How to Get Started in Lightroom Classic Part 1 | Photography Masterclass | Adobe Creative Cloud 

Terry doesn't rush it and doesn't assume knowledge some of us don't know. I'm watching for a second time!

Thank you Adobe for having a very unique human being (Terry) doing this Masterclass and tutorial. It brings joy to learning and re-learning a sophisticated program in which otherwise boring robot driven tutorials fail to do. And yes humor is important in our lives! Thanks Terry!

Went to the lightroom seminar last week and this was the best class on LR.

This is the single best Lightroom beginning course I have ever seen! No one anyplace else has explained or demonstrated things as clearly as you have done. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us!

Love Terry White’s content. The way he teaches is the way my brain thinks. He is SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE!

13:48 is when the tutorial starts 😄

At about 29 minutes you clarified something that I just was not wrapping my brain around. Thank you...........Let Lightroom manage your photos. This along with several points you have made have helped me immensely. There is much to learn and I look forward.

you're such a pleasure to listen to, never mind the fact you're also really calm at explaining it clearly!!

Thanks. You have a funny and remarkable style of „teaching“. Took a lot out of this course.

I've been using Lightroom for years. Self-taught and self-taught myself WRONG! This is awesome - thank you! Looking forward to catching up.

Very nice en clear tutorial. Learned a lot to start. Thx!

Great tutorial! You have a way of explaining that is understandable! Thank you!

Hey Terry - I gotta tell you man this is without doubt the best, easiest, clearest explanation of ""How to get started in Lightroom"" that I`ve ever seen.. Its clear, its easy to understand, its not rushed, its presented methodically, and covering everything for ""Dummies"" like me in an extremely easy way BUT most importantly , its explained in such a way that I can follow all the instructions without having to feel overawed and without having to rewind to the start a thousand times .... I am so grateful -Thank You - you have opened my eyes to all the mistakes that I continued to make time and time again ....

This was exactly what I needed to understand, going from Lightroom to Lightroom Classic

Excellent demo Terry! Brillaint! Well explained and in order! One of the best among 20 or so videos I have seen to understand how to use the LR.

Terry, you are amazing. You always make my day. I love to watch your tutorials. Thanks for being here for all of us.

Great lesson You explain the meaning behind each step, and give examples.... My kind of teacher! At last, I finally get the real benefits of collections and the right way to handle files. You are a great teacher !🏆 Thank you 🙏

New photographer... so very much appreciate this education that clearly teaches basics as well as small details that are very much missed by others and necessary:)

Outstanding. I am new to Lightroom Classic. This video was super helpful. Thank you.

Terry, this is the first time I've watched your videos and I must say that you are an EXCELLENT teacher who's clear, concise and brilliant. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'll be watching many more for certain.

Thank you Terry for a well explained, simplified tutorial love your fantastic teaching method. I normally get fed up after 10 minutes but your humour and enjoyment teaching the subject I really enjoyed the full video and hope to catch up with of the newer masterclasses . Thanks again.

Terry makes the whole learning process so much more fun and interesting

A true master at his craft. Best video I have seen on managing photos as a pro

Finally an actual helpful video that teaches FROM THE BEGINNING assuming I know nothing which I don't lol

I'm definitely a amateur just starting photography and editing for 5 months now.. I learned more in this 1 video than I have watching RU-vid videos for the past month. Terry your awesome. Thank you.

You are amazing instructor, Love the way you explain from the beginning

So glad I found this! You are an excellent teacher! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Thank you for this great organizational tutorial

The best explanation i have seen, genial Thanks

Thank you for the detailed explanation. I learnt a lot from you.

Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much. Really easy to follow and understand!

This was so helpful. I feel good about using Lightroom Classic now

Thank you for this class. It really help me a lot.

Wow Terry you rock. Huge thanks for that :)

Downloaded LR Classic today. This has really clarified a lot for me. I was completely confused about what is saved wher (hard drive or LR only). I think I understand now. Thanks

If I could give this a thousand LIKE(s)... I would. Thank you so much for doing this. You help people like me (who knows how many) to finally learn things about LR and get going! Much love!

your the best its like going to school but I actually want to listen to the teacher vs sleeping :)

Absolutely Great Video...Thank you!!!

