Hi, everyone!
Welcome to this free Lightroom CC training Course.
My name is Jesus Ramirez, and you can find me on Instagram @JRfromPTC.
As you know, usually, this channel does video tutorials on Photoshop.
But Adobe just released this new completely redesign version of Lightroom called Lightroom
CC.
Actually, the full name is Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC, so it still has Photoshop in
the title.
Before we get started, I would like to point out a few things.
First, you can watch this course in one of two ways.
By watching the single video that contains all the chapters.
Or you can go into my video playlist on YouTube and watch each chapter on its own video.
The link to the playlist in on the description.
Also, the only payment that I ask from you is that you hit that subscribe button and
notification bell.
And to please share this course with your friends.
Ok, let’s get started!
I would like to start out this course by first explaining that there are two versions of
Lightroom.
There’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC.
That is new photography service designed to be a cloud-based ecosystem of apps that are
deeply integrated and work together seamlessly across desktop, mobile, and web.
That means that they all have pretty much the same layout.
And if you make an adjustment to a photo on one of these apps, it will automatically get
upgraded across the entire ecosystem.
The Lightroom that you know from before has now been rebranded as Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Classic CC.
And Lightroom Classic is exactly as you remember it.
It’s the old file-to-folder based workflow that many photographers are using.
As opposed to the cloud-native service of Lightroom CC.
In this course, we will focus on the cloud-based service, Lightroom CC.
The first step is to import the raw files that we will use in this training video.
To import the files.
You can click on this Plus icon then click on Browse.
I’m going to load these files into Lightroom.
you can hold Shift and click on the first and last photo to select them all, then click
on the review for import button.
In the review import window, make sure that all files are selected.
The photos should have this blue circle with a white checkmark.
Also, the “Add to album” option, should be set to “None.”
We will discuss Albums in a moment.
Then, Press the blue button.
The photos will be imported into Lightroom, and you will see them in the Filmstrip on
the bottom part of the application frame.
Also, these files are currently being uploaded to the cloud.
So, you could also edit them on your Lightroom Mobile App, and in Lightroom Web.
Before we go any further, I would like to explain to you, how these files are organized
inside of Lightroom.
Click on the “My Photos” icon.
This panel will expand, and it contains your albums, folders, and all the photos that are
synched to your Lightroom CC account.
You can see the photos we just imported, here in the recently added tab.
Lightroom organizes photos using albums and folders.
Currently, I have four albums.
Including one that has all my photos shot with the Lightroom Mobile app.
I don't have any folders yet, but I'm going to explain what they are in
a moment.
First, let’s create a new album where we will keep the photos for this training video.
Click on this plus icon . The select “Create Album.”
Name this album “Lightroom CC Training.”
Check this box to include any selected photos.
In this case, I only have one photo selected.
Click on “Create,” and Lightroom will create the new album and include the selected
photo.
Then you can you can simply select and drag the other photos into the Lightroom CC Training
album.
When you see blue highlight, you can release, and those photos will be added into to that
album.
An Album is a collection of Photos, and it cannot contain other albums.
Lightroom CC also has folders.
I don’t have any yet, so I will make one now.
Click on the plus icon, and select “Create Folder.”
I’m going to name this folder, “Vacation.”
Tap on the “Create” button.
You can now use this folder to organize your albums by simply dragging albums into it.
For example, you can drag the England, Mexico City, and Sydney albums into it.
Now I have a folder called “Vacation,” that contain three albums inside of it.
You cannot add an album inside of another album, and you cannot add photo into folders
without an album.
However, you can add a folder inside of a folder.
If I create a new folder and name it 2017, representing the year where I took those vacations,
Then click on create you can drag the 2017 folder into the vacation
folder.
Then I can drag the England album into it.
Because I took that vacation in 2017.
As you can see you can have multiple nested folders inside of a single folder.
You can drag a folder out, and it will no longer be a nested folder.
And you can drag albums out of folders.
You can delete a folder, by right-clicking on it and selecting “Delete Folder.”
Anything that we do inside of the Lightroom CC desktop app will be synchronized to Lightroom
mobile and Lightroom web.
So, you can work with these folders, albums, and photos from anywhere.
that is what this blue icon is indicating.
the synch and backup icon is letting us know that changes are currently being uploaded
to the cloud.
In the next video, we're going to talk about the Lightroom CC interface.
If this is the first video that you watch, remember that we have a complete series.
There is a link to the playlist in the description.
Also, if this is your time at the Photoshop Training Channel, don't forget to click on
that subscribe button and the notification bell.
Thank you so much for watching, and I will talk to you again in the next video.