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Are You Using Lightroom at Home?

Are you already using Lightroom at home?

Yes

No

Already Using Lightroom

If you already have a Lightroom catalog on your computer at home, go to Already Have a Catalog.

If not, read on.

Make a Lightroom Catalog

You're going to use Lightroom to organize and edit your photographs.

Before you can start using Lightroom, you have to create a Lightroom catalog.

The Lightroom catalog is a storage space.

Your organizing and editing instructions are stored in the Lightroom catalog.

Again, the catalog is a storage space.

Only Do This Once

You only need one Lightroom catalog.

Create a catalog, and don't create another one.

Seven Steps

There are seven steps.

They're easy.

We'll do the steps in class.

Step #1	Step #2	Step #3	Step #4	Step #5	Step #6	Step #7
Get an external hard drive or a flash drive.	Create a catalog.	Create a folder for your photographs.	Open Lightroom.	Import your photographs of the assignment into Lightroom.	Make a collection of your best photographs from the assignment.	Export the photographs in your collection.
Do this step once.	Do this step once.	Do this step once.	Do this step often.	Do this step once for each assignment.	Do this step once for each assignment.	Do this step once for each assignment.

Windows or Mac?

Windows

Mac