How to edit Portraits in Lightroom

[@MichelleCoxPhotography]

So many great tips!! I need to learn more about lightroom because so many of these things I do in Photoshop because I am more comfortable. Learning more of lightroom is on my "to do" list! :)

[@jasonwhetzelphotography]

Great tips. To add to that, when you're cropping, you can use the level tool (within the cropping tool) to use a horizon or, in your case, the level water line, to make it perfectly level. Also, while using the spot removal tool, if it selects a weird area, you can right click on the selected area and chose "select new source".

[@philliphubbard1000]

You are a stud; this is the second video of yours I watched this hour and it too was worthy of taken written notes from as well. I'm hitting the SUBSCRIBED button now !!!

[@MdWahidurRahmanOvi]

You deserve way more subscribers. Can't wait to see you hit 1M. Thank you thank you.

[@DogsAreWar]

I know this video is old but I am just getting into portrait photography and this is immensely helpful.

[@gerzava]

Great tricks!! I loved the one for the iris, I didn't know you could do that. Thanks to you my photography has improved a lot not only editing but also on location using proper exposure, posing and camera settings. I think by far you are one of the best guides I've had to improve. Keep it up!

[@juliatrotti]

That makes me so happy to hear!! Thank you!

[@annemariezarba9139]

Love learning little bits of other editor's process. Thanks for the skin tone tip. Brilliant.

[@FindingMinwoo]

So useful again! You're becoming my guru!

[@arno.claude]

Wtf, every single tip was really fucking helpful. That's really rare. Really well done Julia and thanks a lot!

[@Allthingswealth]

Such a dope tutorial!

[@nathangreen7312]

These tips were awesome. My favourite is how the masking tool works when sharpening

[@juliatrotti]

Thanks so much :D

[@anantsharma5330]

Thanks for sharing useful tips with us.

[@lloydninham3286]

Thank you for the tutorial. I'm just starting out in photography and all your tips have been great for me when I edit.

[@elzycollins]

😍 I've been skipping the 'detail tab' It's great to know i can open it up and get my images looking sharp now. I just need to remmeber to press ALT when on the masking slider. 😂 The HSL luminance slider for skin tones seems so much quicker than using a brush. I will be using that for my portraits. Thanks Julie, you're great! 😊 Do you ever use the calibration tool to get skin tones looking golden?

[@danidero]

This is how i was retouching too in LR :) GREAT TUTORIAL ! I adore you vids !

[@SOUPETRI]

That's a really nice tutorial! Thank you Julia! 😊

[@juliatrotti]

Glad you liked it!

[@jerrym8140]

Great tips and I happen to love increasing the masking during sharpening in LR also. :)

[@ginoortega18]

As always, thank you julia for sharing this tricks & tips. 👏

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you, glad you liked it! :D

[@royandescartes]

how can you not like this video? Haters yo. Love Julia's videos

[@juliatrotti]

Haha aw thank you, I appreciate it :D

[@Danieltrotti]

A million thumbs up for you gorgeous Julz 😜 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@rubenlaurentiu90]

Julia, i know your deviantart account since i was in highschool. I consider you to be my favourite portrait editor and one of the best portrait photographers. One question: i see you like more the lightroom, and you use photoshop for the tone skin and retouch. What is the difference between lightroom and photoshop from your point of view? Because i cand find all the settings in both programs. Or maybe slmost all. Can you make a video about that? :D

[@coopersga]

Great! I thought there wasn't going to have video this saturday but im glad there was. Thanks for all the tips, i didn't know how to use that masking thing, now I do haha thank you Jullia

[@juliatrotti]

Yay thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it!!

[@jansharrow943]

Love this video Julia! Thank you.

[@michaelarobinson7564]

Hey Julia, I have a question. What version of lightroom are you using here? I can't find any of these settings on my version. I have Lightroom CC. Thanks for all your awesome videos, they've been so helpful.

[@user-zo8us6ym7l]

she's using lightroom classic cc

[@yasminabauly1236]

Such useful tips!! Also, the photos are so beautiful! Love them. All in all, great and concise video :)

[@rahilsheikh8542]

Love your creativity

[@juliatrotti]

Thanks!

[@CharleyPangus]

Great video thanks for sharing! 😊

[@ktwo08]

Another great vid! Love it ❤️

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you 😁

[@ronhipwell5543]

Great tips Julia! I especially like the HSL tip for skin brightening. I’m looking forward to trying this in lieu of using the adjustment brush to dial in face exposure. HSL looks not only quicker, but a superior result as well. Thank you for helping to keep my creative fire lit! =)

[@juliatrotti]

Yeah I used to use the adjustment brush too but I find HSL makes it look more natural which is perfect :D I'm glad I could help!

[@rajaganduri]

Amazing tips...big fan of ur videos ..they are super helpful

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you :)

[@catherinehouy3731]

Thank you, I appreciated all tips.

[@JuanLopez-oz9kh]

Awesome and very valuable tips. I love to sharpen between 65 and 85.

[@agustinu]

Super good tutorial! Awesome

[@marisadesousa7000]

I never understood masking... until today :) thanks for this video , much appreciated :*

[@StarrDon]

Masking an sharpening is now added to the to do list🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💯💯💯💯😎

[@JohmathanBSwift]

_happy holiday wishes Julia_

[@juliatrotti]

Happy holidays! I hope you're having a wonderful end of year :)

[@Weizenschorsch]

Really great tutorial. Keep up the good stuff!

