How Lightroom's Brush Tool Can Help You Make Better Photo Edits

Most people think of Lightroom as the place for organizing their photos and performing light edits and Photoshop as the destination for more intensive work. However, in the last few years, the former has made some major strides that make it a serious editing tool. This great video tutorial will show you how to use a combination of the new masking features and the brush tool for creating more compelling landscape image edits. 

Coming to you from Nigel Danson, this awesome video tutorial will show you some useful advice for working with masking and the brush tool in landscape images. If you have not tried out the new masking panel yet, you should definitely take an hour or so to play with it, as it is far more capable than in past versions of Lightroom. Nonetheless, as powerful as that is, don't forget how useful the old standby, the brush tool, is for emphasizing different parts of the frame and for sharping the overall light in the image. It is one of the most useful tools Lightroom has. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Danson.

And if you really want to dive into landscape photography, check out "Photographing The World 1: Landscape Photography and Post-Processing with Elia Locardi." 

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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