Lightroom Classic Masterclass 2022 - Developing Images

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

This 2-hour video tutorial has been updated from an older version I first released in 2019. The Masking, New Develop Default and Color Grading features had to be added to reflect recent changes in Lightroom Classic.

[@zettepix2009]

The wealth of information in this video is priceless. Thanks so much.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Thanks for the positive feedback

[@jezmink]

The best LR training I have found, I love the easy to follow slow pace and how you go into the details of an image edit.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

On my Patreon.com/markgaler support channel patrons can watch post-production seminars where I edit dozens of images in real-time and Patrons are free to download the Raw files I am using in the editing demonstrations.

[@findyourreason]

Thanks, Mark! Your coverage of this has been very helpful and inspired me to dig deeper into the setup and settings of my LR CC space.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it was helpful and thank you for your support - its great when someone acknowledges the hours (days) it takes to make a 2-hour video tutorial masterclass.

[@RonValWebb-xy8gf]

Thanks!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Welcome! - and thanks for your support 👍

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

After watching only 4 minutes, I Liked and Subscribed.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Thanks for the positive feedback

[@jimmyscott7414]

Same. Excellent tutorial.

[@tapiwamoyo3833]

The best two hours of my learning experience. Well done Mark and thank you very much.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@martinfunke4555]

Incredibly. Best LR-tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you Mark!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

You are welcome 🙂

[@alexis-llemay8064]

Thank you Mark! I've been getting back into photography after buying a sony A7iii and a 28-70 Sigma lens and following your videos. I've learned so much through them. I feel like I can get proficient through watching your videos and practicing with my camera. Your videos on autofocus are top notch! From Canada. I switched from LR to LRC and like it a lot more! The UI is a bit less eye popping but the workflow is so much easier! I also got reassured that raw images are quite flat coming out from a camera even a good one like the A7iii. I will apply your tips for photo editing!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Thanks for the positive feedback. If you need personal guidance and want to download an eBook for your camera you may want to check out my Patreon.com/markgaler support channel.

[@leecy1268]

I wanted to say a massive thank you. I have used lightroom classic for the last ten years, thinking I was working smart. I wasn't, and for the first time in my editing journey, I will develop like a pro with your support. Thanks once again

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad I could help!

[@U2RGR8NESS]

A fantastic tutorial Mark. Thank you.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@YariJaluff]

Here we go again with a dream video of Mark the master 👏💪🏻 I will make me a coffee to enjoy this exciting moment when you upload a new masterclass. Before I start, thank you for giving us your time and knowledge 💪🏻 Then of course I will have some questions 😂

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Enjoy! - For individual support, above and beyond this video, please consider joining my Patreon support group Patreon.com/markgaler

[@nickwaldron3223]

Hi Mark. Great to see your still doing great videos.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

More to come!

[@hogrim2]

Takk!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Thanks for your support Helge

[@hedroxthelegend]

Thank you for the effort, Mark! Highly professional video as always!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad you liked it!

[@theapocalypsechronicles3]

Thank you. I needed this. Incidently I was thinking about a shoot one model composite and you came up with it right at the end.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad you enjoyed it :-) I have plenty more masterclasses on my Sony Alpha support channel - Patreon.com/markgaler

[@jamesjin8839]

I like some of your quotes. Especially when I used to only shoot with my sony system. Back then it really felt I got the complete canvas that I can modify it anyway I like. Especially pulling an image into photoshop and go nuts with layers of developing. But as my experience progress, I have grown out of it. I tried your recommended color checkers, both the datacolor and the x-rite. I find that I prefer my camera's profiles' color rendering to them more these days. A7M4 has a few really good profiles finally. Nor say the profiles from Canon and Nikon are golden as usual. Sony's catching up fast and I'm really hyped for future bodies with better color right out of the box. My color checkers now are mere reference tools only for shooting videos. It acts as a safety measure but most of the time being ignored since most standard luts are good enough, if you make your lighting in the scene simpler for camera to figure out. For still images I ditched my custom profiles from color checker completely. My vote goes Adobe profiles

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Thanks for your input

[@YariJaluff]

Mark! I need your help to understand how LR uses color profiles to start the process of RAW editing. I have compared colors starting points from 4 LR Default profiles: Adobe Color, Adobe Landscape, Adobe Standard and matching Camera Setting profile also. I see you work most of the time with Adobe Color in your edits. I have found as an A7RIV user that neither Adobe Color and Adobe Std are matching the camera outputs at least on my body. I found Adobe Landscape is the most similar color starting point to the picture I am taking. So, what’s your recommendation on this matter? Should I start from 0 using the flatter color profile like Adobe Color/Std or starting from Landscape profile is ok? Is Dynamic Range affected between switching these profiles? Should I create a custom profile for my camera? Thank you in advanced!

