Complete Adobe Lightroom Megacourse: Beginner to Expert Photo Editing
Taught by Hosna Kachooee
Master Adobe Lightroom Classic, Lightroom Desktop, and Lightroom Mobile through practical projects, professional workflows, and real-world photo editing.
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- Navigate Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Lightroom Mobile confidently
- Import, organize, and manage large photo libraries
- Edit exposure, color, contrast, and detail professionally
- Improve composition through cropping and geometry corrections
- Retouch portraits naturally
- Edit landscapes with depth and atmosphere
- Work with RAW, JPEG, and DNG files
- Build efficient editing workflows
- Use masks, selective adjustments, and local editing tools
- Create and use presets
- Synchronize edits between desktop and mobile devices
- Batch edit multiple photographs
- Create HDR images and panoramas
- Apply cinematic and creative editing styles
- Organize photographs using collections, ratings, and filters
- Export images for print, web, and social media
- Publish your work using Lightroom's publishing tools
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About The Course
Transform your photos from ordinary snapshots into stunning, professional-quality images with Adobe Lightroom.
Whether you're a complete beginner who has never edited a photograph before or an experienced photographer looking to master Lightroom's most advanced tools, this comprehensive course will guide you every step of the way.
Designed as a complete learning path, this course takes you from your very first edits all the way to advanced professional workflows used by photographers around the world. Instead of simply showing you where tools are located, you'll learn the principles behind great photo editing so you can confidently edit any image, regardless of the subject or shooting conditions.
You'll begin with the fundamentals by learning how to organize your photos, navigate Lightroom, and make your first adjustments using exposure, color, cropping, sharpening, and other essential editing tools. Through guided landscape and portrait projects, you'll quickly gain confidence while producing beautiful images of your own.
As your skills grow, you'll move into more advanced techniques, learning how to retouch portraits naturally, recover poorly exposed images, remove distractions, improve compositions, and create polished edits suitable for clients, social media, or your professional portfolio.
Beyond editing, you'll master both Lightroom Desktop and Lightroom Mobile, allowing you to create consistent edits across all your devices. You'll learn how to synchronize your workflow, build and apply presets, organize your growing photo library, and edit efficiently wherever you are.
The course then dives into Lightroom Classic, where you'll discover professional workflows for organizing thousands of photographs, working with RAW files, managing collections, using advanced masking and local adjustments, batch editing entire photo sessions, creating panoramas and HDR images, applying color grading, and exporting images for print, web, and social media.
You'll also recreate popular editing styles, edit a wide variety of photography genres, build professional presets, optimize your workflow, and explore Lightroom's publishing tools for books, slideshows, web galleries, and printing.
Throughout the course, you'll complete practical editing projects, follow real-world examples, and develop an eye for color, light, composition, and storytelling - skills that extend far beyond simply learning the software itself.
By the end of this course, you'll have the confidence to edit virtually any type of photograph using Adobe Lightroom, whether for personal projects, social media, freelance work, or professional photography.
Curriculum
23 sections · 39 hours of content
1 Getting Started with Lightroom 4 lessons
- Introduction - What You'll Learn in the Beginner Course
- Lightroom vs Lightroom Classic - Quick Overview
- Setting Up Lightroom & Navigating the Interface
- Importing and Organizing Your Photos
2 Core Editing Tools - Your First Edits 4 lessons
- Understanding Exposure and Light Adjustments
- Colors Made Simple - Temperature, Tint, and Vibrance
- Cropping, Straightening, and Composition Fixes
- Adding Clarity, Texture, and Sharpness
3 Project - Edit a Landscape Photo 4 lessons
- Analyzing the Photo - What Needs Fixing?
