Unlocking Lightroom’s Darkest Editing Secret!

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In this week’s episode, we discuss Lightroom's darkest photo editing secret and how you can unlock the power of this incredible yet mysterious editing tool. What's so interesting about this tool is that it isn't something that was just added to Lightroom. It's actually been available for years, but the name of this tool along with the confusing nature of it has turned this into one Lightroom's most least used features. In this video, we'll unpack the wizardry behind the Calibration Tool, how it works, and how you can drastically improve your landscape photos by using this feature. I hope you enjoy this week's episode and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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[@RogerBarnett1950]

Mark, this has been most eye-opening for me. I found myself opening old images and playing with HSL and Calibration. The effect was mesmerizing.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Glad you enjoyed it Roger!

[@chrisburns4909]

This was one of your best videos in LR. Thanks for the analogy of global/local (Calibration/HSL). Makes perfect sense now.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thakns so much for the feedback Chris! Really appreciate it!

[@os2baba]

I learn a lot from your videos. But this one is really special. It's going to change how I PP in Lightroom. Thanks Mark!! The only one that didn't work for me was the last one. The sky got weird very fast. In fact all that magenta in the original photo itself was too much. I think maybe masking that portion out while making the adjustments might work.

[@mstrathmore]

Thanks Mark, this was really interesting. I’ve often wondered how folks get this particular look to their shots!

[@HinesInSight]

I never knew this! I’ve never touched the calibration box. I can’t wait to spend the long Minnesota winters re-editing my old photos. Thanks for the info.

[@FTinter]

This is one of the most useful tools I have ever seen when it comes to editing landscapes. I never knew how to use the calibration sliders and you made the difference between the calibration and HSL sliders much clearer for me. I went back and redid some older photos and what a difference. Just brilliant! Thank you.

[@catherineepommett8526]

Oh my goodness, Mark! I've been using LRC for years but have never understood the Calibration section. Your video is crystal clear and I understand it perfectly! You are a talented teacher who demonstrates the features using different examples. Thank you!

[@florentc5481]

Okay now this is a game changer ! Thank you so much for takign the time to explain and showcase this section that I never care much about in LR. That's the 2nd vid that I see of you and that's really usefull, you've got your self a new follower dear sir !

[@adlantian6334]

Wait what?! A KZbin vid that actually delivers on "that one weird trick?? This is a game changer for beginners.

[@ronbrendel8366]

Hi Mark, Thanks for this great video and introducing this new tool (for me) for color editing. I am excited to try this out on my past photos as well as new ones. I appreciate all of the wonderful videos you share with your followers!

[@ktmcintyre]

That is awesome! Definitely a new tool to add to the post-processing arsenal for that extra punch without over doing it.

[@ralphpayne6259]

What a brilliant video and, yes, haven't seen it talked through anywhere else! Digitising old slides and was using white balance, curves and HSL. Works a lot of the time but this provides a very good alternative where other methods fail or are overall short on result. Defintely added to the workflow options. AND understand it as well. Thank you! Now subscribed.

[@hueandsteve1989]

Wonderful, I’ll try this to see the impact on twilight photography. I came across your channel recently & find your videos so useful! You’re able to speak down to my level without making me/us at my level feel awkward. I learn with every video. Thank you.

[@markattardo]

Awesome info!!

[@RichardUchytil]

This was GREAT! I've never thought of these in terms of local vs. global, but that's a GREAT way to think about it! So much fun to play with these and this helped me understand them much more. THANKS!!

[@chadwoodhouse1905]

Thank you for explaining calibration in Lightroom! I mainly learn by visual and this video was perfect. I was avoiding the calibration section because all this time I thought it was for calibrating the colors of my monitor when I have the Spyder monitor calibrator. I always love watching your videos and learning more and more. I greatly appreciate you.

[@kerryroberts8323]

Thanks Mark! So glad I "ran across" this video - I have been editing my images for years and never even knew about using the calibration and HSL tools! I will start using these in the future and thanks again!

[@wlacalle]

Thanks Mark ! Amazing

[@deepotter6774]

Thanks, Mark. What a great enlightening on calibration! I must say this is what's been missing from edits compared to my mind's eye, and only because I didn't realize the difference between the HSL and Calibration sections which has had me avoiding the calibration sliders for years... until now. Cheers! :D

[@bobrobosborne6849]

Wow! Thank you for explaining this so very well! Can't wait to put it into action!!

[@gregboyce360]

Dang, you knocked it out of the park with this one! I like how you got right into it, no intro etc. Well done throughout. Thanks.