[@lenninlc]

Awesome tips! Thanks!

[@rehman24fps]

Please tell me about your sound recording setup including gears, software and method! One of many things that keep me coming back to this channel is this crisp Voice over! If this topic is covered please provide the link or if not, do a video on your sound recording!

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you so much! I don't have a video about our audio (my partner Dan has a big part to do with the wonderful audio we have here on my channel!) but I have been getting so many questions about it recently that I will make a video about it early next year :D

[@jansharrow943]

Rehman Abdur I agree, such high quality content from audio, video and subject!

[@leslierodriguez6420]

I love how hoy say photo ❤ Great video!

[@katerynayegorova9971]

love this video! very useful as always! thank you :)

[@josejr.canillas7704]

Nice video & beautiful. I love it

[@hollywoodjack6203]

Awesome! Thank you for your little helpers and secrets. For a biginner it is very helpfull information. 😍👍😛 *sending hugs*🤗

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you 😊

[@josecarrasco3212]

Me encanta tu trabajo

[@juliatrotti]

Muchas gracias!

[@ninaleeb7027]

thanks a lot,you are great!!

[@taraw21]

which lightroom is this. doesnt look like mine at all

[@effieskitsa]

Thank you!!!!!

[@shawnnathan4]

Is this lightroom classic or the normal lightroom?

[@theoldestdaughter5050]

hello, thanks for the video! I was wondering how to get the free preset for lightroom? I clicked on the link above but it didnt show any free ones. Thanks!

[@ibrahimsharker1631]

Hm me to

[@jwkooi1979]

Julia, is the following MAC good to start with (latest photoshop and lightroom)? I don't have any experience with Apple. Thanx iMac 21.5 inch (late 2013 Specificaties: 2,7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 1 TB opslag 8 GB ram werkgeheugen Intel Iris Pro grafische processor

[@iamlukab]

💙

[@anavillarreal2383]

Hi Julia! I have a question on white balance. Do you adjust your white balance or do you just shoot in auto? I have been having trouble editing my photos in post trying to fix the white balance. Also do you think it’s better to underexposed or expose on the meter at 0?

[@juliatrotti]

I always adjust my white balance, I have it set on K while I'm shooting so all my images look the same (it makes post processing lots of photos from a wedding for example easier and faster) and then I just make little adjustments in post of I need to! As for exposing it depends what kind of look you're going for. For personal photos (travel, fun photoshoots, etc) I like to underexpose slightly, for more commercial work I go for 0 or over slightly. Hope that helps!

[@anavillarreal2383]

Thank you! I just started shooting In kelvin and I’m still trying to get the hang of it.:)

[@kpjmphotographs9903]

Excellent video! Thank you. :-)

[@justinholding02]

Hi Julia. May I ask why you very often place your models bang in the centre of the frame ? I was always told this was something to avoid, at least with landscape photography. Cheers

[@juliatrotti]

It's just my style, I like what it looks like!

[@justinholding02]

@@juliatrotti i respect that 😁. Rules are meant to be broken

[@DS-fi4hf]

How do you do this in the newer version of Lightroom?

[@willrevellet8651]

Muchas gracias ! .

[@agnesguelig9241]

Hi Julia how can I get the preset? I'm clicking the link but it's not taking directly to the down load. Thanks

[@juliatrotti]

If you hover over the thumbnails it will tell you which ones are free, there are a few! :)

[@jwkooi1979]

Thanx!!

[@IndieJenny]

Im still getting used to Lightroom and I can't make the brushes work. I have no idea why it does not change a tiny bit. also the spot removal tool does feel so good when you want to do more than twice because it just keeps showing all the ones you've used and I ran out of space to sample from. Can anyone help ?

[@juliatrotti]

I'm not sure about the brush size - you can try to use the sliders to change it. As for the sampling, it is a little annoying to always see the circle of what you've already edited. But if you're running out of space, you can sample all from the same spot if you want to!

[@devilgabo]

Guess who's here! haha I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@joannapierwszazpolski]

I do not know English very well. Can you tell me what to do to make the picture black and white when masking the sharpening?

[@joannapierwszazpolski]

I understood that I should press "O", but then Lightroom goes to "Library" and wants to search for faces in the pictures

[@WyvernApalis]

Hold alt

[@joannapierwszazpolski]

I found the answer in another tutorial. On Windows it is "Alt"

[@shimei4131]

Please make a photoshoot for maternity please @juliatrotti

[@KazuyaMASUDA1982]

👍

[@vinayagrawal5706]

wanna know how to edit makeup portraits so that the makeup done by the MUA should be popped up without losing its originallity ..................... it would be great if you help me with this

[@dhanyarao9560]

First one to like!😃

[@madgeorge3877]

Hey Julia, quick question (and if you've addressed this in another video I'd love a link). Sometimes I take 300-400 images on a shoot. After I've got them down to what I feel are the best 150 for example, that is still a hell of a lot of images to do skin retouches, painting the back vs the subject. Basically all the really intricate editing, if I do it to that many images it takes me like a week. How do you deal with this problem? Thank you. :)

[@juliatrotti]

You can watch a speed edit of my complete workflow here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppjGf3aVorKBjs0 basically, I will only do intricate editing to my final 10 or so images from a photoshoot. If I at first select 100 images from 600 photos and I want to see what they would look like edited, I would apply a quick lightroom preset without adjusting it to much, to help me with finding my final 10 images to my proper editing to. I hope that helps!