RAW PHOTO EDITING - Step by Step Image Processing in Lightroom and Photoshop.

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[MattShannonPhoto]

What does your post processing look like?

[violetajurcenko]

Finally someone really explained how to use masks in PS 🎉👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[martinlennon]

Most excellent ... Going to add these techniques to my workflow 👍

[onlyvideoillupload]

This weeks and last weeks episodes are awesome! Gonna bookmark these for furture use for sure! Thanks for taking the time to do these.

[guykerr]

Thanks... Not sure how many times I have heard "white reveals and black conceals". Today, your comment "white reveals the adjustment" resonated with me and maybe it will now stick as I seem to understand the concept better.

[ericsmith]

Great presentation.
I use the NX Studio program for my edits (mostly wildlife) and have been thinking of adding Lightroom, as I want to branch out into landscape. Watching this shows the added benefits of those programs. Thanks for all you Beach, haven't been there in years, a lot of years !!
Cheers,

[Trish]

Thanks Matt, great visual representation!!

[KellyPettit]

I enjoy your channel. I'm from Nanaimo but live in Japan now. I know that spot but have never been there but I'll be there this summer. I sure hope you're right about fog during the summer season. We shall see. It seems have probably watched all the same channels over the years. Keep going, Matt.

[lauriefish]

Good stuff Matt, adding this to my workflow, thanks friend.

[floriankramer]

Richtig cooles Video und super erklärt. Danke ✌🏻

[esterra]

Great video Matt. Processing is a very individual process. I would highly recommend starting off using a linear profile- it gives more dynamic range headroom before you even move a slider. In addition to linear profiles, one might consider using gama, endpoint, and contrast gradient masks in Lightroom for maximum image quality. I also use deconvolution sharpen as a last editing step- Z9 files are plenty sharp ooc with good glass.

[Andy_Thomas]

Thanks for a more detailed explanation. I have not used Photoshop too much because I perceive it to be overly complex given that I can do much the same thing in Lightroom, so I have not delved into learning it. This video helped me understand the use of these adjustment layers..
With Lightroom, much of the fine-tuning can be done using masks. The thing I like about masks in Lightroom is that you can intersect two or more. So for instance, you can select an area using a brush, say, and intersect it with a luminance mask or graduated mask, for even finer control.

[kats]

Wauw i'm learning alot by this video! It's awsome! Thank you for showing us!!

[honestpat]

I edit mostly film and find that Lightroom pushes my scans to the extreme and therefore can’t achieve anything near what I’d get with a raw file.

So, I think this video will cause a complete overhaul of my editing workflow 😮

[MyBlitz]

It seems like people don’t really understand the point of editing like this. A general rule for ethical editing is that it’s ok to add/remove things that depend on the timing.


Example: Removing a pimple on someone’s face is ok because it’s temporary. Removing a mole is not ok unless asked. Same with whitening a subject’s teeth, etc.

With landscapes it’s ok because there are plenty of days where the scene naturally looks like the finished result. He didn’t add anything that wouldn’t naturally be there. Plus, this isn’t a documentary or photojournalism, it’s art.

[benastromo]

Location of photo? Is that mystic beach?

[owenpeller]

there's no question that you made the image look better with your edit. The problem is that you created something that wasn't there. It doesn't seem like the scene was all that great when you visited the place and you just made a fantasy image later