When working with a monochrome conversion it is all too easy to rely simply on the Grayscale Mixer in Lightroom to help you achieved your desired tone. The Grayscale Mixer does a fantastic job of allowing you control over the tonality of your image, but only as it relates to a particular color channel. Sometimes […]
Everyone knows about Lightoom’s presets (if not you should). From Development Presets to Export Presets – presets make you life easier. However, in the print module there are not any presets, per se. Instead you have the ability to save templates, maintaining a layout of images for print jobs. Personally I do not use Lightroom […]
I’m still having a blast shooting sequences, and would love to hear how you folks are shooting them out in the field. I’m looking forward to your comments! Today, we’re going to dig into the workflow I am using to process action sequences in Lightroom. As always, this is how I do it, and your […]
Sometimes you need to make adjustments to a preset. If you find yourself frequently making the same adjustments, maybe it is time you modify the presets you use and make those adjustments permanent. We have you covered! The easiest way to modify a preset is to make your adjustments to your image and then right-click {cmd+click} […]
Color casting is, quite possibly, one of the most frustrating issues you can have with an image. Regardless of how the image was captured, digitally or on film, you can easily run into issues with your lighting, leading to some major color issues. Even when utilizing RAW, you will occasionally run into color casts that […]
In Part 1 of Mastering HSL in Lightroom, we covered exactly what the HSL is and how it is used. If you spent some time experimenting with the Color Checker DNG we provided you should have some sense of how Hue, Saturation and Luminance interact with the different colors. If not, jump back to Part […]
Color – it’s the first aspect of a photograph most viewers ever notice. Colors bring an image to life, and mastering the color rendition of your image is of the utmost importance. Enter Lightroom’s HSL Panel. Adobe provides camera profiles for major cameras to ensure colors match your camera’s LCD display. The DNG Profile Editor […]
Should I shoot RAW or should I shoot JPEG? That is the eternal question digital photographers struggle with day after day. Take a look at any photography message board or Flickr group and you will likely find a heated discussion weighing both sides of this bit depth issue. Proponents of each file type have strong […]
A while back we discussed the relationship between the Histogram and the Tone Curve but considering some e-mails and interactions we have had with our readers it seems we should spend a bit of time looking a bit deeper into the Histogram itself. We will take a quick look at what the Histogram tells us, […]
Chromatic Aberration distortion is an issue you see with many non-DSLR and older DSLR cameras. By definition: In optics, chromatic aberration (also called achromatism or chromatic distortion) is a type of distortion in which there is a failure of a lens to focus all colors to the same convergence point. It occurs because lenses have […]