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How to Use Lightroom Classic: A Complete Tutorial for Beginners

By Spencer Cox 89 Comments
Last Updated On April 22, 2023

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Barbara
Barbara
July 20, 2021 4:03 pm

Maybe I have missed something, I have set up folders, by years, in a catalog but I don’t know how to get them into what I set up for them. I’m a beginner and I haven’t found that step by step instruction. Its “do this then that to be just do this and that.” I have so many photos that I want to see but they are all over the place.
As I was getting Lightroom to work it never “saw” my photos, many tech talks with them, 3 remote visits, I finally got the right guy! he fixed whatever was wrong, This went on for weeks to a point I was at the end of my rope. It was awful, there was no flow of conversation through a chat, I’m hearing impaired, if someone has an accent and I can’t see them, so chat was the only way. so I’m all set to start editing.
Wonderful tutorial!

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John
John
December 31, 2020 10:24 am

Hi Spencer

Are there any tutorial articles on “Preference, Color Management, System Settings” for Lightroom Classic?

Thanks, John

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Surendra Gullapalli
Surendra Gullapalli
December 19, 2020 10:57 am

Been a Lightroom user for quite some time but thought I will go through the tutorial and glad I did. Many things are now clear and make my work much easier. Thank you.

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Marlo
Marlo
September 6, 2020 3:07 pm

I just got Lightroom and found your tutorial to be very useful. Although there are many Youtube options, I am more of a visual person and learn by seeing and doing. Your tutorial helped me do just that, clicking back and forth between the tutorial and Lightroom, where I was able to follow along. I will bookmark it and keep it handy for future reference. Thanks.

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Prodeepta Das
Prodeepta Das
March 17, 2020 3:22 am

Lucid and exceedingly helpful.

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Balbir Singh
Balbir Singh
August 25, 2019 9:56 pm

Thankyou Very Much
Very well written & explained
God Bless You.

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SHAN
SHAN
August 3, 2019 2:51 pm

CAN I GET THIS TUTORIAL AS PDF FILE? @[email protected]

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Leonel Finotti
Leonel Finotti
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July 19, 2020 1:54 pm

leo
Brasil
VERY GOOD TUTORIAL
tHANKS

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lauren victor
lauren victor
July 11, 2019 7:46 pm

Very helpful article. I have been doing B&W darkroom seriously for a long time and am just taking up digital photography as a more serious matter. I currently have my recent couple years of photos organized on my Mac laptop under their Photos system and have been simply using the apple editing options for touch ups. I have been shooting RAW +JPEG a lot and would like to pay the RAW files some attention. I also have a whole bunch of photos transferred from an old Dell saved as files in regular folders.

Moving forward I want to establish a system for storing my photos that will best integrate with Lightroom. Basically, keep storing in photos, or start storing in a “photos” folder with sub-folders. Suggestions? Thanks for your thoughts.

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D.C. Wijeratna
D.C. Wijeratna
March 20, 2019 7:28 am

Excellent tutorial. It is worthy of the name tutorial. I am using it to learn LR6.
Thank you very much indeed.

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Amy Pyle
Amy Pyle
February 6, 2019 4:13 pm

I like to read tutorials rather than watch them on YouTube, but it’s hard to find well-written ones. This one is PERFECT! Thank you so much. I’ve used other adobe products but never dared to crack open Lightroom until now, and Thanks to your article I feel like I’m off to a good start.

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