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Day 3 - Wednesday, September 17th

SESSION 19

Session Goes Live at 8am EDT

Lightroom Classic and Photoshop integration

You have Photoshop and you have Lightroom, they are totally different right and you choose one? Great workflows can use both of these apps together and harness the strengths of each to get better results and save time. Adobe has built in way to work with both. Learn how Lightroom and Photoshop integrate together.

How to open a photo in Photoshop with all your Lightroom settings intact.

Learn which options to choose when opening a photo in Photoshop from Lightroom

How to keep Photoshop adjustments non destructive even after going back to Lightroom.

When should you use LR and when should you use PS?

SESSION 20

Session Goes Live at 9am EDT​

Lightroom Performance Tuning

Ever sat waiting for Lightroom to render previews while your inspiration died in front of you? You’re not alone. Lightroom can feel painfully slow when it isn’t set up right. This class is your crash course “wait loss” program—by the end, you’ll know how to make Lightroom run at light speed.

What You’ll Learn
Key Apps and gear recommendation Learn and use the apps that will speed up your entire workflows. Don’t waste your money on buying more gear than you need.  Cliff will walk you through which gear you need to make the biggest difference. 
Lightroom Settings

    • Cliff will walk you through every catalog setting needed to set you up for success

    • Cliff walk walk you through the correct setup for your preferences to make sure Lightroom is running like a well-oiled machine

You (the Photographer)

    • Performance tuning isn’t just about gear and setup, it’s about the decision you make every day inside of Lightroom.  Here, Cliff will lay provide shortcuts and time-saving habits that will take your workflow to new heights.  Coming soon

SESSION 21

Session Goes Live at 10am EDT​

Creating Presets and Profiles That Work Together!

Presets and profiles in Adobe Lightroom are powerful—especially in the new AI-assisted editing environment. This class teaches you how to create both, how to make them work together seamlessly, and how to harness AI to automate and elevate your editing workflow. Stop stacking presets and start building tools that truly work for your process.

In this class you will learn how to:

Create powerful profiles and presets in Lightroom and Lightroom Classic.

Use Profiles and Presets together with one click.

Make automated profiles and presets that will do your post-production for you with the help of AI.

Trigger AI assistance for your images on import so you really have to do almost nothing to get great results for your images before you even look at them.

Create retouching presets for your portraits and landscape images.

SESSION 22

Session Goes Live at 11am EDT​

AI-Powered Portrait Workflow: Picture Perfect in Half the Time

Say goodbye to hours behind the screen. In this fast-paced session, I’ll show how AI tools like Lightroom’s new auto-masking, auto distraction removal and adaptive presets, can drastically reduce your editing time—without sacrificing quality or creativity. Learn how to build an AI-assisted workflow that frees you up to do more of what you love: shooting.

VIP EXCLUSIVE

Session Goes Live at NOON EDT​

VIP Live Help Desk

VIPs: Log in to your VIP Member Area to register for the live Help Desk

SESSION 23

Session Goes Live at 1pm EDT​

Be Your Own Lightroom Helpdesk

The current digital photography landscape can sometimes feel fraught with peril if you are not a digital native or savvy with software. Between constant software updates, new operating system versions, upgrading computers, running out of disk space, there’s ample opportunity to stumble. I’ve been proving tech support to all levels of Lightroom Classic users since the program first launched. In this class I’ll help you become your own best help desk so that you can solve problems or at least learn the most effective way to ask for help.

The most common stumbling blocks and how to over come them

The basics of troubleshooting a problem

How to effectively communicate the problem you are having with others who can help you

SESSION 24

Session Goes Live at 2pm EDT​

Exporting Your Photos for Print, Web, and Social Media

In this class, Anthony Morganti will explain how to properly export your images from Lightroom Classic for use in various situations. For example, he'll go over the best settings to use for social media, the settings to use if you're sending your image off to a lab, and the settings you should use if you're going to put them on your website. You'll also learn about how to include metadata with your export and exactly what metadata you should include. Finally, you'll learn how to create your export presets, saving you a lot of time when exporting.

You will learn what each of the fields in the Export Dialog are and what they do

You'll learn about the different export file types and what each are best suited for

You will learn the best settings to use for social media and for your personal website

You will learn how to create export presets.

SESSION 25

Session Goes Live at 3pm EDT​

Photo Storytelling: Bringing Your Vision to Life with Lightroom Mobile

Discover how to use Lightroom Mobile to craft a compelling visual story. From balancing light and shadow to creating dramatic effects with presets and filters, this session focuses on turning your creative vision into reality, suitable for both hobbyists and professionals.

How to balance light and shadow to create a dramatic effect.

Using presets and filters to develop a unique visual style.

Techniques for editing a series of photos to tell a cohesive story.

How to highlight key elements in your photos using selective adjustments.

Tips for creating mood and atmosphere with color and tone adjustments.

SESSION 26

Session Goes Live at 4pm EDT​

Advanced Masking Techniques

Local masks in Lightroom now allow for a simpler workflow to create results which were previously only possible using layers and masks in Photoshop. They allow beginners to create stunning results with ease and more advanced users to save time in advanced workflows.

- Why local masking is critical for the best results in Lightroom.

- How to customize and combine local masks.

- How to dodge and burn with local masks.

- When you should use masks in LR vs layers in Photoshop.

SESSION 27

Session Goes Live at 5pm EDT​

Lightroom After Dark

Night photography comes with its own unique set of challenges—and Lightroom has the tools to help you bring out the best in your low-light images. In this session, we’ll focus on developing clean, sharp, and visually compelling night photos through careful processing and editing. You’ll learn effective noise reduction techniques that preserve detail, how to handle tricky color casts, and ways to recover shadow and highlight information without introducing artifacts. We’ll also explore sharpening strategies, tonal adjustments, and creative finishing touches that help your night images retain depth and mood while minimizing common technical issues. Whether you’re photographing cityscapes, astrophotography, or low-light scenes, this class will give you a solid workflow and practical tips to confidently edit your night photographs in Lightroom.

You will learn how to approach low-light images for maximum visual impact

You will learn how to approach noise reduction and sharpening to preserve the most detail in your work.

You will learn how to deal with images with extreme contrast and how to persevere shadow and highlight detail