Lightroom Classic Tutorial for Beginners | FREE COURSE

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Learn the basics of how to import and organize files in Lightroom Classic. Then move on to advanced techniques such as using color curves and crafting your signature look. By the end of this course, you'll know everything you need to know about how to edit photos in Lightroom Classic.
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1 Introduction
00:00:00 - 1.1 Introduction
2 Why Adobe Lightroom?
00:02:14 - 2.1 Photoshop and Bridge, or Lightroom? (Why Lightroom Exists and Who It's For)
00:05:40 - 2.2 Lightroom 6, Lightroom Classic, or Lightroom CC?
00:08:16 - 2.3 10 Quick and Easy Tips for Every Lightroom User
3 Set Up Adobe Lightroom
00:12:25 - 3.1 How to Store Your Photos Safely: Physical Storage Suggestions for Lightroom Users
00:15:38 - 3.2 How to Import and Organize Files in Lightroom Classic
00:20:23 - 3.3 How to Move Photo Files and Organize With Lightroom Classic
00:24:46 - 3.4 Rules-Based Renaming for Photos With Lightroom Classic
00:28:41 - 3.5 How to Build Smart Previews in Lightroom Classic
4 Review and Sort
00:31:18 - 4.1 Lightroom Metadata: What Can It Do for Us? (What Can’t It Do for Us?!)
00:33:42 - 4.2 Metadata for Workflows in Lightroom Classic
00:36:21 - 4.3 How to Organize Your Images With Keywords in Lightroom Classic
00:40:04 - 4.4 How to Sort Your Images With Color Labels and Flags in Lightroom Classic
00:44:42 - 4.5 How to Rank Your Images With Star Ratings in Lightroom Classic
00:46:58 - 4.6 How to Get Super Organized With Power Filtering in Lightroom Classic
00:50:32 - 4.7 How to Make Collections of Your Images With Lightroom Classic
00:53:10 - 4.8 How to Use Smart Collections (Auto-Updating Folders) in Lightroom Classic
00:55:57 - 4.9 How to Make a Custom Sequence of Photos in Lightroom Classic
00:58:39 - 4.10 How to Sync Image Settings Between Photos in Lightroom Classic
5 Global Corrections
01:01:43 - 5.1 How to Post-Process Photos Efficiently in Lightroom
01:04:16 - 5.2 Essentials of Photo Correction in Lightroom Classic
01:06:56 - 5.3 How to Correct Exposure in Photos With Lightroom Classic
01:10:33 - 5.4 How to Recover Highlight and Shadow Detail in Photos With Lightroom Classic
01:12:57 - 5.5 How to Correct White Balance in Photos With Lightroom Classic
01:15:36 - 5.6 How to Correct Tone and Contrast in Photos With Lightroom Classic
01:18:53 - 5.7 How to Use the Histogram and Sliders for Precise Tone Control in Lightroom Classic
01:21:50 - 5.8 How to Correct Saturation in Photos With Lightroom Classic
01:25:20 - 5.9 How to Crop a Photo in Lightroom Classic
01:29:22 - 5.10 Batch Processing Photos Made Easy in Lightroom Classic
6 Creative Color
01:34:20 - 6.1 How to Apply Creative Contrast and Color Adjustments to Photos With Lightroom Classic
01:38:31 - 6.2 How to Use Color Curves to Create Expressive Images in Lightroom Classic
01:40:44 - 6.3 How to Make Creative Black & White Photo Conversions With Lightroom Classic
7 Refinements
01:43:29 - 7.1 How to Use the Adjustment Brush to Make Localized Changes to Photos With Lightroom Classic
01:47:29 - 7.2 How to Reduce Noise in Pictures With Lightroom Classic
01:50:20 - 7.3 How to Deemphasize Parts of Photos Using Lightroom Classic
8 Craft Your Look
01:54:03 - 8.1 What Is a Signature Look, and How Do You Find One?
01:57:45 - 8.2 How to Apply an Instant Look to Photos With Presets in Lightroom Classic
9 Output
02:00:41 - 9.1 How to Export JPGs for the Web From Lightroom Classic
02:05:38 - 9.2 Best Practices for Delivering Photos to Clients From Lightroom Classic
10 Conclusion
02:09:08 - 10.1 Conclusion
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[@clam371384]

I've been looking around for the starter video for Lightroom. THIS IS THE ONE! Thank you.

