THIS COURSE INCLUDES
- 9 Lessonsin 2 sections
- 1h 25mof 4K video
- Intermediatesome editing basics
- 21 Sample Imagesto follow along
- 4 Layered PSDsto follow along
- Captionsand chapters on every lesson
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Description
Did you ever wish you could edit photos faster? This course shows you the quickest ways to make a big impact on your photos in Photoshop and Lightroom, in 9 follow-along lessons with every sample image included. The idea behind each one is the same: decide on the focal point, then use light and color to bring the viewer’s eye to it, without spending hours on a single image.
Master Photoshop and Lightroom’s power: batch edits, dramatic sky swaps, subject focus, color correction, AI-powered object additions and background replacements. You’ll edit one photo in Lightroom Classic and sync it across a whole series so every shoot looks consistent, then replace a flat sky in Photoshop and match its color, light and focus to the scene. Learn to draw attention to your subject with a glow of light behind them, correct color and skin tones with Color Grading, and rescue a dark portrait with a strong green cast. Then add roses with Generative Fill, clear people from the background with Lightroom’s Remove tool, and move a studio portrait to a cleaner studio or a city street with Generate Background. We finish with a landscape, using masks to shape the light and color around the sun.
What You’ll Learn
- Batch-edit and sync changes across many photos at once
- Swap skies and replace backgrounds in minutes
- Add objects with AI and match light and color
Table of Contents
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01 - Batch Editing17:28m
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02 - Matching Light & Color14:17m
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03 - The Backlight Technique5:18m
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04 - Color Correcting8:49m
Course Downloads
Fast Edits, Stunning Results.
The Power of Efficient Editing
Imagine transforming your photos from good to breathtaking in mere moments! That’s the power of efficient editing. This tutorial prioritizes workflows that maximize results while minimizing effort. We’ll show how to leverage Photoshop and Lightroom’s tools for rapid, yet refined adjustments, mastering techniques like batch processing, targeted enhancements, and streamlined color correction to achieve professional-grade images without sacrificing valuable time.
Batch Processing
One of Lightroom’s most powerful features is its ability to help us edit hundreds of photos at the same time. Join us as we show you how to quickly organize, edit, and export multiple images in just a few minutes.
Basic Adjustments
We’ll guide you through our editing process, starting with essential adjustments to your photo series and progressing to creative color grading. Discover how Lightroom’s Develop Tab enables you to efficiently correct exposure, white balance, contrast, and other crucial settings across images captured in similar conditions.
Adjusting Colors
Effective color correction begins with identifying unwanted color casts. This tutorial guides you through analyzing and neutralizing these issues using Lightroom’s color grading panel. Learn to precisely adjust midtones, shadows, and highlights, balancing hues and achieving natural skin tones or desired color palettes. Subtle tweaks yield professional, impactful results.
Eye-Catching Edits
Reclaim your subject’s spotlight through strategic lighting! We’ll teach you simple techniques and tools to create special effects, such as glows and vignettes, guiding the viewer’s eye precisely where you want it to land.
Matching Light
Achieving realistic sky replacements hinges on seamless color and light matching. This tutorial demonstrates how to leverage Photoshop’s Hue/Saturation and Levels adjustment layers to harmonize a new sky with the existing scene. Learn to fine-tune hues, saturation, and light levels, ensuring a natural, believable integration for stunning results.
From Ordinary To Extraordinary
Discover how to sculpt light and color in Lightroom, creating captivating focal points. Learn to add radiant glows, manipulate shadows, and enhance textures for breathtaking results.
Bringing Back Details
Discover how to use targeted exposure adjustments to recover essential details. We’ll show you how to use tools like radial gradients to selectively brighten areas, revealing hidden textures and restoring lost detail. You’ll gain precise control over illumination, balancing your image for a refined, natural look.
Snapshot Edits
Color can trick your eyes! That perfect edit might look off later. Snapshots are your secret weapon. This tutorial shows how saving versions helps you avoid color traps. Quickly compare changes and find the truest, most impactful look. Stop guessing, start seeing real color with snapshots.
