Adobe Lightroom CC Photo Editing: Your Lightroom Masterclass

Master Lightroom Classic basics in this crash course: import, develop, crop, adjust exposure and color, apply sky and ocean masks, and export JPEGs for desktop backdrops.

Learn how to import and organize photos in Lightroom Classic, building skills to quickly find the right images years later.

Take a quick tour of Lightroom Classic for new users, learning to navigate modules like library, develop, map, and book, and manage imports and catalogs for organized editing.

Navigate the Lightroom interface to find imported photos using the navigator and dropdowns, choosing previous import or all photographs, and explore catalogs, folders, and collections to organize by project.

Organize photos in Lightroom by creating collections and collection sets, with sets as master folders. Use virtual copies for different edits and explore smart collections and tagging.

Learn to view photo metadata and keywords in the right panel, and use quick develop and presets for fast edits in Lightroom CC, with keyword organization guiding future smart collections.

Learn to use Lightroom's facial recognition to tag and organize people across your catalog, create people-based collections with smart collections, and manage tags in the keywords metadata.

Plug in your memory card to open the Lightroom import window, select photos, and choose a destination folder on your drive; Lightroom imports the raw file (and JPEG) for editing.

Master crop and rotate in Adobe Lightroom CC, using locked or unlocked aspect ratios, presets like 1:1 and 16:9, and horizon level tools to perfect framing.

Adjust exposure and brightness with tone tools, balance shadows, highlights, and blacks, and refine contrast using the tone curve and histogram for detailed, natural photos.

Explore the presence panel’s texture, clarity, dehaze, vibrance, and saturation to sharpen detail, boost midtones, reduce haze, and selectively bring up saturation in colors for landscapes and portraits.

Explore Lightroom's AI denoise tool to reduce noise while preserving detail, compare the denoise result with manual edits, and manage edits with virtual copies, stacks, and a comparison view.

Apply lens corrections in Lightroom to reduce distortion and vignetting with profile corrections. Use manual distortion, chromatic aberration removal, and vignette controls to fine-tune edge details and crop behavior.

Master the transform panel to straighten vertical and horizontal lines with auto, level, or guided modes, adjust perspective, and crop for architecture and real estate photography.

Export high quality photos for online sharing or printing using Lightroom's export options, including destination, custom naming, 2000 px long edge, 72 ppi, and screen sharpening.

Explore linear and radial gradient masks in Lightroom classic to selectively edit skies and foregrounds. Boost shadows and highlights, add color, and craft a custom vignette around the subject.

Learn to use range masks in Lightroom to selectively adjust color ranges, refine selections with eyedropper, and blend adjustments with gradient and depth range tools.

Master masking in Lightroom CC to selectively edit subjects and background, adjust color temperature, saturation, and exposure, and blend multiple masks with gradients and curves for refined photos.

Master the healing brush, content aware removal, and clone stamp in Lightroom to remove blemishes, blend skin, visualize spots, and prepare edits for Photoshop if needed.

Learn to whiten teeth in portraits using a quick mask and preset in Lightroom CC, automatically selecting teeth and dialing the whitening intensity.

Create lip masks and fine-tune lipstick color with saturation, hue, and the point color eyedropper to match lip tone to a dress, comparing before and after.

Apply advanced portrait retouching in Lightroom by dodging and burning to sculpt cheeks and jawline, enhance rosy cheeks, and subtly color the blush with selective hue and saturation.

Master full edits across landscapes, wildlife, and portraits by applying techniques creatively in Lightroom CC, learning styles through hands-on demonstrations and future tutorials.

Master a semi-magical portrait edit in Lightroom CC by using crops, masks, radial and linear gradients, color mixer, and selective exposure and color tweaks.

Master a high-contrast sports action edit that centers the athlete through cropping and leveling, exposure tweaks, clarity, color mixer adjustments, and background masking for pop.

learn to edit a moon photo in Lightroom by cropping to center, applying subject masks, and boosting clarity, texture, and dehaze while controlling saturation, exposure, and contrast to reveal details.

Develop skills to highlight the subjects using color, contrast, masking, and creative vignetting in Lightroom CC, including white balance, color mixer tweaks, and backlight effects.

Explore Adobe Lightroom CC cloud-based photo editing across desktop, web, and mobile. Learn importing, basic edits, selective edits, exporting, saving, and sharing to social media.

Rate and flag photos in Lightroom CC to cull large shoots, using grid and detail views, applying star ratings (1–5) and picks or rejections, plus keyboard shortcuts and filters.