@@MarkDenneyPhoto Is a uk link but I'm sure you'll find something similar. The price is very good too. www.amazon.co.uk/Anwenk-Balance-Exposure-Photography-Calibration/dp/B01DPV5PUA
I have been a videographer for over 30 years at a high end production orientated TV broadcast news magazine show and I have been shooting stills for about the same amount of time. What I have found is that no matter how long someone has been doing something, exspecially when you are talking about something regarding being creative, there is always something new to learn even when you feel you have done it all a thousand times. I just came across your channel and subscribed because I feel you do a nice job explaining things and from the production side, your videos are great. There is one thing I would like to share that I feel is more than a little concerning and that is what a photographer has become, which in some cases, is a graphic artist. Someone will take a marginal shot at best and then create something that was never there. For me, what you see through the lens is what you should see on the other side and not something that was created through editing. There is nothing wrong with tweaking things a little but when someone completely changes the image that was in the lens, for me, that's an issue. Fall foliage shots is probably the worst offender. There are photographers that will go out and hunt down the perfect shot and there are others that will find something with a little color, and then through editing, crank up the color to create an image that was not there. If the sky was not perfect, they will make it dark blue. If the ocean doesn't look perfect in it's own setting, some people tweak the colors to once again, create something that was never there. I am not bashing the people that do this but they have crossed the line between a photographer and a graphic artist, which by definition is to create an image and not capture it, which is what a photograper is supposed to do.
Sooo definitions change, boundaries change, technology changes, what we consider "good" or "acceptable" changes, what are you getting at? What are you surprised about? Should your leaf photographer walk for hours until she finds the perfect light, angle and pigment combination, or will it be OK if she just tweaks the colors (a lot) in a photo from her backyard? Because that's what you can do now, world is getting easier, more people can unleash their creativity using tech tools. I consider us talking about mediocre results right now. The light at the end of the tunnel for you my friend is that the ceiling is getting pushed HIGHER. If everybody can have great results without hours of leaf-searching, then we won't consider this great anymore. And also your unedited work will have to get better in order to compete, you cannot stay lazy.
Something I like to do when adjusting White Balance is temporarily run the Saturation slider all the way to 100%. This exaggerates any color cast that might be present and will highlight any color imbalance, making it easier to adjust. After adjusting Color Temp to something more balanced, I'll zero out the Saturation slider and toggle my White Balance adjustment on/off to see the change. This "usually" gets me 99% of the way there with only minor adjustments left to dial it in to taste.
Outstanding Mark. Just when I thought I knew what I was doing you woke me up. It’s a pity that I’m watching this tutorial whilst sitting in bed at 01235 hrs. It’s already tomorrow. Wait till I wake up in the morning and I’ll be colouring photos the correct way and more carefully. As usual Mark, thank you very much from this young old Aussie. Be safe Mark. Neville J.
Little tip with the tone curve: If you hold down option (mac) or alt (PC) while dragging an anchor point, it makes your mouse move the anchor point so much slower, allowing for much finer control. With the color curves I find that often you really only want to move them a super tiny bit, so pressing alt / option allows for more subtlety.
I’m a photographer and Lightroom user for years!! I also went to the photography school, from monday to friday, every week for 2 years long. Making photographs every single f#cking day, composition, lightning, post processing ... all the mikmak. I hated photography those days, it was too much work! Finally when I got my diploma I putted my camera away for 2 months. I hated that camera so hard! And the teachers too btw😂. So, what I wanted to say, If people ask me tips about photography and I don’t have the time to help them sometimes I send a link from one of your video’s. You are such a great teacher and you have such a warm and calm personality. With this video too, If people don’t understand it after seeing this short masterclass they were dreaming for at least 19’05”. Another superb video Mark!!!!
