Tutorials
We've worked hard to design Light Blue to be intuitive and easy to use. However, it's a powerful bit of software, and we appreciate that sometimes you might want us to show you the way. To help with this, we've had Tom and Hamish prepare a series of video tutorials.
If you're after a reference manual, don't forget the user guide that comes with Light Blue - you can find it by going to the Help menu or in the folder where you installed Light Blue.
Introductions for new users
This series of three video tutorials is design to get new users up and running quickly.
Video tutorials on specific topics
So, what's it all about?
Downloading and installing for the first time
Updating from a previous version and importing your data
Enquiries, contacts and shoots
- Adding a new shoot
- Confirming or cancelling a shoot
- Quoting and invoicing
- Printing your shoot information
- Related contacts
- Turning leads into bookings with Light Blue - new for version 3.1
- Sharing addresses
- Using the built-in calendar
- Syncing Light Blue with iCal
- Publishing events to Google Calendar
Tasks
- Tasks, meetings & workflow
- Order workflow management - new for version 3.1
- The task manager - new for version 3.1
Working with pictures
Finances
Using information
- Finding information
- Exporting data - new for version 3.1
- Running reports
Communications
- Document templates & mail-merging
- Sending emails from Light Blue
- Creating your own invoice templates
iPhone and iPad
Hosting
- Setting up a hosted copy of Light Blue - new for version 3.1
- Calendar feeds for hosted copies of Light Blue - new for version 3.1
Hour-long webinars
We've also recorded two webinars. The files are around 190MB each, and you'll need Quicktime to view them. They're too large for most connections to play them as they're downloaded, so we recommend right-clicking on the links to download the files to your computer to watch at your leisure. 'Introducing Light Blue' (1 hour, giving an overview of Light Blue and getting you started with the basics) and 'Managing shoots and making money with Light Blue' (55 minutes, giving more detail on how to book in shoots, keep on top of your workload and bill your clients).
Is there a tutorial you'd like to see? Drop us a note and we'll have a look at making one.