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Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic Classroom in a Book, 3rd edition

Published by Adobe Press (July 16, 2022) © 2022

  • Rafael Concepcion

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Lightroom and Photoshop are integral parts of a photographer's workflow for making great images. Start by importing and organizing your images into collections that make sense for you. Develop your pictures to make the most out of every pixel. Learn how Photoshop and Lightroom's new AI based tools can take your vision further faster. Learn the strengths of each program at each part of your workflow to help you realize your creative vision in no time at all.

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop.

Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic for Photographers Classroom in a Book contains 11 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, from sorting your photos and adjusting tone and color to leveraging AI-based masking and neural filters. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.

Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book's "Getting Started" section to unlock access to:

  • Downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book
  • Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, and videos that walk you through the lessons step by step

What you need to use this book: Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom Classic software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.)

Note: Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom Classic software.

To bring you the best possible experience, the Web Edition of this book contains many videos that enhance your learning experience. These videos are currently in production. Please check back soon after release to launch the enhanced Web Edition.

  • Students harness the joint power of Photoshop and Lightroom Classic to achieve extraordinary results and unprecedented productivity
  • Step-by-step tutorials and lesson files (illustrated with video in the web edition)—all developed with the full support of Adobe's product experts
  • Ideal for photography students at all levels of experience who subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud or Adobe's Creative Cloud Photography Plan

Updated for the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom Classic. This edition covers:

  • Coverage of the redesigned masking tools in Lightroom
  • How to use the new masks with vector masks
  • How to use AI based selections
  • Leverage the Object selection tool in Photoshop
  • Combine AI selections and lasso selections 
  • Use Neural Filters in Photoshop (also AI based)
  • Completely updated for the new Lightroom UI for masking
  • New focus on using AI to streamline basic work in Photoshop

For more information on what's new to this edition, such as using artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline basic workflows in Photoshop and Lightroom Classic, watch this Explainer video from author RC Concepcion.

  • 11 downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book
  • Interactive quizzes, and videos that walk you through the lessons step by step

Getting Started

1 Importing and Managing Photos in Lightroom

2 Organizing Your Photos Into Lightroom Collections

3 Using The Lightroom Develop Module for Global Adjustments

4 Using The Lightroom Develop Module for Local and Creative Adjustments

5 Make Your Portraits Look Their Best

6 Lightroom-Photoshop Round Trip Workflow

7 Lightroom to Photoshop for Selecting and Masking

8 Lightroom to Photoshop for Retouching

9 Lightroom to Photoshop for Special Effects

10 Lightroom to Photoshop for Combining Photos

11 Exporting and Showing Off Your Work


Rafael “RC” Concepcion is an award-winning photographer, podcast host, and educator, and the author of ten best-selling books on photography, Photoshop, Lightroom, and HDR. He is digital post-production specialist and adjunct professor at the S.I. Newhouse School for Visual Communications at Syracuse University. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, and worked with Adobe to write the Adobe Certified Expert exam for Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4, and Lightroom 5. RC has more than 20 years of experience producing content in the creative, IT, and e-commerce industries. He has presented at seminars and workshops around the world. RC's production company, First Shot School, creates educational content and video productions for clients such as Intel, Dell, Epson, Nikon, Canon, Samsung, Nokia, Sandisk, Western Digital, G-Technology, Google, and Creative Live.

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Classroom in a Book® is the best-selling series of hands-on software training books and an official training series from Adobe. Developed by product experts at Adobe, these books offer complete, self-paced lessons designed to fit your busy schedule and help you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Each book includes downloadable files to guide you through the lessons and special projects, and a Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, and videos that walk you through the lessons step by step.

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