I've been shooting and editing for a year now. I've taken my time figuring out my style and workflow rather than watch a ton of tutorials. With that being said, I'm thankful for this video. This is a side of things I've thought about and have attempted in my own way but what you've showed me not only speeds up my process but also makes my work look better. Thank you!
I'm just starting to work with Lightroom and the most difficult thing for me was to make the most natural skin tone and this video helped me the most, and after it I do it with understanding. Thank you very much, great!🤗
The preset options for skin tones are key and probably the most difficult to get. I wish that process was explained a little more. But there are still good things here. Thank you.
Thank you for the tips. It was very interesting and helpful... unfortunately my version of Lightroom does not have all the features you are using. Could you please tell me the exact name of your Lightroom? Thank you!
Thank you for this tips, being doing photography for about 2 years and i’ve watched many tutorials and this is the first time i apply this tips and is a total game changer. The way you delivered your message and attention to details behind making this video is what helped me 🙏🏽
Thanks so much James!! 🙏 I sure do, link is in the description. The portrait pack used in this vid is called "Moments Preset Pack". Thanks for the support dude!
Presets. Makes it difficult to follow what you're doing because you're changing so much in one key stroke that the people wanting to learn won't know what's happening.
GREAT PORTRAIT EDITING TIPS! I use a 24-70mm zoom and a 55mm manual macro lens on a Nikon D750 and so far have decent success with my portraits, and this video is certainly helpful when I edit in Lightroom! Thanks... Forgot to ask: Are you shooting mostly in RAW or JPEG format? HG
Looking for good Lightroom tutorials but you are the first one that explains completely understandable and also gives great content like very important things that you really need. Thumb up and subscribed thanks so much! Looking forward to more stuff like that also enjoying your Aussie accent :))
I felt such "at home" watching your clip - nearly the same way I'm developing my portrait work since a long time (except the bonus tip - I never added grain before). And for the background I often invert a copy of the mask of my subject and darken it a little bit instead of using a inverted radial filter behind - but nice tip, it's not that intense for caluculating or copying the masks to the next shot. And one little aditional thing I would have done to your last image: Desaturating these two orange grips of that little clamp right above your model - as I have seen them they are now always catching my eyes... And over all: Thanks for sharing your work!
I'm a bit confused, as using lightroom is essentially camera raw in photoshop (only camera raw has more available tools) and if you are already in photos (which also has more control and tools), you are actually saving time by using photoshop with the included camera raw editor. I rarely open lightroom for this exact reason.
I kinda feel the same way, i feel is because u can buy presets (all of them for LR) and also more access to the adobe community, but honestly i dont see much difference, I use bridge/RAW more but I guess I am missing out because everyone uses LR and LR classic 🤷🏻♂️
@@musicpatricio I use lightroom for pre-editing after I cull in aftershoot, but then I save and do all my editing in camera raw and photoshop. My workflow involved all of the above and it makes it alot more swift. Import into computer, save to file, load into aftershoot, view and pre-edit in lightroom (color correct and cull again, save metadata, etc just makes it easier to run through them one last time) then I load into camera raw and bring up in photoshop for retouching and final edits.
This video is amazing mate. For me who is only used to landscape editing this video was very useful for me and explained well. Can I ask 1 thing, the presets you are choosing on the left are they already in lightroom or did you get these from somewhere? I have never used preset I always done my own edit from scratch
Great video and thank you for explaining it well. I have question, if I have 50 portrait pictures and wanted to edit them. Do I have edit each portrait separately (like softening the skin, removing marks from face etc) or do I have to copy the setting and paste it for other portraits? Thank you in advance!