I kinda take it as a habit now to use the custom WB (specially when shooting panoramas). I use Vello's WB disk for this, and if I don't have it, I would shoot something that "I" consider white and set that image for custom WB calibration. Of course the perfect choice would be for a mid-gray area though, but this color is hard to estimate (kind of, to my eyes). When I started with photography i really thought these WBs were for "mood" and used it in that manner actually, and then I learned the full scientific story behind it but kept my "mood" method until one day I had big problems when stitching a panorama done indoors with mixed lighting conditions and all (and some times even outside of course, specially at night)... it was a real struggle finding a good balance. So right now I just calibrate (using custom WB) and think of changing the mood later in post-processing or after stitching the panorama. I think it is quite beneficial (or even basic and essential) for a photographer to learn and study the color wheel and the relation between colors (mainly the complimentary ones) to understand the colors thoroughly (sometimes that might even play a critical rule in composing the elements).
Very good stuff Mark! I really need to learn to better adjust colors in photography, it´s one the most important thing in Post Processing. And btw the white balance adjustment tip is Amazing
Nice video. I didn’t know about the RGB info panel being available with the W-key shortcut. If it were possible for it to show LAB values, it might even make Lightroom a great tool for really nailing down color correction and removing color cast. Do you find that getting the overall color and contrast within RAW files is better than adjusting things later on a TIFF file in Photoshop?
Mark... I wanted to take a second to thank you for your videos. The "pace" of the videos are great... not too fast or too slow, your explanation of why you are doing something to an image... and when to back off... just really, really helpful. Very glad I subscribed to your channel here and am joining your website. Again, thanks for your effort.
Amazing tips, the white balance tip is gonna be a life saver! And I thought the profiles were just stock presets, I had no idea it changed how Adobe actually reads the files. Still struggling with split tone though, I feel like either I can't tell it's on, or its to much. Definitely be adding some of these to my work flow, thanks for the great video!
I'm a lightroom newbie and never really thought it was any good. However, I'm watching all your tutorials on lightroom, and wow it's very powerful, your delivery and non complicated style makes learning very easy. Thank you so much. Russ
I have been using lightroom cc for a while now and there were so many things i did not know about. You make everything really easy to understand. I would often put too much contrast to my photos, but i have been watching your videos and realising that sharp photo does not have to be high on contrast. Thank you for teaching.
Definitely a useful video, especially the tip with the color marker. I only use it in WB but I will use it more after watching this video. Thanks for the tips!
For me the first question is whether I am trying to replicate the "color" of the scene by getting the tint and temp to somehow match how the light effected the color or whether you are interested in producing images that make effective use of color grading to produce an effect on the viewer. I worked with an Australian photoshop teacher who was crazy about getting the white balance right--using grey cards, etc. He and I kept clashing until I realized I had no interest in getting the white balance "right." I wanted to make art. I guess if you are a wedding photographer you need to get the white balance "just right." Not my thing. Mastering color grading is more important to me than getting white balance right
This was mostly review for me. However, you first tip using the White Balance Picker and then adjusting the temperature to balance the blue channel was brilliant. I never seen that. I love the result afterwards. I will definitely try that tip and give it a try. Thanks.
Hi from Germany, I love your tutorials. The topics are well structured and explained very understandably. I would like to mention a point regarding the tone curves. If you take the color picker, set one point at the curve and drag it this also changes other parts of the curve. Sometimes it helps to fix the lighter or darker areas by adding one or two more points at the tone curve.
Excellent knowledge sir! Not sure who I first saw it from but it wasn't too long ago I saw how to use the individual color choices and now that is what I mainly use on my pics. I mostly do car pics so I tend to increase the individual color saturation and luminescence of colors in the car that I want to intensify. I don't mess with the WB except when I do any indoor pics, which is rare. Most of my stuff is outside during the day so I just leave it all to auto for that.
Once again a VERY informative video Mark. I was stopping your video as I was going back into my Lightroom and trying each of the tips on a photo I took, then restarting your video :) You have a fantastic way of explaining things 👍 Again thank you for the tips and look forward to your next video......
