It’s back! The Lightroom Bootcamp is A TWO FULL DAY Lightroom intensive interactive course designed to give you the complete picture, a full working knowledge and step-by-step instruction in setting up and utilizing Cliff’s Ultimate Lightroom Workflow. This will be a hands on, everything you need to know experience - in the comfort of your own home. This is a class unlike any other and the personal favorite of Cliff’s. It’s a deep dive into the single most important software ever created for photographers … Adobe’s Lightroom and Creative Cloud Suite - including photoshop integration and when and why to use one vs the other. Spoiler alert - you use both - but in a very specific way.

This will be a fully interactive experience so watching and participating on your computer is recommended though not required. The entire course will be recorded and you will be able to rewatch any part, rewind and replay until it makes sense to you. This way you can focus on the presentation and follow along rather than furiously taking notes. Students will be encourage to actively participate and ask questions every step of the way over this two-day boot camp.

This is not a training video, this is an in-depth masterclass, designed to demonstrate and make sure YOU understand every aspect of Adobe’s Lightroom, the creative suite and the Ultimate Workflow that Clifford has designed. This is designed to be covered over a period of two days to provide enough time to really dig in deep - to cover everything you need to know - and not just tell you about things - show you, explain, demonstrate and encourage questions along the way so that you thoroughly understand it. We will be covering the essentials… workflow strategies, tips and tricks, importing, post-processing, slideshows, Adobe’s Cloud, Lightroom Mobile, printing, tethering, syncing, portfolio development, integrating a website directly within Lightroom including a full fledged printing and automated order fulfillment service, client proofing, hardware and preferences setup to get you working at the speed of light, fully automated backup strategies that keep your work safe, from any possible failure scenario, and most importantly, everything that we will be setting up, working on and implementing, will be done in a way that never needs to be repeated. This workflow is a solution that runs itself once setup. If you are serious about learning Lightroom, a first time user or an experienced veteran looking to harness the power of the new and improved Lightroom, this is the Workshop for you.

Your understanding is the ultimate goal. The entire course will be recorded and available for each participant to download and watch at their own pace afterwards. Included in the course is a 60 minute private session where Clifford can further customize the workflow to your needs and and address any specific needs privately as you continue on your journey.

Update: Adobe has significantly improve the power and capability of Lightroom in their recent update. We will covering these new powerful features

• Adobe’s brand new HDR imaging pipeline - What is it, why it’s powerful and how it works;

• Adobe’s new powerful Lens Blur engine - How it works with existing depth maps and how to create your own

• Adobe’s new pixel-perfect color selection tool called Point Color - How to change the color of anything much more accurately

• Super resolution

• Adobe’s new DeNoise: The new industry standard in noise reduction

• Completely new masking panel - extensive coverage to tap into every creative facet - this is huge!

• Auto subject and sky detection

• Sky replacement

• Auto adjustments using Adobe’s Sensei AI

An overview of topics that will be covered during the weekend….

Day One:
- An in-depth demonstration of Library Module features of Lightroom;
- Workflow - Making it work for you: How to organize your images and take back control;
- Digital Asset Management; A strategy to sort, rank, store and find every image you’ve ever taken;
- Rating, key-wording, culling;
- Importing images;
- Color management and profiles;
- Image throughput to Photoshop and back again;
- Automating workflow with presets and beyond; and
- How to quickly choose the best and forget the rest.

Day Two:
- Prerequisite: Lightroom Bootcamp - Day One of Two of Adobe Lightroom Bootcamp OR Intermediate - - Lightroom skills with excellent working knowledge of the Library Module. A critical visual road map of - - how to approach post-processing - what works and why
- In-depth demonstration of LR’s new Develop Module tools: including, but not limited to:
- HDR merge;
- Lightroom’s new Luminosity masking and color range features
- Panorama merge;
- Facial recognition and auto-tagging;
- New Filter brush;
- Duplicating local adjustments;
- Dehaze; and
- New upright and image transformation tools.
- An in depth analysis of the develop module with a thorough demonstration of all other tools in the Lightroom toolbox, to include:
- Advanced Healing brush;
- “Visualize Spots” tool;
- Radial Filter;
- Upright;
- Smart Previews;
- Turn your images into a masterpiece (It's easier than you think);
- Parametric non-linear adjustments;
- Exposure control and correction;
- Color control and correction;
- White balance;
- Noise reduction; and
- Sharpening.
- A full workflow solution and demonstration from a recent shoot covering import through developing and on through export:
- Exporting features and how to share your images with the world