Lightroom CATALOGS Explained - Easy Tutorial

If you're trying to understand how Lightroom works, catalogs are the first thing you need to wrap your head around. Lightroom's catalogs are database files containing all sorts of information about your photos, from organization (5 star ratings, color labels) to your post-processing settings themselves. In fact, the separate .LRCAT catalog file is also why Lightroom is considered non-destructive software. You can edit your photos in Lightroom without touching the original RAWs, because all your edits are stored in that LRCAT file instead. Observant viewers will notice that I put a mustache sticker on my laptop for this video. I guess that's to honor the fact that I will desperately need to get a haircut before long, and given the quarantine, I cannot. The mustache sticker will now stand as a permanent monument to this time in history. (In the previous video's description, I mentioned rain, and some pleasant rain noise videos popped up in my Youtube feed afterward. Hopefully this time I'll get videos on how to cut my own hair.) If you have any questions about Lightroom catalogs, let me know below! ~Spencer   / spencercoxphoto   👇👇👇 This video is not sponsored! You can support Photography Life and Spencer Cox Photography by buying anything through my affiliate links! Here is all the photo equipment I use: https://bhpho.to/3XUv32a And here’s my video gear to film this video: https://bhpho.to/3Yt8th1 #Lightroom