[@fredbakhuis7977]

This is a session I would liked to have found earlier, much earlier. Thanks for the great explanation.

[@adailyodyssey]

thanks for the tips Mark

[@kenlbates]

This was some great information to know about. I look forward to seeing how this works out for future photos. Thank you

[@donmckie5285]

Hi Mark, I think this has been some of the best information that will improve editing for myself & alot of others! Absolutely fantastic.

[@guzziknight]

I’ve been using LR for years and never knew anything about this. WOW. What a difference. Thanks for posting this.

[@peternickols2687]

Cheers Mark. So useful and you put it over in such an easy to understand manner (as usual). 👍

[@imcurious1009]

Amazing! Thank you

[@Mister_EL.]

Great tip! Thanx for sharing!!!

[@paragontim]

Fantastic tips - thanks, Mark!

[@jaquitawatters5282]

Wow! Thank you for sharing

[@ProfMary]

Really good demonstration of the difference between the HSL and Calibration panels, Mark! It is good to be reminded of the power of the Calibration panel. Thanks,

[@randyfriesen6617]

Great video Mark.

[@paulshew7930]

Thank you. Very helpful !

[@AdamMatthewsPhotography]

This was absurdly helpful! I have played around with the calibration section, but really had no clue what I was doing. Now I feel more confident approaching it again!

[@RedBeardGarageAZ]

Great video Mark! I have also been using calibration in LR for a long time but never really seen it explained this way. Thanks for the breakdown 🙂

[@jonathantharp9425]

Mark, I was struggling with the color adjustment is some air to air photos. I followed the advise in this video and was able to get the correct hues for the pictures. Your advice is spot on and thanks for sharing it with us.

[@80HDJorge]

Quite interesting! Thanks Mark

[@joseborrerovega7755]

Awesome tips and insights!

[@nickvanmaarth680]

Terrific session!

[@markboonzaier4346]

OH man , I am embarrassingly gob smacked at these revelations!!!! Awesome tutorial, thank you Mark!!! I've ignored calibration!!! Until now, raring to go.

[@roddaniels1809]

Great lesson Mark. I've learned a lot about the calibration sliders which I haven't been using

[@lsmith304]

I have never used this feature, but wow, this video was a game-changer for me. I struggled with editing some fall shots from a couple of years ago, but just edited one of them in about 10 seconds. I also really appreciate you using the simple color swatches to explain this, as that helped explain editing colors better than anything else I have seen. Also, “solo mode” is amazing, so another takeaway from this video. I just subscribed and am looking forward to discovering other gems on your account.

[@kbruff2010]

Thank you for sharing this information

[@CaseyHowdenPhoto]

Excellent video. I started using the calibration tool when you demonstrated it in a previous video, as I'd always avoided it thinking it sounded a little too technical. It completely changed the way I approach colour in my editing. My primary use for this tool is to get good separation between my hues in a photograph so that the individual elements in become clearer. I find this is extremely useful for scenes where there is a lot of the same colour e.g. woodland, where all the greens can merge into one indistinguishable blob. For me the hue sliders really bring out the differences between individual plant species that would otherwise be lost if some tweaking wasn't done. Thank you for yet another gem of a video!

[@debabratamishra6425]

Thanks for teaching this.

[@DerekRousseau]

This is the best explanation of how these two sections are different that I have heard! Very informative and helpful.

[@JoseLopez-pw1im]

Excellent!😮😊

[@GirdHerd]

Excellent, Mark. Thanks.

[@jameshider1234]

Great explanation - thank you

[@NathanGPhotos]

That's one of the most concise explanations I've seen on how Calibration works. Nicely done Mark!

[@RancidTony]

This is a great tip. Always overlooked this feature but after watching this vlog I gave it a try with an image I'd previously disregarded and what a difference it made. Thank you, this is certainly one tool I'll be using more often

[@sepehrsalimi7762]

Amazing!!!

[@rocketmanab]

This is outstanding. Thank you!

[@stephanmanfre3121]

Brilliant!

[@MK-ni6gs]

Excellent!

[@amaitra]

Very informative! Thanks!

[@ronhuff3724]

Thanks for putting out these very helpful videos!! They have helped me so much!! This video was fantastic!!

[@markwalker952]

I've been confused about the calibration section for a long time. But no longer! Thanks so much for this very clear explanation and demonstration, Mark!

[@andybanks3416]

Great video mark 👍

[@prizepig]

This is game changing! Thanks!

