Dramatically Shape the Light and Mood Using Adjustment Brushes in Lightroom
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Date: 2022-07-19
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JP
Dear Mr. Unmesh, sir, photography is an art. I agree to a point, in that each form of art has its technical details that we need to master before we can be a master in that art. As a painter it helps to understand different brushes, pigments or dyes and binders that turn pigments into paint, or ink or pastels or watercolors.
The approach to exposure and what relates to that seems like there is a randomness associated. The order does not matter, you imply.
As I worked more than 45 years with manual camera settings, I have now opened up to expose for the highlights. And Lightroom opens my images as if they are underexposed. This is expected, by the way, I'm not complaining. The camera has given me several f-stops with minimal numbers of associated pixels (almost no height in the histogram. And I have lost no highlight details. Now I can choose what range of highlights I still want to have details and what not. This is done with the white point that I can lower.
And here we get to the point of sequence as an efficiency subject. Adjustments to anything related to exposure are made by Lightroom relative to black point and white point. Capture One (C1 - v 20) does not do it like that and that is totally annoying to me.
In LR, make exposure and color adjustments and next change the white point and you have to start all over again. In C1, changing black and white points is not fixed can drives me nuts.
Morale: in LR adjust white and black points first. Now you have defined to Lightroom what, in your raw image, should be black [0, 0, 0] and white [255, 255, 255] and note that anything that used to be whiter than your new white point will be equally white from here on (vice versa for black. C1 keeps shifting that, when you change exposure details. (in my text, exposure relates to the Basic, Tone Curve, HSL/Color, Color Grading, Detail, Effects and Calibration panels - these all relate to each other)
If your LR histogram indicates you can rise the black point and/or lower the white point, start there, or you may be running in infinite loops.
In general, there is no single right way, true. Except exceptions - but these do not refute the general rule.
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Dear Mr. Unmesh, sir, photography is an art. I agree to a point, in that each form of art has its technical details that we need to master before we can be a master in that art. As a painter it helps to understand different brushes, pigments or dyes and binders that turn pigments into paint, or ink or pastels or watercolors.
The approach to exposure and what relates to that seems like there is a randomness associated. The order does not matter, you imply.
As I worked more than 45 years with manual camera settings, I have now opened up to expose for the highlights. And Lightroom opens my images as if they are underexposed. This is expected, by the way, I'm not complaining. The camera has given me several f-stops with minimal numbers of associated pixels (almost no height in the histogram. And I have lost no highlight details. Now I can choose what range of highlights I still want to have details and what not. This is done with the white point that I can lower.
And here we get to the point of sequence as an efficiency subject. Adjustments to anything related to exposure are made by Lightroom relative to black point and white point. Capture One (C1 - v 20) does not do it like that and that is totally annoying to me.
In LR, make exposure and color adjustments and next change the white point and you have to start all over again. In C1, changing black and white points is not fixed can drives me nuts.
Morale: in LR adjust white and black points first. Now you have defined to Lightroom what, in your raw image, should be black [0, 0, 0] and white [255, 255, 255] and note that anything that used to be whiter than your new white point will be equally white from here on (vice versa for black. C1 keeps shifting that, when you change exposure details. (in my text, exposure relates to the Basic, Tone Curve, HSL/Color, Color Grading, Detail, Effects and Calibration panels - these all relate to each other)
If your LR histogram indicates you can rise the black point and/or lower the white point, start there, or you may be running in infinite loops.
In general, there is no single right way, true. Except exceptions - but these do not refute the general rule.
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Peter
This video might be over 3 years old but I just discovered, thanks to you, I can use shift + double click and it's like magic. The funny thing is you were working on a photo the old man from Storr from the isle of Sky in Scotland, and I'm working on a sunset phoo from a mountain in Scotland. :-) Thank you Sir for your epic tutorials.
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This video might be over 3 years old but I just discovered, thanks to you, I can use shift + double click and it's like magic. The funny thing is you were working on a photo the old man from Storr from the isle of Sky in Scotland, and I'm working on a sunset phoo from a mountain in Scotland. :-) Thank you Sir for your epic tutorials.
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RyanFlies
'You are the artist. '
I'm not sure why that hit so hard! Thank you for reinforcing the fact that what we do is ART, and each artist 'paints' differently.
It's hard to pioneer in this day and age, especially with the seeds planted by most nowadays due to social media and ease of access.
Loved that comment.
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'You are the artist. '
I'm not sure why that hit so hard! Thank you for reinforcing the fact that what we do is ART, and each artist 'paints' differently.
It's hard to pioneer in this day and age, especially with the seeds planted by most nowadays due to social media and ease of access.
Loved that comment.
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Cankat
Nice tutorial once again but i need to say this time the editing was completely unrealistic even the first snapshot was way much better without any local adjustments. By the way we would be really glad if you can make a video for lightroom about color grading and custom presets(over most popular styles we see nowadays)
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Nice tutorial once again but i need to say this time the editing was completely unrealistic even the first snapshot was way much better without any local adjustments. By the way we would be really glad if you can make a video for lightroom about color grading and custom presets(over most popular styles we see nowadays)
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lisa
This photograph is the 'Storr' on the Isle of Skye Scotland (search it); and this supposed 'EXPERT' here? has obviously never been there; he simply taken a photograph of the net and turned Scotland into something resembling a shot from the mars nasa rover mission. Hilarious all we need is UFO to be landing.
