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All in Lightroom 101
In this video, I go through how to add various tones and grain to give your images more of a vintage look and feel.
Lightroom presets are a photographer’s secret weapon. These pre-made edits can transform your photos in seconds, adding a consistent style and saving you tons of editing time.
Plugins add new functions to host programs (like Lightroom Classic), let's have a look at what they are and how to access them.
Have you noticed the new Adaptive Presets in the latest Lightroom update? Have you tried to use them like regular presets, but were not really sure exactly how they work?
Let's take a look at how we can Dodge and burn in Lightroom classic with two different methods to improve and enhance photos.
It can be frustrating when you take great photos, but the exposure wasn't quite how you wanted it in the final image. Dodge and burn can help.
We’re seeing lots of new features in the latest Lightroom Classic software update from Adobe. One small addition is the Mask Amount slider. This allows the user to adjust the intensity of the edits applied to your local adjustments.
Among the new additions to the recent Lightroom Classic update is the new Select People tool. In the previous version of Lightroom, you could use Select Subject to mask people in your photos and then edit them separately from your background. The new Select People tool takes it even further.
For many years Adobe has been trying to improve the Healing tools in Lightroom Classic. Each update brings some improvement. This current update brings us an AI-generated Content-Aware Remove to remove objects is another step forward.
Adobe just announced updates to a variety of products, including Lightroom. One of which I am pretty excited about is the updates to the masking tools. I took a look around the updated Masking tools area, with Select People, Objects and one-click Select background. So let’s have a little look at the overall features.
Yes, you read that correctly — you can use your mobile phone to shoot macro photography (even if you don’t have a fancy new iPhone). While it’s not super duper magnified, you can still get fairly close to your subject. I used my Samsung S21 and the Lightroom mobile app. Here’s what I did.
Have you been using the select and mask tools in Lightroom? Or have you been putting it off, as it looks a little daunting? Or perhaps you’re not really sure what to do with it? Here is a simple step-by-step on how to brighten (or darken) your background and brighten up and add more detail to your subject. Let’s start with a fairly simple still-life photo.
So I put together my ten best tips for getting around in Lightroom. These are tools within Lightroom I use pretty much each and every day.
Got a cool image you want to give the vintage treatment to? It's so easy to create vintage looks in Lightroom...just a few quick steps
Just taking your image is only part of the process. Here is how you can showcase your images with the Lightroom Print module.
I put together a little tutorial on How to blur your background in Lightroom, with the new masking tools, it's so quick and easy.
Do you have a workflow when it comes to editing your images? Or do you just jump in and see what happens? Creating a workflow in Lightroom Classic (and other programs) can not only make life easier but, it can also speed up your processing time a lot.
Are you controlling your metadata when exporting images from Lightroom Classic? Not every photo needs all the metadata embedded. You may only want to have certain information available like copyright information. Knowing what to add in or leave out and how to control your metadata can be useful.
Have you ever wondered what’s the difference between folders and collections in Lightroom? Many of you have no doubt used folders to store and curate your images, but what do you do with Collections?
Often this is one of the most daunting decisions on importing, is how should your photos be organised in Lightroom Classic. Straight out of the gate, Lightroom's cataloguing features get many people a little confused and frustrated. But it needn't be that way. The main thing is to find a structure that suits you.
