The HIDDEN AUTO Trick in LIGHTROOM

In this tutorial, I discuss and demo a trick you can do with Auto Adjustments in Lightroom Classic.
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[@AnthonyMorganti]

In this tutorial, I discuss and demo a trick you can do with Auto Adjustments in Lightroom Classic. Please subscribe to my newsletter! anthonymorganti.substack.com/subscribe Check out one of my newer websites - The Best in Photography: bestinphotography.com/ Please help support my KZbin channel - consider purchasing my Lightroom Presets: www.anthonymorganti.com/ To get more info about Lightroom, go here: prf.hn/l/lGnjDBl Here is my list of recommended software: wp.me/P9QUvD-ozx Here is a list of my current cameras, lenses, etc.: wp.me/P9QUvD-ozG Help me help others learn photography. You can quickly offer your support here, where I receive 100% of your kind gift: ko-fi.com/anthonymorganti You can change the default amount to the amount you want to donate.

[@MikeRayHolmes]

You can get to this "better auto adjustment" faster by clicking the Auto button first, then shift clicking on Blacks and Whites. No need to do each slider individually.

[@SonicEchoVoid]

I recently took very underexposed indoor wedding photos and man this saved the day 😅 Photos look great now!

[@Graygeezer]

I’m taking pictures as I travel quite a lot these days and processing thousands of raw files when I get home. I’m one of those who often use the Auto button and go from there. I often then fine tune white and black points and go from there if it doesn’t look right. I find that the Auto button sometimes takes exposure too far right, so I’ll double-click it to zero it and see if it needs anything more. This happens most with night scenes and dim cathedrals and castles.

[@jimwalsh9514]

Thanks Anthony. Great tip! I learned something new today.

[@EmpowerMelbourneShuffle]

Great video! interesting it does that indeed... take care

[@TimBWig]

I stumbled upon this video and found it very useful. Thank you!

[@Jambo1999]

The man with a million Lightroom tricks, thanks. I am mostly an "Auto" kind of guy, because I shoot products and bring back 100s from trade shows. I'm using Dehaze often though, because when the products are in a glass case, Dehaze will take off some of the glare. Noise Reduction helps a lot since I shoot without flash.

[@tectorama]

Thanks, I didn't know this one.

[@cadmus777]

Wow, I've been double-clicking the name to reset the slider forever, but I never knew about the shift!! Thanks!!!

[@davidknight6981]

Thank you for the video. I didn't know about this feature. This will be useful for me.

[@andrewlamberson539]

Learn something new every time!

[@barkleyc]

Cool, I've used lightroom for 8 years and I didn't know this function!

[@neilcam]

There's actually TWO ways of doing Auto, one of which definitely does Clarity as well. If you click the Auto that appears next to Tone in the Basic settings windows, then it will not do Clarity. However, there is also an Auto Settings Preset and it does do Clarity, oh and adds a Medium Contrast Tone Curve as well.

[@Jambo1999]

hmm, gonna check that out..

[@Jambo1999]

Huh, great tip!

[@Jambo1999]

In fairness, Anthony has a video talking about the Presets in LR. Which I have forgotten about

[@jezzadenton8854]

Interesting - but long winded, especially for a quick all-over adjustment. I agree with you that the white & black double click adjustments are better. So, much quicker to hit Auto and then double click the white and black sliders. Bingo! The whites and blacks change (just as you said) from the Auto button numbers. Much quicker!

[@BillSmithBSartist]

All of his stuff is long winded. I think the longer the video the more revenue. He’s all about revenue. He repeats old content often when he can’t or doesn’t want to be bothered coming up with something new. His ostentatious and cheesy titles in the beginning give me nausea. In the beginning I used to get new stuff about Lightroom from him. But haven’t in a very long time. I came here and viewed this as a rarity. But it convinced me I need to unsubscribe from him and prune my subscription list. Bye bye Mister Photographer Dot Com the silly title man.

[@TimBWig]

​@@BillSmithBSartist Wow, why so angry about a free video you don't have to watch?

[@BillSmithBSartist]

@@TimBWig Don’t assume anger when it’s just honest yet critical feedback. I used to love his stuff. Now he’s just clogging his channel trying to make money. It’s a shame. He’s ruined a good thing. I have no issue with him making money if he’s providing value. Value has dropped off considerably. And it’s not free content. I have to sit through ads if I don’t pay for KZbin premium. And the more long winded and repetitive, the more ads I watch and the more money he makes. That’s seems to be his business model now. In addition to his own ostentatious ads hawking his stuff. Tasteful is ok. I don’t find his ads tasteful. My opinion. You are quite correct in that I don’t have to watch and I, in fact have unsubscribed due to the drop off in value. Not out of spite. But I felt that Mr. Photographer should know that his tactics are noticed so he can tune his business model if he chooses. There. Is that better for you?

[@TimBWig]

@@BillSmithBSartistCommenting on videos is a metric in the KZbin algorithm, so your announcement of your departure, as it is, will have the inverse effect you were going for.