Working with Smart Objects
Smart Objects can help you work faster and non-destructively! In this tutorial we’ll show you how to create them, apply flexible edits, and easily revert changes, ensuring your original image remains untouched and your workflow stays efficient.
Using AI Tools
Old school meets new wave! Learn how AI can simplify your Photoshop tasks, while still honoring the core techniques that make your images exceptional. This tutorial highlights our favorite AI applications, from seamless background changes and element additions to effortless distraction removal.
More on Object Removal
Learn how to get rid of distractions in complicated situations using AI and manual techniques with our in-depth PRO tutorial Master Object Removal Using AI & Manual Tools in Photoshop. Whether you’re dealing with a minor imperfection or a major removal, this tutorial has the solution. And to save you time, we’ve included a handy Photoshop Action!.
Aaron’s Secrets Revealed
Interested in learning more about Photoshop? Explore Aaron’s must-know tools and techniques with our in-depth PRO tutorial Photoshop Fundamentals: Aaron’s Top 10 Essential Tools & Techniques. This course is designed to help you build a solid foundation and gain the confidence to explore further!.
Class Instructor
Aaron Nace
PHLEARN Founder & Lead Instructor
Aaron Nace is a photographer, digital artist, and the founder of PHLEARN. He has been teaching Photoshop, Lightroom, and photography since 2011, and has taught at Adobe MAX for more than eight years.
Aaron publishes a free tutorial every week and a new in-depth PRO course every month.
- 2M+YouTube subscribers
- 160M+video views
- 1,000+tutorials published
- 15years teaching Photoshop
Special thanks to Khaled Ali, Maxim Bogdanov, Tom Gainor, ALLAN LAINEZ, Amirreza Momennia, Cord Allman, Davies Designs Studio, Michiel Annaert, Samir Venegas, Cottonbro Studio, and Leila de Haan. Images for this PRO course were sourced from Pexels and Unsplash.
Reviews
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This is a great advanced video in addition to the other sky replacement videos. Rob Tatham
I realize Photoshop is updating often, so I thought I’d let folks know that the Effects menu in Lightroom Classic has changed. The “texture,” “clarity,” & “dehaze” are found in the Basic module. While Aaron goes a little fast and doesn’t specify number settings, one can stop the video and refer back & forth to match those in his tutorials. This has to be old hat for a Pro like him. I suspect I’ll be referring back to these videos until I master the techniques, all of which are most helpful skills to learn.
Mr. Nace what would I do with out you. You are BY FAR the best instructor out there. You gave taught me SO MUCH and Im now a fully competent lightroom user. I have been shying away from color grading but this specific course has opened up so much for me. Im about to send off my first gallery to a client where I did the edit and colour grade from the scratch with out using a preset as a start point. Im also starting to delve into photoshop. thank you. Love From Cee Fee (long term student) in London UK
I really enjoy your tutorials, its great having Pro membership – just one wee thing – when your adding the roses in the lesson – they are not the same type of rose- or they do not appear to be the same type to me – the existing ones are the old fashioned and the additions the florabunda type… just a wee thing but if anyone is a rose fanatic they would spot it straight away! That said still always learn from your tutorials. Linda
This course is fantastic, and the snapshot feature is truly a game-changer—something I likely wouldn’t have thought of without your guidance. Thank you, Aaron! I also found the color grading section incredibly valuable. Keep up the amazing work—you’re highly talented and greatly appreciated!
Aaron is the best Photoshop and Lightroom teacher and its not just because he’s skilled at the software. It is because he is a phenomenal teacher.
I tell people that I “taught myself” Photoshop, but what I mean is that I spent lockdown watching Aaron’s free 30 Day course. Years on I still watch and learn from him. He is generous with his expertise, and his tutorials are easy to follow. I look forward to doing this new course.
Aaron is the best. He knows what he’s doing and tells you precisely what to do and why. Some other instructors drive me crazy with sprinklings of “sort of”. Not Aaron.