Introduction to Lightroom Classic for Beginners

[@parthmaniar]

It is rare to find an individual or group of individuals (since photography life is a collective) who are passionate about their field and willing to share their knowledge openly and freely. We are sincere in our gratitude for your efforts to share knowledge openly & freely. Thank you very much for your efforts, and thank you for guiding us to grow in our photography journey.

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

You’re very welcome! That’s why we do what we do, I’m glad it’s resonated with you.

[@chrislord9247]

I don't often make comments but SPENCER you are excellent at presenting and teaching. You have got it!

[@discodla]

Wow i did'nt know there was a difference! You saved me much frustration, now i am on the right track. Very impressed with your tutorials! You are thorough, yet concise, and cover needed elements. I don't love learning online and get frustrated trying to find "good ones" and i think i lucked out here! Looking forward to the rest! Thank you!!!

[@codyjones3608]

Please continue this series! I recently found your website and KZbin channel and they've been tremendously helpful, very clear and easy-to-understand. I started a combo subscription a couple months ago for Lightroom + Photoshop, and it came with Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC, but I actually had no idea Classic has more features than CC until you said so; I assumed since CC was newer, it must have more. I guess not. Anyway, all that to say: I'm trying to figure out Lightroom and it's been overwhelming, so I do hope this series continues and branches out to different types of edits/photography/etc. I would love to eventually master the program haha. Thanks for all you do.

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Awesome, Cody! Sounds like these videos are going to be right up your alley. CC lacks a lot of features compared to Classic - you can see our article listing the differences here: photographylife.com/lightroom-classic-vs-lightroom-cc

[@michellelarter76]

Loved the tutorial, very clear and easy to follow. Looking forward to the next one.

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Thank you, Michelle! Your comment is well timed - I just published the third video in this series about thirty minutes ago.

[@kukrejasanjay]

Yes I have read the description, thanks for the weather forecast 👍😂😂

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Sure thing, Sanjay! Amusingly, KZbin is starting to recommend “rain noise” videos after this one, thanks to the mention in the description. I’m watching you, algorithm...

[@silviasanchez648]

@@PhotographyLifeChannel Yes, I have a rain noise playlist out of this...

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Haha, awesome Silvia. Hope it’s a pleasant one.

[@patsygonzalez5203]

Thank you for explaining in a clear and simple tone. Wonderful!!

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Of course! Glad you found it so useful!

[@leninmoreno4020]

Awesome intro to LR. Quick and to the point. Looking forward for more 😀

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Glad you liked it!

[@quicktastic]

I use LRC to geotag as does have a nice map feature. I use camera raw to edit as it has the same editing features as LR with a cleaner and less bloated interface. If you can get into the habit of adding keywords to your photos when importing to bridge, cataloging becomes easier and less important.

[@pawegacek9836]

Thanks! I'm just starting my experience with DSLR and photo editing RAW files with Lightroom so this class is perfect for me!

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Awesome! Happy to hear the timing works well for you, Paweł.

[@SteveMillerhuntingforfood]

Ok, ready for the next chapter...

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Right on! It’ll be up as soon as possible, hopefully Thursday but maybe Friday.

[@chesterjohnson4504]

Thank you for your videos and your earlier responses. I have been using Lr6 for years and have not yet made the leap to the Adobe subscription - Light Room Classic. I would like to know if there has been a big improvement in Light Room over all. I have been looking closely at DXO as a plug in and using Light Room only for the DAM - Cataloging unless the improvements in the new version of Light Room can compete with the new AI features found in other software. If I only use the catalog in LR is there a worthwhile reason to leave LR6. I am having a new computer built and weighing my options in photo RAW software editing and cataloging. I am using a Windows PC.

[@Pilarmrader]

Thank you so much!. You put it so easy.I would really like PS videos by you.

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Glad you liked it! I'd like to do some in the future, depending on interest level.

[@DennisD9799]

I like yer style, Having issues getting a handle on importing existing file folders with win10. Do I need to just import the photos and name the folder in LR?

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

If you like where those existing files already are on your hard drive, and you don’t want to change your folder structure or move those files, just make sure that “Add” is selected at the top of Lightroom’s import, rather than “copy” or “move”!

[@DennisD9799]

@@PhotographyLifeChannel Thankzzz

[@DennisD9799]

@@PhotographyLifeChannel Tried it today, Worked perfect, Thanks again. Dennis

[@silviasanchez648]

It always rain somewhere in the world... :-P Now seriously, thanks for the video, very interesting. In all true, I never dug in Lightroom before. I used it here and there but without going deep. Now I'm interested to know more. Also, looking forward to the next chapter!

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Thanks, Silvia! More on the way soon.

[@joyceyang6976]

Hi Spencer, is this Lightroom Classic available for free to install or we need to purchase from Adobe now? I heard that Classic is available on mobile devices, the desktop version we need to subscribe? So many updates, it’s quite confusing. 🤔 Thanks for helping!

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Yes, the mobile app is free, but the desktop version sells for $10/month in the plan with Photoshop.

[@joyceyang6976]

@@PhotographyLifeChannel Thank you Spencer for your prompt reply! I need to get it first, so I can learn from you. 😃

[@matt904sl]

Cool 👍👍👍

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Thank you, Matt!

[@matt904sl]

@@PhotographyLifeChannel I have lightroom 5 and it's all I need so thanks for doing a video on what is a obsolete piece of software (in this day and age) so looking forward to the next video. Thanks again 👍👍👍👍

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Sure thing, Matt! The software I’m using in this video is actually Adobe’s current subscription version of Lightroom Classic (as of April 2020) but it looks extremely similar to the older, standalone versions of Lightroom. So hopefully about 98% of the info in these videos will be directly applicable to your own Lightroom software. Adobe really should have come up with a name other than “Classic” :)

[@Paul-jq5jh]

Thx!

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Sure thing! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@rutvikpatel7640]

Are you Tony & Chelsea's son? Or are you using Tony's voice over? 🤣 You sound exactly like him lol. Thank you for the tutorial tho.

[@Photosbytw]

Small point....Canon Raw files are CR2 not CRW.............

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

Should have mentioned that! The older ones were CRW, but Canon is now moving to CR2. Thanks for adding this, Terry!

[@julius_caesar_grzfz]

just like I call the Bedrock Edition bad Minecraft :)

[@TaipeiGeek]

RAW is not "just another file type".

[@PhotographyLifeChannel]

I think you’re talking at a deeper level than the quick note for beginners that my comment was meant to be. “RAW image files” is a valid technical term, even though the specific file types are more granular (.DNG, .ARW, .NEF, and so on). I phrased it that way, and would do the same again, because I wanted to make a comparison that beginner photographers who had never heard of RAW would immediately grasp. But you’re not wrong either, and subtleties I wish I could convey can get lost in brief descriptions like that. Either way, thanks for your feedback.