[@BillSmithBSartist]

@@TimBWig Why so much arrogance directed at comments you don’t have to read? LOL.

[@colinheyward5035]

Thank you Anthony, your videos are first class, I'm a beginner and I really do appreciate them 5⭐️

[@ImOnTheEdge]

Outstanding! Thank you. Very helpful.

[@inittoo]

I really like this trick. Thank you for sharing this.

[@shariweidenbaum5834]

thank you Anthony for another great suggestion. Im always looking for a better way to better process an image.

[@tomforbes3284]

I do use Auto a few times. I had no idea I could do Auto on separate sliders. Thanks for this.

[@RobertLitschauer]

Thank you for this genius trick!

[@vernonsza]

This is awesome. I really wondered whether there was an auto for JUST exposure. Thanks!

[@Old00Farth]

Some of us has know this feature for ages and are using it on a daily basis - BUT - If you really want to add to this you should have found an explanation why's the difference between the two AUTO methods - have tried to find an explanation myself - but until now without luck. Another issue is that when you are working with Color Passport Profiles the AUTO somehow smashes the calibration by changing the vibrance and saturation - would be smart if AUTO could be set not to touch these settings? 🙂

[@michaelmcphee2930]

This is pretty much what I have done for about a year for most shots after I do Calibrations, Lens Corrections and White Balance. If it's a great shot I'll do more maybe go to plug ins but never Pre sets.

[@darrellcadieux3497]

This is a really useful one Anthony. Thank you.

[@charrski2918]

That is an awesome tip - thank you

[@cleverclogsbecky]

Well I had no idea I could do that! Thanks

[@lloydburgess2824]

Hey Anthony, For those who want to Batch Process Auto, there is also a way. Go to Library - Quick Develop - Auto. As with the other two ways you covered, the amounts vary but pretty close.

[@bbunn247]

Holy underwear...Had no idea LR could do that! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome hacks for quicker editing!

[@M31glow]

Never knew this, thank you

[@JimEmbury]

Thank you. Some of this I knew. A lot I did not.

[@laurentlaurent8777]

Thank you Anthony. Very useful tip! Is there a way to create an AI preset based on those multiple 'shift clicks'?

[@onefortexas2379]

Thank you, very nicely done.

[@goldfinch2283]

Great tutorial! 🙏

[@RussBuchmann]

Very good to know. I’ve used Lightroom for a while and did not know about this sadly. I want to see if this works with masks to where there is no auto button.

[@mdturnerinoz]

Cool tips! Thanks!

[@andrewmason8691]

How have I never heard of this? Thanks

[@tonyblake8841]

Thanks

[@AnthonyMorganti]

Thank you Tony!

[@rafflesnh]

Interesting, I didn't know about that. As I have ACR rather than LR, I went to try it out and noticed that the slider names are pre-fixed with 'Auto' (e.g. Auto Exposure instead of just Exposure)when holding down the Shift key, and only a single click is required.

[@michaelmillward8006]

That's a great tip .

[@KGeorge-1]

Thanks!

[@KGeorge-1]

Over the years, I've learned more from you with regards to LR than any 3 or more LR videos added together! Perfectly and easily explained during your videos. Thank you AM!

[@AnthonyMorganti]

Thank you Kevin!

[@oneeyedphotographer]

Always I go for auto first. Then I tamper to taste. Auto is closer to where I am going than SOOC. Once I am done with co0lour, I often hit black and white and start again.

[@carolschultz1058]

Neat trick!

[@gezapapp-vid9749]

Ingenious. It gives me a more pleasing picture. Thank you.

[@carlosquijano2827]

Great 👍

[@Rubi747HVY]

Cool hidden feature. Question: When I select the MASK function, my sliders are reset except for Texture. It is always way up almost 100%. How can I reset that slider?

[@Mudly71]

If you were to crop the image first, then you would end up with a totally different set of auto values to the original image. 😉

[@1wheelken]

Very good point! I often forget about this. I noticed how drastically the histogram can change after a crop, as auto would like you mentioned.

[@kencawley3121]

Is this a new feature? 2-3 other KZbinrs I follow addressed the same topic this week but slightly differently.

[@PetrGanaj]

Hi, I have a bit love/hate relation to your videos (generally) :) I love that you show and technically explain (sometimes hidden or less known) features, but I hate you can talk about simple thing sooo long :) This feature could have been shown/explained in half a minute one a minute tops... Don't take it personally or as too much critique (possibly some people like it the way you do it), It is just my perspective ;)

[@spencergiles72]

Is there any way to save the "shift+double click" auto adjustments to a preset?

[@oneeyedphotographer]

I would not think so, it's calculated from the specific image. But you could hit auto, and then propagate with sync. I don't remember how, I think you can also apply adjustments to a set of photos at once, not quite the same as sync.

[@49ers49ers]

New LRC moved Auto correct. Why

[@Kae6502]

First thing I do is go to "Lens Corrections".