Adobe Community Expert for Lightroom!
- Jul 17, 2025
- 2 min read
As you may already know, I have been working as a Lightroom tutor for many years, and I'm delighted to confirm that I have now been recognised by Adobe as one of their Community Experts for all versions of Lightroom.
That means I have direct access to a huge team of experts within Adobe - so if you ever have an issue that you can't solve, and I can't either, then I can escalate it for you, to get it sorted. I will also gain exclusive updates on the latest feature releases, as well as early access to product news and what's next on Adobe's roadmap. All of which will hopefully be useful for my Lightroom tuition and Lightroom Lifeline clients.
You can find out more about the Adobe Community Experts programme here if you'd like, but in short, this is how they describe it:
The Adobe Community Experts Program consists of teachers, creatives, freelancers, authors, publishers, bloggers, hobbyists, content creators, educators, trainers and industry influencers from among our customer base who use their experience and expertise to guide, educate and inspire the current and next generation of Adobe software users.
As community leaders in their field, they exemplify the program values of sharing their product expertise, with a passion for fostering creativity, supporting their peers, and problem-solving.
They do this by contributing to the Adobe Support Community, creating video tutorials, helping our Adobe customer base in external communities and channels, being part of one or more pre-release programs, or speaking or organizing industry events, among other activities.
We have approximately 400 Community Experts all around the globe, in over 45 countries, and speaking over 20 different languages.
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