[@YariJaluff]

Any help is appreciatted!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

First calibrate and Profile your monitor and then create a custom profile for your sensor using an XRite Color passport, fine-tune the saturation levels using the HSL panel, create a lightroom preset and then create a new develop default for your camera. I can provide individual support on Patreon.com/markgaler

[@YariJaluff]

@@AlphaCreativeSkills HUGE thank you Mark! I will contact you at Patreon to get personal support, I am very interested on this. Thank you for your constant support!

[@kennethwedmorelund]

In "chapter 2" of the video, I think you're hitting the nail right on the head. If you go to forums / Facebook groups, you will see 50 "is this computer FAST enough for Lightroom" for every 1 "is this monitor / setup actually representative of the colors I should see" posts. I originally come from audio production and here we have the same issue - people will spend countless hours debating which retro microphone is the best but getting a pair of trustable audio monitors / loudspeakers is far, far down the list of purchases for most people, so while they spend crazy amounts on microphones, they skimp on actually being able to HEAR the nuances / correct representation of the sound.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

So glad you get it :-) Users spend countless hours discussing something Canon called Color Science, when there is no science involved unless you calibrate and profile - and this was made possible in 1998.

[@pabllopl1]

Great as always! Thanks Mark!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

My pleasure!

[@hestiedasneves4802]

Hi Mark this is one of the most complete and comprehensive tutorial I have ever watched, do you have something similar available for photoshop? Thank you, i have learned so much!!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

I have a Photoshop playlist on this channel and I used to write Photoshop books - you may find my decade old Photoshop CC Essential Skills in your Library

[@llamarvasquez1803]

Hi there awesome video and photos! My question is, do you use your color checker passport in each scene? Thanks

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

No - I create one dual-illuminant profile (after purchasing each new camera) by placing the ColorChecker in Sunlight and Open Shade. I do not carry the Passport to each location. If I do anything on location it would be to only set a custom white balance.

[@llamarvasquez1803]

@@AlphaCreativeSkills awesome thank you for the info... how about strobes with a softbox how would I do a dual-illuminant? If you could help? Thank you so much

[@Hsukhaybir]

Thank you for this great video .. I watched the first version and now this one, if I may ask, at 1:04:07 why you didn’t use select subject instead of brush ? Isn’t better to detect the face faster and more accurate ?

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Select Subject would have selected the Kimono as well as the face and I only wanted to lighten the face.

[@thecooliscoming]

thanks for this Mark!

[@ikaarvik4985]

Hi Mark. Thanks for your generosity in creating and posting this high quality resource. Here's what I've been trying to wrap my head around for a while now: I have a great camera and a high quality colour calibrated monitor and laptop. So do you, and so does the company that prints our images. But the rest of the world--like the people looking at our online portfolios, social media posts, websites, etc.--are looking at our perfect colour accurate images on crappy colour inaccurate screens. I have a relatively cheap monitor beside my editing monitor and it can be a good reminder when I slide the image from one to the other that nobody will see the image that I'm editing; they will see the image their screen allows them to see. So, a long intro to this question: do you ever create versions of images that compensate for the "average" online viewer's crappy screen rather than yours? Seems like it could be a really slippery slope as I'm not sure that average could be defined well enough. But if, for example, if we could say (and I don't know if we can) that most inexpensive monitors skew towards blue, low dynamic range and low brightness, then might we wish to compensate for that for images we expect to be viewed on those monitors?

