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This tip comes from Scott Kelby’s course Importing Made Really Easy, inside our brand-new The Complete Lightroom Learning System Track. This course is where he finally takes the mystery (and the fear) out of Lightroom’s most confusing screen. If importing has ever stressed you out, this is the course that makes everything click.
but there are really only three parts that matter.
they stay exactly where you put them on your hard drive.
it’s just managing them and showing you thumbnails from your existing hard drive.
importing becomes simple because they never move from that location.
This tip comes from Scott Kelby’s Lightroom Easy Organization System Course, inside our brand-new The Complete Lightroom Learning System Track. In this course he shows you how to get every photo you own into one simple, reliable place—without Lightroom ever losing track. If you’ve ever felt scattered, this is the reset button.
onto one external drive so everything finally lives in one easy spot.
inside Lightroom. Do it there, and you’ll never break a link or lose a single shot.
the external drive in Lightroom, and it keeps perfect track of where everything went.
but it keeps you from ever seeing that scary “File Not Found” warning again.
This tip comes from Scott Kelby’s course How to Edit Like A Pro with Scott’s Seven Point System, inside our brand-new The Complete Lightroom Learning System Track. In this course Scott walks you through simple, repeatable steps to get better edits every time—starting with smart tools like Auto and Adaptive Color that instantly set you up for success.
It analyzes your photo and moves the sliders for you. If you don’t like it, just hit Undo.
Adobe’s newer tech, sometimes it’s better, sometimes not, but it’s always worth a quick try.
but you still get a smarter starting point—so you’re building your edit from scratch with Adaptive Color
Try Auto, undo, try Adaptive, undo. Four clicks, four seconds — just see which one looks better.
This tip comes from Scott Kelby’s course Unlocking the Power of Lightroom’s Masking, inside our brand-new The Complete Lightroom Learning System Track. In this course Scott shows you how to make fast, precise adjustments with Lightroom’s most mind-blowing selection tools. If you’ve ever wished Lightroom could “just select the thing,” this is the course for you.
lets you click or drag over almost anything in your photo and Lightroom selects it like magic.
Or guessing which tools to use. Use the Object Selection tool to pick out specific parts of your image.
object you want to edit differently so you’re not applying the same adjustment to everything.
Object Selection is one of Lightroom’s most powerful ways to target exactly what you want.
It’s a complete learning path built by Scott Kelby that walks you through Lightroom step by step. It covers importing, organizing, editing, masking, and more, all in short practical lessons designed to make Lightroom finally feel easy.
Anyone who feels overwhelmed, lost, or frustrated inside Lightroom. Whether you’re brand new or you’ve been using it for years but still feel like you’re guessing, the Learning System is designed to fill in every single gap along the way.
Not at all. The system starts from the very beginning and builds your skills in a clear order. Scott walks you through everything from your very first import to advanced editing techniques, so you never feel like you missed a step.
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