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Greg Fullard posted in the group Travel and Landscape Photography
Handy summary of some basic steps to edit landscape photos in Lightroom.
Summary:
Step 1: Lens Corrections
– Remove chromatic Aberration
– Enable Lens CorrectionsStep 2: Crop and Straighten
Step 3: Exposure and White Balance
– Basic Panel, Exposure Setting, WB Setting
– Use shift double-click on the word (e.g. “Exposure”) to get Lightroom’s proposed valueStep 4: Highlights and Shadows
– Basic Panel, Highlights and Shadows Settings
– 9 out of 10 times, bring down the highlights, bring up the shadowsStep 5: White Points and Black Points
– Basic Panel, Whites and Blacks Settings
– Generally use Lightroom selectionStep 6: Apply Contrast using the Tone Curve
– Tone Curve Panel
– Use the Point Curve Dropdown for a starterStep 7: Update Presence
– Basic Panel, Presence section. Texture, Clarity, Dehaze, Vibrance, Saturation Settings
– Clarity up or down 10Step 8: Sharpening
– Detail Panel, Sharpening Section
– Upper 60 or lower 70
– Use Masking slider to control which bits are sharpened (White portions receive sharpening)
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