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Assess your Adobe Lightroom Classic skills for free

45-question technical assessment drawn from a 72-question bank to place a learner in Adobe Lightroom Classic and recommend the most useful training modules.

This assessment measures knowledge and produces a practical diagnostic. Modules are recommended after the test; they are not an offer of paid courses.

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What is assessed

Questions about practical workplace skills

The test covers different areas of the software, including beginner, intermediate and advanced questions. The score and skill-area breakdown help reveal strengths and topics to revisit.

This is not an official certification and should not be the sole factor in an employment decision.

Who can use it

Lightroom photographer and editor

Employees and applicants.
HR professionals.
Employers, managers and team leads.

Assessment learning framework

Modules that may appear in your recommended plan

The topics below form the recommendation framework associated with this assessment. The system selects priorities using individual answers and proposes a plan to use independently with a provider of your choice. We do not deliver these courses through this website.

Topic M01

Catalog, import and organization

Store organization and edit information without modifying original files • Add photos to the catalog by copying, moving or referencing files • Virtually group photos without moving them on disk

Store organization and edit information without modifying original files
Add photos to the catalog by copying, moving or referencing files
Virtually group photos without moving them on disk
Add keywords to find photos based on their content
Apply a structured workflow for catalog, import and organization

3 h

Topic M02

Basic development

Brighten or darken the image globally • Recover or adjust bright and dark areas separately • Correct the photo’s overall temperature and tint

Brighten or darken the image globally
Recover or adjust bright and dark areas separately
Correct the photo’s overall temperature and tint
Increase or reduce separation between light and dark tones
Apply a structured workflow for basic development

3 h

Topic M03

Crop, optics and geometry

Crop and straighten the image composition • Automatically correct selected lens distortion and vignetting • Correct perspective and vertical or horizontal lines

Crop and straighten the image composition
Automatically correct selected lens distortion and vignetting
Correct perspective and vertical or horizontal lines
Reduce colored fringes produced by some lenses
Apply a structured workflow for crop, optics and geometry

3 h

Topic M04

Advanced color and tone

Finely control contrast and brightness by tonal range • Adjust hue, saturation and luminance of targeted colors • Apply distinct color grading to shadows, midtones and highlights

Finely control contrast and brightness by tonal range
Adjust hue, saturation and luminance of targeted colors
Apply distinct color grading to shadows, midtones and highlights
Adjust the overall response of primary colors to refine color rendering
Apply a structured workflow for advanced color and tone

3 h

Topic M05

Masking and local adjustments

Automatically create a mask around the main subject • Automatically isolate the sky for separate adjustment • Manually paint a precise area for adjustment

Automatically create a mask around the main subject
Automatically isolate the sky for separate adjustment
Manually paint a precise area for adjustment
Apply a gradual adjustment using a linear or elliptical shape
Apply a structured workflow for masking and local adjustments

3 h

Topic M06

Detail, noise and sharpening

Increase the perceived detail and edge definition • Limit sharpening to edges rather than smooth areas • Reduce digital noise, including with supported advanced denoising tools

Increase the perceived detail and edge definition
Limit sharpening to edges rather than smooth areas
Reduce digital noise, including with supported advanced denoising tools
Reduce small colored artifacts in noisy areas
Apply a structured workflow for detail, noise and sharpening

3 h

Topic M07

Metadata, collections and selection

Automatically group photos based on metadata rules • Quickly classify photos by status or quality • Repeatedly apply copyright, author and other information

Automatically group photos based on metadata rules
Quickly classify photos by status or quality
Repeatedly apply copyright, author and other information
Filter the catalog by text, attributes or metadata
Apply a structured workflow for metadata, collections and selection

3 h

Topic M08

Export and delivery

Reuse settings for format, size, sharpening and destination • Adapt final sharpening to screen or print output • Automatically add a signature or visual mark on export

Reuse settings for format, size, sharpening and destination
Adapt final sharpening to screen or print output
Automatically add a signature or visual mark on export
Simulate how an image will look in a selected output space or profile
Apply a structured workflow for export and delivery

3 h

Topic M09

Performance, backup and advanced workflow

Edit photos even when high-resolution originals are temporarily disconnected • Back up the Lightroom database containing organization and edit settings • Quickly apply a reusable set of develop adjustments

Edit photos even when high-resolution originals are temporarily disconnected
Back up the Lightroom database containing organization and edit settings
Quickly apply a reusable set of develop adjustments
Apply selected edits from one photo to multiple selected images
Apply a structured workflow for performance, backup and advanced workflow

3 h

Assessment output

Actionable insight, not a sales pitch

The report provides an overall score, category breakdown and recommended modules. Use it to inform development discussions, document progress or complement candidate assessment.

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