Sessions

Session 01 : Introduction
Archiving is the digital world's equivalent of processing and filing film. At worst film was stored on closet shelves safely if unorganized in shoeboxes. Today digital negatives are stored on hard drives that could fail at any time. Welcome to bulletproof archiving using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
Session 02 : Workflow Overview
This graphically driven session shows the set up of hard drives, their folder structure, importing photographs from memory cards to two separate hard drives then creating permanent bulletproof archives on verified optical discs (DVDs.)
Session 03 : Drive Setup and Making a New Lightroom Catalog
Lightroom is the key to maintaining an efficient, bulletproof archive. It begins with creating a Lightroom catalog and setting up its Identity Plate.
Session 04 : Lightroom Preference Settings
Lightroom has preferences that send settings directly to the files on a hard drive. Set them up to make the workflow work with other Adobe apps.
Session 05 : Setting Up Templates While Importing the First Memory Card
Lightroom can rename files and add metadata during import from a memory card. This session shows step-by-step how to create the custom presets for file renaming and metadata that adds your contact and copyright information to files when you import your first memory card full of digital photographs.
Session 06 : Importing Photographs from a Memory Card
This session explains how to back up digital negatives to two different hard drives at the same time while using the templates to quickly rename files and add metadata during import. Copying digital photographs from a memory card to two additional locations is a cornerstone of bulletproof archiving. A consistent naming structure coupled with lots of metadata makes finding files in the future a snap.
Session 07 : Adding Metadata to Imported Photos
Not all metadata can be added during import. This session goes into adding that additional information about individual or groups of digital negatives that will be invaluable for locating them in the future.
Session 08 : Importing Files from a Hard Drive
Face it. There are digital negatives sitting on hard drives that really want to be added to Lightroom and backed up into the bulletproof archive. Here's how.
Session 09 : Adding Metadata During Import
When all of the digital negatives are of the same subject and location it's simple to add all of the metadata to all of the files during import. This session shows how to modify a metadata preset that adds the details.
Session 10 : Easy Imports from a Hard Drive
Importing files that are already on a hard drive is the first step to organizing and archiving neglected digital negatives that have been lingering on hard drives. Copy them to a single location, add a serial number and follow the steps in this session.
Session 11 : Burning and Labeling the First Disc
Now you are ready to make your first disc in the workflow. It's as simple as burning and labeling a DVD. Make your own in InDesign with the included template.
Session 12 : Verifying DVDs in Lightroom
The burning questions answered in this session is "Are the digital negatives burned to DVD really usable? How about the ones on the hard drive?" Learn how to make certain that your irreplaceable digital photographs are actually safe.