Lightroom is an indispensable tool for many photographers. Here are seven hidden features you might have missed.
Coming to you from Jesús Ramirez of the Photoshop Training Channel, this insightful video unveils seven lesser-known Lightroom CC tips and tricks that can significantly enhance your editing workflow. Ramirez, a renowned Lightroom expert, guides you through each technique, emphasizing its practical applications and demonstrating how it can elevate your photography. He begins by revealing Lightroom's hidden ability to import and edit video files, allowing you to apply color grading and tonal adjustments just as you would with still photographs.
Ramirez then shows a series of keyboard shortcuts and masking techniques that streamline the editing process and unlock new creative possibilities. He showcases the power of the point slider feature, activated by pressing Control+Alt+Shift+H, which enables precise hue adjustments by simply clicking on any color within the image. Further enhancing tonal control, Ramirez explores the Curves adjustment within the Light Panel, demonstrating how to create an S-curve to add contrast while mitigating unwanted saturation increases using the Refined Saturation slider.
One of the standout features highlighted by Ramirez is the use of adaptive portrait presets found under the Presets panel. These presets offer one-click enhancements for specific facial features, such as teeth whitening and eye enhancement, simplifying portrait retouching. Ramirez also explores the often-overlooked intersect masking technique, which allows you to confine mask effects to the areas affected by a previous mask, creating realistic lighting effects and targeted adjustments. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Ramirez.
Wow! Almost like PS in what to remember in editing. I remember when getting dust spots off the image came out! One thing I wish Adobe would do when editing a mask is put the sliders below instead of pulling that line up and down, the sliders work better in knowing what you are adjusting. Also things are getting worse I just opened up MY Lr Classic and had to sign in with even my password and no cut and paste!!!!