In this installment of the Photoshop Lightroom 4 Essentials series, author and teacher Chris Orwig guides photographers through the process of improving images with creative color, sharpening, and other effects in the Lightroom Develop module. The course covers each of the tools and features in the Develop module, and shows how to perform basic adjustments, such as exposure enhancement; how to improve image quality through noise reduction and clarity adjustments; how to apply creative effects, such as split toning and vignettes; and how to perform advanced tasks, such as correcting for lens distortion. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

Improving tone, color, and contrast with the Basic panel
Adjusting hue, saturation, and lightness with the HSL controls
Performing local edits using the adjustment brush
Converting to black and white
Split toning to create a sepia tone
Understanding sharpening
Correcting distortion
Removing chromatic aberration
Adding or correcting vignettes
Using the post-crop controls
Adding film grain effects
Understanding camera calibration in Lightroom