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Adobe Lightroom Classic CC & CC: Photo Editing Masterclass (Udemy.com)

Your complete guide to editing beautiful photos in Adobe Lightroom Classic CC and Adobe Lightroom CC, both versions!

Created by: Phil Ebiner

Last updated September 2026

Our take

Based on the ratings of 7,425 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in September 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.

Phil Ebiner and Jon Haase's course covers both flavors of Lightroom, Classic and the cloud-based CC, plus the mobile app, in about 10.6 hours and 104 lectures. It has drawn over 63,000 students since 2016 and holds a 4.2 rating across roughly 7,400 reviews. The audience is hobbyists and newer photographers who want to stop relying on presets and understand what the sliders do. The biggest section, Edit Your Photos, runs two and a half hours, and there are eight assignments with practice files so you can edit along.

Reviewers like the structure. Each tool gets introduced before the editing sessions put them together, and several students who started from zero say they learned a lot. Assignments get peer feedback, and one student praised the quick response on submissions. The complaints cluster around age. Lightroom's interface has moved on, and a few reviewers, including a one-star from 2026, say their screen looks nothing like the videos. Others wanted more depth on histograms, tone curves and HSL and went to YouTube to fill the gaps. Some practice files are JPEGs rather than raw, which blunts the white balance lessons.

The listing shows a September 2026 update, so parts have been refreshed, but the core lessons still show older versions of the software. If you're comfortable mapping an old panel layout onto the current one, the teaching holds up. Total beginners who get lost when the interface differs may do better with a course recorded more recently. For everyone else, it is a solid, well organized starting point.

Best forHobbyist photographers who want to understand every Lightroom slider instead of leaning on presets.
Skip it ifYou are on the newest Lightroom and get thrown when the panels on screen don't match the video.

Pros

  • Covers Lightroom Classic, the cloud-based Lightroom CC and the mobile app in one course
  • Eight assignments with practice photos, and one reviewer says feedback on submissions arrived fast
  • Tools are introduced one at a time, then combined in an hour of real editing sessions
  • Listing updated September 2026, ten years after the course first launched

Cons

  • Much of the footage shows older Lightroom versions, so the interface may not match yours
  • Histograms, tone curves and HSL get a light touch; some students went to YouTube for more
  • Some practice files are JPEGs rather than raw, which limits the white balance lessons
The course is well structured and teaches you about every tool and process on the way. Different types of images (landscapes, portraits, etc.) are used to give us a sense of how we can edit them.
Nikita Gundala, a student

Marketed for all levels but really pitched at beginners; one reviewer hoping for advanced material calls it too basic.

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What you will learn

  • Edit photos the way you imagine, making them matter more!
  • Master the Lightroom workflow, just like a pro photographer
  • Improve photos, fixing any mistakes from your shoots
  • Understand the most important tools in Lightroom
  • Set up Lightroom to run efficiently
  • Make your photos look the same across all devices including mobile, desktop, tablets, etc.
  • Use Lightroom CC on desktop and mobile
  • Take raw images on your mobile and edit them on your desktop without cables or hard drives
  • Organize your photos so you never lose another image
  • Learn to store your images on the cloud
  • Backup your images so you never worry about losing pictures
  • Create a stunning portfolio site

Course content

19 sections · 104 lectures · 11 hours of video 6 quizzes, 8 assignments, 8 articles

  1. 1Introduction 3 free previews8 lectures · 17 min
  2. 2Lightroom Library & Organization 3 free previews6 lectures · 1 quiz · 27 min
  3. 3Edit Your Photos24 lectures · 5 quizzes · 2.6 hours
  4. 4Edit just Parts of Your Photos5 lectures · 2 quizzes · 21 min
  5. 5Saving and Exporting Photos2 lectures · 1 quiz · 13 min
  6. 6Lightroom Editing Sessions - Putting it all Together10 lectures · 1 quiz · 1 hour
  7. 7Lightroom CC13 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.3 hours
  8. 8Editing Photos with Lightroom Mobile4 lectures · 1 quiz · 25 min
  9. 9Using Lightroom Presets3 lectures · 1 quiz · 14 min
  10. 10Editing Portraits in Lightroom7 lectures · 27 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Any photographer - beginner or advanced
  • Anyone who wants to make their photos look better
  • Wedding and portrait photographers
  • Landscape photographer
  • Photo retouchers
  • Portrait photographers

What you need before you start

  • PC, Mac, or Mobile Device
  • Lightroom CC
  • Have a mobile (if you want to take pictures and edit on mobile with Lightroom)

How it compares

Against the other 73 rated Udemy courses in Adobe Lightroom on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 17% of them
  • Reviews7,425#1 of 74 by number of reviews
  • Length10.6 hourslonger than 93% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 94% of them

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Overall Score : 84 / 100

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Course Description

Do you want your photos to look better… to look amazing?

