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Master Lightroom Classic and Photoshop from the ground up. Short lessons. Real skills. Zero fluff.

Lightroom Lessons
Photoshop Lessons
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Series 1 of 2
Lightroom Classic
Organize, cull, and edit your photos non-destructively. From catalog basics to advanced color grading — 48 lessons building a complete, professional workflow.
01
Foundation · Library
How Lightroom Actually Thinks
"You've been using Lightroom wrong. Here's the thing nobody told you."
⏱ ~5 min 📋 14 slides
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Foundation · Import
The Import Dialog — Your Photos, Done Right
"Three ways to import. Two of them are traps."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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03
Foundation · Organization
Folder Structure — Building a Library That Won't Haunt You
"Your future self will either thank you or curse you."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Library · Navigation
The Library Module — Navigate Like a Pro
"Most photographers use 10% of the Library module."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Library · Workflow
Culling — Pick Your Keepers in Half the Time
"A pro doesn't show all their photos. They show the best ones."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Library · Organization
Collections — The Secret Weapon Nobody Talks About
"Folders are where photos live. Collections are where they belong."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Library · Metadata
Keywording — Find Any Photo in 10 Seconds
"50,000 photos. Can you find the one you want right now?"
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Library · Search
The Library Filter — Find Anything Instantly
"Stop scrolling. Start searching. Four clicks to any photo."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Develop · Introduction
Welcome to the Develop Module — Your First Real Edit
"This is where photography becomes art."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Develop · Exposure
The Histogram — Read Light Like a Pro
"It tells you things your eyes can't — especially on a laptop screen."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Develop · Color
White Balance in Depth
"Your camera lied about the color. Here's how to fix it."
⏱ ~6 min📋 13 slides
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Develop · Tone
Exposure, Contrast & the Tone Panel
"Six sliders. Total control over the brightness of your photo."
⏱ ~5 min📋 14 slides
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Develop · Color
The HSL Panel — Target Any Color
"Change one color without touching anything else in the photo."
⏱ ~5 min📋 14 slides
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Develop · Tone Curve
Tone Curve — Precision Tonal Control
"The Tone sliders are an automatic transmission. The Tone Curve is manual."
⏱ ~7 min📋 14 slides
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Develop · Masking
Local Adjustments — Fix Just the Parts That Need It
Every photo has a problem area. Here's how to fix just that.
⏱ ~8 min📋 13 slides
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Develop · Color
Color Grading — Give Your Photos a Mood
Color is emotion. Here's how to make your photos feel the way they look.
⏱ ~8 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · AI Tools
Masking: Select Subject
One click. Your subject, perfectly selected.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · AI Tools
Masking: Select Sky
Blown-out sky? One click and you can fix it.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Gradients
Masking: Linear Gradient
The oldest darkroom trick — now with pinpoint control.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Gradients
Masking: Radial Gradient
Put the light exactly where you want it.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Brush
Masking: Brush
When AI can't figure it out, you paint it yourself.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Range
Masking: Luminance Range
Your gradient is affecting the trees too. This fixes that.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Range
Masking: Color Range
Your brush is painting the jacket AND the skin. This fixes that.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Operations
Masking: Adding to Masks
AI got 90% of it. Add a brush stroke and get the other 10%.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Operations
Masking: Subtracting from Masks
The AI grabbed the background too. One subtract brush and it's gone.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Operations
Masking: Intersecting Masks
Not Add. Not Subtract. Just the overlap. The surgeon's tool.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Operations
Masking: Duplicating Masks
Same mask, different adjustments. Duplicate and you don't rebuild it.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Operations
Masking: Duplicate & Invert
Darken the background while brightening the subject — one click.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Masking · Management
Masking: Other Options
You've got 8 masks on one photo. Here's how to keep your sanity.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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30
Develop Tools
Crop & Straighten
Non-destructive crop, straighten, aspect ratios, and composition overlays.
⏱ ~5 min
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Develop Tools
Heal, Clone, Erase & Content-Aware Remove
Heal, Clone, AI-powered Erase and Content-Aware Remove — all four tools explained.
⏱ ~5 min
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Develop Tools
Red Eye & Face Tagging
Fix red-eye and pet-eye in seconds. Tag faces and search your catalog by person.