All the photos taken in the same light level and color temperature can be done as a batch. Any elements that are different materially, needs to be processed as a group after editing the first of that group. Assuming the most of the photos are taken with the same light sources, for example doing corporate head shots where 50 people are shot individually using the same lighting, edit the first one of that group using background and subject select functions, such as skin select with smoothing for females in one batch and males in another. Make the adjustments for the first. until you like the result. After that one is edited to your likely, Select all the photos that are male(or female) from the bottom panel and right button on the mouse, choose "Copy Settings from the Previous" an all the changes made with be repeated, so it LR will select create a face mask for each sequentially regardless of how different the faces were, or any of the masking changes you made to the first image. If you modified eyes, hair, brightness, smoothing etc, the same operations will be carried out on all the rest, a it sequentially selects the face shape or eye or whatever you did to the first. I had a group of actors, 66 of them, mostly female, to shoot upper torso and head shots for a drama theater when LR added subject select so tried it, and it worked amazingly well. That all day editing job was done in 20 minutes. Lightroom, Camera Raw and Photoshop in the Photography Bundle is the best, most useful and modest investment in photography. In recent year their major updates and feature additions have increased in effectiveness and quality to the point that anyone who needs to edit it wasting time if they do not subscribe to the monthly subscription. It is the best deal in the industry. Some of their other applications such as DreamWeaver for web site development has not been updated for over 10 years and costs twice as much per month Note that if color temperature changes between shots, you will have to manually adjust White Balance individually if you are using custom WB. Auto mode is often good enough. You can also use batch processing in Adobe Camera Raw but they are all adjusted in real time together, so you can retain all the raw data at full image data. If you are doing similar work often, save your changes as a preset and to even lower the workload. Almost all my commercial work and hobby shooting subjects are people, mostly females so a few presets and it is easier than ever to become consistent and produce quality finished images.
@@TKNORTH I've never used LR, only PS for the past 25 years. I see it's a lot more capable now, so maybe I need to learn LR. I just always preferred to open files from a folder, edit in PS, and keep it there without having a library or catalog like LR uses.
Lightroom classic! It’s had a few updates since this video. However all the sliders and adjustments are the same in both versions of Lightroom, the layout is just different
2ND COMMENT: I love what you're doing to edit your portraits! QUICK QUESTION: Do you ever hit the AUTO TONE BUTTON? I find myself using it to START the editing process!
How does it help us to see that you edit portraits with your presets. It would help us to see how you edit a picture that is difficult to edit directly with the tools in Lightroom or PS.
Hope we found it useful?? HA! That was SO great. I have only been using the "new" LR for a few months after having LR5 for 15 yrs. Oh Lord! So much easier now and not using PS nearly as much, if at all on my portraits. Bless you TK. PEACE!!!
I've been asked to edit a friends .jpeg exterior photo for her forthcoming web page. I have the face right however there are a couple of large poles in the background, one seemingly touching her face though, which I have not been able to remove with the band aid tool. Do you have anything in your videos that would help me out please?
Hi Michael! It sounds like you might need to jump over to photoshop. Do you have access to it? Lightroom is great for more simple corrections, but anything a bit more complicated will often require photoshop. The only video of mine that might help is called "Advanced Editing Techniques in Lightroom | My Complete Workflow". Mostly in Lightroom but if you skip ahead to near the end I finish the edit off in photoshop removing a few objects. Not sure if this will be useful as it's still a relatively simple task, but hopefully! Good luck :)
@@michaelmcphee2930 good stuff man! Can definitely be a bit overwhelming at first but there’s a few tools in there that are quite easy to use that will definitely be useful for you! Have a search on how to use the clone stamp tool and / or spot healing brush tool if you need any more guidance!
Hi there, are you on Lightroom Classic or Lightroom? You'll find the layout in Lightroom compared to Classic is quite different but same controls largely
Fantastic! Thank for this! Key is learning the software.....they say it takes 10,000hrs working on it to master it, but it also helps to watch TKNORTHs videos and subscribe to his channel lol!
I've been shooting and editing for a year now. I've taken my time figuring out my style and workflow rather than watch a ton of tutorials. With that being said, I'm thankful for this video. This is a side of things I've thought about and have attempted in my own way but what you've showed me not only speeds up my process but also makes my work look better. Thank you!
That's so great to hear! So glad it was useful for you in some way :)
Radial Gradient was the gold in this video... Thanks for the tips.
HANDS DOWN The single Lightroom Portrait Tutorial I needed!!
Wow - you are so underrated, straight to the point, no bullshit, very practical tips. Thank you, Tim!
finally someone who dedicates his time amazing
Thanks so much for that!
I'm just starting to work with Lightroom and the most difficult thing for me was to make the most natural skin tone and this video helped me the most, and after it I do it with understanding. Thank you very much, great!🤗
Super straighforward! Great lesson
The preset options for skin tones are key and probably the most difficult to get. I wish that process was explained a little more. But there are still good things here. Thank you.
I'm a fan already! You're a rockstar! Thanks for these tips!
Thanks so much!
I love it!!!!! Particularly, the radial gradient. Thank you.
Here cos of Michelle.... stayed cos this was awesome. So helpful!
Awesome video brother!
Very useful information, huge thanks mate
This was insanely informative! I’ll be trying some of these tonight !
Thank you for the tips.
absolutely brilliant man! the selective tool is a game changer for me :)
Great video!
