Adobe Lightroom Tutorial: Professional Photo Editing Tips

Adobe Lightroom Tutorial: Professional Photo Editing Tips | B&H Event Space

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In this photography class, Clifford Pickett will cover how to edit photos in Lightroom for both portrait and landscape photography. Going in-depth, Pickett’s advanced editing techniques will show you how to fully leverage all the creative potential of Adobe Lightroom.
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Topics to be covered:
- An overview of the Develop module and tools in each panel
- An overview of the visual roadmap - a logical decision-based workflow to make the correct decisions during post-processing
- Global edits vs Target adjustments
- Local adjustment tools
- HDR, panoramics and HDR panoramics
- Shadow and highlight recovery
- Advanced masking techniques - range masking
- Leveraging the power of the HSL panel and target adjustment tool
- Vibrance vs Saturation
- Texture vs Clarity vs Dehaze
- Color profiles
- Adjustment brush Techniques and building customized brushes
- Auto-masking and perfecting selections
- B&W adjustments
- Advanced split toning features
- Removing chromatic aberration
- Custom profile lens corrections
- Upright tool and free transform - automatic and customized geometric corrections
- Custom color calibration
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More Lightroom Editing Tutorials
- How to Clean up Your Mess in Adobe Lightroom: bhpho.to/3cI3cdy
- How to Create a Preset in Adobe Lightroom: bhpho.to/3dtL3kO
- 5 Quick Tips To Create Lightroom Presets for Your Wedding Work with Jide Alakja: bhpho.to/2UhNajT
- How to Find Your Photo Editing Style: bhpho.to/2XXb3Qc
- Creating Dimension in Your Landscape Photos with Photoshop & Lightroom: bhpho.to/30KZW01
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@BandH 4 жыл бұрын

Did Clifford's in-depth tutorial answer your questions? If not, comment yours below!

@DennisMathias 3 жыл бұрын

E gads. Really good!

@13mainstreet18 2 жыл бұрын

The very best and complete tutorial ever. Why I love BH.

@nonono5252 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the presentation, great information and heaps of awesome tips for post processing.

@gacjack Жыл бұрын

Love this editing style so many cool tips . It would be very nice to see this instructional video updated to reflect the new sliders in Lightroom Classic.

@gglee8831 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this lesson, But if you make the right and left menu panel a little bigger, that would make this perfect. The letters are too small and hard to follow. Photo itself does not need to be big. When you make next time like this, keep this in mind.

@Sokratimba 2 жыл бұрын

I like that some of the un-edited pictures are actually better than the edited ones.

@fredriksvard2603 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@TamilTop5 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@Hock.Z.E. 4 ай бұрын

Agree. He actually IS a good photographer when he's not using LR as a crutch.

@user-uq5qw1fk3d 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched dozens of lightroom videos over the years and this is by far the best. Thanks Clifford and B&H!

@vladibarraza Жыл бұрын

I've watched this video a dozen times. It's my favourite Lightroom tutorial on KZfaq.

@DavidBrown-wf6pz 4 жыл бұрын

This is THE BEST image editing videos I’ve ever seen! Cliff’s presentation teaches not only post-processing, but creativity and composition as well.

@BandH 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@4eyeoptics856 2 жыл бұрын

Which version of lightroom is he using?

@joshuakersman637 2 жыл бұрын

I love this lesson. I absolutely love that he explains his own feelings on the image. why he's doing it and not just, I'm doing this. I'm doing that. he's actually giving me the insight into what he sees in the image even before the editing. it really helps to keep me inspired to learn more about photography

@RenePfluger 4 жыл бұрын

This by far the best video about this topic! Thanks Clifford!! Cheers Rene

@drshawnie 4 жыл бұрын

Clifford you can do magic within LR! Thank you so much for sharing your magic!

@StephaanBOSS56 4 жыл бұрын

Well, I am an old man learning photography and Lr and I'm watching this course over and over again and taking notes. This is great. Thak you so much.

@dreamship563 3 жыл бұрын

Just getting more serious into Lightroom and this tutorial is waaay beyond i could ever imagine. Fantastic in every way. So happy came across this video. Thank you so much.

@NirSharon 4 жыл бұрын

The best Lightroom tutorial I saw on the web!

