Introduction to Lightroom Classic for Beginners

If you're NEW to Adobe Lightroom Classic, this video will answer some of the most pressing questions you have:

- What's the difference between Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC?
- How do you organize, edit, and export pictures in Lightroom?
- What does "RAW photo processor" mean?
- Is Lightroom even worth using in the first place?
- Will it rain tomorrow?
- Does anyone actually read these descriptions?
- Tomorrow will be sunny, thanks for asking.

Note that this is only the first video in my series! The later videos cover more advanced features in Lightroom.

If you have any questions, let me know below!

~Spencer

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#Lightroom

[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.

[chrislord]

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!!!

[codyjones]

Please continue this series! I recently found your website and YouTube 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.

[michellelarter]

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

[patsygonzalez]

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

[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.

[pawegacek]

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

[chesterjohnson]

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.

[kukrejasanjay]

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

[leninmoreno]

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

[Pilarmrader]

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

[DennisD]

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?

[silviasanchez]

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!

[joyceyang]

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!

[Photosbytw]

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

[rutvikpatel]

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.

[julius_caesar_grzfz]

just like I call the Bedrock Edition bad Minecraft :)

[TaipeiGeek]

RAW is not "just another file type".