Let's sayweareworkingwith a moodyphoto, likeyoucanseerighthere, andwewanttomakeit a littlebitmoremoodyandbringoutthatfogandmootinessthatissobeautifulwhenyou'reworkingwithphotoslikethis.
Now, what I woulddo, I wouldfirstthink, okay, themoodiscominginhereorthemood, thefogiscominginhere, and I wanttoenhancethat.
So I clickmask, I goplus, andweadd a lineargradientfilter, and I dragitdownsomethinglikethishere.
Alright, nowwhat I wouldliketodoisif I godownhere, I add, takedowntheDehaze, itmakesthismistyeffect, butcan't dotoomuchbecausethatwaslike a littlebittooobvious, butwetakeitdowneversoslightly, thendownwiththeClaritytosoftenitup.
Youcaneventakedownthetexture, andthenthecoolthingthatyoucanalsodoiswiththeToneCurve, wecanactuallytakeuptheblacksotheblacksaren't asblack, andthismakesit a littlebitgrayandaddsthisfadetoit.
Andlook, if I takeitallthewayup, youcanseewhathappens.
Thisisobviouslytoomuch, butadding a slightfadetothisissomethingthat I really, really, reallymuchenjoy.
Andthen, inmyopinion, it's justplayingwiththesethreeuntil I find a likebalancethat I thinklooksabsolutelysick.
Now, numbertwoissomethingthat I absolutelylovetodo, andthat's this.
So, I'm workingwiththisphoto, andit's absolutelylikeperfecttodoitherebecausewearebacklit.
Andwhat I woulddonowisthat I wouldcreate a masklikethis, andwecreate a lineargradientjustlikeso.
Alright, so I'm coveringtheentirephoto.
Okay, thisisgoodforthesakeofthetutorial.
Then, what I wouldliketodoistodragdowntheClarity, and I'm softeningtheentirephoto, softeningthehighlightsdownwiththetexture a littlebit, downwiththeDehazejusteversoslightly.
Andthen, I wouldeventakeuptheExposurejust a tiny, tinybit, upwiththeWhites a tiny, tinybit, anddownwiththeHighlightsjust a littlebit.
Now, what I'vedonenowisthat I'vesoftenedtheentirephoto, andmyaimistocreatethisdreamygloweffect, alsoknownastheOrtoneffect.
Now, it's notperfectherebecausethetrueOrtoneffectonlyaffectstheHighlight, andit's thisbeautiful, filmic, dreamyglowthat I personallyam a hugefanof.
Now, tobeabletogetittojusttheHighlights, whatweneedtodothenistodo a little, youknow, magictothemask.
So, I clickthemaskrighthere, oryoucanright-clickthemask, andthenyougotoIntersectwithLuminanceRange.
So, bydragginguphere, andifyouclickShowtheLuminanceRange, youcanseethatnowthemaskisjustareas.
Yousee?
So, thisisabsolutelysocool.
Andthenyoucanalsotakethis, andyoucanfadeitout.
So, ifit's allthewayhere, it's like a hardstop, buthereit's gradual, becauselessandless, soitfadesout.
Andthismakesthe, like, effectthatwejustmade, this, like, soft, dreamygloweffect, justaffectingtheHighlights, andthengraduallytotheShadows, reallymimickingthisdreamygloweffect, and I absolutelylovethis.
Now, numberthreeis a fairlynewsliderthat I thinkissuch a lightroomandallthemagicthatwecandohere, andit's this.
So, intheToneCurves, I'lljustcreate a little, like, S-curvelikethis.
WecangodownwiththeShadows, thenwecantakeuptheHighlights, making a bigcontrast.
Now, usually, whenyoudothis, youwillseethatyouget a lotofcontrast, butalsothecolors, like, youget a lotofpunchinthecolors, andtheybecomereallysaturated, especiallytheorangecolorsthatyoucanseerighthere.
So, thenewsliderthat I'm talkingaboutisdownhere, andthisistheRefineSaturation.
So, basically, youcannowplaywiththesaturationaswell, incombinationwiththeToneCurve.
So, ifyoudragitallthewaydown, youcanseethatthephotoisn't assaturated.
So, thecontrastthatyou'remakingwithToneCurveisn't affectingthesaturationasmuch, which I thinkis a beautifuladdition, becausenowwehavejustmorecontrolwhenitcomestomakingourbeautifulmasterpiecesthatwe'retryingtodo.
So, numberfourissomethingthatspeedsupmyworkprocesstremendously, andthatisthishere.
So, I'm workingwiththisphoto, and I clickMask, I clickPlus, andSky.
But, what I wanttodoisthat I wanttoselecttheentireforeground.
