How to use the Tone Curve in Lightroom | Explained

[@twistingstrings]

After half an hour of using curves I often find out that Before it was better

[@oamyway975]

Ha Ha, True. Joke apart, you need to understand the very important thing in curves is - very small change in tone curve is good change. Not Drastic. 👍

[@adreaminfocus]

Oh my god me too ❤😂

[@krisztiankovacs3577]

😅😅😅

[@TheVFXbyArt]

Ha!! 🤦🤣

[@victorju1984]

so real😂

[@romalibra_books]

I would LOVE more Lightroom videos 🤩

[@AT1754]

I remember playing with this and getting super frustrated

[@backcountryemily]

Super helpful Julia! This was so concise. Do you use color grading in addition to the color tones curve? Or try to stick to one or the other?

[@nomadikmind3979]

am i crazy, or did changing the white balance to be warmer, effect the picture in the exact same way as the rgb tone did reducing blues? if anything it made the skin tones worse. This is why i still dont understand tone curves years after crushed blacks were popular lol. They do still look good btdubs

[@JacobLuevano]

RGB Tone curves and color adjustments can be complex because they don't just change a single aspect of the image; they often have a cascading effect on various elements.

[@rogergranquist]

very helpful. I've always struggled with how to use this best, and this makes a lot more sense, thanks!

[@JacobLuevano]

Great video! I have also discovered that the tone curves are the most powerful tools in color grading.

[@dennishumbla5431]

Hm I think I'm gonna use the RGB curves more. I only use the tone curve. But I like that film look. 👍

[@UnconventionalReasoning]

[3:35] "If they do the same thing, what's the point of having both?" The 'better' feature is typically added to the software later. The sliders were around for years before the tone curve was added. Many photo editors are comfortable with the sliders, so removing that feature would be frustrating for them. [9:20] "Sometimes, I will sit there and... go back and forth for a while..." Thank you for reminding me why I avoid editing my images. 😂

[@csc-photo]

Helpful and easy to understand, thanks! A while back I discovered that I can use the histogram to adjust levels and I find that very easy. I imagine there's an even greater control using Tone Curve, certainly for targeting RGB. Admittedly I've shied away from Tone Curve, but I need to get more proficient using it.

[@rgbdigitalphoto]

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[@flemmingmorgan1929]

This is a great video! Thank you. Full of really useful tips. I had no idea the tone curve could do so much!

[@chrisrumm73]

Best explanation yet! Well done and thank you : ) Oh, didn't realize you were in Sydney either, I'm in Cairns lol

[@nimixlol]

Unless I missed you haven't mentionned that you can hold option/alt to move the points slower, which is great for fine tuning. Great video :)

[@dennischapin]

She mentioned it at 6:17

[@nimixlol]

@@dennischapin Ho my bad then :D I didn't pay enough attention

[@MusaonYT]

2:45 The Whites and Blacks sliders technically doesn't change the pure black (0, 0) and white (255, 255) points, unlike the tone curve. Just an FYI

[@smalltalk.productions9977]

as always, your vids are so very helpful and informative. i am an appreciative subscriber. definitely bookmarking this tutorial. BIG thumbs up.

[@AnhNguyen-ev8ju]

Thank you for your explanation! I've been struggling with the Tone Curve and could not find a video that can explain it easily like yours.

[@gabrielyeap19]

Just found out about your videos! You've got a new subscriber, amazing stuff!

[@RobertReilly-mc8zq]

Thank you so much. I haven't done much with curves so far. Now I may experiment.

[@robertdavis1255]

Great video... thanks for sharing... cheers from Australia 🦘🦘😊

[@mjpt57]

Thanks for the video. It’s the first one that I’ve seen which explains in an easy-to-follow way how the tone curve works. I’m trying to learn about Lightroom Classic. Its videos such as this that help me immensely.

[@abheek19]

This was really helpful and beautiful effects that I wondered how those can be brought about in my photos. Thank you so much.

[@CyclingOffToSomewhereIDK]

I think I'm going to like curves a lot more after this. Best tutorial I've seen in a long time. Simple but thourough. Well done, thanks 🙂

[@hectormarchesi5379]

Excellent. I had always used sliders because it was easy for me, but yes, they had limitations. I really liked the tone change utility to give another type of character to the photograph. Congratulations for the simple and practical way you explain.-

[@calebkelstudios]

Only today, i was thinking of learning individual parts of my retouching softwares, and boom here is the curves tutorial from you. thankyou very much. i have learnt a lot. i would love more tutorials like this.

