My Color Editing Went from Basic to PRO After I Learned This!

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In this week’s episode, we discuss what took my color editing from basic to pro and how you can do the same with this simple technique. There's over 100 tools and sliders available within Lightroom and most of these are dedicated to enhancing color. So, it can quickly become confusing & overwhelming when trying to figure out which color editing tools are best for a certain photograph. In this video, I'll share with you a technique that'll take all the guess work out of color editing while simplifying the entire editing process. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

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[@DebiSenGupta]

There are a lot of good landscape photographers on KZbin with great photos and content . But I feel no one teaches as well as you do. I just came back from Ladakh and despite the fact I rarely do landscape photography, I spent a lot of time going through your videos in composition before the trip , and I got some great feedback from people. So thank you very much.

[@alkram7]

Great to see these tips that you talked about in previous videos, come together harmonically, in this one, Mark👍 One thing I noticed in my editing, is that when adjusting colors of landscapes, it’s easy to chase away the natural appearance of the environment, when shifting hues and color calibrations. Most notable, for example, is setting a slightly warmer white balance for a summer or fall photo, and adjusting greens to a cool tone green. Ofc it’s subjective, however it generally appears very evident that “somethins off,” “not right” about the photo because of the clashing color temperatures. Intentionally or not, you’d missed the chance to mention (in this video) how there’s the dropper tool in each of the color settings which one could utilize to set a more balanced color adjustment. As the dropper affects the tone, and its undertone.. so, intern color adjustments can be a lot more uniform, cohesive. Thank you for your time to read

[@redesign5096]

Thank you!!! You do the best at teaching this!! Really hope you’re being rewarded well!!!! Keep shining!! ❤

[@AnthonyN71]

Thank you again for another very helpful video. I like the idea of working from the bottom up as a way to keep organized. Too many sliders and options tends to overwhelm me a bit. I tend to get overwhelmed on where to start, and by starting at the same level and adjusting each one individually is a more organized procedural approach. Thank you.

[@alstrofi7899]

An absolutely bonkers process from start to finish

[@FloydVDocDeVore]

This is a really good approach to color grading. Although I don't use Lightroom, my editor does have the same tools, in the same order, so I plan to use this as I curate my collection. Always learn something from your videos. Many thanks!

[@lynnsphotographygreenart8098]

Great video and never thought about working from the bottom up on editing will have to give that a try.

[@olfrimeur]

That iPod is a beast ! 🤩

[@vperalta]

This is great. I'm going to add this to my editing arsenal. BTW, I noticed the green shrubbery on camera right looks like it's growing out of a Sony Walkman tape player. 😁

[@artefia-photo-video]

Thanks a lot Mark...very inspiring!

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

1:00 Peter Lik - "oh I don't know… looks good to me"!

[@Daniel-qg4mf]

Thank you for the video !

[@marshall-_-007-_-]

Great video as always!

[@TheH3lioz]

For making out individual colours - isnt it quicker to press ALT and see where the "reds" are or the "yellows" etc?

[@trixsterdo]

Great video 👍👍

[@JustLittleMary]

Hi Mark. I noticed that you're working on a Jpeg here. Does that mean that you don't shoot in RAW? If not, do you mind telling me your reasons. I really like shooting in RAW, but I'm interested in other's thoughts on it. Thanks.

[@christopherscragg7956]

Mark, if you dont mind me asking where did you buy your t-shirt from please thank you.

[@Mr.G.Williams]

What type of file were you editing? Just the WB wasn't in kelvins...a tif or jpeg?

[@kevinkimball715]

I would like to understand the relationship between white balance and the color calibration. I get that white balance establishes the tone (temp) of the overall photo. However, when the color calibration is adjusted, doesn't that affect the white balance, especially if one of the primary colors dominates over the others? I'll get the color course, as I am new to post processing and am excited to learn a new skill in retirement.

[@Chromatomic]

I've always used it for like color correction, or color matching, where as white balance is intended to match to the color temperature of the light whether it's the sun or tungsten lighting, florescent, etc. Calibration is adjusting the RGB channels directly. Unlike the color sliders it affects colors at the channel level so even where a direct color isn't visible it's affecting the amount of color in each combination of RGB. It can be used to create color shifts or fix them. When using different lenses, some of them will have a slight color variation and you can match it to another lens, cheaper filters, shooting through glass can all create color changes that you might want to negate or it can be part of intentional color changes to mimic film or to create a specific style.

[@kevinkimball715]

@@Chromatomic That is very helpful. I hadn’t thought of white balance in terms of the surrounding light, so the rest of your reply is very clear. Thank you for educating this novice.

[@Chromatomic]

Is that a walkman on the table?

[@Chromatomic]

Just realizing it was swapped with a gameboy and a Rubik's cube in some of the previous videos.

[@Tom-o3f]

❤

[@d3xmeister]

Lightroom is really, really bad when it comes to landscapes that have many shades of green and /or red/yellow foliage. You have to work the color corrections seriously to get them looking correct. In other software like DxO or C1, you open the raw and they are there, you tweak just a bit or not ar all and that’s it

[@JohnDoranski]

Thanks for the intro to color adjustments. Since I use the Desk LR, and the LRC menu is WAY different, it is at times hard to follow. Like the Y shortcut - that is not on the Desk Top LR. I would enjoy buying your class, but with the differences noted in this video and prior videos, the expense exceeds the benefits- sorry.