New Lightroom Tool Provides Total Control Over Color (VIDEO)

At any time when Adobe updates Lightroom and Photoshop there appears to be one standout characteristic that will get all the eye, like with noise discount in the latest refresh. However as you’ll see within the tutorial beneath from Photoshop Café, there’s one other new Lightroom functionality that’s tremendous vital.

The subject of the video is an incredible characteristic that allows you to apply Curves to Masks. Whereas this new instrument has form of flown underneath the radar, it’s truly an actual sport changer. This can be a massive deal as a result of utilizing Curves in Masks to focus on numerous tones offers you “absolute management” over the color-grading course of and extra.

Colin Smith is a photographer, author, and one of our favorite instructors. He makes a speciality of simple image-editing suggestions and methods for attaining the very best outcomes, and on this episode he explains all the pieces it’s worthwhile to know for harnessing the synergy between Curves and Masks.

Smith begins by making a masks over the sky in his picture: nothing earth-shattering right here, however the magic shortly follows. As you’ll see, this technique allows you to alter brightness, highlights/shadows, in addition to colours ”like you possibly can’t do some other means.”

While you take a look at the essential tonal changes there are 5 adjustment zones: blacks, shadows, publicity, highlights, and whites. As Smith explains, “If you wish to have extra management over particular tones, you want Curves.” Whereas Lightroom included Curve instruments prior to now, watch what occurs if you use them inside masks.

Smith gives a transparent understanding of Color Channels, describes learn how to use the Color mode in Curves so as to add (or subtract) coloration in numerous tonal areas, and rather more. He additionally demonstrates how straightforward it’s to switch the depth of no matter changes you make.

All this turns into very comprehensible as he enhances numerous tones within the background and foregoing of his picture. You’ll shortly understand why Smith says that this new Lightroom instrument is extra vital that you simply realized till now.

Make sure to pay a go to to Smith’s instructional YouTube channel for extra nice image-editing recommendation like this.

We additionally suggest you watch the video tutorial we posted just lately from one other knowledgeable, explaining a protected and straightforward method to again up your timesaving Photoshop actions earlier than catastrophe strikes.