Individual task - Digital asset management

For this task we had to:

1. Set our camera to the following settings:

• Manual focus
• Manual exposure
• ISO 400
• RAW file format

2. Take a photograph of an object lit by one of the following light sources:

• Window
• Strobe
• Fluorescent

3. Import the files, from our DSLR or memory card, into Adobe Lightroom using the following guidelines:

• Create or use a catalogue that is saved on the local hardrive
• Import the file in to the catalogue (create new versions)
• Give each of the imported pictures, using the import dialogue box options, a custiom name

These are the short listed photos that I chose:

I chose this image as my '5 star' image to add a preset to:

This image was lit by Fluorescent light.

4. Organise the pictures and add relevant metadata to each file:

• Using the metadata sidebar, type your name as the vreator for each file
• Rate your pictures using the star method (***** for the best)

Type your name in the creator box and sync this metadata to the rest of the files.

5. Add a preset to your chosen '5 star' photograph:

• Using the 'Develop' module, chose a Lightroom or custom-made preset appropriate to your photograph
• Check the photograph for both colour accuracy and tonal detail (both highlights and shadows) and adjust where appropriate

This is my photo after I increased the exposure slighty, increased the blacks slightly and added a 'high contrast black and white' preset:

This is a screen shot of me checking the colour accuracy and tonal detail:

6. Export the photograph into Adobe Photoshop:

Using the export command on Lightroom, export your photograph using the following guidelines:

• Create a folder for the file to be exported to
• Set the file type to JPG level 100
• Give the file a new, custom name
• Chose to open the file, straight after export, into Adobe Photoshop

This is a screen shot of me exporting my image