[@DimbleWally]

Sheesh this is a great tutorial. I've been editing in Lightroom for a few years now (as a hobby) but never took the time to really learn the software. Now, as I'm forced to use Lightroom for work, I'm watching this tutorial so I can be more efficient with my time. Thanks for this tutorial, I'm only 15 mins in but learned a lot so far!

[@dalemoore387]

Brilliant course! I learned a ton of useful stuff. Thank you for making this Andrew.

[@adamcook5940]

Wow! That is by far the clearest and most logical explanation of LrC that I have come across yet. It also ties in nicely with my Lightroom For Dummies book. Thank you!

[@AgentCain]

I worked through this course over the past few weeks and all I want to say: Thank you. Your structered video made it easy to follow and come back to certain lessons. Now I have an Idea on how to use Lightroom and was allready able to get some amazing results out of my boring raw files. And I need to say that my photos are now way more structered and saved. It was really good to start the course that way. All in one: It was well worth the time !

[@envatotuts]

Glad it helped!

[@krisah95]

Excellent tutorial. God sent!!! Just what a beginner needs. I love the way you think and communicate. Thanks a ton.

[@Moriningland]

Love this. I’m an advanced used and I learned things from this but it was also great for beginners

[@mohamedzahr3136]

Best tutorial I've ever seen ever! Thank you very much. Keep going brother!

[@66jbg]

I am new to digital photography. I have been intimidated by Lightroom while trying to figure it out. This video is perfect. Thanks man.

[@BlackLabelExpat]

This saved me the learning curve of trying things out randomly. Take some time and watch the whole thing.

[@manydan1209]

been using LR for several years, i actually learned stuff from this that i didnt know lol, thank you for putting this together!

[@yasarkaya3161]

Thanks your hard work for this very educative tutorial.

[@organicrobot4710]

This was greatly needed! Thanks for your hard work...excellent tutorial! 👍

[@envatotuts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Sven70k54]

Bro! it's Amazing You solved my problem! Thanks!!!

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

I only watched 3 minutes before Liking and Subscribing. I'm sure I won't be disappointed by the end of the video. Thank You!

[@XtrimUniverse]

Thanks Andrew for such a well organized detailed series !!

[@envatotuts]

Glad you like them!

[@hurleygreen927]

APPRECIATE THIS INFO ON LIGHTROOM CLASSIC! Keep up the great work... :)

[@colleenkl]

Really appreciate such a detailed tutorial. Thank you so much.

[@envatotuts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@akur442]

very helpful with easy explain to understand. thx alot didn't expect it can be organize file inside lightroom sorry my english is not very fluent

[@realwildsafari]

Watched completed tutorial in 3 days and this was great tutorial. Thank you for such amazing content,

[@anj644]

i didn't know that there's so much to do with lightroom. thank you for this video!

[@masterpringle]

Thanks a ton for all these courses! As one who's toying with switching to LrC, this is immensely helpful. However, i already have a huge and curated folder structure of all my photos, dating back at least 20 years. (I actually have 2: one of all my processed, finalised photos; and another of all my originals ones, including raws.) How would i go about importing those? Should i just pick my raw files? But then what about my iPhone photos, or photos from a time when i wasn't shooting raw. How would i (or should i) merge or prepare my existing folder structure?

[@chamithathukorala1985]

You doing great thank you ❤️

[@scottsmith4145]

Beyond outstanding! Thank you!

[@envatotuts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@anul6460]

This tutorial works, I tried it myself, thanks a lot :)

[@envatotuts]

Glad it helped!

[@lemacrangel]

Amazing tutorial. Thank you!

[@KristianSalo]

This was truly an exceptionally good tutorial. Highly Recommended.

[@envatotuts]

Glad it helped!

[@pinkblue8341]

It really worked for me after I look and try some tutorials, yours is the one that worked. Owe you a lot.

