The Ultimate Beginner Course to Master Lightroom

I'm an Adobe Certified Instructor & I've been working as a creative professional & photo retoucher for over 16 years. I enjoy combining creative work with teaching.

I've won many Adobe teaching awards & recently reached a huge milestone....I have now had over a million people worldwide who have studied using my online courses like this one!

What’s in the course?
You will learn 'best practice' for:
- White balance
- Temperature & color correction
- Masking
- We will cover all types of photography:
- Portrait
- Wedding
- Landscape
- Wildlife
- Automotive
- Event
- Architectural
- Drone
- Travel
- Product
- Food
- You will learn to color grade like a professional, making simple & powerful color grades which will make your images pop!

You will learn how to:
- Soften & smooth skin texture
- Highlight eyes and whiten teeth
- Enhance hair & make eyes and lips really stand out in a portrait
- Remove unwanted elements from a photograph
- Color grade videos
- Reduce noise & graininess from photos

Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Tutorial: 0:00
Download the Free Exercise Files: 3:42
Lightroom vs CC vs Bridge vs Photoshop: 5:09
Adobe Lightroom Overview: 17:49
Adobe Lightroom Class Project 1: 39:01
RAW format in Adobe Lightroom: 43:04
Navigating in Adobe Lightroom: 50:36
Auto Light & Color in Adobe Lightroom: 56:28
Reset Edits in Adobe Lightroom: 1:04:46
Light Exposure in Adobe Lightroom: 1:10:52
Adobe Lightroom Class Project 2: 1:17:59
Color Grading vs Correction in Lightroom: 1:21:22
Temperature & White Balance in Lightroom: 1:22:45
White Balance Eye Dropper in Lightroom: 1:30:25
Adobe Lightroom Class Project 3: 1:36:25
Copy & Paste Settings in Lightroom: 1:38:50
Saturation vs Vibrance in Lightroom: 1:40:59
Change Specific Colors in Lightroom: 1:47:53
Color Mixer Target Adjustment: 1:54:05
Adobe Lightroom Remix: 1:59:56
Share Work to be Remixed in Lightroom: 2:10:21
Adobe Lightroom Class Project 4: 2:12:07
Finishing up this Free Lightroom Tutorial: 2:14:19

Who will benefit from this course?
This course is aimed at people who are brand new to image editing and photography in general. We start right from scratch and work through topics step by step. It doesn't matter whether you are using an expensive 'state of the art' digital SLR camera or a very basic mobile phone - Lightroom will work well for both!

Whether you have never used Lightroom or you have opened it and struggled - follow this course with me and together we will take your images and transform them into beautiful, dynamic photographs by using Adobe Lightroom CC.

What will students learn in this course?

Best practices for white balance, temperature & color correction.
Unlock the power of masking.
You’ll cover all types of photography genres including Portrait, Landscape, Wedding, Night, Wildlife, Automotive, Event, Architectural, Drone, Travel, Product Food.
You’ll know how to color grade like a professional, simple grades and then moving into distinctive powerful color grades to make your images really pop.
You’ll retouch images, making skin smoother, eyes & teeth whiter. Make hair, eyes and lips standout in portraits.
Learn how to remove parts of an image.
Learn how to color grade videos.
You’ll even learn when and how it might be appropriate to jump out to Adobe Photoshop.
Do you have noisy, grainy images? After this course, you’ll know what tools and techniques to use to remove it.
Learn how to add the noise, grunge & grain back in for a powerful visual statement.
Need to work fast? You’ll learn where to find and how to use the best Presets, LUTS & Profiles.

What are the requirements for take this course?

Adobe Lightroom CC Desktop (not Lightroom Classic)
No prior knowledge or experience with Lightroom is required
No prior knowledge or experience in Photography is required

Who is this course for?

- This course is aimed at people new to photo editing software and photography in general. We’ll start right at the beginning and work our way through step by step.
- You might be using the biggest fanciest camera in the world or shooting on your phone that’s held together mostly with sellotape. It doesn’ matter, Lightroom is amazing for both.