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Its ME who has to thank YOU for sharing your knowledge not just about photography but also Lightroom and Photoshop as well. So YOU are the man Mark! 😁
I also have a degree of color-blindness (along with about 8% of all males) and I tend to obsess over the color balance. The technique I usually use involves using a curves layer to set the white black and gray points along with a threshold layer to find the white and black points, and a 50% gray layer to find the gray point. This usually seems to work, but the downside is that it stretches out the dynamic range from a black point with zero R, G, and B to a white point with fully saturated R, G, and B. I wish someone could come up with a foolproof method for color-bind people that didn't depend on adjusting sliders until it looks right. I've tried using an Expodisc, but one downside is that the lighting can change from one minute to the next depending on cloud cover, etc, and another downside is that you don't always want to remove color casts, such as the golden glow just before sunset.
Another great video, Mark! Most helpful was the tip on selecting white balance, which is always something I seem to struggle with. I also never really used split toning. Your explanation was most helpful as well! Keep up the good work. 👍🏼👍🏼
Wow, thanks for the great Lightroom tips. I have to say, every time I watch one of your videos, I have to go back and edit all my pictures again! Thanks for the online education 😊👍
Informative video again, really do like this channel. Great to have videos highlighting how to go about post processing. Most channels are about composition and settings but what sets there image's apart is the post processing they do to those images, your video's give an insight into the post processing so that we all can try and improve our images.
A common problem I face is bland, "meh" skies. A simple trick is to use the HSL panel to reduce blue luminance. You can also do that by putting the luminance crosshairs on a blue sky area and pulling down. The effect approximates the result of shooting with a polarizing filter. Obviously, the temptation is strong to do this too much or too often. But, used with discipline, this trick adds character and interest to boring skies.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I really enjoyed the way youth explained the 7 tips, specially the hsl picker, and the calibration!!! Really helpful.
Thanks, Mark - a great, helpful video for a long-term Lightroom user who never dared to fool with what he thought were complicated color adjusting tools. Thanks to you, they aren’t complicated.
I'm so envious. I'm colourblind (deuteranomaly) so dare not touch any colour adjustments. I've tried many times but always end up resetting. I once knocked a WB setting and did a whole sequence of beach photos with green sand, only noticed some days later :-)
Great info! Really appreciate the info on color profiles, in particular, which I no knowledge of before. Thanks also for the specific details on the other color adjustment approaches in LR. Very clearly explained. Well done!
Thanks Nicola! I was thinking about adding a similar topic to this video, but it was starting to run long. I'll look at creating a part 2 to this video.
Dear mr. Denney. Big thanks to you for this tips. I have try them and it is really really nice. It help me a lot. Your videos are great. Thank you. Regards, Jan (Czech republic - Europe)
Hi from NZ, I have to say your tutorials are amazing, perfect speed, very clear instruction and your speaking voice is awesome to understand. Probably my favourite tutorial subscription I have clicked on. Not sure if it was intended but the lights behind you changed to match the colours you were talking about at the beginning of the video, very cool. Thanks again.
White Balance is actually 18% grey, so pick a light grey color rather than a white. Personally I use the NIK Collection in Photoshop there are tons of effects and adjustments not available in Lightroom.
Really really interesting video. I no longer use Lightroom (Luminar) but it’s basically the same. You have so many different ways to get creative with colors. There isn’t just one way of doing it 🙂
Finally found great explanation. Especially was looking for the white balance many videos. I know this channel but now I found the video. Just to bad I can’t apply this white balance manual trick with the mobile app..
Another great video Mark, you make it easy to follow and understand. I've watched other video's on photoshop and lightroom that just get me lost. I don't understand how this video has any thumbs down, if they didn't understand this, I don't know how they even clicked on the thumbs down, lol.
What's your "go-to" method for adjusting Color?
Mark, Today I purchased a "White Balance Card" I tried with the grey card and the result is incredible. I always watch your videos.
@@Fagapperd14 Thanks so much! Yes, a white balance card is a fantastic tool! I always forget to use one though..
Mainly hsl panel and White Balance.
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Is a uk link but I'm sure you'll find something similar. The price is very good too. www.amazon.co.uk/Anwenk-Balance-Exposure-Photography-Calibration/dp/B01DPV5PUA
@@Fagapperd14 Thanks Rafael!