Usually, inthepast, I wouldjustdo a brushandpaintithere, butwhat I candowiththeSkyMaskisjusttosimplyright-clickit, andthengoInvert, andwehave a prettybeautifulmaskthatisaffectingourentireforeground, andnowwecananddoourall-outchanges, likethishere.
It's toomuch, butyougetwhat I'm, youknow, saying.
So, numberfivealsohastodowiththeSkyMask, butit's aboutmakingit a lotbetter.
So, here, forinstance, whenyouclickPlusandclicktheSkyMask, Lightroomcreates a perfectmaskaroundyoursky.
However, itmakesreallyharshedges, whichcankindofbe a littlebit, whatdoyousay, it's notreallylikemaybetherealitywouldbe.
Ifyoudothechangesrightnow, youcanseethatthere's a hardedgehere.
So, what I wouldliketodoisthat, withtheSkyMask, I right-click, I goIntersect, Width, andthenLinearGradient, andthen I justdo a gradientfromthetopdowntothebottom, likethis.
So, itmakes a littlebitsofterand a smoothertransitionfromtheforeground, andusually I'm photographingmountains, soit's notasharshof a transitionheretotheSkyMask, whichissomethingthat I personallylike a wholelot.
Now, tipnumbersixishonestlylikesomethingthatisalmosttoogoodtoshare, andwhen I learnedthistechnique, ittookmyeditingskillslikeinstantly, I'm notevenkidding, tonewheights, and I'm goingtoshowyouitin a second.
First, I justwanttoshowyouguysthat I recentlymade a brandnewpresetpack.
Thisislikeover 28 differentpresetsthat I usetoeditallofmyphotosandallofthethingsthatyouseemepostonsocialmedia.
Now, personally, I thinkthisisprettysmarthow I'veorganizedit.
I havetheCreativePresets, whicharemoreofthesestylizedpresetsthatareaimedtodolikethis, notmaybeoneclickwonder, I don't reallybelievepresetsaretousethat, butmorestylizedlook, andthen I havetheFoundationalPresets, which I personallyusemoretoset a basetone, andthen I canworkoutofit.
Forinstance, here, I justclick a basetoneforthewinterphotos, and I mean, a fewclickslater, thephotolooksprettynice, andthen I alsohavesomeseasonalpresetsthat I useforautumnphotos, summerphotos, andwinterphotos, a fewportraitphotos, becausesometimes I take, youknow, portraitsaswell, andthen I alsohaveoverlays, whicharesomethingthat I absolutelylove.
If I wanttohave a dreamygloweffect, I basicallyjustclickthedreamyglow, andwegetthat, like I showedyouinthebeginning.
Andjusttoshowyou, forthisphotohere, I justclickGoldenDream, andweget a beautifulbasetone, and I usuallydon't liketomesswithmywhitebalanceinthepreset, becausephotos, youknow, aredifferenthowthewhitebalanceisbasedonthelightingconditionthatyoufindyourselfin, butafterwards, I wouldjustaddthisup a littlebit, andthenmaybetakeuptheshadowseversoslightly, andboom, I mean, thislooksprettygood, andthisdidn't take a wholelotoftime.
Andpersonally, I usepresetstoensure, like, a basetoneandsametonestomyphotos, andthentospeedupmyworkflowtremendously.
Thishastakenme, like, yearstocreate.
It's myfirstpresetpackthat I releaseinmany, manyyears, and I'm extremely, like, happywithit.
So, inthedescription, youcanfind a linkwhichshouldtakeyoutothispack.
Ifyoubuyit, younotonlyget, like, somesick-lookingpresetthat I use, butalsoyousupportmeatthesametime.
So, I reallymuchappreciateit.
Now, myfriends, let's gototipnumbersix.
Numbersix, when I'm workingwiththephoto, likeyouseehere, what I liketodoistoclickthemask, I clickplus, and I goto a gradientfilter, andthen I'm... a lotofmaskonthisphoto, asyoucansee.
I likemask a wholelot.
Thatisnot a secret.
Nosecret, okay?
But I make a masklikethis, andmyaimistoputitjustonthesunsetitself.
Andthisisgreatwhen I'm shootingintothesunin a beautiful, like, in a sunsetenvironment.
So, what I'm doing, really, I featheritoutquite a lot.
What I'm doingnowisthat I wanttoenhancethesunlightandmakeitprettier.
Andhow I dothatisthat I godownhere, andfirst, what I candoistodo a temperatureslidertotakeitup.
So, thisjustbasicallymakes, totheorange, wegetthelittlebitmoreorangetonestothesunset.
Allright?
Then, what I wouldliketodois I godownhereanddragthedehazesliderjustdowneversoslightly.
Whatthatdoesisjustmakesthe... itmakesthesunsetbecome a littlebitsofterand a littlebitmisttoit, which I thinkisreally, reallypretty.
