Advanced RAW Photo Editing Tricks You DON'T Want to Miss!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

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[@JohnDoranski]

Found this very helpful in that I was not aware I could do the box versus just the eyedropper - as that was very difficult at times and I found myself doing the eyedropper several times. Great video - thanks.

[@danlundgren262]

Yes - your end result is great and the video also reminds me how much fun editing photos is.

[@stevejohnston7118]

Very helpful. I want to improve my masking techniques and this video will definitely be helpful! THANK YOU!

[@Rui_Fonseca]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

@@JohnDoranski Thanks John!

[@DaveKingMusic]

Great video! I liked that light behind the mountains trick.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks Dave!

[@sjedouglas]

I enjoyed the moment where you looked at adjusting the blue saturation as I often find that mountains in the background of photos come out with a weirdly large amount of blue and purple in them, so I almost always tone those down to try and bring some realism back to the colour. Also, great tip on using the colour range to remove parts of a radial gradient. My (now old) technique was to try removing objects from the mask, then getting frustrated at lightroom's object detection so that's definitely going to help.

[@scottvk75]

Thanks, Mark. I never thought of using color range for the mask. I like how that worked. Great tutorial.

[@LEClarke-df3sf]

Great tutorial. You just put stretch marks on my brain!

[@WisePhotographyForYou]

Lots of good points and advice. This was a good video. Thank you!

[@MyrtleBeachBilliards]

Fantastic start to finish, hands on approach, thorough explanation of step by step with reasoning behind each carefully selected adjustment. Great video with a TON of value! Thank you for what you do 🙌🏻

[@paulshipp23]

Your videos are always helpful Mark, many thanks for teaching me so much and for all your efforts. Your love of photography and passion in sharing your skills and knowledge shine throughout everything you do and is a wonderful thing.

[@richardterrell5309]

I would like to add a personal thank you too, Mark. Your approach, now has given me thought I had not prior, and too confirms a defined reason for capture in the first instance a photograph in RAW; being every opportunity to bring out detail where it enhances that otherwise may be lost by general auto processing methods will always be there to draw on, however you decide to approach what you had when actually on location.

[@EarlBlake]

This is exactly what I visit your channel for. Thanks!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Love it! Thanks Earl!

[@DavidDunkling]

Very interesting, enjoyed watching, learning all the time.

[@M31glow]

I have to be honest, I would have given up on an image like this before I even started. Great post!!!

[@normansleep4491]

An absolutely fantastic explanation and a first class result Mark really enjoyed watching

[@zornbtaylor]

this was helpful. I'm realizing that I'm a more advanced retoucher than I thought but I still got value from this video. Thank you

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Nice edit. Much the same as I would have done, but watching you helps keep me sharp and thinking about all the alternatives rather than settling into a rut.

[@richardhutson2474]

As always, I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. This time, it was bringing up the backlighting on the mountains and how to use the color picker. Thanks for sharing your work.

[@kellykrueger178]

Super helpful video for me! You helped fine tune some things I have already been using but I learned new things too. I have never understood "subtract by color range" until now. I also was rather scared of the calibration tab. Thank you!

[@ebouwens]

Thanks!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks so much!

[@marvinvaughnsantos4064]

Great tips! I learn a lot from watching your videos. Thank you so much!

[@prsearls]

I've not done much shooting lately but have been going through my better landscape files using these techniques and tips you're teaching. They have made big improvements to my images. The masking features allows me to "shape the light" in ways the original capture could not do. Plus, it's been great fun. As I get more experience with this, it becomes easier and I begin to "see" the possibilities better. I have also been experimenting with different blend modes in PS which can add more drama to a scene. You might discuss using these in a future video. Thanks!

[@paulpotter7380]

Absolutely. I am on a steep learning curve at the moment and shall be revisiting some photos to see what I can achieve to, hopefully, reveal what I had hoped to capture.

[@radspanner]

Wow that's such a useful tutorial... I will take it onboard.... well done you. You need a new clock as the one you have now is broken.

[@Wanderingwookie]

Learnt a lot from this video. My main grab from it was the use of the colour range mask 👍🏼

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Glad to hear it!

[@JohnSauler]

Watching you edit and the order of how you approach it makes more sense. I've always changed white balance first but I am going to move it closer to the end and see if I like the way my images come out better.

[@BenjaminHoegerPhotography]

Another great video Mark! Love this little valley with the impressive mountain walls! Hope you had a chance to hike up there, to the left is a incredible tree up there 😉

[@alanjabs6935]

Great concise video Mark.. The more I learn the more I understand that there is more to learn.. Thanks...

[@planet7027]

Very helpful. Thank you sir

[@michaelvanvalkenburg5593]

This was great. Thank you.

[@audreyrice996]

Great video! I learned so much, and can't wait to try out some of these cool techniques.