[@envatotuts]

Glad I could help

[@bnquick74]

Thanks for this. As others have pointed out, it’s a really detailed instructional manual that makes it easier to understand exactly what certain tools can do. I know Lightroom mobile is adding features pretty consistently, and I wonder if you think it’s reached a point where the 1 tb of cloud storage makes it a better choice than classic or cc. I have all, but I use mobile almost exclusively because of the convenience of the cloud storage and Wonder of it’s okay to cancel my classic/photoshop subscriptions.

[@sutv6754]

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[@envatotuts]

Great to hear!

[@jaluavi]

Thank you!

[@tatatabuga2310]

very informative, it really helped a lot

[@anojd162]

Hi Brother 🖐, I watched this video from beginning to end🤓 . This is the best Adobe Lightroom video I've ever watched on KZbin 🔥 . I learnt many things about Lightroom⚡ . Now I feel as if I had been using Lightroom as a noob for 2 years before watching this video 🥲. But now I know What is Lr and How to use it Effectively 💪. So Thank You for presenting us with such a nice video! 🙏🤝 Good Luck !🌞

[@kingjames9579]

excellent video friend was just what I was looking for

[@envatotuts]

Great to hear!

[@o.o.p.s1171]

This course helped me so much, i learned how to use Lightroom with 0 exp. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@envatotuts]

Glad it helped!

[@actgiangaming7433]

BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK

[@envatotuts]

Glad to hear that!

[@PS-zk7ff]

Excellent Training. Thank You

[@XtrimUniverse]

This entire series is Premium I must say !! Thanks a ton !!

[@envatotuts]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@junior2708]

THANK YOU

[@ChadIMSCalamba]

love it

[@RomtinSaili]

THIS IS FANTASTIC, THANK YOU FOR THIS AWESOME DATA AND TUTORIAL

[@envatotuts]

You're very welcome!

[@thilinaalagiyawanna3680]

Thank you very much ❤

[@erika3820]

Thanks! This is amazing!

[@envatotuts]

Glad you like it!

[@michelerivera4313]

Thank You Very Much

[@BruceOnLocation]

You make the training so simple. Do you have a service that you can rearrange your client's hard drives? Great job!

[@KHAMIKADZE]

Thank you very much :)

[@chandrasekhar-qb7wh]

this is very useful.

[@envatotuts]

Glad you think so!

[@taylorhusband9052]

This video is fantastic - thank you! But unfortunately I'm still not grasping LRClassic in re: to the catalogs and workflow. When you choose "Move" you are moving from SD card to external HD? Or did you go from SD -> Folder on Desktop -> LRC -> External hard drive? Sorry - making the move from LRCC and having a hard time starting over on LRC. Thank you!

[@suranga1313]

ME QUEDO FULL ACTIVADO, MUCHAS GRACIAS, TE PASASTE

[@saraalaa5315]

Thank you very much it's so helpful for me

[@envatotuts]

Happy to help

[@saraalaa5315]

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[@adelmagdy7418]

thanks alot sir for this course do u have a link where i can download this catalog u have so i can practice on it and following your steps on the video

[@gavincampbell7959]

Good tutorial. I'm a half hour in and I think it has saved me some money. I wanted a program to edit my best photographs but this looks like a file system mess. I'll try to find something else.

[@Smooth1productions]

NICE

[@powersonic6255]

Well Done , with job of teaching me so much you deserve my superscription so I subscribed . Thank you .

[@envatotuts]

Thanks and welcome

[@Angela30938]

Thank you very much for this video! I just switched from Windows to Macbook and I am wondering why my mousewheel/sliding on magic mouse doesn't work when I want to slide the sliders in the Develop tool. In Windows I can click on the slider and then level the slider with the mousewheel what's very fast. Do I need a special combination to do this?

[@leonfox8978]

When you use the Move feature to import photos, and move them to the external drive , doesn’t that break the link in Lightroom if you try to access the photos without the hard drive being connected?

[@jameswestii454]

Just bought a MacBook Pro 16” M1 Max and downloaded Lightroom Classic & Photoshop. I have Raw images on my old Windows 7 laptop that are in a document folder in My Pictures. They are individual folders for the date and the place I shot that day. What is the best way to get them from where they are now and onto my SSD and ready for Lightroom? I also just got a Sansdisk 1TB SSD, still in the package. Not sure if I should format the SSD on my Mac first then plug into my old laptop and drag each individual folder as a whole onto the SSD or actually open each folder and drag the images to the SSD. Have about 30 folders and each folder has between 10-80 images each in it. TY

[@SuWang-uo8bi]

Lightroom bible is here!