⏱ ~5 min
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Detail
Detail: Sharpening
Amount, Radius, Detail, Masking — and the Alt-drag trick that changes everything.
⏱ ~5 min
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34
Detail
Detail: Noise Reduction
Luminance noise, color noise, and the AI Denoise button that beats them all.
⏱ ~5 min
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35
Corrections
Lens Corrections & Transform
Lens profiles, chromatic aberration, and Guided Upright for perfect geometry.
⏱ ~5 min
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36
Effects
Effects: Vignette, Grain & Dehaze
Post-crop vignette, film grain, and the most powerful finishing controls in Lightroom.
⏱ ~5 min
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Calibration
Calibration Panel
Camera profiles, the Profile Browser, and the raw-level color sliders nobody talks about.
⏱ ~5 min
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Presets
Presets: Using, Installing & Browsing
One-click looks. Built-in presets, third-party installs, the Discover panel, and the Amount slider.
⏱ ~5 min
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Presets
Presets: Creating Your Own
Save your signature look. Partial presets, stacking, updating, and building a preset library.
⏱ ~5 min
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Workflow
Snapshots & History
Every edit, forever. Navigate your complete edit history and bookmark versions with Snapshots.
⏱ ~5 min
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Workflow
Virtual Copies
One file, infinite versions, zero disk space. Color, B&W, and multiple crops from one RAW.
⏱ ~5 min
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42
Workflow
Sync Settings & Batch Editing
Edit one image perfectly, then apply those settings to hundreds more in seconds.
⏱ ~5 min
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43
Output
Export: The Complete Guide
File format, color space, sizing, output sharpening, metadata, watermarking, and export presets — all of it.
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Output
Soft Proofing
Simulate print and screen output before you deliver. Gamut warnings, proof copies, and rendering intent.
⏱ ~5 min📋 10 slides
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Output Modules
Slideshow Module
Design, add music, and export your work as a stunning video or PDF presentation.
⏱ ~5 min📋 11 slides
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Output Modules
Print Module
Single prints, contact sheets, picture packages, and sending print-ready files to a lab.
⏱ ~5 min📋 11 slides
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Output Modules
Book Module
Design a professional photo book and order through Blurb or export as PDF for any printer.
⏱ ~5 min📋 10 slides
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Series Complete
The Complete Lightroom Workflow
All 7 phases: ingest, cull, global edit, local adjustments, retouch, output, and archive.
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Series 2 of 2
Photoshop
Pixel-level editing, compositing, masking, retouching, and creative work. 48 lessons from absolute basics to professional techniques.
01
Foundation · Concepts
How Photoshop Actually Thinks
"It doesn't see a photo. It sees a grid of millions of colored squares."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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02
Foundation · Interface
The Workspace — Panels, Tools & Making Photoshop Yours
"150 tools. 40 panels. You'll use 12 of them. Let's find those 12."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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03
Foundation · Core Concept
Layers — The Single Most Important Concept
"Before layers, editing was destructive. Layers changed everything."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Layers · Types
Layer Types — Six Kinds, Six Superpowers
"Not all layers are created equal. Knowing which to use is everything."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Editing · Selections
Selection Tools — The Art of Isolating What You Want
"A selection says: only change this. Master it and you can do anything."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Editing · Masking
Layer Masks — Non-Destructive Selections Forever
"Deleting pixels is permanent. Masking is reversible. One haunts you."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Editing · Color & Tone
Adjustment Layers — Non-Destructive Color & Tone
"Change your mind tomorrow, next week, next year. No regrets."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Editing · Smart Objects
Smart Objects — The Layer That Never Forgets
"Scale it, filter it, transform it — the original is always intact."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Editing · Retouching
Retouching — Heal, Clone, Patch & Content-Aware
"Someone blinked. Power line through the sky. Gone in seconds."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Editing · Tools
The Brush Tool — Painting, Masking & More
"The most versatile tool in Photoshop. One tool, infinite possibilities."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Editing · Camera Raw
Camera Raw Filter — Lightroom Power Inside Photoshop
"Lightroom's full Develop module, on any layer, any time."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Output · Exporting
Exporting — Get Your Photos Out Into the World
"You spent an hour on a masterpiece. Don't blow the finish."
