take into account the type of support in which you will publish your work so that you can obtain optimal results in terms of the quality of your images. Before saying goodbye, I would like to remind you that it is highly recommended to use technological tools that allow you to be more efficient when developing, such as a good monitor in terms of size and color reproduction, or a Wacom tablet to have greater ease in movement. of your wrist and, therefore, greater ease in important specific movements when developing. Another very important thing to apply; And what has served me a lot in my professional career is good communication with clients, so as not to make unnecessary mistakes and avoid working extra. Good communication always allows better results and also serves to recommend for new orders. And finally, something no less, is that there is no use working hard to organize and reveal our images if we do not have a suitable platform to publish and deliver our work. This stage is key, and taking it into account will facilitate many problems in the future. Now yes, I have shared everything that I think will work for you. Thank you for joining me in this course! Dare to develop your project, but more importantly, do not stop publishing it. If you are looking for more inspiration, I invite you to see and comment on the projects of the rest of your colleagues. Finally, do not hesitate to write to me; I will be attentive to the questions and doubts you have. See you soon! ”

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“Final project We reached the end of the course. I hope it helped you to expand your knowledge in this matter. For your final project, I recommend you choose a theme or series of your complete interest so you can fully indulge in this batch development experience. In the course we learned the importance of organizing your file and prepare it to have a correct work flow, and thus save time. I showed you my process to do the editing and selection of the photographs of both projects, both the wedding and the documentary series, always considering the importance of making groups of images. In th...”

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Course summary for: Workflow and Bulk Editing in Lightroom

• Level: Beginner
• 90% positive reviews (21)
• 858 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 57m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Bridge, Adobe Lightroom

• Areas

  Digital Photography, Documentary Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography, Photography Post-production