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All tagged Lightroom
how to reduce highlights and shine on faces in Lightroom Classic. Sure you can do this in PS, but you can use similar methods to achieve similar results.
Plugins add new functions to host programs (like Lightroom Classic), let's have a look at what they are and how to access them.
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.
For as long as I have been involved in digital photography, and probably even longer, there has been a LOT of hype about Adobe Photoshop. Don’t get me wrong it’s fantastic, I love it and I use it all the time. But the truth is Photoshop is NOT for everyone. Not everyone is actively creating digital art. Not everyone is wanting to spend hours and hours trying to figure out seemingly complex tasks for basic photo editing. So here are three reasons to stop thinking about Photoshop.
The truth is Photoshop is NOT for everyone. So here are three reasons to stop thinking about Photoshop and find an alternative.
When it comes to digital organization, there are a variety of ways to store your images. You may find topics more useful than dates.
One of the really cool features of Lightroom Classic is the Print Module. I find it fun to make my own collages and triptychs.
How to quickly and easily create lighting effects in Lightroom Classic and it only takes a few minutes with the radial filter.
Fall is on its way. Such a beautiful time of year to get the camera out. So how do you go about editing your fall photos so your colors pop?
How to create selective colour in Lightroom is actually pretty easy, especially with the right photo. Take this simple orange gerbera.
The Graduated Filter in Lightroom Classic. It’s terrific for highlight and shadow recovery in landscapes. Evening out backgrounds on images. Bringing out foreground details and so much more.
How to create layouts & triptychs in Lightroom Classic with the Print Module, which is a terrific tool, yet so few people actually use it.
Using presets in Lightroom to speed up your workflow, is a fabulous use of the software. When it comes to editing a bunch of images from a single photoshoot, you can dramatically speed your workflow up by creating your own Preset. They are quite easy to create. You can even make your own collections.
It’s been a little while, but I have just released a new range of Lightroom Presets…Sweet Hydrangea Collection.
How do you use a gray card in portraits to correctly adjust for white balance in Lightroom Classic? It’s super easy. If you have some actual gray cards or color checker system, use those and get your model to hold up near her face and take a shot.
Just what is exposure bracketing? It’s a feature in many DSLR and mirrorless cameras that allows you to take a group of different exposures for the same image.
Creating that soft dreamy almost hazy and ethereal look in Lightroom Classic and Luminar 4 isn’t as difficult as you might think. Sure, it is always best to capture in-camera, and I will look at a few fun ways to do that. But sometimes, we want to apply it to images AFTER the shoot, too.
From quickly locating landmarks, animals and food, I believe the better I make my search, the better results I have. So in this post, let’s have a look at finding different types of faces, and see how quickly and just how well it works.
After recently been given a copy of Excire Search 2 Pro to review, I wrote my first post on downloading and installing it. This process took roughly 36-40 hours, as it completed initialization while I was asleep. I awoke to find a dialog box on the computer telling me the current status.
These days taking an image with a DSLR camera is usually only half the process — the rest of the magic happens in post-processing…