Do you want to learn the world’s most powerful and efficient editing application, used by professional photographers?

If so, you’re in the right place - and we’re happy to have you here!

It's great to have you here. WE LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY and PHOTO EDITING!

Maybe you're an amateur photographer who has done a little bit of photo editing, or maybe you have quite a bit of photo editing experience. Either way, we've made this course to help you make images that matter.

Start editing photos in Adobe Lightroom Classic CC (formerly Lightroom CC) and Adobe Lightroom CC today!

The only class you'll find that covers Adobe Lightroom Classic CC, Adobe Lightroom CC, and Adobe Lightroom CC on mobile - it's totally comprehensive and the only Lightroom class you'll ever need.

You've always wanted to learn how to easily edit your photos. Lightroom is the perfect tool for you. It's robust, yet intuitive. This course will teach you everything you to start photo editing today. 

COURSE BONUSES!

  • MP3 downloads for all editing lessons to follow along or listen on the go

  • Practice photos to edit with us

  • Adjustment brush presets for specific-use projects

What makes us qualified to teach you?

We are Phil Ebiner and Jon Haase, and we've been using Adobe Lightroom for over a decade. We are professional portrait and wedding photographers. We run photo studios. And our photos have been featured in major publications.

Plus, the creators of some of the world's most popular photography courses - with over 150,000 students and thousands of 5-star reviews like these ones:

My first LR course, well organized and easy to follow! - Ana Toli

I am an absolute beginner. This course gave me every tool I needed to edit my photos....5 Stars! - Jim King

I loved this course, I've used Lightroom for a little while now, but have always used presets to edit my photos. After viewing this course I can now edit my photos to exactly the way I like them. - Linda

OUR PROMISE TO YOU

We'll be here for you every step of the way. If you have any questions about the course content or anything related to this topic, you can always post a question in the course or send me a direct message. 

We want to make this the best course on how use Adobe Lightroom. So if there is any way we can improve this course, just tell us and we'll make it happen.

WHAT'S THIS COURSE ALL ABOUT?

Whether you are using Lightroom CC, Lightroom Classic CC, or Lightroom on mobile this course will teach you how to use the program to its fullest potential.

When you are done with this course, you’ll be able to edit your photos in Lightroom like a pro. You’ll be able to set up Lightroom so it will run its best saving you hours of frustration and you’ll have the confidence that you’re not going to lose your images.

You’ll also be able to professionally retouch images and you’ll spend less time doing it with pro Lightroom tips and tricks.  You’ll also be able to do pro camera calibration and custom white balance corrections, a remarkably powerful advanced one button correction.

We’ll do this by covering Lightroom setup and configuration, exposure adjustments, adding drama through clarity, mastering Lightroom presets, covering top Lightroom plugins, organizing images in Lightroom for Mobile, editing in Lightroom for Mobile, recovering details in shadows, how to edit a landscape photo, how to retouch a portrait, and much more.

Make your photos shine with this great course.

Each lesson is available for download, so you can take it with you wherever you go.

KEY TOPICS:

  • Navigating the Lightroom application

  • Importing and organizing photos - including face tagging and ranking

  • Using basic editing tools to fix photo problems like crop, white balance, and exposure

  • Editing with advanced techniques

  • Improving portraits and photos of people

  • Using Lightroom Mobile to edit on the go

  • Setting up Lightroom to run efficiently

  • Exporting photos and adding watermarks

  • and so much more!

With our 30-day 100% money back guarantee, there is nothing holding you back from jumping in right now and trying the course out.

Go ahead and click the enroll button, and we'll see you in lesson 1!

Cheers,

Phil & Jon

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Instructor Details

Phil Ebiner

I’m Phil Ebiner, an educator, photographer, filmmaker, and founder of Video School and Photography & Friends. Through my online courses and creative community, I’ve helped millions of students around the world learn practical skills in photography, video production, design, and more. My goal is to make creative skills feel accessible, useful, and encouraging, whether you’re picking up a camera for the first time or looking to take your work to the next level.

My teaching style is clear, supportive, and hands-on. I break complex topics into simple steps, explain the “why” behind each technique, and share real-world examples you can immediately apply. As a photographer and filmmaker, I believe great creative work is not just about gear or settings, but about storytelling, intention, observation, and connection. My goal is to help you feel confident, inspired, and capable of bringing your own creative ideas to life.


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Reviews

4.2

7,425 ratings on Udemy

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By Anonymized User on 11/7/2025

I used Lightroom Classic for a number of years but had to take a break for a couple of years. I would have like to have known the version before buying but that may have been my bad. In the end not really a problem as this course has helped me regain my knowledge of the program for the most part. And the improvements up to 2025 over the last 3 1/2 years haven't been so great to feel lost. In short a great course. Thanks!