@boatman222345 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched hundreds of videos on Lightroom. Even though I am only about one third of the way through watching this one I'd have to say this is the best one I've ever seen on how to best utilize Lightroom's various capacities! Who is this guy and why am I just now finding out about him? Thank you B&H for turning me on to this wonderful resource!

@serrielu8025 Жыл бұрын

I just know this is without doubt the best instructional video, on just about anything, I’ve ever watched on YT. The, “cut to the chase”, the making others think of the answers, questioning me on how to do…,the reasonings’ in your opinion, you provide, is simply teaching at its very best.

@breckmartin7882 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing such a top notch job of repeating the question asked. Appreciated.

@TalbotBrooks 2 жыл бұрын

I have resisted making use of Lightroom and similar tools for all but the most basic adjustments reasoning that if I couldn't get it pretty close to "right" in camera, then I didn't deserve the shot. To do otherwise was cheating myself (I could be lazy) and reality (artificially create the moment rather than capture it). Clifford's workshop didn't just shift my perception of post-processing editing, it opened my eyes about how to get where I wanted to go artistically without sacrificing the underlying integrity of my photography. It made me realize how foolish I have been in not using available tools to reasonable advantage. The most important aspect of this workshop is that he links edits to an underlying vision - this isn't about making an image technically correct, it's about using tools to express yourself. Well done and much appreciated.

@odarrien 2 жыл бұрын

Really great presentation. Highlights the value in pre-visualization of the image desired!

@AlperTonga 2 жыл бұрын

Not just learned new tricks and how it's done in LR but also the reasoning behind why it's done that way. Very informative and valuable information that is absorbed easily. Thank you so much.

@EnginMan234 2 жыл бұрын

Clifford taught like a pro. I knew LR could do all of this but the simple tricks using alt and crtl were more valuable than anything else. It will definitely help my edits look more real and speed things up as well.

@paulcain548 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing tutorial. Thank you so much. 👏 👏 👏👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@raymondkasese 4 жыл бұрын

Very good information, thanks B&H.

@BBQinCabo 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative and easy to follow to video. Great job! Clifford, how would you administer the 39 sunset saturation rule on the updated version of Photoshop. The new color grading replacement seems a bit complicated for a rookie like me.

@AaronBrownStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I'm only 18 minutes in and this is the best lightroom tutorial I've ever seen lol. Thank you!

@codylucero5855 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting these awesome videos!!!

@BandH 4 жыл бұрын

We're glad you like them!

@jayse1195 Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much

@tlustejmicin 3 жыл бұрын

I have to say I kind of discovered this video while browsing the youtube for hackintosh, for monitors for photo editing etc and here I am. I watched the whole video and I loved it! So catchy and you taught me a lot of new things. Thank you, sire.

@alexforsyth5895 2 жыл бұрын

Some very useful information here and I'll come back to it again. I think some of the images are oversaturated but every one to his own. Quality video, thanks !

@johnym1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. Great course and can't believe this is free. thank you again.

@tejdstudio5581 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, impactful and extremely interesting tutorial. learnt and absorb a lot from this tutorial

@ThalinRPG 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, learnt a lot, thanks!

@Tri-Cali 3 жыл бұрын

I have to agree with some of the comments on here. This is by far the BEST Lightroom tutorial on youtube. Thank you for giving us a free lesson. Much appreciated.

@BandH 3 жыл бұрын

We're so glad to hear this!

@theeverythingelectronicsst3897 8 ай бұрын

Lightroom Mastery Class? - Yesss I want lol

@alyahyai 2 жыл бұрын

I learned a lot form this video, thank you Clifford

@marvgeorge333 11 ай бұрын

Best spent 2 hours in my photography journey. Great share. Thank you.

@annettehiley4987 Ай бұрын

Best Lightroom tutorial I've seen, completely transformed my confidence and ability to post edit. I have been able to retrieve some previously disappointing images and turn them into the images I had tried to capture. Will be coming back to this tutorial many times - thank you 👌

@matmarin5576 Жыл бұрын

This was a great video. I think that I learned so much about being able to look at an image and have a road map of tools to use and what order to get the image that is possible. so many times I would look at what the camera captured and thought that it was just okay, now I can see what is possible. Thank you again.

