clareatz

My alma mater (go coogs) just introduced these food delivery robots on campus. They’re purpose is just like UberEats/Postmates/etc: to deliver food. There are so many restaurants all over campus, and I remember sometimes dreading the walk to the Satellite, Student Center, etc. to get something to eat. I’m not actually sure how it works (I’m assuming an app), but a comment on their LinkedIn post stood out to me. I haven’t thought much about the details about the design, and think that Jessica brings up a really good point. I especially love the truth the last sentence holds - “Technology is cool, but technology that’s inclusive and accessible to all is better.” 

Objective & Design

Lightroom is one, if not my favorite Adobe application. I learned the basics years ago and have used those same skills over and over again to edit my pictures. The main objective of Lightroom Classic is to edit your pictures.

There’s a few different ways to get to the main objective. You can either start from scratch and edit the picture as is, include an imported preset, or create your own preset. Presets are filters you can slap onto your picture for an easy edit.

I really like the layout of your ‘workspace.’ After importing your picture and selecting the develop, you’ll see presets on your left and all the edits on your right. Everything you possibly need is organized on one screen. The preset folder includes Lightroom Classic set presets as well as the presets you imported or made. On the right is where you can edit the picture before or after the preset. You can edit colors, the lighting, shadows, etc.

Lightroom makes it really easy to edit pictures, especially with the preset options. Want to fix the shadows? It’s possible. Need to go back a few steps? The history tab is GREAT. They make it easy to do everything with one screen. The only thing that’s needed is to know when using this app is what the edit does - how does the highlight affect the picture? What does the tone curve do? They do have a help support page online if needed: https://helpx.adobe.com/support/lightroom-cc.html.

It’s also simple to create your own preset. After making the edits to a picture, clicking the + button next on the preset tab will create a preset for you that you can use for your future pictures. I took the time (and patience) and made my very first preset for my last making assignment. Although the actual making of the preset takes time (because you want to make sure it works not only on the picture you’re editing, but other pictures as well), the logistics behind it is easy! It tells you all of the steps and what you used to create it. 

Lightroom also has a mobile app. It’s pretty self-explanatory; however, I’ve always had trouble importing presets. You can still edit your pictures on the go - allowing it to be very accessible. I prefer using the mobile app for my not as important pictures -- just because I prefer having a bigger screen to edit. However - I love using the app for quick edit.