By Patrick Molloy on 3/29/2021

I am new to the Lightroom platofrm. This course is structured to help me get the most out of LR as I continue to use it. But I don't think I'll get the full benefit of this course until the second or third time I go through it. One suggestion for a topic that could help a lot of new LR users like myself: I had a devil of a time configuring LR to work the way I want it to work. I should say that I am an experienced Windows user with a computer configured for this very purpose: Advanced photo editing. So, it does not lack for hardware resources or storage capacity. Yet, LR routing hung up or crashed shortly after starting up, and I had to hunt around all over the web to find out why. I finally got the answers I needed, and LR seems to be behaving, but I can't be alone in feeling out to see when first starting to use this application. Thank you, guys, for your passion on this subject. Good learning from you!

By Marco Crescimone on 8/18/2020

Questo corso è davvero ben strutturato e completo. Tutti gli argomenti sono trattati in maniera semplice e chiara, di facile comprensione anche per chi si affaccia a Lr per la prima volta. Le lezioni non sono mai noiose e forniscono ottimi spunti di riflessione. Sinceramente non mi aspettavo un programma così dettagliato. Complimenti ai docenti per la loro preparazione e per il lavoro svolto! Se dovessi trovare un aspetto negativo i sottotitoli non sempre sono precisi, ma comunque il senso generale delle frasi si capisce.

By Sogi Fard on 7/8/2020

I didn't know anything about Lightroom at all and I have to say I learned a lot! Thank you very much for this course. But I think there are some parts that you need to shed more lights on them, like histogram or white balance, curve tone. To me these areas are in gray parts at the moment and I think I need to read more about them. All in all, it was really helpful. Thank you and good luck!

By Nikita Gundala on 5/9/2020

Just finished the course! The course is well structured and teaches you about every tool and process on the way. Different types of images (landscapes, portraits, etc.) are used to give us a sense of how we can edit them. All possible scenarios and problems are addressed and easy fix solutions are explained in a comprehensive manner. Both Lightroom CC and Classic CC are explained and how they can be used across different devices! There are many assignments (that are also peer reviewed) that help put these concepts into application. A very swift response and feedback for your assignments as well that guide you better. The language is clear and easy to understand and both John and Phil are a delight to learn from. 100% recommend!

By Anu Prasad on 3/28/2020

The course definitely provides quality information but somewhat fails to keep the attention grabbed at all times.. at least for me. It would be nice if the video was updated in an interesting way. Just for reference's sake to get an idea of what I am talking about, there is this youtube channel called photos in color where Ed Gregory, the speaker, has a series on Lightroom tutorial which kept my the interest as a person watching rooted.

By Marco Monteros on 3/14/2019

I had a bit of previous knowledge about lightroom before taking on this course, I did learn a few more things ; however, I think that audio was not the best in some lessons, I had to keep adjusting the volume up or down. At the last stage, it was difficult to follow John's instructions as I could not see sometimes where he was applying some brushes. The last assignment was tidious as you have to adjust the levels according to the instructions, in that sense I did not learn too much, I would have prefered to be requested to do that my way and get to the expected result or close, which was given as an option and I had to opt for it as instructions were not clear to me. All in all, good course but not exceptional. Thanks.

By Karen Jones on 4/25/2018

It has taken me a while to realize the full benefits of the course by laying down the basics and building on it. Earlier I watched the video. Then I would go to my computer and try the lesson. If I couldn’t achieve the results I would watch the lesson with my computer so I could follow the steps along. I liked that they have included lessons about Lightroom CC. I could pick and choose the lessons in areas I was shaky in. Ending of class: I cannot believe how much I learned. About 2/3 of the way through the class I started editing all of my photos with Light Class, not Lightroom CC. I was nervous at first, but now I cannot imagine it any other way. There is a boatload of information. I know I will go back and review sections as I need them. The only place I really got lost was using the Lightroom camera. Either there has been an upgrade, or I just couldn't follow it. No matter, because I don't see myself using this feature very often.

By Varaporn Priromprintr on 4/13/2018

Excellent course and I would like to see more assignments to apply the tools that we have learnt more each lesson, and please show more detail for window user and I am a very beginner level and this is my first lesson to start working with Lightroom classic CC. For example I would like to have shortcuts sheet for window user e.g. 1.How to click on keyboard for "before & after" for window user 2.How to delete the function of active healing brush only. But overall this course helped me so much, great learning lessons. Thank you both Phil and Jon.

By Flower1@msn.com Swift Hawco on 3/23/2017

The lessons are very well prepared and the subjects are interesting. My suggestion is that the course be divided into basic and advanced. I am a novice to Light Room and much of the information contained in about the last third of the course was too detailed for a beginner. I also have no use for the entire section on mobile devices. It was very beneficial to have to image files to work with, but several lessons did not have images. Very informative for the lessons that were relevant to me.

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