@geomatrix5452 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video tutorial on Lightroom! I'm really pleased to see Clifford doing some of the same things I've been doing on my own prior to seeing this video. I've grown accustomed to using the "Dehaze" slider for adjusting skies. Most other Lightroom instructors hardly ever use the dehaze slider. I'm not sure why. But this is a great video because I learned a number of new things I didn't know before! Thanks Clifford! I am also one that likes saturated colors. Maybe because when I was young all we had was black and white tv.... LOL!

@anima6035 2 жыл бұрын

I love dehaze, I use it both ways, in" reverse " for foggy type scenes 🤝

@cynthianicholl7433 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I have learnt so much about LR. Thank you. Never knew the 100 ISO trick!I

@preet3167 Жыл бұрын

Oh my god so good explained thank you!!!!

@keshavbisht3503 2 жыл бұрын

I will surely mail you mine before and after photos. This video really helps me out. Love from INDIA.

@oneilwiz 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much learned alot

@BandH 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@jagsproduction 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou ♥️🙌It helped

@britisprofi7270 2 жыл бұрын

Cliff’s presentation teaches not only post-processing

@adambaileyshow361 4 ай бұрын

Phenomenal presentation!

@veronicas37th 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a half hour into this and I love it. I have been using Lightroom for two years and I’m learning A LOT! Thank you so much for sharing.

@ZOly62 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, what amazing tutorial! Best I have ever seen, so far. I am not begginer in Lr (using many of this tools) and watched so many tutorials but none of them gives us a great information about practical using some tools, especailly dehaze. Its a powerfull tool but underestimeted in all other tutorials and courses. I am delighted that I found this tutorial! Great, great tutorial. I wonder is there any other with Clifford Picket and Editing Tips?

@anilkumarmenon2783 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent and very informative

@Paulou62 4 жыл бұрын

This video is awesome, clifford did a great job in showing the potential of lightroom. I was sceptical of listening to this video, as I was already using lightroom quite a lot and thought I wouldn't get much out of it, specially that it was 2 hrs, but Igot so much out of it :)! Thank you!!!

@BandH 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@davidfitcher2953 2 жыл бұрын

Tjose are awesome shots man!

2 жыл бұрын

This is the best tutorial with significant detailed explanation that I have ever found on KZfaq. Big THUMPS UP for Clifford!

@BandH 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@vladislavgrishenko4884 2 жыл бұрын

This video is so good, wow

@ikechukwujuliusugwu4055 3 жыл бұрын

well detailed tutorial

@colinmee8433 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!.. just Wow!!

@bodywise007 2 жыл бұрын

Superb presentation! some of these option look different in LR 2022. But this is a new approach to masking

@scrips_ 2 жыл бұрын

This is great!

@digitaltechvs 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great channel,thanks for share.

@SaifElnasrphotographylovers Жыл бұрын

I find what was mssing at last, the greatest explnation for wha we missing 👌🏻🎭🤟🏼

@thedevil_0159 9 ай бұрын

THIS VIDOE TAUGHTS A LOT MAN

@BandH 9 ай бұрын

glad it did!

@bossofthemoss450 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, probably the best I have found on Lightroom, but I can't agree with the over-saturation that creates unrealistic images.

@PHASES_OFFICIAL 2 жыл бұрын

Im so excited from just the beginning of this video. This is gonna be a good tutorial 😀

@woolybugger1962 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a basic course too.

@Tastewithnewdrinks Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@breakingbad3055 3 жыл бұрын

Damn this is the best Lightroom editing tutorial on Internet or KZfaq. 😮

@dickclark5237 Жыл бұрын

Cliff: Great tips on how to edit to make pictures pop. Thank you.

@clippingpathuniverse9735 2 жыл бұрын

Last Time during using lightroom i was a little bit confused but after your video it's completely simple to me. thank you

@BandH 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@lexustech2 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I used PS a long time ago and switched to Corel. I finally made the jump back and your video was very informative. But I missed the keystroke you used when you were adjusting the sharpness. It darkened the image and showed how the sharpness slider was effecting the image. You called it the option button. Could you please let me know what keystroke that was. Thank you.

@g1rof132 Жыл бұрын

you can do what you want!

@zonibjd 4 жыл бұрын

Great session. Where can I find the Speed Up Lightroom session you did?