I have been a videographer for over 30 years at a high end production orientated TV broadcast news magazine show and I have been shooting stills for about the same amount of time. What I have found is that no matter how long someone has been doing something, exspecially when you are talking about something regarding being creative, there is always something new to learn even when you feel you have done it all a thousand times. I just came across your channel and subscribed because I feel you do a nice job explaining things and from the production side, your videos are great.
There is one thing I would like to share that I feel is more than a little concerning and that is what a photographer has become, which in some cases, is a graphic artist. Someone will take a marginal shot at best and then create something that was never there. For me, what you see through the lens is what you should see on the other side and not something that was created through editing. There is nothing wrong with tweaking things a little but when someone completely changes the image that was in the lens, for me, that's an issue. Fall foliage shots is probably the worst offender. There are photographers that will go out and hunt down the perfect shot and there are others that will find something with a little color, and then through editing, crank up the color to create an image that was not there. If the sky was not perfect, they will make it dark blue. If the ocean doesn't look perfect in it's own setting, some people tweak the colors to once again, create something that was never there. I am not bashing the people that do this but they have crossed the line between a photographer and a graphic artist, which by definition is to create an image and not capture it, which is what a photograper is supposed to do.
Sooo definitions change, boundaries change, technology changes, what we consider "good" or "acceptable" changes, what are you getting at? What are you surprised about?
Should your leaf photographer walk for hours until she finds the perfect light, angle and pigment combination, or will it be OK if she just tweaks the colors (a lot) in a photo from her backyard? Because that's what you can do now, world is getting easier, more people can unleash their creativity using tech tools.
I consider us talking about mediocre results right now. The light at the end of the tunnel for you my friend is that the ceiling is getting pushed HIGHER. If everybody can have great results without hours of leaf-searching, then we won't consider this great anymore. And also your unedited work will have to get better in order to compete, you cannot stay lazy.
That was 19.05 minutes well spent. Perfectly paced delivery. Clear concise presentation. Thank you for your tute.
Michael McPhee Awesome to hear! Thanks Michael!
Something I like to do when adjusting White Balance is temporarily run the Saturation slider all the way to 100%. This exaggerates any color cast that might be present and will highlight any color imbalance, making it easier to adjust. After adjusting Color Temp to something more balanced, I'll zero out the Saturation slider and toggle my White Balance adjustment on/off to see the change. This "usually" gets me 99% of the way there with only minor adjustments left to dial it in to taste.
Thats a great tip Joel - appreciate ya sharing that!
For someone (Myself) that’s new to photography, your videos makes this photography thing extremely exciting.
I love how you find the better white balance using the grid and changing the RGB color values.
Great video Mark, gives me a clear view for the options available,cheers
Great to hear you enjoyed it Jamie - many thanks!
Outstanding Mark. Just when I thought I knew what I was doing you woke me up. It’s a pity that I’m watching this tutorial whilst sitting in bed at 01235 hrs. It’s already tomorrow. Wait till I wake up in the morning and I’ll be colouring photos the correct way and more carefully. As usual Mark, thank you very much from this young old Aussie. Be safe Mark. Neville J.
Little tip with the tone curve: If you hold down option (mac) or alt (PC) while dragging an anchor point, it makes your mouse move the anchor point so much slower, allowing for much finer control. With the color curves I find that often you really only want to move them a super tiny bit, so pressing alt / option allows for more subtlety.
You, sir, make very informative videos, and also you are a great teacher. Thank you very much for your job)
I'm glad to do it! Glad you found the video helpful!
This is the first time I see adjustment for the white balance like this ... Really good I like it
Great feedback - happy to hear it was helpful!
I’m a photographer and Lightroom user for years!! I also went to the photography school, from monday to friday, every week for 2 years long. Making photographs every single f#cking day, composition, lightning, post processing ... all the mikmak. I hated photography those days, it was too much work! Finally when I got my diploma I putted my camera away for 2 months. I hated that camera so hard! And the teachers too btw😂. So, what I wanted to say, If people ask me tips about photography and I don’t have the time to help them sometimes I send a link from one of your video’s. You are such a great teacher and you have such a warm and calm personality. With this video too, If people don’t understand it after seeing this short masterclass they were dreaming for at least 19’05”. Another superb video Mark!!!!
