New Adobe Lightroom Classic 'Point Colour' Feature

In this video I will explore the challenges of high-contrast night photography and use the New Adobe Lightroom Classic 13.0 Update 'Point Color' feature, to manage the difficult colour tones on these types of images.
If you would like to follow along, you can find the original RAW images here:- drive.google.com/drive/folder...
This tutorial will also deal with simple layer management in Photoshop.
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[@MrSmaxta]

Signs reflections are still there, despite couple points “not to forget to remove as well” 🤫😉 But I have to admit, that such detailed lessons you’re doing really nice and helpful. Thanks for sharing!

[@jamiermathlin]

you have eagle eyes 😀

[@M31glow]

I like all your posts but I really like your last post and this one about how to use the new features in PS and LR to create your amazing day-to-night images! Well, done!

[@jamiermathlin]

Thank you very much 😀 I am happy you enjoyed it !

[@smirz1234]

learn so much. Thank you

[@jamiermathlin]

you are very welcome Jack

[@mikehughes6366]

as ever, wonderful!

[@jamiermathlin]

thanks Mike 😀

[@colinyoung9432]

Another superb video Jamie love it, am using more of your techniques on my small projects, I am having issues with the new Lrc tools as freezing and closes Lrc down, If I don't use the new tools everything else works fine. Have gone back to 12.5 as more stable. Keep it going Jamie. Colin Devon uk.

[@jamiermathlin]

thank you for the support Colin, just interested what operating system and machine spec are you running ?

[@colinyoung9432]

Hi Jamie, Windows 11, 11th Gen intel(R) Core (TM) 17-11700@2.5 GHz Ram 16GB System 64 bit processor. It only takes between 5 & 10 seconds to load Ps or Lrc. I guess Apple is all fine. There doesn't seem to be anyway of contacting adobe either. Never mind. Sill love you videos sir thank you for them...Colin.

[@Maddog2562]

Thanks James another great tutorial. I looked at one of the images you provided using the new HDR tool in Lightroom, (on my iPad), and it lt literally turns on the lights as you would have seen them when taking the shot, It's great!

[@jamiermathlin]

Awesome 😀

[@cindysmith6842]

I love your practical uses of the point color and the generative fill tools. Enhancing a vision, not creating something new out of whole cloth.

[@jamiermathlin]

thank you Cindy 😀

[@melissam731]

Excellent tutorial. Really appreciate the full edit with your explanation as you go through the process. Brilliant!!

[@jamiermathlin]

You are very welcome 😀

[@mustangshelby2740]

impressive uncle Jamie. Simple exercise and using basic tools that gives a big stunning result . I found color tones are the hardest to deal with as there is no rules for what it should be but according to your eyes and imagination to what you want the final to look best.

[@jamiermathlin]

Colour tone is always a difficult thing to get right, so easy to mess things up and much more difficult to get right 😀

[@robertkerr3921]

In one of your recent tutorials, you mentioned that you were creating a night sky bundle. I have not noted any followup and hope that you are still planning to create this. Your tutorials are fantastic. Thank you for sharing your skills.

[@jamiermathlin]

Yes I am, just in the final throws of getting my website up and running, as soon as it is ready I will announce the night sky set and my workshops for 2024, thank you for your interest 😀

[@kirstymcleod6647]

Tried my first two day-to night images thanks to your videos - so thank you!! (It's real fun to do...had to go out and shoot more interesting buildings last weekend! 😅) I've used the point colour tool inside a radial gradient to correct window colours before "turning them on" with some success.

[@jamiermathlin]

You do not know how happy it makes me feel, when I hear that my videos have encouraged people to go back out and shoot more photographs 😀

[@jaimee.campuzanot.2702]

Thank you very much Jamie!, best regards.

[@jamiermathlin]

😃

[@kestasmilasius5360]

OK !

[@ASMPHOTO]

Thank You - very interesting and learned a lot. Been interested in learning sepia, would you teach us how to do a real sepia, not the yellowish, but more brown like the original sepia in old photos. Thank You so much!

[@jamiermathlin]

Sepia is not something I have tried...

