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Digital Skills Assessment
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What instruction have you signed up for?
Individual Instruction
Lightroom Classic: Up and Running (College of Marin or SRJC)
Lightroom Classic: Library Module
Lightroom Classic: Develop Module
Lightroom Classic: Outputting Your Images as Prints, Books, Slideshows, and Web Galleries
Learning to Use an Adjustable Camera
Smartphone Photography
Macro Photography
Image Management
If you are using Lightroom Classic, check all that apply for the Library module. I need help with:
I’m new to Lightroom Classic and don’t know where to begin.
Understanding how Lightroom Classic works and where my photos are stored
Establishing a workflow for downloading images from my camera
Organizing my photos, including finding photos, importing old photos
Setting up Lightroom Classic preferences
Finding missing photos
Moving photo from my Mac’s Photos, iPhotos, or Aperture apps
Moving my photos to a new hard drive so photos will be accessible in Lightroom Classic
Backing up my photos to a hard drive
Moving from Lightroom (cloud-based image storage) to Lightroom Classic (computer based image storage)
Backing up images from my smartphone to my computer
Finding duplicate photos
Learning how to use Collections
Keywording my images
Using facial recognition
Getting rid of outdated catalogs, files and folders, and back up catalogs
Scanning photos, slides, or negative and getting them into Lightroom Classic
Other:
How many computers do you use, or plan to use, for photography?
Check all that apply
One Desktop or Laptop Computer
More than one Desktop or Laptop Computer
Do you primarily work on a Mac or PC for your photography?
Mac
PC
I use Both
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What is your folder structure on your computer for storing images? (check all that apply)
By Year and Month, or Year, Month, Day
By Event, Location, or Subject
I have little organization
How do you currently download your images from camera to computer
I use an import preset
I import my images without an import preset
I download my images to my computer first, then import into Lightroom Classic
Other:
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Are your images in Lightroom Classic stored on:
Internal Drive
External Drive
Both
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Do you rename your images?
Yes
No
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If yes, what is your naming convention?
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Approximate GBs or number of images you are managing:
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Do you back up your images to another hard drive, If so how do you back up?
Time Machine (Mac)
SyncBack (PC)
I just drag my folder over
No, I don't back up my images
Other:
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If yes? How often do you back up your images?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Less than once a month
I don't back up my images
Other:
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Do you have at least one back up copy of your images stored off site?
Yes, I use a cloud-based back up service
Yes, I swap hard drive that I store off site
No, I don't back up my images off site
Other:
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If you use a cloud-based storage, what service?
Backblaze
Google Drive
OneDrive
Dropbox
Carbonite
iCloud
Other
I don't use a cloud-based back up service
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If you are using Lightroom Classic, are your images:
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Flagged as either Pick or Rejected
Keyworded
in Collections and Collections Sets
in Smart Collections
Rated with Stars
Color Coded
None of the above
Digital Image Optimizing Skills
Do you currently optimize your images with tone and color adjustments?
Yes
No
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In Lightroom Classic's Development module, I need help with: (check all that apply)
Learning how to optimize my images with tone and color adjustments
Developing a systematic workflow for optimizing my images with tone and color adjustments
Learning how to make local adjustments with the new masking tool
Crop my images
Convert my images to black and white
Tone my images with color grading adjustments
Adjust my image with lens and perspective corrections
Do you calibrate your monitor with a colorimeter?
Yes
No
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Do you understand Color Management (monitor, printer and camera profiles, color spaces, and bit depth)?
Yes
No
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How long have you shot digitally?
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Photographing Skills
How long have you used an adjustable (f-stop/shutter speed/ISO) camera?
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How would you describe your skill level using your camera?
I'm confident using an adjustable camera
I understand how to use an adjustable camera, but not sure when to use shutter priority, aperture priority, program, or manual mode
I don't really have a good understanding of using an adjustable camera
Other:
What camera and lenses do you use?
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Do you shoot either RAW or JPG for each image or both?
RAW
JPG
I shoot in both RAW & JPGs for each image
I switch between shooting in JPG and RAW file format
I don't know what a RAW file is
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Sharing Your Images
Did you know that Lightroom makes online galleries of your synced collections, viewable on any browser, that you can share with others?
Yes, and I share my collections with others
No, but I'd like to learn how to do so.
No, and I'm also not interested.
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In Lightroom Classic, I need help with: (check all that apply)
Exporting my images for screen viewing or printing
Producing slideshows
Producing books
Sending images by email from Lightroom Classic
Uploading to social media
Printing images by myself
Preparing images to be printed by someone else
Creating a self-hosted website
Do you print your own work?
Yes
No
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If yes, are you using a printer profiles?
Yes
No
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If you don’t print your own work, who does your printing?
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What other programs would you like to learn?
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Smartphone Photography
What smartphone to you use?
iPhone Pro
iPhone
Android Phone
I don't have a smartphone
How do you regard your smartphone's camera?
It's an important part of my photography
I use it, but don't really take it seriously
I don't really use my smartphone for photography
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Do you use the Lightroom app on your smartphone?
Yes
No
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Did you know how that you can shoot in the RAW file format with the Lightroom app and the iPhone Pro versions?
Yes
No
That's nice, but I don't know what the RAW file format is!
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How do you back up your images on your phone?
Through Lightroom syncing
Apple iCloud or other cloud-based storage
Manually by connecting my phone to the computer
My smartphone photos aren't backed up anywhere
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The Lightroom app can automatically download images from your smartphone to your Lightroom Classic catalog. Would you like to do this?
Yes, and I'm doing now!
Yes, I would like to and need help and how to do it.
No, I'm not interested in automatically backing up my smartphone images.
Other:
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What is that you want to learn? How can I best make our time successful for you?
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What else would you like to add about your skills, aptitudes, and interests?
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Anything that I haven't asked about that would be good for me to know?
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