Lightroom: Get Professional Results

Learn how to use Lightroom to improve the appearance of any photo, including stock images and mobile phone photos, to get professional-looking results.

Introduction

• Editing with Lightroom
• What you should know
• An overview of file formats

1. The Basics: Composition, Tone, Color

• Understanding HDR editing
• Profiles for a better starting point
• White balance for mood or color correction
• White balance for product photography
• Crop for composition
• Get to know your histogram
• Correct exposure with light adjustments

2. Beyond the Basics: Effects and Detail

• Enhance image details for interest
• Lens Blur for aesthetic improvements
• Vignette effects for composition
• Noise reduction to the rescue
• AI Denoise for superior results
• Geometry update
• Straighten your subject with geometry

3. Selective Edits for Impact

• Use Color/Color Mixer for added drama
• Use Color/Point Color targeted control
• Use Color/Color Grading for cinematic effect
• Reduce distractions with Linear Gradient
• Highlight subject with Radial Gradient
• Light paint with the Brush tool
• Add or remove details with the Brush tool
• Repair image with Healing Tools
• Generative AI Remove
• Masking for selective edits

4. Get Photos Out of Lightroom

• Export options for web or print
• Do you need Photoshop?

Conclusion

• Level up your new Lightroom skills