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

I also review how my work looks on a mobile device such as an iPhone, Samsung or iPad. My BenQ Adobe RGB monitor can also cycle between three profiles that emulate lower spec sRGB monitors. Most of the people I need to impress are using good screens. I am not interested in pleasing people who don’t value the viewing process.

[@soniad3241]

Thank you Mark. I struggle with interpreting my raw image in Post processing.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Happy to help!

[@Gionimo]

If I apply sharpening during the develop phase, do I still need to apply sharpening when exporting?

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

This is usually a good idea if the export size is much smaller than the original size as interpolation softens the sharpness. If you had cropped to a 4K resolution and was exporting a 4K file then you could skip the output sharpening.

[@jorgealdeguerperal8164]

Thank you very much for your effort and work to make this video

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

It's my pleasure

[@TopoPilot]

Amazing content. 👍

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad you think so!

[@goldfinch2283]

Great tutorial, thanks 🙏! I just subscribed to your channel.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Hi - go to the Community tab to see the member-only extended video tutorials - kzbin.info

[@rajaindian]

Thank you for the update! How do you get the linear gradient overlays to appear as lines? I am seeing them as a red colour overlay.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

There is an option to show or not show the overlay color at the bottom of the masking panel. You can also change the color of the overlay.

[@jmartinianovlogging1482]

Thanks Mark for making Time 🙏🍻👍

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

My pleasure!

[@oskaarao2004]

Greetings from n0rway Mark🙂new subscriber. Your tutorials are absolutly fantastic. Been using acdsee photo studio ultimate for some years now, and never really got into lightroom, until now, and your tutorials are very easy to understand. Well done, and thumbs up 👍do you have any thoughs on Luminar Neo/Luminar AI ??

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Greetings - The only apps I use apart from Lightroom and Photoshop are DxO Pure Raw ll and Topaz DeNoise AI - I have not tried the others.

[@grassrootsphotographysean4474]

You really are the man Mark! Sorry do you mind me asking, did you ever replace all your A9ii with A1s, just going through the brain waves now of selling both my A9ii and moving over to the A1s, but its a pricey endeavour, Thanks again!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

I sold my A9ll and A7RIV and I am now using the A1, A7IV and A7C

[@grassrootsphotographysean4474]

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thanks Mark, how do you find the A7IV for fast moving subjects, is the rolling shutter a problem and also the 10 frames? Thanks so much for the insights.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

I would use the A1 for fast moving subjects

[@kbqvist]

Really excellent, thank you!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ED-on8to]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK! Why is this for free?

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

That's a good question ;-) I wanted to prove to Adobe (I used to be an Ambassador) that people would watch a video that was longer than 3-minutes. Just before Adobe closed its Ambassador program in the region they were pushing me to only create 60-second videos. I felt there was a disconnect between what they thought the market wanted and what I thought the market would benefit from. This is essentially is the same duration as my 2-hour lectures at RMIT University. I also offer extended seminars behind my Patreon.com/markgaler pay wall.

[@ED-on8to]

This shows nicely why the sensor of the camera is still way more important than the "fancy" stuff like auto focus and so on (for "normal" photography). The dynamic range of that old Sony A7R III is amazing. Probably the color depth as well.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Correct - most of the recent improvements have be around focus tracking and AI. Once could also say the same for the A7RII which was the first full-frame camera to feature a backlit illuminated CMOS sensor.

[@theeverythingelectronicsst3897]

Absolutely fantastic course.. I'm a fan.. You were making reference to Caucasian skin, the person in the photo is not Caucasian, but Asian, they're skin is definitely not the same color lol I think you meant to say "Asian" not Caucasian lol

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

That's the problem of talking to microphone for one hour without a script and without referring to notes. There are not many speakers who can talk without making a single error in this time frame - certainly not any actors I have watched on stage. If this was paid content I would patch the video, but this Masterclass will be lucky to earn me a hundred dollars from the Google advertising before the content is superseded by newer versions of Lightroom. I am essentially working for less than the barista who make me my morning coffee.

[@gnrslash1987]

First

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

This 2-hour video tutorial has been updated from an older version I first released in 2019. The Masking, New Develop Default and Color Grading features had to be added to reflect recent changes in Lightroom Classic

[@gnrslash1987]

@@AlphaCreativeSkills thanks Mark!