[@brkhtj]

I was just watching an older editing tutorial of yours and I saw you use the tone curve so I was attempting to use it yesterday and was still confused. I wished that you had a more in depth video explaining how to use it in lightroom. Next thing I know you have this video up! A little freaky but great timing and so helpful! Haha thank you! 🩵

[@TheVFXbyArt]

Long time LR user. Great walkthru on curves!

[@jjaylad]

A huge problem, IMHO, is that there are multiple tonal graphs The Histogram The Tone Curve Then individual color curves, and THEY ARE NOT SYNCHROZIZED! To me. What you do in one, should be reflected in the others. I find almost all those adjustments can be done right in the Histogram, so I primarily use that and then color and luminance masks in the Masking section. Adobe should simplify this. At present, it feels like we're working in the 'Department of Redundancy Department'.

[@JacobLuevano]

Yes, I totally agree. Specifically, in the RGB channels, you can ruin your image very easily if you don't know what you're doing.

[@peterronchetti1736]

Great content and timing Julia I'm knee deep in failed attempts to teach myself LR - more like this pleeeease!!

[@berlyn_]

Love it! Gonna do some practice on my curves. Thanl you.

[@A-RA-N]

Très bonne analyse de la courbe comme toujours très professionnel. Merci infiniment pour cette vidéo.

[@emilienguyen4252]

Thanks so much Julia for this very useful video !

[@krolldavid]

Thank you! Really useful. I love your presets by the way!

[@JamesPaulGomez]

I hope you get an imagen AI profile - your styles are amazing

[@brentkingston4389]

Interesting - I should use Curves much more 👍🏻

[@eriktorres6953]

Thanks for those videos is a really good help for me 🙏

[@jbmedia8882]

Nice video. So you can also use tone curves on presets as well ? Do you recommend that ?

[@therealcinnimo]

What exactly is your question? If she does use them on her presets or if you can/should edit the curves when using a preset?

[@jbmedia8882]

@@therealcinnimo she understands the question…lol

[@therealcinnimo]

@@jbmedia8882 ok, wanted to help and also understand what you mean.

[@aaronbonk7376]

Great video, thanks Julia! 😊

[@amandeepanand9972]

Very well explained. Thank you!

[@brendanbongiovanni6394]

Brilliant, thank you so much 😀

[@lee_michae1]

Very useful and easy to understand, thank you!

[@ross2603]

Nice concise video, thank you!

[@ponymoore6140]

SUPERB! Thank you.

[@brsaravia]

Congratulations Julia !! 👏👏👏

[@lpark8]

Super helpful thank you!🙏

[@niconic6660]

@ 0:52 ... what for a great photo .. wow

[@DBPhotoU]

Please clarify one issue for me. At the 5:40 mark, you stated that you could add some "spice" to the image by moving the black point UP--thus "crushing the blacks." Won't moving the black point up brighten the blacks? Thanks for the video. I may start using the Tone Curve more in the future.

[@iron_tyson]

Yes. It will make the blacks closer to grey the higher you move the point up (eventually turning white). Moving the black anchor point up a bit will give your image a faded look so you will more than likely want to get some of the lost contrast back by pulling an anchor point in the shadows downwards. The closer you bring these two anchor points together horizontally, the more it will flatten out your blacks and shadows to make them look smooth. I hope I have explained that well for you.

[@DBPhotoU]

@@iron_tyson Thank you.

[@nla.videography]

Do u have portraits class?

[@miboxed]

Nothing but gorgeous 😍

[@TheBeautyBusNYC]

That was helpful thanks

[@o.aldenproductions.9858]

Yes it helped ❤❤❤❤❤

[@SimpleeKomplex]

So good! Thanks 😊

[@elpanapichi123]

eres la mejor ¡¡¡

[@hassanscottodierno9284]

Thanks so much

[@MartinV.]

Great Video

[@traveller6355]

Now i know..

[@ryanpuff]

🤯🤯

[@sexysilversurfer]

Thanks for this curvalious tutorial. 😊