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Making the Most of Local Adjustments and Their Masks

Being able to adjust specific regions of our photos without leaving Lightroom Classic is a huge time saver, but there are some nuances to the tools that you’ll want to keep in mind. [Editor’s note,…

Getting Rid of Green and Purple Fringe Using Lightroom’s Defringe Eyedropper

This one works in either Lightroom Classic or ‘LR cloud’ and it’s a great tool for getting rid of those nasty green and purple or magenta fringe around the edges of things (it’s a common…

How To Make Your “Grass Greener” in Lightroom

Terry White is back with an awesome Lightroom tutorial (he’s doing this on Lightroom mobile, but it works the same way in Classic or LC cloud), and while the title is making the grass greener,…

It’s “How Would I Edit Your Photo” Day on ‘The Grid” Today

Just two-1/2 hours left to submit an image for our “How would I edit your photo?” day today on “The Grid.” Send in one of your RAW (or JPEG or TIFF) totally unedited shots and…

Zoom Options in Lightroom Classic

There comes a time in every workflow for pixel peeping, and Lightroom Classic (LrC) has a number of ways for us to zoom up close and personal with the pixels in our photos. Some are…

Quick Portrait Lighting Fix

Here’s a really simple, yet really effective trick I use to make sure in a portrait my subject’s face is the brightest thing in the image. Here’s how to do it (it’s just two steps…

Quick Lightroom Portrait Retouching Trick

In this case, our subject has a trademark mole just to the right of her chin. Should you remove it, or… This is a tricky retouching question I get asked a lot (the question is…

Cool Tip From Gilmar On How She Uses Lightroom Gradients In Her Portrait Work

Here’s a quick 1-minute video from photographer, Photoshop wizard, and KelbyOne Instructor Gilmar Smith on how she uses Lightroom gradients in her portrait work. I like how she adds little things like negative Clarity to…