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This photograph is the 'Storr' on the Isle of Skye Scotland (search it); and this supposed 'EXPERT' here? has obviously never been there; he simply taken a photograph of the net and turned Scotland into something resembling a shot from the mars nasa rover mission. Hilarious all we need is UFO to be landing.
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Live
Amazing instructor! The 'by the way' tips you interject along the way are some of the most valuable elements of your teaching. I've seen several videos that cover this topic, but you've added details & guidance that fine-tune the process. Thanx!
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Amazing instructor! The 'by the way' tips you interject along the way are some of the most valuable elements of your teaching. I've seen several videos that cover this topic, but you've added details & guidance that fine-tune the process. Thanx!
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rohit
I accidentally tripped in to your videos. You have uncanny ability to mix the basics with advanced tech in photoshop and lightroom and that brings clarity to what you suggesting specially for photoshop novices like me. Kudos to you.
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I accidentally tripped in to your videos. You have uncanny ability to mix the basics with advanced tech in photoshop and lightroom and that brings clarity to what you suggesting specially for photoshop novices like me. Kudos to you.
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thartwig
The guy knows what he's doing in Lr, but this is no substitute for actual photoshop, comparatively very sloppy. Also didn't remove aberrations, which is incredibly easy in Lr. It's his art, but imo heavy handed.
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The guy knows what he's doing in Lr, but this is no substitute for actual photoshop, comparatively very sloppy. Also didn't remove aberrations, which is incredibly easy in Lr. It's his art, but imo heavy handed.
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phoenix7289
How much I would love to meet you and just watch you perform, see your work in person, and hear you and speak with you. You're so kind and humble, yet such a master at your craft. Thank you for what you do!
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How much I would love to meet you and just watch you perform, see your work in person, and hear you and speak with you. You're so kind and humble, yet such a master at your craft. Thank you for what you do!
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Just
I learned more about working in lightroom by watching this video carefully than I have in watching many hours of videos by others. You not only show the tool, but explain when and why to use it. Excellent video.
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I learned more about working in lightroom by watching this video carefully than I have in watching many hours of videos by others. You not only show the tool, but explain when and why to use it. Excellent video.
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austin
I love that you make a point of saying there is no right way, there is no wrong way. Because at the end of the day, editing photos is an artistic outlet that every individual handles slightly differently.
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I love that you make a point of saying there is no right way, there is no wrong way. Because at the end of the day, editing photos is an artistic outlet that every individual handles slightly differently.
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Chris
Easily the most helpful Lightroom tutorial I've found. Thanks man! I need to browse the rest of the videos, if there's anything along these lines for Premiere and/or After Effects that would be great too
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Easily the most helpful Lightroom tutorial I've found. Thanks man! I need to browse the rest of the videos, if there's anything along these lines for Premiere and/or After Effects that would be great too
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Raiha
amazing tutorial its a must try plz also tell me that snapshot option you are showing at 9: 20 is it a folder you made where this images will be saved? or do we have to make a folder name snapshot?
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amazing tutorial its a must try plz also tell me that snapshot option you are showing at 9: 20 is it a folder you made where this images will be saved? or do we have to make a folder name snapshot?
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Nizar
14: 32 Photo looking WAAAY overprocessed, and. At the end, to finish it all up, ADD MORE DRAMA, just go ahead and increase that magic slider called CONTRAST. Nooooooooo!
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14: 32 Photo looking WAAAY overprocessed, and. At the end, to finish it all up, ADD MORE DRAMA, just go ahead and increase that magic slider called CONTRAST. Nooooooooo!
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Tranquility
press H to hide the pins
press J to show the areas that are too bright or too dark
press / to show before and after
press K for adjustment brush
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press H to hide the pins
press J to show the areas that are too bright or too dark
press / to show before and after
press K for adjustment brush
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Leonard
I love the way you presented this video. It's so honest and clear. You have such a good personality. Oh, and the details in this video are excellent
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I love the way you presented this video. It's so honest and clear. You have such a good personality. Oh, and the details in this video are excellent
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Simon
Without doubt one of the very best LR tutorials available - thanks and well done on your style of presentation which is so easy to follow
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Without doubt one of the very best LR tutorials available - thanks and well done on your style of presentation which is so easy to follow
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George
I didn't realize you could double click the text inside the local adjustment to zero everything out! Hah. Nice tutorial.
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I didn't realize you could double click the text inside the local adjustment to zero everything out! Hah. Nice tutorial.
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Francois
Good one Mr. Bob Ross Jr. You are the artist. Too bad you cant add friendly little trees or rocks to the image.
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Good one Mr. Bob Ross Jr. You are the artist. Too bad you cant add friendly little trees or rocks to the image.
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Rene
please make more videos of lightroom tutorial. all your videos are very helpful. thank yooooooouuuuu.
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please make more videos of lightroom tutorial. all your videos are very helpful. thank yooooooouuuuu.
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