Buttoomuch, anditobviouslylookswhack.
So, it's allaboutthesesubtlemovementshere.
So, wedon't doiteversoslightly.
Downwiththeclarity, too, tomakeitbloom a littlebit.
Butwhat I tendtodowhenyoudothisisthatyoulose a littlebitoftheoomphandcolors.
So, toreintroducethat, I usuallytakeupthecontrastjust a littlebit, andthenit's just a balanceofplayingwiththetemperatureslider, andmaybeyoucanplaywiththesaturationifthatissomethingthatyoudesire.
Allright.
So, tipnumberseven.
I thinkit's seven.
Weare.
I hopeso.
Lasttime I did a videolikethis, I made a totalmistaketheresomewhere, and I gotsomecomments.
So, ifyouwanttoroastme, youcandothat.
But I thinkwe'reontipnumberseven.
Andthatis a littletechnique I usetomakemyphotosmorethree-dimensional.
Andwhat I meanbythatisit's perfectwhenyouhave a subjectlikethis.
So, let's say I wanttomakethisphotomorethree-dimensional, becausethatisprettysick.
So, I gouptomask, and I clickplus, andthen I gotoselectbackground.
So, what I woulddonowwiththeforeground, I wouldliketakedowntheexposurelikethis, takeitdownsomethinglikethisheretodarkenitsomewhere, somethinglikethishere, I thinkit's prettycool.
So, usually I do a littlebitofexposure, but I'm a bigfanofusingtheDehighslider.
Thisisifwedoitlikereallyintensely, butwetakeitdownlikethis, downwiththeclarity a littlebit, andthenmaybedownupwiththewhitetinybit, wecantakedownthehighlightsjusttocompensateforthat.
Andtherearemultipletimeswhere I personallyfindmyselfusingthistechniquebecauseit's justsuch a simplewayto, again, makethephotosmorethree-dimensionalandgivethatpopfactor, thatyouknow, oomphthatwe'realllookingfor.
Now, numbereightis a reallycooltechniquethat I findmyselfusingfromtimetotime.
So, thisismaybenotthebestphototoshowitin, but I wanttodoitanyway.
So, stickwithme, okay?
So, here, let's saythat I wanttochangecolorofjustthisshoehere, andwecanseeityellow.
So, whatyoucandoistoclickmaskonceagain, yes, I lovemask, andthenwecancreate a maskaroundthishere.
So, I clickbrush, I makesuretohavetheautomaskon, andthenwejustbrushthisrighthere.
I wouldprobablyrefinethisandmakethisbetter, butforthesakeofthistutorial, myfriends, youdon't wanttositthereallnightlongwithme, althoughwe'rehaving a goodtime, meandyou.
Then, wejustleaveitasthisrightnow.
Now, what I woulddothentochangethis, isthattherearetwothingsthatyoucanplaywith.
I know, myfriends, maybeyou'renotexcitedaboutLightroomasme, butforlikemeandmyworld, I sawthisfirsttimeandmymindwasjustlike...
Andthen I gotincrediblyhappy.
Number 10, myfriends, iswithout a doubtoneofthebiggestgamechangerthat I'vehadrecentlytomyeditinggame, andthatisthishere.
So, asyoucansee, andasyounotice, andthoseofyouwhofollowmeandwatchthis, ifyou'vewatchedthevideountilnow, youseethat I liketouse a mask.
Now, creatingallofthesemaskstakes a littlebitoftime, and I alsofindmyselfdoingthesamemasksoverandoveragain.
So, whatyoucandoisthatyouknowthatyouhave a maskthatyouuse a wholelot, likedarkeningtheforeground, orbrighteningthesky, orbrighteningonecorneroranothercorner, orbrighteningthecenter, isyoucanactuallycreatepresetsoutofit, makingso-calledoverlaypresets.
So, asyoucanseeinmypresetpack, is I haveherebrighteningsky, wecandoalsoherethecenterpop, whichisbrighteningthemiddle, butthecoolthingisthatwhenyouuse a presetoutofit, isthatifyouclickit, nowyoucanthenmanipulatetheintensityortheamountofthepreset.
So, ifthisistoomuchlikethis, youcanjusttakeitdown, makingthisentireprocessmuchfaster.
I thinkthisislikethreedifferentmasks, andyouseeit's thismask, thismask, andthismaskthatare a partofthecenterpop.
So, thewaythatyoucreatethisisbasicallyyoumakethemasksthatyouthinkarecool, andyouwanttosaveas a preset, andthenyougouptothepresets, clicktheplussign, createpreset, andthenyoujustclickwhatevermaskthatyouwanttohaveincludedinthispreset.