@hermanjakubowski9314 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful and informative without question the best how too i have seen from anyone! Will be going to look at all of your other videos as well.

@PHASES_OFFICIAL 2 жыл бұрын

I like to refer to the initial picture you take as the bones of the image and the editing of that image as the soul.

@jamesfranklin64 2 жыл бұрын

I like this kind of work. The man is a master of his craft. Nice workmanship. Only why is it not in photoshop?

@sjcproductionsandmedia Жыл бұрын

I prefer Lr vs LrC on my laptop. Am I missing out on important settings by opting to stick with Lr? I'm a Windows 11 user btw.

@Kantares71830 3 жыл бұрын

Anything similar for capture one?

@brianjackson8505 3 жыл бұрын

Could you please post the link to speeding up Lightroom Classic 2920?

@thekilgoretroutexperience2624 2 жыл бұрын

This lecture is amazing! Thanks for posting it in full... Would anyone here know whether it's possible to delete photo files from disk at the same time as deleting from LR? Thanks :)

@BandH 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is possible to delete an image from your disk and Lightroom at the same time. Once you select delete, Lightroom would prompt you where the image should be deleted.

@DukeNukemFlyingDan 2 жыл бұрын

Anybody have a link for the "how to speed up lightroom" video he mentions in the beginning? TYIA!

@StephaanBOSS56 4 жыл бұрын

Sure makes sense.. ;-)

@dankdreamz 3 жыл бұрын

I am curious if it is worth using Lightroom instead of After Effects if I am not batch editing photos. I can't tell if Lightroom has as many features as AE. As far as I can tell After Effects has the ability to achieve a greater degree of control but it lacks the ease of navigation and automatic settings. I would appreciate any input since I can't find much comparing the two.

@BandH 3 жыл бұрын

Lightroom Classic is the desktop-focused version of this well-rounded image editing and management application After Effects lets you apply cinematic visual effects to your productions. As with most other video-compositing software, After Effects is resolution independent, meaning animators and visual effects artists can define the resolution of their workspace down to a single pixel. Even more, After Effects offers sub-pixel accuracy resolution, which is more precise than even that single pixel. This level of precision is important when compositing convincing visual effects into live-action video, or moving text smoothly across the screen. You use AE to fix, improve or change a shot you cannot fix, improve or change in an NLE. You do not cut or edit in AE except for the occasional short sequence. Any compositing or visual effects you have seen in any movie or commercial can be accomplished inside AE with the use of AE's standard set of effects and the appropriate 3rd party effects or scripts packages. >Mark

@G11strikeforce Жыл бұрын

I can’t get the same panel under the histogram mine are just crop, red eye and mask how do I get the other choices?

@kbdigitalpvd 4 жыл бұрын

Didnt even start talking and theres a 5 minute question - let the man speak lol

@valeriebeegan2728 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this session, learnt a lot in editing Images in lightroom, makes me want to go back through some images that I thought were a disaster and re-edit, but how did he take raw images on his iPhone

@BandH 4 жыл бұрын

To my knowledge, the stock Camera app that comes with the Apple iPhone does not capture RAW images. However, you can obtain apps from the App Store that do have RAW capabilities and will store RAW images taken with your iPhone. While there are various options, four (4) options that I would recommend at varying price points would be either *VSCO* _(free),_ *Halide Camera* _($5.99),_ *ProCam 7* _($5.99),_ and *FiLMiC Firstlight* _($7.99)._ . apple.co/3eXYt9m apple.co/2W4c2LX apple.co/2SeIvy3 apple.co/2VLc6Be .

@valeriebeegan2728 4 жыл бұрын

B&H Photo Video Thank You B&H for a great response, great advice, cheers

@WhoDis1959 2 жыл бұрын

So it's a master class on lightroom editing and a person asks have these edits been done in lightroom???? Wow!!!

@margaretwood1255 2 жыл бұрын

I have a different version of Lightroom so this isn't a lot of help, which is sad. I guess I have Lightroom Classic?

@fredriksvard2603 2 жыл бұрын

The theory is good, but the unedited versions are generally better. This just shows how hard it is to actually beat apple/insta/lightroom and so on filters and presets. Engineers know what people want to arrive at and when editing from scratch it's easy to mess up.