Hi Terry. As a beginner, would using Windows be a similar process. This is fantastic information. So glad I found your channel. My saviour as my Lightroom is a mess.

This was very good, thank you!

This is such a great tutorial - you consider so many things and answer so many questions that come up! Thank you so much Terry!

Thats the best course I watched so far. I'm from Brazil, my english is not perfect, but I understand you! haha AND you were the only one I can finally understand how to properly manage and start using Lr on the right way. OBRIGADA! thx so much

Thanks Terry, This was very helpful as I continue my journey into LR learning and re-learning. Best way to spend time during lock down and isolation

Thanks for the great tutorial!

OMG! You are so engaging! I was watching adofferent tutorial and it was so all over the place I actually fell asleep.

You are the best.. been watching you for a long time... so happy ( and relieved );you became part of adobe’s team! I have a few questions... 1. Are your friday live tutorials still going on? How do we join in live? 2. I think I had a major breakthrough with this video... if we are starting a new LR catalogue and new organization scheme we need to add TWO folders to pictures.... one is added automatically when you create a new catalogue ... this is where the new LR catalogue lives...you name it and then no linger mess with it.. The second is a folder where you put all your new photos, and this is where you build a subfolders structure family, friends.... etc Do i have that right?? Then I drag one of the new folders into LR classic and import with ‘ include subfolders’ one time.... and after that all new photos and new folders are added into LR classic itself and LR will adjust the hard drive photos organization... is thatbright? 3. Because apple stopped supporting aperture, I had a huge boondoggle and had to convert all of my aperture libraries into photos libraries... which of course LR does not see.... so should I open the New photos libraries and import them via LR or should I add them to the hard drive photos structures first and drag those folders into LR... this 3rd step involving photos is pretty confusing!. Thanks so much! Can’t wait to watch more!

I've only begun to learn Lightroom and thought I was using intuitive thinking and logic to organize my photos. Wrong!!! No wonder I always have files missing. :( Thanks so much. And Terry, I love the way you explain everything so simply.

AWESOME VIDEO! THANK YOU!

Wow, just ran across this video, after a year of trying to understand, you did it for me. Thank you.

Definitely the best video on this topic that I’ve found. You’re so easy to follow and understand!!!!

It's really super excellent, this man is awesome, very nice ( From Pakistan)

You are An amazing teacher Terry, thank you verry Munch

I have just completed looking at Part-1. I now know how and why to create and use Smart Collections and Viurtual Copies. I'm definitely going to have some fun with the Virtual Copies.

Thank you! Very helpful!

Amazing video, lots of information I have never seen. Thank you Adobe and Terry.

Thanks a lot. It's help me to organize my photos.

Very nice teaching and nice smile

Great teacher!

Thank you, Terry! I've learned SO much. I am finally getting organized. First time ever. Hats off to ya....

Glad I find this because I used LR from 10 years ago, and now trying to get back on and I guess is the LR C is the way I need to go, also I just got an mac 24 M1 and lost trying to figure how the Mac system work with LR C

Thanks, Terry. it was a simple and sharp explanation

Absolutely brilliant for its simplicity! Thank you!

As always a great tutorial.I always learn something from your tutorials. Thank you! CJR

so helpful, the best tutorial on subject.

Thanks for doing the classic version. Since photography is a hobby for me, I can't afford to pay for the cloud, year after year.

Thanks a lot for this great session..

You helped me so much!

I'm so glad you're doing this class...I will be on the look out for more.

So good！ Non English speaking me understand clearly. No wonder it's a masterclass

Terry, I've viewed a number of your videos and this is by far one of the best. I have a question. I normally use Lr (Creative Cloud), but would like to start working more in LrC (Classic). I need to "clean out" (start over) everything in LrC and "synch" it with everything I have in Lr. I'm afraid to delete anything in LrC for fear of messing something up in the Lr....where everything is in the Cloud...right? Is it true that LrC images are stored locally ONLY? If I delete something in LrC, will it have any impact on Lr images...that are in the Cloud?