[@redesign5096]

Mark, you’re really incredible at this! It’s always fun to watch and learn. This is how I learned to ski by going up that lift and following someone’s lead! Great work!

[@davidkrye]

Absolutely. I’m heading to Scotland tomorrow for a photography trip and will definitely use some tips from this video. Thanks!

[@rolsonn]

Mark, I learned a few new masking tips. Thank you!

[@patcosgrave1546]

A priceless tutorial which is concise and comprehensive all I need to know can be found here

[@Vietguys]

Thanks a lot Mark. i have been searching for a completed tutorial on how to turn a photo into a dark moody and finally i have found one.

[@geoffreymee7671]

Yes! I really like your workflow and will take advice from it. Thank you Mark for sharing.

[@hymanlevy2265]

Mark, your video provides some general ideas . Nicely Done!

[@peterjones8862]

I have watched this three times bcse there's so much value in it. Thank you.

[@jonnyroids1482]

Another great video mark, you make it look so easy. I struggle with editing my photos, hopefully with more practice I will be happy with my editing skills but that's a long way off. I find it easy going out taking a load of photos but this side of it I struggle with. Keep up the good work. Have a lovely week.

[@JohnDoranski]

Of note, this is the most often that I have seen you use the Exposure slider in an edit. I have seen others do this in the past but not in yours - so, thanks, as I have recently started to do this in my edits and this adds greater confidence in what I am attempting to do.

[@GARY1951A]

Great video, Mark!! Your editing process explanation is fantastic - I will use these tips in my editing!!!

[@rcraigmacrae]

Total game changer for me. Thank you so much. I’m dumping Lightroom and going to classic.

[@alisaconn]

You are so talented with your vision

[@michaelmcdonald3345]

i always enjoy your videos. The way you back lit the mountains was something I have not seen in other videos.

[@peters1526]

In Addition to my answer below I'd like to mention my current opinion to Lightroom - even that there are some dislikes about Adobes subscription model and some concerns about the usage of "our" Photos, that we "somehow load" to Adobe, in the last two years it's become such a useful and versatile tool, especially with the fantastic masking possibilities. So, as we are the landscape Photographers without the need to make compositions, a change to Photoshop is hardly neccessary any more. Greets - Peter from Germany!

[@DavidMcCurry-f9h]

Great stuff!

[@shlomoeshet8525]

Really love both the process and the outcome. Great job. Also, the WB tip is golden. Thank you Mark.

[@hylkeheidstra2274]

Great video Mark, absolutely helpful, great outline of a more advanced edit!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Happy to hear this!

[@sylvestersim423]

Thank you for sharing this incredible technique.. My go to channel when I'm looking for editing techniques

[@draffish5661]

Thanks Mark another very helpful video to help us understand editing

[@kathysnavely7639]

Thank you, great video, perfect timing. Just starting to go over my pictures from my trip to Wyoming and Washington. Very very helpful. Thank you.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks Kathy!

[@RickyCheung]

Amazing edit Mark. Super helpful step by step with your insight.

[@troymclean9301]

Mark, love this edit. My WOW moment was the change in white balance. I need to better understand this for my edits…specifically when to adjust and when not to adjust. I’ll have to rewatch this again. I’ll search through your archives but do you have a lesson on when and why to adjust the white balance?

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks Troy! I do - I created a video all about white balance earlier this year

[@troymclean9301]

@@MarkDenneyPhoto Great Mark! That’s my next lesson! Thank you for your response.

[@FiazKhan-sk3dl]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks

[@michaelwhalen7154]

Absolutely useful. Thank you so much! Can’t wait try some of these techniques myself. Thanks for sharing your expertise. Much appreciated Mark!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Glad to do it!

[@eliaswolfram4798]

I like these videos!!! Learned a lot so far. Thank you so much!

[@larrymulmed2081]

A Master Class! Thank you Mark.

[@colinbrewer6507]

Thank you Mark great info have learnt alot from you again 👍

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks Colin!

[@jamesbarnes3063]

Thank you for the tips

[@GatorheadLuis]

Great video. More of these editing videos.

[@apougeoise]

Thanks for these tips. Is it possible to download your image file for testing ?

[@heinrichgattiker8585]

YOU ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST - Compliment.

[@polos1966]

Ciao Mark. Nice processing. I noticed that while editing the Sky there are some halos around the hedges of the mountains. Si there a method in lightroom to ad just them? Thank you

[@donalobrien7879]

Hi Mark, very useful description of advanced techniques. Can you please explain why you use the Calibration panel rather than Color Mixer to adjust colors in the image?

[@gamerw1zz]

Very helpful! Would love to see more with varying environments, lighting etc.. ❤

[@michealpociecha8351]

Great video. Thanks so much.

[@chrisnielsen9885]

Just one question - it's a fairly low contrast scene, why did you bracket it? Your camera should easily have had enough DR...

