2-Minute Lightroom Tips - EASY Black & White Points

In this tutorial I demonstrate how to quickly and easily achieve perfect black and white points that don't cause crushed shadows or blown out highlights.

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Gear and Settings Used for Image in Video:

1/200, F8, iso: 64 at 45mm

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[AnthonyMorganti]

In this tutorial I demonstrate how to quickly and easily achieve perfect black and white points that don't cause crushed shadows or blown out highlights.

All 2-minute Lightroom Tips are in this playlist:

If you're interested in Photoshop, Lightroom, Adobe Stock, and the Creative Cloud, you can find more info here:


Gear and Settings Used for Image in Video:


1/200, F8, iso: 64 at 45mm


I use this software to record my screen and make parts of my screen enlarge and zoom out so you can see it:

Unsure of how to price your photography? Check the 2019 Guide to Pricing Your Photography:

I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement here:

Thank you!

[gharrop]

Thankyou for yet another fascinating revelation! Some of these remarkable little tips seem to have been hidden by Adobe as if they are “easter eggs” in a video game”!!!

[xavierjoulin]

I really like these little 2 mins tips. I've watched all the videos you've done on Mastering Lightroom. I've seen many others and I have to say that yours are the most detailed, well explained and precised I've seen. Thank you so much for the effort you put in them! Really appreciate it and learned a lot with them.

[stevemcclelland]

Your the man, i already knew about the black and whites but not the others. Wow thanks 😊

[frankcich]

Wow, I didn't knw you could do that, Anthony! Super valuable tip. Thank you.

[rosssayer]

Great tip, thanks Anthony really enjoy these 2 min lessons

[karunnaidu]

Wow 👌 you are so great thanks for sharing this video

[xxtriplex]

mind blown!!! :O this is really helpful

[robdlain]

Great tip thanks. I'm learning C1 and eventually transition.

[TomDixonMN]

Great tip and I've used this in Lightroom frequently. I'm moving to ON1 (escaping subscription fees) and haven't found similar functionality. In ON1 I've been using "hold J and move the white or black slider until you see the clipping highlighted in red". Is there a more automated way to do this in ON1?

[garryjohns]

After using the AUTO button in Basic, I find that the Black and White values are adjusted as well. But then I go back and have to readjust then with the shift key. Not a big deal, but I just find this counter productive.

[sandral]

Thank you but it didn't work perfectly for me but it's possibly because I have Lightroom 6. The numbers were a bit off.

[NakedInSeattle]

This doesn't work in ACR, however. I wonder why.

[Leicashootr]

But it is not accurate enough, hold the alt +slider works better and it takes only 5 seconds more!😉

[JoeSchmidtPhotographer]

Tried it today. It was horrible. Everything went dull flat. I know you didn't invent this but it is not a good idea. Sorry.