What a fantastic comment - thanks so much for this!
Mark Denney you are welcome!👍
Great video Mark! Very instructive
Much appreciated Nicola! Very glad to hear you enjoyed it!
That white balance tip is AWESOME! Thank you.
I kinda take it as a habit now to use the custom WB (specially when shooting panoramas). I use Vello's WB disk for this, and if I don't have it, I would shoot something that "I" consider white and set that image for custom WB calibration. Of course the perfect choice would be for a mid-gray area though, but this color is hard to estimate (kind of, to my eyes).
When I started with photography i really thought these WBs were for "mood" and used it in that manner actually, and then I learned the full scientific story behind it but kept my "mood" method until one day I had big problems when stitching a panorama done indoors with mixed lighting conditions and all (and some times even outside of course, specially at night)... it was a real struggle finding a good balance. So right now I just calibrate (using custom WB) and think of changing the mood later in post-processing or after stitching the panorama.
I think it is quite beneficial (or even basic and essential) for a photographer to learn and study the color wheel and the relation between colors (mainly the complimentary ones) to understand the colors thoroughly (sometimes that might even play a critical rule in composing the elements).
Hello Mark, very interesting indeed! Always good to have additional things like these in your armoury of processing.
Thanks Allan! Really appreciate it!
Very good stuff Mark! I really need to learn to better adjust colors in photography, it´s one the most important thing in Post Processing. And btw the white balance adjustment tip is Amazing
Awesome to hear! Glad it was helpful friend!
G'day Mark. You have a really calm way of presenting very practical and useful information to us that is also easy to understand. Thank you !
Thanks so much Jim! Really appreciate this!
Nice video. I didn’t know about the RGB info panel being available with the W-key shortcut. If it were possible for it to show LAB values, it might even make Lightroom a great tool for really nailing down color correction and removing color cast. Do you find that getting the overall color and contrast within RAW files is better than adjusting things later on a TIFF file in Photoshop?
I usually just use the RAW file, but sometimes I use the TIFF file.
Really useful info - thank you! I’m always learning new tips and tricks in Lightroom! 😊
Glad you liked the video David!
The video quality has been looking really good!
many thanks! I've been working hard at it and I've never been happier with the way that it looks than right now!
Mark... I wanted to take a second to thank you for your videos. The "pace" of the videos are great... not too fast or too slow, your explanation of why you are doing something to an image... and when to back off... just really, really helpful. Very glad I subscribed to your channel here and am joining your website. Again, thanks for your effort.
Learned something new thanks for your great videos
Thanks Todd! Glad it was helpful!
I too use that HSL panel quite a bit and split toning for most color adjustments and tonality. Great tips here. Thanks for sharing.
Diego McCartney Thanks Diego! I’m glad you think so👍
Amazing tips, the white balance tip is gonna be a life saver! And I thought the profiles were just stock presets, I had no idea it changed how Adobe actually reads the files. Still struggling with split tone though, I feel like either I can't tell it's on, or its to much. Definitely be adding some of these to my work flow, thanks for the great video!
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed this week's video!
Simple, clear and highly professional tutorial Mark. Two thumbs up
Angel Valla Thanks Angel!
I'm a lightroom newbie and never really thought it was any good. However, I'm watching all your tutorials on lightroom, and wow it's very powerful, your delivery and non complicated style makes learning very easy. Thank you so much. Russ
Thanks for another great video Mark! The set is looking great too by the way!
By The Compass! Thanks for noticing and letting me know👍
I have been using lightroom cc for a while now and there were so many things i did not know about. You make everything really easy to understand. I would often put too much contrast to my photos, but i have been watching your videos and realising that sharp photo does not have to be high on contrast. Thank you for teaching.