- Fixing Exposure and Colors
- Enhancing Details and Adding Style
- Exporting and Sharing Your Final Image
4 Lightroom Mobile Basics 4 lessons
- Editing on Mobile - Interface and Tools
- Recreating Your Edit on Mobile
- Exporting for Social Media
- Class Project - Edit Your Own Professional Photo
5 Portrait Editing Essentials 4 lessons
- Fixing Exposure and Lighting on Faces
- Retouching Skin Naturally
- Enhancing Eyes, Colors, and Details
- Final Touches
6 Landscape Problem Solving 4 lessons
- Fixing Bad Lighting and Flat Images
- Removing Distractions and Unwanted Elements
- Improving Composition and Geometry
- Enhancing Depth and Atmosphere
7 Project - Fix a Portrait Photo 3 lessons
- Analyzing the Portrait
- Correcting Light and Skin
- Refining Details and Style
8 Mobile Editing for Real-World Use 4 lessons
- Quick Fixes on Mobile
- Applying Styles and Presets
- Editing Efficiently on the Go
- Class Project - Edit a Portrait Photograph
9 the Principles of Editing 6 lessons
- Introduction
- Light
- Color
- Detail
- Example
- Moods
10 Lightroom Cc Mobile - Basics 6 lessons
- Introduction
- Understanding Cloud Storage
- Shoot and Edit Raw Photos on Your Mobile Device
- Use the Same Presets on Computer and Mobile
- Sync Mobile App to Lightroom Desktop
- Using Sensei Search
11 Lightroom Cc Mobile - Editing 13 lessons
- Library Overview
- Top Develop Options
- Selective Adjustments
- Healing and Cloning
- Cropping
- Presets and Auto Settings
- Adjustment Panels
- Camera
- Taking a Photograph
- Editing and Sharing
- Saving Presets from Community
- Installing Presets
- Bulk Editing
12 Lightroom Cc Desktop - Basics 5 lessons
- Batch, Edit and Presets
- Photo Merge
- Lightroom Community
- Sharing Your Photos Online Pt. 1
- Sharing Your Photos Online Pt. 2
13 Lightroom Cc Desktop - Editing 11 lessons
- Clouds Pt. 1
- Clouds Pt. 2
- Eyes
- Dark Circles
- Wrinkles
- Teeth Whitening and Repair Pt. 1
- Teeth Whitening and Repair Pt. 2
- Clothing and Color
- Dramatic Low Key
- Indie Film Style
- Gloomy Films
14 Lightroom Cc Mobile - Editing Styles 12 lessons
- Frozen Landscapes
- Frozen Landscapes Pt. 2
- Gray Polaroid
- Gray Polaroid Pt. 2
- Moody Black
- Moody Black Pt. 2
- Rules of a Great Landscape Image
- Rating and Organizing
- Taking Food Images
- Taking Food Images Pt. 2
- Taking Macro Shots
- Taking Macro Shots Pt. 2
15 Advanced Lightroom - Introduction 2 lessons
- Understand RAW, JPEG & DNG Files
- Learn About XMP Files
16 Lightroom Classic Key Tools 6 lessons
- Introduction
- Organizing Your Photos Into Collections
- Finding Your Photos - Rating, Flagging and Filtering
- Using Camera Calibrate
- Tether Camera to Lightroom
- Tether Camera Pt. 2
17 Lightroom Classic - Library 5 lessons
- Importing
- Navigator and Right Panel
- Filters and Missing Files
- External Drives
- The Film Strip
18 Lightroom Classic - Develop 16 lessons
- Introduction
- Left Panel
- Selective Adjustments
- Basic
- Tone Curve
- HSL
- Color Grading
- Detail
- Lens Correction
- Transform
- Perspective
- Effects
- Calibration
- Presets
- Metadata and Watermarks
- Exporting
19 Editing Advanced Techniques 9 lessons
- Using the Graduated Filter
- Using the Radial Filter
- Reduce & Remove Distractions
- Using Red Eye
- Changing Aspect Ratio
- Camera Color Profiles
- Installing, Using and Creating Presets
- Create Your Copyright Preset
- Batch Editing - Speed Up Your Workflow
20 Retouching and Enhancing Pictures 9 lessons
- Introduction
- Change Colours in an Autumn Scene
- Create a Stunning Panoramic
- Editing a Sunset Photo
- Create a Studio Gel Look with Masks
- Create a Beautiful Faded Effect
- Create a Soft Pastel Effect
- Convert Colour Photos to Black & White
- Create a Collage in Lightroom Classic
21 Retouching Different Categories 14 lessons
- Product
- Product Pt. 2
- Portraits
- Portraits Pt. 2
- Night
- Night Pt. 2
- Landscape
- Landscape Pt. 2
- Food
- Food Pt. 2
- Fashion
- Fashion Pt. 2
- Black & Whites
- Black & Whites Pt. 2
22 Recreating Styles 22 lessons
- Vintage
- Vintage Pt. 2
- Street Photography
- Street Photography Pt. 2
- Moods
- Selective Colors
- Matte Portraits
- Matte Portraits Pt. 2
- Low Key
- High Key
- Film
- Film Pt. 2
- Close Up Portraits
- Close Up Portraits Pt. 2
- Cinematic Example
- Cinematic Example Pt. 2
- Brandon Woelfel
- Brandon Woelfel Pt. 2
- Blogger
- Blogger Pt. 2
- Macro Photography
- Macro Photography Pt. 2
23 Publishing 7 lessons
- Getting Started in Map
- Getting Started in Book
- Getting Started in Slideshow
- Getting Started in Print
- Getting Started in Web
- Lightroom Modules - Top Options
- Last Words
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“I like the course because it goes step by step, it really is excellent to know everything about a software to be able to master it very well, I know that with this course I will be able to achieve good results, I like how the teacher explains.”
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