[@gozgone]

Another interesting tutorial - thanks 👍 Just wondering however if there was a reason you didn't apply the crop adjustment to that you made at 8:50 to the other image (short exposure) that you imported as layers into photoshop - Would that have negated the additional align layers step?

[@jamiermathlin]

I think I missed it during the process, as I do my videos live without any preparation, things can be missed, and then corrected later 😀 well spotted !

[@raycross7259]

Another great video, thanks very much! I am about to upgrade my Lightroom from iPad to Mac - please can you let me know what Mac you are using at it looks like it handles LR very smoothly. Thank you 🙏

[@jamiermathlin]

It depends on your budget and whether you want desktop or laptop :- Desktop £850=M2 Mac Mini 8Gb Ram 512Gb SSD £1400=M2Pro Mac Mini 16Gb 512Gb SSD £2100=M2Max MacStudio 32Gb Ram 512Gb SSD £3000=M2Max MacStudio 64Gb Ram 2TB SSD £4600=M2Ultra MacStudio 64Gb Ram 2TB SSD Add the Mac Studio Display for £1500 Laptops £1800 = M2 MacBook 15" Air 16Gb 512GB SSD £2700=M2Pro MacBookPro 16" 16Gb 512GB SSD £3700=M2Max MacBookPro 16" 32Gb 1TB SSD £4500+M2Max MacBookPro 16" 64Gb 2TB SSD I have an M1 12" MacBookAir 16GB Ram and 512GB SSD, An M1Max MacBookPro 16" 32GB Ram, 1TB SSD ,and an M2Ultra MacStudio 64GB Ram 2TB SSD with two Mac Studio Displays. I use all of them for my videos depending on my location (travel is my 12", not at home but not traveling is my 16" and at Home is my MacStudio) Hope this helps best regards Jamie 😀

[@raycross7259]

Thank you so much for your detailed answer, much appreciated 👍 I am a hobbyist and my budget isn't huge - I have found a deal for a M1 Mac Air 16gb ram and 512gb ssd refurbished. Do you think these specs would run LRC and possibly photoshop ( haven't used Photoshop yet but may in the future). Thank you 👍

[@jamiermathlin]

@@raycross7259 Ray as I stated in my previous response, I have an M1 MacBookAir 12" with 16Gb Ram and 512GB SSD for travel and it totally rocks LR and PS, as long as you do not allow the PS files to get to big it runs both programmes very well indeed. You will see in my videos, that while in PS I tend to keep the layer numbers as small as possible, this can impact my ability to have non-destructive history in PS, but I am always careful to progress knowing this. This way I aways keep the PS file size reasonable. If you want to run multiple applications at the sametime, such as Final Cut Pro in the background then I would suggest a MacBookPro or above, but if you just have LR and PS open with maybe the internet and a few minor apps open in the background it will work fine. Also remember if you get or have a monitor with USB-C interface it will charge the laptop when you are using it on the big screen. I hope this helps 😀 (note the M1 chip is still much faster than almost any i7 Intel chipset, plus the battery lasts all day...)

[@raycross7259]

Hi Jamie, thanks for your reply and for your honest feedback on this machine - very grateful to hear from a person who knows how to use it and does use it for this intention. You have greatly assisted me in making up my mind 😀 Thanks again very much 👍

[@simonryan6850]

Just down the road from myself in Coventry, may I suggest a lovely place just to the right of Wetherspoons in Coventry city centre, a lovely building and take it day shot and make it look nighttime. I’d like it lovely

[@jamiermathlin]

Do you mean Spon Street, I have been there before, wonderful medieval buildings surrounded by modern buildings, could be worth a try !

[@simonryan6850]

I’ll a screen shot tomorrow

[@simonryan6850]

@@jamiermathlin next to Wetherspoons up by Primark

[@royghost]

bridge sign broad reflection you didn’t touch up

[@jamiermathlin]

thank you for the information 😀

[@carlosandreviana9448]

You need to improve that sound

[@jamiermathlin]

I have a new Rode Microphone arriving this week, hopefully, that will be the end of my sound issues 😀 thank you for the feed back..