You've done it again! I learned several new ways to work Lightroom that I never knew! Thanx so much Mark!
Haha! Many thanks as always Steve!
Mark, Great video! I’m very glad I found your channel. All are good but especially enjoy your Lightroom videos.
Many thanks Tom! I'm glad you found the channel as well:)
Definitely a useful video, especially the tip with the color marker. I only use it in WB but I will use it more after watching this video. Thanks for the tips!
Etienne Courtens Glad to do it and thanks for watching!
Thanks greatly for some of the new (to me) points, on the calibration panel especially, and the profiles browser. Guess we never stop learning...
Peter Gaylard Many thanks Peter! Super happy to hear the video was helpful.
For me the first question is whether I am trying to replicate the "color" of the scene by getting the tint and temp to somehow match how the light effected the color or whether you are interested in producing images that make effective use of color grading to produce an effect on the viewer. I worked with an Australian photoshop teacher who was crazy about getting the white balance right--using grey cards, etc. He and I kept clashing until I realized I had no interest in getting the white balance "right." I wanted to make art. I guess if you are a wedding photographer you need to get the white balance "just right." Not my thing. Mastering color grading is more important to me than getting white balance right
This was mostly review for me. However, you first tip using the White Balance Picker and then adjusting the temperature to balance the blue channel was brilliant. I never seen that. I love the result afterwards. I will definitely try that tip and give it a try. Thanks.
Many thanks Frank - glad the video was helpful!
Very informative, Mark. I especially liked your first tip, about white balance. Thank you very much.
Ira Bruce Levine Thank ya Ira!
Hi from Germany, I love your tutorials. The topics are well structured and explained very understandably. I would like to mention a point regarding the tone curves. If you take the color picker, set one point at the curve and drag it this also changes other parts of the curve. Sometimes it helps to fix the lighter or darker areas by adding one or two more points at the tone curve.
Excellent knowledge sir! Not sure who I first saw it from but it wasn't too long ago I saw how to use the individual color choices and now that is what I mainly use on my pics. I mostly do car pics so I tend to increase the individual color saturation and luminescence of colors in the car that I want to intensify. I don't mess with the WB except when I do any indoor pics, which is rare. Most of my stuff is outside during the day so I just leave it all to auto for that.
Thanks Travis! Really appreciate that friend and glad you enjoyed the video!
Great video Mark! I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't know there was an eyedropper for WB!
Thanks Micah! Glad to hear you were able to get something new out of the video.
Once again a VERY informative video Mark. I was stopping your video as I was going back into my Lightroom and trying each of the tips on a photo I took, then restarting your video :) You have a fantastic way of explaining things 👍 Again thank you for the tips and look forward to your next video......
Shane Smith Photography You the man Shane! Thanks for this awesome comment👍
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Its ME who has to thank YOU for sharing your knowledge not just about photography but also Lightroom and Photoshop as well. So YOU are the man Mark! 😁
As a colorblind photographer, white balance is always my hardest when it comes to my landscape/travel shots. This is so useful and time saving!
Tyler Mazza Glad to hear it Tyler! Appreciate you watching!
I also have a degree of color-blindness (along with about 8% of all males) and I tend to obsess over the color balance. The technique I usually use involves using a curves layer to set the white black and gray points along with a threshold layer to find the white and black points, and a 50% gray layer to find the gray point. This usually seems to work, but the downside is that it stretches out the dynamic range from a black point with zero R, G, and B to a white point with fully saturated R, G, and B. I wish someone could come up with a foolproof method for color-bind people that didn't depend on adjusting sliders until it looks right. I've tried using an Expodisc, but one downside is that the lighting can change from one minute to the next depending on cloud cover, etc, and another downside is that you don't always want to remove color casts, such as the golden glow just before sunset.
Very interesting! This actually adds to the knowledge that is spread in so many other channels :). Appreciate it.
Glad to do it! And happy to hear the video was helpful!
Mark, I throughly enjoyed this tutorial on Improving Color I found it very informative and was given at a perfect pace. Excellent work sir.