[@robinmcdonnell3391]

Can your "iCloud" be used instead of the external hard drive to save your photos?

[@voisir8774]

Hi, I have a question, when I import my photos and wanting to export them after editing them, do I have to create an another folder for the edited photos? so I would have a folder for the original ones and another one for the edited ones, can't it just change the original photos once I have edited them? because if not, I will have to delete the original photos and keep the new folder right? and which option should I pick when importing the photos, add? or move.....

[@Bdroast347]

Thank you how to edit mobile phone📱📱📱

[@yvonpiret6436]

Hi there, I have been using lightroom for 3 years now, and my computer it's a mess,and need organised, because I don't known where are my photos, in which files and so on... I don't use external back ups, I have photos in lightroom, internal files, desktop, practically it's a mess..! Unfortunately I am not able to get into my computer or files and tidy up, so here's my question. It's possible to hire someone, to do all of this? Thank you. 🤗

[@ovidiugrovu3025]

Why LR is not longer switching to PS when I open a file? Is there any setting for this? Thank you in advance :)

[@ingetjetadros2054]

Do you have to move images through Lightroom to external harddrive as my Drobo is NOT accepting the file through LRC? As I realized the files where on the Drobo already (it's older work) now I'm so confused and cant work in LRC as I can't see the images anymore ?? anyone can help me pls?

[@mroblige1018]

I wish I saw this two years ago. I can't use Lightroom classic anymore because so many weren't backed up properly and it crashes constantly trying to find files

[@tomsimpson4518]

Wow

[@SaroS86]

Im trying to work with Lightroom CC. It has way less options.

[@AGENT-J-bt2mm]

Came here. Read the comments first. Saved to watch this weekend (length) and subscribed to make sure I don’t miss anything coming up. 2 years later and I still hate Lightroom. Thank you kind sir

[@cnpraneeth]

Why hate?

[@samsen3965]

I don't like cloud. Is there still any version of LR available as one time purchase and install on local hard drive?

[@envatotuts]

Lightroom classic is a desktop application that doesn't require the net to run. But, it's still subscription based. There are public domain programs similar: DarkTable.

[@scottdiamond7133]

The Adjustment Brush is now contained within the new Masks panel, which was introduced in LrC 11.0. To get access, you should press the circular icon on right side of the four icons in your screenshot.

[@MannyVideosCZ]

One thing I would change about this course is the music loop added to every transition which gets quite annoying. Otherwise great

[@angelicaespinoza9758]

How can down load Lrc

[@envatotuts]

You can get it from Adobe: helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/get-started.html

[@angelicaespinoza9758]

@@envatotuts Thank you

[@jeffreyackah786]

It was a comprehensive tutorial but as a beginner, you were too fast and I could not follow all of them especially, what tabs to click. But I was able to grab some points especially the shortcuts

[@The282mike]

This is just the type of help I was looking for, how ever the image of your computer screen was so out of focus, and your black mouse pointer made your tutorial nearly Impossible for me to follow. I will have to work on each segment several times before I get it all straight.

[@envatotuts]

The original is in focus fine. The problem is that KZbin will lower the quality of the video stream if it detects that your net speed is slow. If you click the gear icon, you can override KZbins picked speed for a higher quality image. But, you might have caching issues.

[@pshoebert]

took my time using another computer to review with

[@klarion]

I own lightroom 6 and I will NEVER switch to the subscription model, which is a total rip off.

[@Инь-Ян]

maan you killed my mind calling this a Beginner course. So much nonsense info for a beginner who does not yet know anything about the interface is just ridiculous and this is from Envato.

[@ellenw8213]

For LR tutorial, skip ahead 8 minutes.

[@klarion]

eh, I'm not paying life long subscription fees and not getting complete control of where, when and how I use my software, where I get to install it and whether or not I can choose to avoid being a beta tester for new features. No thanks, Adobe.

[@kikikamei8056]

Too much talking

[@KKACREATIVECREATION]

great sharing sir

[@envatotuts]

Thanks for the visit

[@aurelciudin154]

Thank you!

[@envatotuts]

You're welcome!