In this recorded webinar I work several photos, showing you many of Lightroom's editing tools. I also show how to copy your work from one photo to others, how to create and apply presets, and how to set new default develop settings. This recording is from 2014 and I used Lightroom 5 in it, but everything [...]
The most important step to getting the most out of your photos with Lightroom is to master Lightroom's Basic panel. In the 20 minute video below I go through several examples to teach you all aspects of this most important panel in the Develop module. This video is one of the 76 in my Lightroom CC/6 [...]
In this video tutorial I show you how to easily brighten, whiten, and fix flaws in teeth, using Lightroom's adjustment brush and spot removal tool. (This video was made with Lightroom 4 or 5, but is applicable to CC and 6 as well.) For best quality, hit Play, then click on the Youtube sprocket wheel. [...]
Sometimes it's fun to take photos a little over the edge. In this video tutorial, I show you how to create a bit of a faux-HDR effect in the Develop module in Lightroom, adding a lot of light into the shadows of your photos, and punching up color and edge definition, using Basic panel settings, the [...]
Chromatic aberration sounds technical and beyond the grasp of most of us, but it's simply color fringing that some lenses create in our photos: It can be easily fixed by checking the "Remove Chromatic Aberration" checkbox in the Lens Corrections panel. Watch this short video for more about chromatic aberration, how to fix it, and how [...]
It's easy to create simple black, white or transparent photo borders in Lightroom, using the Effects panel in the Develop module. The Effects panel is on the right side, towards the bottom of your panels. Set the Style to Paint Overlay, so that highlights don't show through your border. 1. Black film-style border Set Amount to [...]
Do you want your skies bluer, faces less red, or other colors in your photo more or less intense or lighter or darker? In Lightroom this sometimes requires painting with the adjustment brush, but it often can be accomplished much more quickly with Lightroom's HSL/Color panel. In this video tutorial from my Lightroom 4: The Fundamentals [...]
The Alt (PC) or Option (Mac) key reveals a lot of convenient additional functionality in most or all of Lightroom’s modules. The problem is, there is nothing on the screen to tell you where holding it down may reveal something useful. In this post I will list all of the Alt/Option functionality that I have found [...]
Imagine being able to purchase a 120 page e-book full of great Lightroom Develop techniques and tips from talented professional photographer and Lightroom expert, Sean McCormack, along with 85 of his Lightroom presets, for only $6. Once again, Craft & Vision has made the unimaginable real, in this new release from Sean: Essential Development: 20 Great [...]
I hope you aren’t disappointed when you read this, but truly, the most important thing you can do to get great results in Lightroom’s Develop module is to master the Basics panel. It can get you all or most of the way to a stunning photo. Note: This article was written for Lightroom 3. For Lightroom [...]
One of the great things about working with Lightroom’s Develop module is that anything you do can always be undone. If you want to undo everything you have done, you can click on the Import step in History: or hit the Reset Button (in the bottom right): Let’s look at the difference between the two [...]
People often use the vignetting sliders in the Lens Corrections panel (or Lens Correction Vignetting in the Vignettes panel of Lightroom 2) to darken or lighten the edges of their photos for creative purposes. Is there anything wrong with this? If it looks good, then definitely not. However, this Lens Corrections vignetting is designed specifically for [...]
