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All tagged Lightroom Classic
You've probably heard there is a new Lightroom Update? Maybe even installed it, but have you had a play with the two new features?
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.
I have two photos that have areas I find quite distracting and I want to remove them or hide them in the images. I thought I would start with Lightroom Classic and then expand into other Software tools. There are some fabulous new tools in Adobe Lightroom Classic and some that were improved dramatically in the latest updates which happened since October 2022.
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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.
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.
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.
Have you ever noticed when importing images into Lightroom Classic and "Copy as DNG" is listed as an option? It's possible you completely skipped this as A/ You had no idea what it meant or B/ you just totally missed it. So, should you convert Raw files to DNG?, I believe yes and you might consider doing so, after reading this post.
Labels are truly useful when organizing your photos, as you can assign them whatever meaning you wish, as opposed to numbered ratings.
When it comes to digital organization, there are a variety of ways to store your images. You may find topics more useful than dates.
