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10 Tips for Working in the Develop Module in Lightroom Classic

In this video “10 tips for working in the Develop Module in Lightroom Classic”, Julieanne walks through her favorite shortcuts for sliders and panels, demonstrates how to customize the interface, reveals unique zoom options, and more!

Create, Save, and Apply Edit Presets in the Develop Module in Lightroom Classic

Here are my favorite tips and shortcuts for working with presets in Lightroom Classic’s Develop module.

The Difference Between the Vibrance and Saturation Sliders in Lightroom Classic

The difference between the Saturation and Vibrance sliders in Lightroom Classic is that the Saturation slider makes absolute adjustments that affects all colors equally while the Vibrance slider is relative.

Discover How to Use the Clone, Heal, and Content Aware Remove Healing Modes in Lightroom Classic

Watch this video (or view the tips and shortcuts below) to discover how to use the Clone, Heal, and Content-Aware Remove healing modes in Lightroom Classic to quickly remove dust spots, imperfections and distracting elements in a photograph.

Everything You Need to Know About Masking in Lightroom Classic

Discover how to take your images to the next level using masking to enhance and adjust selective areas of a photograph.  In this video, Julieanne Kost share tips, tricks and techniques for making the most out of Lightroom Classic’s masking tools including new automated selections based on AI/ML (Select Subject, Object, Sky, People, and Background), manual painting tools (brush, eraser, linear and radial gradients), and Range Masking (color, luminance, and depth). She also walks through Auto Sync, Copy/Paste, and using Adaptive Presets – all guaranteed to make your workflow more efficient.

Copy, Paste, and Sync Develop Edits to Multiple Images in Lightroom Classic

When editing multiple images in Lightroom Classic, there are several ways to apply those same settings (or a subset of settings) to additional photographs. In this post, I’ll cover the most common methods for batch processing and include shortcuts to help streamline the workflows. 

Three Techniques for Vignetting Photographs in Lightroom Classic

Here are three techniques to add vignettes to your photographs in Lightroom Classic. 

The Color Mixer and B&W Panels in Lightroom Classic

Use the HSL/Color panel in Lightroom Classic to make adjustments to the Hue, Saturation, and Luminance values of specific color ranges in an image.

Before & After View and the History Panel in Lightroom Classic

compare and apply preferred edits and adjustments that have been made to an image. Below are several tips to help get the most out of these two features. 

Editing Photos using Reference View in Lightroom Classic

Reference View provides a dedicated 2-up view in Lightroom Classic’s Develop module in order to view and compare a Reference photo (static) while making edits to an Active (editable) photo. This view is incredibly useful when you’re trying to “match” the look and feel of one image to another and essential when preparing multiple images to use together in a layout or presentation. 

The Power of Quick Develop in Lightroom Classic

To quickly make adjustments and enhancements to your photographs in Lightroom Classic without moving to the Develop module, use the buttons in the Quick Develop panel in the Library module.

The Texture, Clarity, and Dehaze Sliders in Lightroom Classic

Because Texture, Clarity, and Dehaze can all be used to increase or decrease contrast (including edge contrast) in an image, it’s important to understand the subtle differences between the features in order to combine the enhancements to achieve the results that you’re after.

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Applying Auto Tone Adjustments in Lightroom Classic

The Auto Tone option in Lightroom Classic can help create pleasing adjustments to an image with a single click. Depending on the image, the Auto Tone option will make changes to the following sliders:  Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Saturation, and Vibrance.

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Setting White Balance in Lightroom Classic

Here are six of my favorite shortcuts for setting an image’s White Balance in Lightroom Classic.

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