I really enjoyed this tutorial. Thanks, Terry, for providing such a fun, concise and unique presentation! I look forward to watching Part 2!

Thank you, Terry. Could not be better explained! :-)

Great video. Very clear. Thank you.

You are an Amazing teacher

Terry-Thank you for this series. I can’t tell you how frustrated I’ve been as a beginner trying to get into Lightroom. One quick question, I was told it’s best to create the file structure on an external drive and not my hard drive as it can make the computer run slow, hot, or both. Any thoughts here?

Thanks a ton, man ✋ -- you sure clarified a lot of things for me! I'll definitely be back! 👏 (One more thing I need to figure out please - so I've got my catalog all set up on my MacPro desktop - now I want to travel with my Macbook, and want access to, plus be able to add to, that catalog...)

im new here just followed you today here to learn all i can

Grate job Terry!

Hi Terry, thanks for this great intro. I am new to Lightroom and have downloaded it to a new laptop which contains no images yet. Should I still create the folders on the hard drive first even though I have no images, or can I create the folders in Lightroom? Jonathan

Outstanding! Do you offer onsite tutorials?

Brilliant stuff Terry! I've been a Lightroom in the Cloud user since its inception but now want to switch to Lightroom Classic as it has many more features plus changing Adobe subscription will also give me access to Photoshop for the same monthly fee. Is there an easy way to migrate my 9000 photos from Lightroom Cloud version to Lightroom Classic. From watching your Lightroom Classic v Lightroom in the Cloud MasterClass I got the impression that there is not a simple way to migrate them but thought I would ask your advice on the best way to do this. Cheers from Sydney Australia.

hi Terry, u are an excellent lecturer. I tried to mimic your catalog setup. I just don't get how to move my catalog photos to my folder such as family and friends etc. I am looking forward to your answer.

Terry, great video. I was reorganizing a mess for which I had to start over. So, I would have found it helpful if you had indexed the video. Thanks, though. I always like your tutorials!

That was outstanding, thanks. Quick question, do you keep an exports folder on an external drive (for jpegs for clients) and what happens if your external drive fails or fills up. How do you relink all of your photos to a second backup external hard drive? Thanks again.

This was a great tutorial and I learned alot. But a few of my beginner questions were still not answered. One question is when I import my raw photos to be edited, what happens to the raw photos when I'm done editing and what happens and where do the edited photos go? Do I create another folder for edited photos when exporting or what?

Terry! I love you! I love you, I love you, I love you---- I have been meaning to write a message on discord asking something dedicated for photographers from daily creative challenges to having a dedicated thread on discord.

Its good to revise my learning in Lightroom. Thanks

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Thank you!

So I just downloaded Lightroom Classic for the first time and created a new catalogue on my computers hard drive as instructed. I did not notice until to late though that Lightroom had already created a catalogue. Now I have two catalogues but am using the one I created. Is this a potential problem? Should I delete the catalogue that Lightroom created or just rename it to something I might use in the future? I'm a complete newb with Lightroom. Thank you!

All my catalogs are on attached drives and I have never had an issue with them.

Thanks a million Terry, awesome class!

Thanks, I love the way teaches.

Does the my photos and videos go in the same pictures folder as the catalogue?

Love your show terry -but i need some help with I have Lightroom but Facebook and Instagram are not connected like your please make a class on this

Is it possible to have an external h.d. as your hard source for all your photos when starting LR from the very beginning? My computer's memory is only 250 gigs, and I know that will fill up very quickly. I wont know what to do when I cross that bridge. Thoughts?? †

thank you so much

bit confused. So you can save the catalogs but they wont actually contain the data. The actual images will remain in my D drive for example? whats a catalog?

hey i got up to deep dive, whats the next first after that?

I know you more than likely will never see this question but I don't understand where the images are since I want everything on my external hard drive I confused? if its in photos does that mean it on the my computer hard drive of which I don't want at all.