#adobelightroom #lightroom #photoediting

[nevermindm]

I am a beginner with Adobe and started with Lightroom Classic because I was told a real photographer would use that. I always felt overwhelmed with LrC, but this video showed me how easy and professional Lightroom Standard can be. I totally love it and thanks a lot for sharing.

[MyNoctis]

Whenever I see Dan, it makes me happy. He is the Bob Ross of Adobe turorials !

[felipeondemand]

man, you already taught me photoshop, ilustrador, Indesign (I LOVE THAT ONE) and know here i am learning from you Lightroom. I always do the Essential and Advance because your tutorials and lessons are so chilling <3. I want to be a Youtube Teacher one day. And you inspire me a lot thank you <3 Shoutout from Brazil <3

[MarkusGrafl]

I just started photographing a few weeks back, including editing photos in Lightroom. While i watched a lot of videos for certain editing techniques, i was not really sure what i was actually doing other than slide around and see where it takes me. Also i did not have a proper workflow to be able to run through my photos in a normal time. So i as searching for a real start to finish introduction to Lightroom. I found your video here and it helped me so much. I am nor currently into the full course, and i have to say it's money well spent. Thanks so much for these ressources, it is really awesome. Hope to be able to check out more of your content later.

[MrZiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

I was just looking for a tutorial about lightroom and didn't find your tutorial in the first place, Then I searched for yours specifically, as I love your way of teaching ! Thanks so much for everything you share with us !

[ChristopherDillman]

Just want to jump in and claim THIS IS the finest Lightroom tutorial yet! Thank you for this thorough instruction. And it's one that is FINALLY for Mac users - I'm using the latest Lightroom CC 7.2. 👏

37:47 - And THIS is what separates Lightroom from Photoshop. 🤯

[offmtcd]

I am so delighted I found your Lightroom Essentials Course as I didn't know how to begin to use Lightroom and now I am enlightened! You explain everything so clearly and the class projects are a great way to apply what I have learned to my own photos. Thank you Daniel!

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[yuanfan]

This has been awesome so far... so many of the other trainings/tutorials concentrate on Classic so seeing this has been great for work flow and organization especially. I'll be taking the course once I finish this portion. Class is well organized and not too simple nor too complex (yesterday I fell asleep in the middle of a Classic tutorial).

[mickeyreyes]

I am so happy I found your channel. I am a novice when it comes to LR but I do want to take my editing to the next level. I learned loads in just the first 25 minutes and I am excited to delve deeper into your course. Thank you and you most definitely have a new sub!

[Samuel_E]

Mate, you’re a legend. Thanks for spending the time creating this

[wasekjohairhaque]

My most favourite Course Instructor. I wish everyone could teach like Dan.😊😊😊😊
and Yeah Dan's outfit is always awesome like his courses

[TrenaParker]

Thank you so very much! I've searched and searched for a tutorial for just Lr and not LrC! Your video's are exactly what I've been looking for! This has taken so much stress and aggravation away!

[rymatebah]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with us!

[kendramcelhanon]

I'm so grateful for this compilation of beginner basics and shortcuts for Lightroom CC. Before I found this all the videos were obscure tips or for Lightroom classic and I just wanted, for example, to know how to go back to my original image. Thanks very much!!

[lablazedon]

I really enjoy your presentation it's a lot of information but also helpful resources. I cannot wait to continue the second class.

[yungraider]

its rare that I sit through a 2 hour video, its even more rare that I like, comment and subscribe but you sir have taught me so much and I am thankful.

[valeriocostilla]

Your tuts are the best! I learned everything I know about Illustrator by taking your tuts!

[GuyOnBikeSA]

Brilliant course. I'm enjoying it and things are making sense.

[SaroS]

Mr. Own Laptop this course is so underrated. Great start.