🎥 I Recorded 5 Lightroom Tutorials for Adobe

I'm excited to finally share some news I've been keeping under wraps: I recently had the opportunity to create five tutorial videos for Adobe, now featured on the Adobe Learn site … learn.adobe.com

These videos are designed with beginner and intermediate users in mind, walking through some of the most useful and practical workflows in Lightroom and Lightroom on the Web.

Whether you're just starting out or want to brush up on your skills, these tutorials are built to help you feel more confident with your editing and photo management.

Here's a quick look at the topics I covered:

✨ 1. Edit your Lightroom Photos in Photoshop

Start your edits in Lightroom and then send an image to Photoshop for additional creative possibilities.

🌐 2. Get to Know Lightroom on the Web

Access all your Lightroom photos in a web browser and any edits you make will sync across the Lightroom ecosystem.

🛠 3. Improve Photos with Basic Edits in Lightroom on the Web

Start with an auto adjustment and fine tune your edits with changes to the brightness, contrast, and color in a photo.

🎨 4. Enhance Photos with Presets in Lightroom on the Web

Take advantage of presets to jumpstart your image editing or explore new creative styles.

📁 5. Organize and Share Your Photos Using Lightroom on the Web

Use albums and folders to organize your photos and create a link to share an album as an online web gallery.

UNLIMITED Presets for Lightroom CLASSIC Users – EASY HACK! 💥

Here’s a simple hack / workaround to give you UNLIMITED PRESETS in EVERY Lightroom platform including Lightroom Classic by making use of Lightroom on the Web …

How to LEARN LIGHTROOM by Copying ... WITH Permission❗️

Available for ALL Lightroom users (Lightroom, Classic, Mobile and Web) is the Lightroom Community - a FREE Space where users share their edits from Start to Finish showing ALL of the sliders and settings used to create the final look. Also download Presets for FREE. The Lightroom Community is a GREAT resource to learn Lightroom.

💥 APRIL 2025 UPDATE: Lightroom, Lightroom Classic + Lightroom Mobile

April 2025 and Adobe have relerased updates across Lightroom Desktop, Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Mobile so in this video we take a look at the NEW Landscape Masking plus explaining each of the new categories, NEW sharing options in Lightroom Mobile + NEW Reotuch function.

Check out the lightroom blog for full details:

• Lightrrom (including Desktop and Mobile): ( LINK )

• Lightroom Classic: ( LINK )

TRANSFORMING a CAR PHOTOGRAPH in LIGHTROOM Mobile STEP by STEP 💥

In this video I show how I retouched a car photograph taken on location, step by step using Lightroom on an iPad. The workflow show how incredibly powerful and useful masking is to isolate certain areas and make the car POP!

Photoshop Blending: How to Use Brushes for Realistic Composites 💥

In this video I show you how a very simple use of a brush in Photoshop with some basic settings can be used to realistically blend images together to create a completely new background and composite a subject into a new scene …

AI versus Old-School Photoshop – Which One Wins?

Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing Photoshop, but is it always the best option?

In this video, I show how technology we've had in Photoshop for a number of years can produce a much better result when expanding an image ... and the results might surprise you!

🔍 Watch to find out:
✅ Alterative tools/techniques to Generative Expand
✅ How to get BEST results using Content Aware Scale

⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:03 - Generative Expand
04:30 - Content Aware FIll
06:58 - Content Aware Scale
09:50 - Even BETTER Results

😲 Most People MISS This! Perfect Compositing & Lighting in Photoshop

Did you know that Adobe’s Generative Fill AI isn’t just about adding objects—it’s smart enough to match the lighting and shadows in your photos perfectly? 🤯

In this video, I show you how Generative Fill uses AI to seamlessly blend new elements such as hair into your image while maintaining realistic light, shadows, and perspective.

⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Adding Hair / Matching Lighting
03:50 - Viking Composite
05:10 - Viking Hair Selection New Workflow

Improved SUBJECT and SKY SELECTIONS with the INTERSECT MASKING TOOL in Lightroom and Camera Raw

Fully understand the EDITING POWER of the Intersect Masking Tool in Lightroom and Camera and see how to achieve much improved selections of Subjects and Sky.

You’ll learn:
✅ How to fully understand the Intersect command and use it effectively
✅ Better Subject & Sky Selections for improved accuracy
✅ Advanced local adjustments for pro-level results
✅ Tips & tricks to refine your edits for a natural and seamless look

⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - Cropping
01:16 - Remove Tool
01:39 - Dark and Moody Preset
02:22 - Adaptive Sky Preset
02:47 - Color Mixer
03:27 - Inproved Select Subject
05:31 - Improved Sky Selection
06:45 - Intersect for Adjusting Brightness
09:25 - Making the Alloy Wheels POP!
10:22 - Global Colour Adjustments
12:39 - Refinijng the Adpative Sky Mask
13:10 - Before / After

Make PORTRAITS POP 💥 Dodging and Burning in LIGHTROOM

Dodging and burning in Lightroom is easier than you think!

In this video, I walk you through how to use masks and brushes to enhance your photos with subtle adjustments and bring portraits to life!

You’ll learn how to:

✅ Brighten highlights and deepen shadows for a natural look
✅ Use masks for precise control over specific areas
✅ Work with Lightroom’s brush tools to fine-tune your edits

⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Why Dodge & Burn?
00:14 - Old Method
00:34 - Dodge Brush Mask Settings
02:34 - Dodge\Lighten Highlights on Face
05:57 - Depth + Dimension Explained
06:20 - Burn Brush Mask Settings
09:32 - Before/After