Another great video, Mark! Most helpful was the tip on selecting white balance, which is always something I seem to struggle with. I also never really used split toning. Your explanation was most helpful as well! Keep up the good work. 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks Jimmy! Glad the video was helpful!
Love your tutorials, very simple to understand. Thanks
Thanks man! Really appreciate that
Mark, great video on use of Lightroom. Love the picture in Moab - the sunburst is great. I didn't realize you were based in NC!
Thanks so much! Yep, been in NC for the past 9 years!
Christopher This great sunburst must be from the excellent 16-35 G-Master lens, I guess.
Great class. Didn’t know exactly how each adjustment worked until seeing this. Really enjoy you classes. Keep up the good work.
Many thanks Michael!
Wow, thanks for the great Lightroom tips. I have to say, every time I watch one of your videos, I have to go back and edit all my pictures again! Thanks for the online education 😊👍
Haha - sorry for the additional work :), but glad you're enjoying the videos!
Hi Mark, which adjustments of the 7, do you usually use together? Great video, so many choices I had not used or thought of!
Thanks Scott - glad you enjoyed the video! I'd say the most commonly used for me is the HSL panel, Split Toning & White Balance
Loved those colour changes at 1:26 - very subtle
Great tutorial Mark, it’s like opening Pandora’s box for me, thank you .
Thanks David!
Informative video again, really do like this channel. Great to have videos highlighting how to go about post processing. Most channels are about composition and settings but what sets there image's apart is the post processing they do to those images, your video's give an insight into the post processing so that we all can try and improve our images.
Many thanks Tony and super glad to hear you're enjoying the channel!
I love your videos.
You are so to the point
You explain so calm and focused
And not a hyper youtube creator
Thank you
A common problem I face is bland, "meh" skies. A simple trick is to use the HSL panel to reduce blue luminance. You can also do that by putting the luminance crosshairs on a blue sky area and pulling down. The effect approximates the result of shooting with a polarizing filter. Obviously, the temptation is strong to do this too much or too often. But, used with discipline, this trick adds character and interest to boring skies.
very, very helpful! 👏 Thanks a gazillion MD! (By the way, your photography I've seen so far, is masterful!)
R Garlin Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I really enjoyed the way youth explained the 7 tips, specially the hsl picker, and the calibration!!! Really helpful.
Glad to do it Sacha! Appreciate ya watching it!
Loved the white balance tips!
Catalina Clavijo Glad to hear it Catalina!
I pretty well use all of these tools except for calibration. A nice 'heads up' on curves. Great video.
Another great video. Thanks, Mark.
Adam V Appreciate it Adam! I’m glad you think so!
Thanks for the tutorial. Very useful! A great resource to go back to as I learn the different ways to adjust colour. Thank you!!!
Surely one of the best videos I've seen on this topic. Thank you!
Wonderful tutorial, to the point and clinically precise, thank you Mark!
Thanks, Mark - a great, helpful video for a long-term Lightroom user who never dared to fool with what he thought were complicated color adjusting tools. Thanks to you, they aren’t complicated.
Greta video Mark, I never realized how powerful the color picker was! I do love to use the blue tone curve to create a cinematic look!
Thanks Korey!
Super helpful video Mark! Not seen a single video like this that goes into so much depth - you’ve just got yourself another subscriber 😁
Awesome! Thanks so much Harry!
WB and the HSL color picker has now been my go to tools as of lately for a quick fix in the color areas
Great Video Mark. Very useful. Thank you for the tips.
Appreciate it Deric!
Really well explained. Thank you. So many choices to work with color. I'll be sure to try out the panels I don't often use.
Fantastic tutorial. Congratulations!
I'm so envious. I'm colourblind (deuteranomaly) so dare not touch any colour adjustments.
I've tried many times but always end up resetting.
I once knocked a WB setting and did a whole sequence of beach photos with green sand, only noticed some days later :-)
Great info! Really appreciate the info on color profiles, in particular, which I no knowledge of before. Thanks also for the specific details on the other color adjustment approaches in LR. Very clearly explained. Well done!
