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1. Introduction: What's *New* or *changed* in Lightroom 2? (10 min)

2. Ingestion: Getting photos into Lightroom 2; Organization, Backups, Duplicates, File Naming, Develop settings, Metadata, Keywords, Previews (11 min)

3. Library - Left Panel: Navigator, Catalog, *Folders*, Collections, *Smart Collections* (20 min)

4. Library - Right Panel: Quick Develop, AutoTone, *Keywording* (13 min)

5. Metadata: IPTC, Presets; Sync settings, Grid view options, Loupe View Options, Toolbar options (18 min)

6. Library - *Library Filter*: Use of virtual copies, filter by Metadata. Library View options, Library Menu, Metadata Menu, Keyword Export & Import (25 min)

7. Develop - Left Panel: Navigator, Presets , Snapshots, *Preview new v.2 features* (15 min)

8. Develop - Basic: Workflow, Crop, White Balance, Exposure, Blacks, Brightness, the 'right' order?, Tone Curves (12 min)

9. Develop - *New Tools*: Graduated Filter, Adjustment Brush, AutoMask, Density, Vibrance, Density Slider (30 min)

10. Develop - Cloning & Healing Spot Removal: Clone Tool, *Opacity slider*, Sensor dust removal, synchronize dust removal (12 min)

11. Develop - HSL, Color & Grayscale conversion: Targeted Adjustment Tool (TAT), Virtual Copies (13 min)

12. Develop - Split Toning in B&W & Colour: Grayscale Demo, Presets, Colour Demo, Balance Slider (8 min)

13. Develop - Detail: *Sharpening*, a sharpening workflow; Noise Reduction; Chromatic Aberration (25 min)

14. Develop - Vignettes: Lens Correction, *Creative vignetting post-crop* (5 min)

15. Develop - *Camera Calibration*: Individual Camera Profiles, Profiles match camera JPEGs, DNG Profile Editor, Calibrate sliders (18 min)

16. Develop - *Negative Clarity*: Use with adjustment brush, similar use of negative sharpness (3 min)

17. Develop - Recovery of a 'blown' shot: The power of Expose-To-The-Right (ETTR), Histogram, Highlight & Shadow warnings, Blacks adjustment, Shadows slider (9 min)

18. Library - Stacking: Organize the Grid view effectively (4 min)

19. Develop - Lightroom's colour space: RGB readout, Auto control, Copy & Paste Develop settings (4 min)

20. Develop - Before & After views: Use the various Before & After views to check your Develop settings against the original photograph (3 min)

21. Develop - Defaults: Specific to camera serial number, Specific to ISO, Default 'zero' settings, Restore Adobe defaults, If you have CS3... (8 min)

22. Working with Photoshop: Lightroom's External Editing Preferences, *Edited File Naming*, Soft Proofing while in Photoshop, Retuning to Photoshop, Stacking of edited file, Organize for Printing (9 min)

23. Stitching with Photoshop: Use to create a multi-shot panorama (6 min)

24. Smart Objects in Photoshop: Embedding a Raw file from Lightroom, layered adjustments (9 min)

25. Selection Editing: Quickly select the best shot from multiple similar shots (7 min)

26. Library - Quick Collection: create fast ad hoc collections (4 min)

27. Export from Lightroom: Types of Export, File Naming, Export TIFF or JPEG as DNG, DNG Discussion, Image conversion method, Output Sharpening, Metadata, Post-Processing, Export presets, Export with Photoshop action (27 min)

28. Slideshow: Options, Layout, Overlays, Backdrop, *Start & Finish Titles*, Soundtrack, Templates, Export JPEG or PDF, Projected slideshow, Impromptu slideshow in Library (15 min)

29. Print: Use of Presets, Margins, Grids & Cells, Guides, Overlays, Print resolution, Resolution & Sharpening, Print Sharpening, Page Setup, Print Settings, *16 bit mode*, Colour Management, Profile selection, Rendering Intent, Print One or Print...?, *Print to JPEG*, Preset Layouts (Contact sheets), *Picture Package* (38 min)

30. Editing Metadata: Resetting the Capture time (3 min)

31. Using Bridge for Browsing & Ingestion: An alternative Ingestion workflow (Schewe method), Bridge used as a Browser for Lightroom (4 min)

32. 'Missing' files: Finding missing folders, Finding missing Files, 'Merging' Catalogs (8 min)

33. Working with Previews: Size of Preview, Rendering Previews, Synchronize folders (5 min)

34. Lightroom Preferences: General, Default Catalog, Catalog Settings, Backup, Relaunch & Optimize, File Handling & Metadata, Presets, Import, External Editing, File Handling, Interface (9 min)

35. Database Maintenance: The Dos & Dont's of Maintaining your database, Relaunch & Optimize (5 min)

36. Export & Import a Catalog: Export as Catalog, A Location Shoot Workflow, Auto-write XMP to file?, Multiple Catalogs, Renaming on Export, Filename Template Editor (18 min)

37. Web: Site Info, Color Palette, Appearance, Ouput Settings, Preview & Export (7 min)

38. *Dual Screen Support:* How to make best use of this great productivity enhancer (6 min)

39. Shooting Tethered: Lightroom setup for most effective tethered shooting workflow (7 min)

40. Wrap-up & a wee dram! (3 min)

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Luminous Landscape Video Journal - Issue 17HD

File 1
Introduction
Michael introduces LLVJ-17.

Files 2 & 3
Jay Maisel - a Portrait
A one hour Interview & Portrait of famed New York photographer Jay Maisel.
Jay leads a fascinating tour through his studios, workshops and galleries in an old bank building on the Bowery in Manhattan.
A slideshow follows.

File 4
Elephants
An early morning shoot in dreary weather on a S. African game reserve yields some interesting Black & White photographs.
A slideshow follows.

File 5
Ray Maxwell on Colour
A half-hour interview with Ray Maxwell - colour scientist and colour management guru. What really is colour anyway?

File 6
Jeff Schewe
Jeff talks of his career as a commercial photographer in Chicago.
An early pixel 'masher', Jeff describes early days with Photoshop and his work with Adobe Photoshop engineers.
A slideshow follows.

Files 7 & 8
Antarctica
A travelogue featuring the first Luminous Landscape workshop trip to Antarctica.
A slideshow follows.