PRO Photography COLOR GRADING in LIGHTROOM!

Edit LIKE A PRO using the Color Grading tool in Lightroom.

In this video, I’ll show you everything you need to know to color grade your photos in Lightroom like a PRO! I’ll give you a complete breakdown of how the color grading panel works, go over 3 color grading examples and even show you how you give 1 image 3 different looks ONLY using the color grading tool!

Ever wondered how to get a cinematic color grade in Lightroom? The color grading tool is a great editing tool in Lightroom for achieving that look and to really give photos your own particular style. I hope that through this video you’ll learn how to color grade in Lightroom, improve your editing and achieve some pro photography color grading in Lightroom!

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0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Color Grading in Lightroom
1:18 - Color Grading tool Breakdown
2:14 - Shadows
3:40 - Midtones
4:33 - Highlights
4:45 - Blending & Balance
5:28 - Global Color Grading
5:54 - Color Grade Image 1
7:54 - Color Grade Image 2
9:49 - Color Grade Image 3

[StephaanBOSS]

66 years of age and never touched a camera before I retired, now 4 years ago. And now I am obsessed by photography. Tried to learn some Photoshop on my own, but I keep forgetting how it works. Lr is easier and works fine for me. It's guys like you, who help me make better edits of my photo's. You explain things very well, calm and precise. Thank you so much. I liked and subscribed immediately. Greetings from Belgium and Happy New Year.

[eliasketomaki]

I finally found a tutorial that answers my questions about the tool. I've watched a ton of these and usually the 'teacher' spends 3/4 of the video showing what each slider does and then quickly edits a photo. They never explain why they chose to use a certain colour. 'I want to make this more moody so let's add blue to shadows and green to the midtones.' Ok, but WHY did you add blue and green? WHY some other colours wouldn't work? You really took the time to explain that and I'll watch some of your other videos for sure!! 🙌🏻

[LxShiriga]

wtf its rare to see tutorial vids this good. instant thumbs up

[Mike-VR]

Best ever explanation of this tool I have ever seen. Well done Stan!

[jayminparmar]

the best part you explain is blending and balance...highly appreciated
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[doctorchan]

this is simple but very useful for color grading

[trailblazer_nomad]

I've watched many tutorials on YT and none of them explain how the color grading tool works as well as yours. Thank you.

[johnpaulmagalang]

Damn, this is the first time I've seen a one-eye-blinker-when-talking guy and he teaches cool stuff about Lightroom. Awesome.

[jimthomson]

Great job: clean, direct, presentation without (thankfully) wasting 2-3 minutes with stupid intro package. Excellent presentation, I think I finally "get" color grading and how to put it to use. Thanks!

[GeoffGrant]

Thanks Stan. Nice and clear starting with the basics and building up. I appreciate the on/off and the closeup to really see the differences. Also the use of complementary colors was good too. I would enjoy an “advanced” video a little later. I didn’t notice the background music too much, but as someone with a hearing problem, the less of that the better. Thanks. I’m subscribing. Geoff

[sro]

Thank you for simplfying the Color Wheel Feat. I have been attempting to use it, but never fully grasped how it worked. With your demo, I'm now more confident that I'll be able to utilise this feature better! 👌

[gabrysgabriukas]

Actually, you are the only one who normally explained to me how to use color grading tool. I was sliding it like crazy without knowing what blending and balance actually mean, and now I know that they are not for specific color but for all shadows, midtones, and highlights.

[borneofilms]

Dude I've watched half the clip and would already give you a double thumbs up if YouTube allowed it. Very clear, informative, demystifying, on point, no time wasted. Thank you

[chrisfitch]

What a great breakdown! Using the gradient image to show clearly how the different tools function was helpful.

[gabrysgabriukas]

Thank you! what monitor you are using? also could we download a sample pictures that you edited to try it ourselves?

[optisk]

Great video! Love how you went from editing a simple flat image to a real image :D

[melissam]

Excellent tutorial. I really like how you explain pairing it with real photos. Thanks.

[papabearhoney]

Stan, I have just started watching your videos and I find them very very informative and very easy to follow. The problem I have is that you talk very very fast. Is there any possibility that you could slow down you’re talking in your videos, a little bit, which would make it far easier to follow and understand thank you very much and please keep continuing to share your knowledge with us. Thank you😊

[nonamenosurname]

Thanks for video, i am new to lrc and ps. After watching other youtubers regarding color grading i have decided to hide it from from tools visible in lrc. After watching your video, I am gonna try it. You explained it nicely. Thanks a lot

[Wistbacka]

Thank you! Your two videos on calibration and now this color grading tool has now opened up a whole new world for me with lightroom. Subbed!