NOTES: from CreativeLIVE Lightroom 4 Workshop

I enjoyed watching CreativeLIVE workshop regarding Lightroom 4.  Here are some off my notes from Laura Shoes workshop on the new Lightroom 4:

• Why Lightroom
• Customizes for Photographers, their workflow to all our needs
• Library Develop for retouch and adjusting, want to get the most out of your photos, powerful
• Lightroom is forgiving ( means it is ok you can undo, never touch your own photo)
• You can do more faster ( can find photos), work multi photos at the same time
• Recommended to have 1 catalog for all your photos is recommended
• Catalog can be on external drive, NOT on network drive
• Organize photo, back them up and  photo library to
• Organize photo, Lightroom doesn't organize photos, don't car how you do it
• Lightroom catalog contains all data you have ever done, have backup folder on photo library, to protect from corruption
• Backup catalog only back up data, to photos you did in catalog, not the images it self.
• Have photo library folder with image files and backup folder inside the library folder and back up the folder to be safe on a external drive.
• During import you can pre set in develop setting save time, add keywords need commas, apply to every photo you are importing tell where to store image
• DON'T delete photos, thinking they are in Lightroom
• To CLICK all photos in Lightroom, click all images by pressing (Command and A)
• If need help in LIghtroom or in doubt, RIGHT click on a Mac for options.