⏱ ~5 min📋 12 slides
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Compositing
Blend Modes
How layers interact with everything beneath them.
⏱ ~8 min📋 13 slides
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Typography
Text Layers
Adding type to your images professionally.
⏱ ~8 min📋 13 slides
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Compositing · AI Tools
Sky Replacement
"Bad sky. Good everything else. Two minutes in Photoshop."
⏱ ~8 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Fill & Adjustment Layers — The Complete Guide
19 tools. All non-destructive. Here's the full map.
⏱ ~8 min📋 13 slides
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Fill Layers
Fill: Solid Color
Background, overlay, tint — one layer, done.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Fill Layers
Fill: Gradient
A gradient you can reposition and re-angle any time.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Fill Layers
Fill: Pattern
Texture, fabric, grid — any repeating pattern as a live layer.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Brightness/Contrast
Not every edit needs a scalpel. Two sliders. Done.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Levels
Your blacks aren't black. Your whites aren't white. Fixed.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Curves
Every other tonal tool is a simplified version of this one.
⏱ ~8 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Exposure
Brightness thinks in gamma. Exposure thinks in stops.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Vibrance
Saturation cranks everything. Vibrance is smarter.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Hue/Saturation
Change a red car to blue. Make the sky electric. Drain all color except one.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Color Balance
Warm the highlights. Cool the shadows. The classic split-tone.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Black & White
Desaturate is lazy. This gives you control over every color.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Photo Filter
One click to warm it up. One click to cool it down.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Channel Mixer
Mix the channels. Make the rules.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Color Lookup
One click. A completely different world.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Invert
Flip the light. Make the negative.
⏱ ~6 min📋 11 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Posterize
Crush the tones. Keep the art.
⏱ ~6 min📋 12 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Threshold
Strip it down to black and white. No grey. No mercy.
⏱ ~6 min📋 11 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Selective Color
Change one color. Leave everything else alone.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Gradient Map
Map your shadows to midnight blue. Map your highlights to gold.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Shadows/Highlights
Rescue the shadows. Tame the highlights.
⏱ ~6 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: HDR Toning
The look of HDR. The control of Photoshop.
⏱ ~6 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Match Color
Your photo. Their light. One click.
⏱ ~7 min📋 14 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Replace Color
Change the color of anything. Without a selection.
⏱ ~7 min📋 13 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Equalize
Let Photoshop redistribute the light.
⏱ ~6 min📋 11 slides
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Adjustment Layers
Adjustment: Variations
See all your options at once. Pick the one that looks right.
⏱ ~6 min📋 12 slides
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Blend Modes
Blend Modes: Multiply
Darkness multiplies. White disappears. The most useful blend mode in Photoshop.
⏱ ~5 min
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Blend Modes
Blend Modes: Screen
Black disappears. Light blazes through. Fire, smoke, and glows made easy.
⏱ ~5 min
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Blend Modes
Blend Modes: Overlay
Gray vanishes. Contrast amplifies. The foundation of texture blending and High Pass sharpening.
⏱ ~5 min
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Blend Modes
Blend Modes: Soft Light
Overlay's gentler sibling. Essential for portraits, skin, and subtle effects.
⏱ ~5 min
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Blend Modes
Blend Modes: Color & Luminosity
Colorize without changing brightness. Sharpen without color fringing.
⏱ ~5 min
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Blend Modes
Blend Modes: The Darken Group
Darken, Color Burn, Linear Burn, Darker Color — when and why to use each.
⏱ ~5 min
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Blend Modes
Blend Modes: The Lighten Group
The mirror of the darken group — plus a master reference for all blend modes.
⏱ ~5 min
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Sharpening
Sharpening with High Pass
The most controllable sharpening technique in Photoshop — precise, non-destructive, and maskable.
⏱ ~5 min
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Instructor · Joel Ownby
LR Masking Deep Dive
31
Video Segments
2.5h
Total Runtime

Joel's 2.5-hour masking masterclass broken into 31 short focused segments — every tool, every technique, real photo examples throughout.

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Photo Editing Training Series  ·  lecontephotographicsociety.org