[@MikalRamirez]

Yes, very helpful , 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thank you!

[@TonyaGreenwood]

Awesome video!

[@brendallsterling4117]

Thank you again. I always learn something new and very helpful. Lightroom is a good program. Brenda

[@thomasdean2472]

This was a great video. I learned a lot.

[@ebouwens]

Excellent tips. It really increased my range of options.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thank you!

[@jackcooksey9691]

Outstanding!

[@juliebaughan7533]

Yes it’s really helpful Mark, thank you 😊

[@keiththompson2289]

Love some of these tips!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thank Keith!

[@LarryHonke]

Thanks for the very informative video. I do have a question. I recently watched one of your videos and you showed a technique to make a cone shaped area of light. You connected two radial gradients of different diameters to shape the light. I can't remember how you did it and cannot find the video. Can you help me out?

[@artefia-photo-video]

Woaw! Thanks for these great tips Mark. Patrice

[@TimvanderLeeuw]

Overall an amazing job on bringing that image to life. At first it bothered my that the low-hanging clouds in front of the mountains were not part of the sky-mask and since you warmed up the sky, these clouds in front of the mountains look unnatural next to the rest of the clouds. I'm glad you picked that up eventually!

[@robryan4272]

OK This one is a keeper !!

[@juanmm9297]

Thank for tutorial 🙏

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Happy to do it!

[@nevvanclarke9225]

You can choose subtract and choose subject and draw around mountain to subtract mountain also ..same same Using subtract and overlapping masks is so easy and dare I say it fun 😁

[@brsseb]

Epic stuff.

[@geoffreymee7671]

Very interesting Mark. I am a bit confused though as I have just seen two of yr tutorials about Capture One. The above video is ACR so are you saying it is much better now for landscape editing than earlier versions? I'm using Fuji RAF raw files. Once again thanks for your tutorials.

[@howardsmith6609]

For me at my present stage of my photographic journey, perhaps just a little bit too advanced but excellent stuff none the less. And I 100% agree that things at the edge going up instead of down make me feel uncomfortable 🙂. The only thing I would say, though, is that I tend to leave cropping as one of the latter stages of my processing. Many a time I've cropped early on and then had to redo my editing as I feel I've cropped too much. But to reiterate, a video I shall no doubt return to in due course.

[@57sapke]

Very useful video, thanks 👍

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@santoshgc9416]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ great video sir❤❤

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thank you!

[@johnmiller6108]

Very nice photo edit. It is good to know great photos come from basic photography. You just need to know how to edit

[@poerava]

Holy moly 9:30 I wish you would give it a few more seconds so we can see all of the the amazing adjustments or even side by side pics. I’d give a good 10-15 seconds to see all the awesome changes.

[@sh1209macro]

Very nice video!

[@lindasmalley4718]

Thank you!

[@Greg_Ashley]

Amazing. Thank you.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks Greg!

[@apozuelos]

I guess I would’ve started by changing the color profile to neutral instead of color. It always gives me a better starting point

[@lionheartlev]

I notice that you generally choose one of the 'standard' aspect ratios in cropping your work. I believe you did so here. I am rarely printing my photos for any purpose. They live in the cloud and online. I have often ignored the 'standard' ratios. But I suspect I am missing something! Can you explain pros and cons (if any) in using 'standard' aspect ratios? Thanks for all your great teaching!!

[@s.grabinska5827]

Nice!👌

[@guycl2381]

Rewind, play, slomo, Rewind, play, slomo, Rewind, play, slomo, :-) Great video ! Kind regards, Guy.

[@maureenmarshall1070]

Definitely. Like the subtract from masks, so must give this a go. Great video, do more of this please.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Great to hear you enjoyed it!

[@michaelmcdonald3345]

Mark, just a thought... Would it be possible to post a link to this photo in it's original format for us to practice on? We cold download it into LrC and do our own step-by-step practice while watching your video.

[@biwageezer]

Might be a nitpick, but I think you should have subtracted the lower left fog from the Sky mask (could do via color range of the nearly pure white fog). If you look at the initial HDR, that section is clearly distinct from the sky. However, by not protecting it in the mask, that lower left fog gets "turned into sky" and basically disappears as a distinct feature in the image. Thanks

[@mxzrevman64]

great tips as usual Mark, one thing, when your toggling the masks on and off, slow down just a bit its hard to see the before and after when you go so fast. thanks again Mark

[@sequoi_]

@MarkDenneyPhoto curious how you're getting on w/ the Z8 now that you've had more time w/ it? Do you find your photos have less overall detail [ not pixel peeping ] than when shooting GFX?

[@tonycox169]

Another very educational and helpful video, thank you. But just one light-hearted question. Why is the clock behind you always saying the same time, does it need a new battery? It messes with my OCD about incorrect clocks and wonky pictures.😉