Great information Mark! Thanks for all the help! Great video!
Really good video Mark! Can you make one speaking about colors that work better together and meaning of colors.?
Thanks Nicola! I was thinking about adding a similar topic to this video, but it was starting to run long. I'll look at creating a part 2 to this video.
Your content makes me like your video in the first 20 seconds itself. Thank you.
Dear mr. Denney. Big thanks to you for this tips. I have try them and it is really really nice. It help me a lot. Your videos are great.
Thank you. Regards, Jan (Czech republic - Europe)
jeniczek Glad to do it and happy to hear you enjoyed it!
Hi from NZ, I have to say your tutorials are amazing, perfect speed, very clear instruction and your speaking voice is awesome to understand. Probably my favourite tutorial subscription I have clicked on. Not sure if it was intended but the lights behind you changed to match the colours you were talking about at the beginning of the video, very cool. Thanks again.
Very kind of you to say John - thank you!
Really liked the explanation on the HSL method and panels
Ajit Singh Much appreciated - thank you!
I am new to LR. This is Very very helpful for me to understand color in LR. Thank you!
Linhui Sui Great ot hear you were able to get some helpful information out of the video!
Thanks, Mark. Have never used the color picker on any of my adjustments. Very helpful!
Glad to do it Jeff and happy to hear the video was helpful!
White Balance is actually 18% grey, so pick a light grey color rather than a white. Personally I use the NIK Collection in Photoshop there are tons of effects and adjustments not available in Lightroom.
This is a great exploration of the many different color controls in Lightroom. Thanks for reminding me about some of the ones I've forgotten about!
Justin Young Thanks Justin! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great video Mark, some really interesting tips. It’s challenging to remember it all lol.
Thanks Chris! Glad the video was helpful!
As always some great tips! Thank you
bio7021 Glad to do it! Thanks for watching.
Amazing! I used the lightroom for several years, but did not know such a useful function as color correction with a pipette 16:07.
Thank You!
Руслан Руссо Glad to hear it was helpful!
Very well constructed info video Mark! Great tips.
Appreciate it Randy!
Really really interesting video. I no longer use Lightroom (Luminar) but it’s basically the same. You have so many different ways to get creative with colors. There isn’t just one way of doing it 🙂
Awesome video Mark!! I really enjoyed the tutorial, and learned a lot. Keep up the great work!
Much appreciated Alex - thank yoU!
Thanks for this! Love the channel! 😁
Chinmay Sawarkar Thanks so much! I really appreciate ya.
Mark, this was the best video you've done to date!
David Weber Really appreciate it David - thank you!
Great tips, Mark. Some of these adjustments are entirely new to me. Thanks for the tutorial.
Thanks Don and thank ys for the comment as well!
Thank you for these tips, they are very helpful.
Peter Jobbins Glad to hear it Peter - thank you!
Thank you Mark, great tips, easy to follow and very much appreciated! New sub!
Noel Milner Thanks so much Noel - very much appreciate that!
Good stuff. I thought I knew a few things in LR but I see there is more ways to skin a cat.
Haha! Thanks Mike!
Great tutorial. I have finally found something useful to up my lightroom technique. Thank you for your time and share.
Helpful tip with white balance. Thanks👍
Katja Sešel Thanks so much!
Excellent tutorial .Mark.....Thank you for sharing your time and expertise with us.
My pleasure! Glad to hear yo enjoyed the video!
Really enjoy your videos! Super Informative! Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much Kyle!
Finally found great explanation. Especially was looking for the white balance many videos. I know this channel but now I found the video. Just to bad I can’t apply this white balance manual trick with the mobile app..
Another great video Mark, you make it easy to follow and understand. I've watched other video's on photoshop and lightroom that just get me lost. I don't understand how this video has any thumbs down, if they didn't understand this, I don't know how they even clicked on the thumbs down, lol.
Great video Mark I have been trying to spend more time on colour recently as it always just to be a bit of an after thought. Thanks for the tips!
Glad to do it Paul - thanks for watching!