@philipcolumbus3054 4 жыл бұрын

What software is used to take the RAW photos on the iPhone?

@uiyhjlfsawrre 4 жыл бұрын

If you download the Adobe Lightroom Photo Editor app, you can use it to take pictures and you can save them in DNG format.

@BandH 4 жыл бұрын

To my knowledge, the stock Camera app that comes with the Apple iPhone does not capture RAW images. However, you can obtain apps from the App Store that do have RAW capabilities and will store RAW images taken with your iPhone. While there are various options, four (4) options that I would recommend at varying price points would be either *VSCO* _(free),_ *Halide Camera* _($5.99),_ *ProCam 7* _($5.99),_ and *FiLMiC Firstlight* _($7.99). _ . apple.co/3eXYt9m apple.co/2W4c2LX apple.co/2SeIvy3 apple.co/2VLc6Be

@valleyg2347 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get some Santa muerte images just to feel at home

@cynic252 2 жыл бұрын

yes you can opening an image in PS does nothing to the LR NEF

@iggybeauchance7406 2 жыл бұрын

Allowing interruptions is a mistake. It breaks the flow and changes the topic from general to a specific may not be of general interest. Save interruptions for a specific planned time.

@stineldo 4 жыл бұрын

On 1:21:50 he talks about an over overlay.... How does he show the overlay of the radial filter when he clicks on the adjustment brush? I can see my overlay of the radial filter, but as soon as I click on the adjustment brush, the overlay disappears.... Thanks!

@BandH 4 жыл бұрын

If you press the keyboard letter shortcut "O" (that is the letter "O", not the number zero), it should display the overlay showing the area affected by the filter. If you press SHIFT+O, the color of the overlay will change.

@stineldo 4 жыл бұрын

@@BandH I will try again, but I think when the adjustment brush is active and you press O, it shows the edits made with the brush... On the screen it seems all overlays are showing (the one of the radial filter WHILE the adjustment brush is active).... If I just click on O, I only see the adjustment brush overlays, not the ones of the radial filter anymore

@4eyeoptics856 2 жыл бұрын

Which version of lightroom is he using?

@BandH 2 жыл бұрын

The most current version as of April 2020 (Version 9.2.1 ). >Mark

@4eyeoptics856 2 жыл бұрын

@@BandH is it lightroom classic?

@12symmo 6 ай бұрын

Those are definitely some Sony levels of sensor dust

@silvianepasquali6807 Жыл бұрын

perfect speed 1.25

@baluc2975 Жыл бұрын

money as Pro logic looks to run smoother on MAC! FFS!!!

@bigshooter461 2 жыл бұрын

Just watching this now and I have to say that the DOF edit you made was horrible, this would be much better if you used a mask in PS and made a more realistic front to back gradient for lens blur that more realistically kept the field of focus. Parts of the image withing the field of view that should have remained sharp were unrealistically blurred by the adjustments you made with the tools you used. I do appreciate the value of the tools available in Light Room and what you are sharing is still quite valuable. Especially for adjustments of highlights and shadows and your advise on capturing as much information in the initial file as possible.

@theeverythingelectronicsst3897 8 ай бұрын

You move a bit fast with your mouse, I couldn't catch duplicate, then duplicate again...

@susantellez6421 Жыл бұрын

Please look at the camera when you speak

@mvs3553 3 жыл бұрын

The questions are a bit annoying.

@robertroux5124 Ай бұрын

A beginner

@wildpatagoniafilms16 2 жыл бұрын

vibrance is not a smart "saturation"! Vibrance works in the "midtones! geez!

@thebendu33 Жыл бұрын

At a certain point, this is more special effects than photography.

@deepdesire6967 2 жыл бұрын

very ordinary images !!

@thothheartmaat2833 4 жыл бұрын

So I've been doing this for years. Watching b&h videos and others learning from the best photographers around the world developing my skills independently and then I join this photography company and they tell me that this is not photography. That I have no skills and developing digital photos in digital dark rooms is not photography and I am narrow minded and should learn from other photographers after I just beat all of them in a blind photography competition. I can't even believe this is happening. Spit on for being creative. Saying I embarrassed myself for pretending I know anything and disagreeing with the manager who says photography can only be one thing from one person's opinion. I'm absolutely shocked that people like this exist.