Creative Photo Editing Mastery with Adobe Lightroom Classic

Import photos and video from a folder into a Lightroom Classic catalog via the library module, selecting source folders, including subfolders, and enabling smart previews.

Learn how to import photos from a camera or memory card via the library module, select the source, choose a destination folder, and use import options.

Explore how the Lightroom catalog links your media files to Lightroom, storing file location, previews, adjustments, and metadata to help manage, enhance, and share your photos and videos.

Find catalog location in the general tab, note the file name and size, use the show button to access where the catalog is saved, and enable weekly backups on exit.

Learn to manage photos with Lightroom collections in the library module, create and organize collections, add images, set a target collection, and understand that collections reference files without duplicating space.

Explore the basic panel in Adobe Lightroom Classic to adjust white balance, exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, clarity, vibrance, and saturation for polished edits.

Master the crop tool in Adobe Lightroom to reshape photos without distortion, using overlays, adjustable aspect ratios, and rotation to straighten and frame images for portrait or panorama crops.

Master the tone curve in Lightroom to shape shadows, midtones, and highlights, adjust contrast, and apply presets like linear, medium, or strong contrast.

Learn to perform selective color editing in Lightroom Classic by isolating colors with the HSL panel and brush tools, desaturating others, and boosting red and blue in skies and dress.

Learn to use the radial filter in Lightroom to spotlight off-center areas, adjust exposure, white balance, contrast, and other sliders, with feather and invert options.

Learn to remove spots using the spot removal tool in Lightroom's develop module, selecting heal or clone, adjusting the circle size, and applying it to affected areas.

Explore split toning in Adobe Lightroom Classic by applying colors to highlights and shadows, adjusting balance, and creating cinematic looks with yellow and blue tones.

Fix red eye in Lightroom Classic using the red eye correction tool in the Develop module; drag from the eye center, adjust size, and fine-tune darken or whiten color.

Explore lens correction and transform tools in Adobe Lightroom Classic, enabling chromatic aberration removal, profile-based distortion control, constant crop, hue adjustments, and precise transform with auto, scale, and offsets.

Learn to use the clarity tool in the Develop module of Adobe Lightroom Classic and selectively smooth skin with the adjustment brush.

Apply flame gain in Lightroom using the effects tab and gain section. Adjust size to 100 and tweak black and white, exposure, highlights, shadows, and contrast to enhance the image.

Master the HSL panel in Lightroom to adjust hue, saturation, and luminance of specific colors, shifting sky and flower tones while controlling brightness with sliders and brushes.

Learn to remove digital noise in Lightroom Classic by using the develop module's detail panel, adjusting luminance and contrast with the noise reduction controls and the live preview.

Discover how to use Lightroom presets to apply predefined slider settings with a single click, and import, organize into folders, and apply custom presets to streamline editing.

Master the graduated filter in Lightroom to control exposure with adjustable lines, rotate and refine it using brushes and radial filters for selective edits on clouds and mountains.

Create a cinematic look in Lightroom Classic by adjusting exposure and contrast, retuning saturation, using the HSL panel and split toning, then fine-tuning with tone curve and graduated filter.

Learn to edit a black and white photo in Lightroom Classic using the Develop module. Adjust exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, temperature, and use split toning for dramatic monochrome effects.

Master a full beauty retouch in Lightroom by cropping, white balance, spot removal, eye color adjustments, tone curves, gradient and radial filters, and split toning to finalize a portrait.

Learn to create high dynamic range images in Lightroom by merging five exposures, using auto align and auto tone, then fine-tuning exposure, white balance, and color in the develop module.

Create a polished slideshow video in Adobe Lightroom Classic by selecting photos, choosing templates, customizing layout and overlays, adding identity plates and music, and exporting the final video.

Edit a landscape photo in Lightroom Classic by using white balance, graduated filter, exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, green saturation, tone curve, split toning, and lens correction.

Select two photos, export to a desktop folder on your hard drive, set custom naming, choose jpg, adjust quality and color space, then export.

Learn how to share your final edited photos online from Lightroom Classic by publishing to Facebook and Flickr, including authorizing accounts, selecting albums, and adjusting image quality.

Embed copyright information in every photo using a Lightroom preset, populating IPTC fields like creator, copyright notice, rights, URL, and keywords, then export with all metadata to enforce copyright.

Learn to add a watermark or custom logo to your photos in Adobe Lightroom Classic by exporting with a watermark, adjusting position, size, opacity, and saving a preset.

Celebrate completing the course by capturing photos and editing them with Adobe Lightroom Classic in different ways, while practicing and seeking help when needed.