[@sebastienchabrolles8049]

Thanks Mark for sharing this... It's one of the most useful Lightroom tip I've seen on KZbin. It is more than a tip with all your explanations and example. Well done !!! I learnt something new and really useful.

[@mel___b]

Just came across your channel and this video was eye opening! Thank you 🙏

[@marcelspanjer155]

I just re edited some pictures I was really satisfied with. The results are stunning. Thanks a lot for these tips!

[@Ktizo_Images]

Great video Mark. Thanks for the help.

[@raymondjobin7673]

This was the best explanation of calibration I have seen. Awesome! Thanks!

[@garryhughes3747]

Great description of the global and local differnces between calibration and HSL! Many thanks.

[@miceo]

great video, as someone who has been using lightroom for many years this is very eye opening, as having something being a global adjustment has brought many of my photos to life, ive been using hsl for a long time and didn't really get the same effect as calibration gives. Very great information, you have got your self a new subscriber!

[@roccorodriguez6653]

Mark thank you so much for this. I have been playing around with the calibration module for a while now for my final adjustments and never really understood what was happening apart from what I found to be visually appealing. This is a game changer thanks. I also really like the selective color adjustment in photoshop as a final tuning..

[@robertarmstrong9860]

clarified a lot thanks !!!

[@kushyah7832]

This helped me immensely!!!

[@perodenero]

Great video!

[@wendynewing8834]

This is brilliant! Thank you so much.

[@teknolem7426]

I am mind blown. You earned my subscription with all the bells and whistles. Lol. Thank you so much.

[@bellamygaming1376]

Really good video love the way you explain !! Subscribed!

[@Centauri27]

Wow, this is the most useful Lightroom tip I've ever learned! Great explanation Mark. I can't wait to try this on all my photos! 👍

[@steveshorrock6857]

Very well expained Mark, works a treat.

[@beolba1]

Great tutorial. Cannot wait to try it out.

[@jimisfot9592]

Thanks man very helpful tip!! ❤️

[@bobmcdonald4834]

What a marvellous video, Mark. Thanks ever so much - I had no idea what the the calibration tool actually was and certainly not how to use it. You explained it all beautifully - thanks again.

[@paplu2009]

Thank you so much for this.

[@amundson1942]

This is fabulous! I've been using LR for years and never under stood the calibration panel. Now, thanks to you, I've got a pretty good handle on it. THANK YOU!!

[@chrisferrara1549]

Great video, thank you!

[@toshasweetheart]

Thank you so much!!

[@lukeybaby45]

Absolutely fantastic, thank you for helping this amateur to make my images look better!

[@Ericpare]

mind blown!! wowww

[@dinahumphreys6455]

WOW VERY HELPFUL

[@DaveKingMusic]

Very interesting! A new trick to try! Thank you!

[@kurtkuznicki6207]

One of the best explanation of the LR calibration section. I didn’t know about solo mode either. Thanks, I love forward to the next video.

[@megansmith2818]

Awesome, thank you for this video🤩🤩🤩

[@marydean9900]

Yes, an ah-ha moment!! I had been using the calibration sliders occasionally before the OOC Smoky Mtn workshop, and after watching the processing demos use them all the time. Now I really understand what I'm doing! Thank you for this explanation, especially the relationship between the Calibration and HSL sliders.

[@Yuyang_Chiou]

It's really helpful! Thanks for sharing.

[@jacepearsonphotos]

This calibration setting is literally the only thing that has been missing from my editing process. wow thank you so much

[@DennisBoucher]

Outstanding video.. You explained sooo many things i have been struggling with in LR, in such an easy and understandable way.

[@highlightmagazine4782]

Great video thanks

[@iwemanic]

This was just at the right time for me. Was feeling a bit stagnant in my editing and this is a huge help! Thanks Mark

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Glad to do it Nick!

[@walter_ullon]

Brilliant stuff Mark!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks a million Walter!

[@Hrishi1970]

Fantastic video. Clears a lot of doubts 🙏

[@sagnikroy2478]

Fantastic! learnt a lot from this video. Thanks.

[@brandonmjohnsonphotography]

Yet another fantastic video! I'm glad you went back and touched on this again. I remember the video you done about this not to long ago. Thank you Mark! It's something I don't use but I really need to start. You're the man Mark!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks a million Brandon - really appreciate it!

[@hardwaterhacker]

This was a great tip. I had seen the calibration menu but hadn't messed with it at all. It's been adding a lot of pop to my bird photos.