Adobe Lightroom Certification

The Adobe Lightroom Certification is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests practical Adobe Lightroom skills for photographers and retouchers — library, import and catalogue management, global tone and colour editing, masking, local adjustments and AI tools, and export, colour management and workflow — written to the Adobe Lightroom Classic and Lightroom user guides for 2026. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable Adobe Lightroom Proficiency certificate (SOA-ALX). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Lightroom Classic user guide (Adobe Help Center), Lightroom (cloud-based) user guide (Adobe Help Center) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Adobe Lightroom Certification, updated for 2026 and 2027. It measures library, import and catalogue, global tone and colour, masking, local edits and AI tools and export, colour and workflow and gives instant results with a shareable certificate.

Read the four skill areas on this page, then take the 20-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Adobe Lightroom Proficiency certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Lightroom Classic user guide (Adobe Help Center); Lightroom (cloud-based) user guide (Adobe Help Center). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Four skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Library, Import and Catalogue (Import, Catalogue and Organisation); Global Tone and Colour (Basic panel, Histogram and Colour); Masking, Local Edits and AI Tools (Masks, Healing and Denoise); Export, Colour and Workflow (Export, Presets and Sync). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Photographer, Photo editor or retoucher, Content creator, Studio or e-commerce image specialist and Photography student. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Adobe Lightroom knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

Adobe's Certified Professional exams cover Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and others, but there is no current Lightroom exam in that programme. Photographers show Lightroom skill through portfolios, course certificates and skills tests like this one.

Lightroom Classic is the desktop app built around a local catalogue and folders, with modules such as Library, Develop and Print. Lightroom (cloud-based) stores originals in Adobe's cloud and syncs across desktop, mobile and web with a simpler interface.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — with a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Intermediate: assumes hands-on experience in the role. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — and a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.