Excellent video..Worth Watching.. Thnaks bro
Thank you for the tips. It was very interesting and helpful... unfortunately my version of Lightroom does not have all the features you are using. Could you please tell me the exact name of your Lightroom? Thank you!
Thank you for this tips, being doing photography for about 2 years and i’ve watched many tutorials and this is the first time i apply this tips and is a total game changer. The way you delivered your message and attention to details behind making this video is what helped me 🙏🏽
Thanks so much for the comment!!! Always so nice to hear when people find these useful, really appreciate it and so glad it was helpful for you!
Sir how to download these potrait preset
So underrated. Everything explained in great detail. Following you on Instagram great shots.
Really appreciate that! Thanks so much for the support 😊
Nicely done mate. Great to have an Aussie out there doing it. Thanks heaps.
Thank you man! 🇦🇺 Just saw your other comment too. Hope that edit goes well!!!
Great video, I’m going to be doing my 1st model edit next week so this really helps
That is soooo interesting! I thought I knew a lot about lightroom, and here is such a pleasant surprise! Many thanks for sharing your knowledge! ♥
Incredible tutorial! Super helpful! Thank you so much!
Thanks TK .
Please do a video on how to make good present. Thank you boss
thanks for all tips, do you do freeland in fiverr for photography ? 😊😊
Best video I seen thank you ❤
Super useful, looking forward to using these! Thanks TK :)
Thanks so much dude! Glad you found them useful :) good luck with the editing!
Your preset looks very natural. I’m gonna buy it. Hopefully it works well with my canon r5.
Great tipps, but how do you apply this for example to a series of 800 wedding photos?
Thank you from northern California! joe
Well done sir ......
Was the models waist photoshopped prior during the part about Radial Filters? Something about it looks off
Awesome! Would love to know how you lit the first shot of the girl leaning towards camera.
This video popped up in recommended and I had to watch it, this tutorial helped me a lot, and thank you very much. 👏
hi i really like your preset is compatible with camera raw?
You are amazing!
A Big thank you for showing this as it has helped me a lot as I figure out editing through Lightroom
so helpful thank you!
Great tips bro, thank you
this is an amazing tutorial video thank you so much!
This was so educational. Thank you so much. Do you sell this portrait preset pack? 🙏
Thanks so much James!! 🙏 I sure do, link is in the description. The portrait pack used in this vid is called "Moments Preset Pack". Thanks for the support dude!
GOOD! VERY USEFUL ! THANKS FOR SHARING SOME TIPS .
Presets. Makes it difficult to follow what you're doing because you're changing so much in one key stroke that the people wanting to learn won't know what's happening.
thank you for this! Very helpful content!
GREAT PORTRAIT EDITING TIPS! I use a 24-70mm zoom and a 55mm manual macro lens on a Nikon D750 and so far have decent success with my portraits,
and this video is certainly helpful when I edit in Lightroom! Thanks... Forgot to ask: Are you shooting mostly in RAW or JPEG format? HG
Looking for good Lightroom tutorials but you are the first one that explains completely understandable and also gives great content like very important things that you really need. Thumb up and subscribed thanks so much! Looking forward to more stuff like that also enjoying your Aussie accent :))
That's awesome to hear! So glad you enjoyed it! Haha glad you enjoyed the Aussie accent too :) where are you from?
Learned a ton of lightroom tips!! Thank you for the tutorial!!
Your videos are really easy to follow - thank you for the tips
Awesome tips man! So helpful
Thank you my bro!!
I learned something new. Thank you :)
Thank you for this tutorial
you've been amazing
so good! thanks
I felt such "at home" watching your clip - nearly the same way I'm developing my portrait work since a long time (except the bonus tip - I never added grain before). And for the background I often invert a copy of the mask of my subject and darken it a little bit instead of using a inverted radial filter behind - but nice tip, it's not that intense for caluculating or copying the masks to the next shot. And one little aditional thing I would have done to your last image: Desaturating these two orange grips of that little clamp right above your model - as I have seen them they are now always catching my eyes... And over all: Thanks for sharing your work!
100% Amazing Work!!
I'm a bit confused, as using lightroom is essentially camera raw in photoshop (only camera raw has more available tools) and if you are already in photos (which also has more control and tools), you are actually saving time by using photoshop with the included camera raw editor. I rarely open lightroom for this exact reason.
I kinda feel the same way, i feel is because u can buy presets (all of them for LR) and also more access to the adobe community, but honestly i dont see much difference, I use bridge/RAW more but I guess I am missing out because everyone uses LR and LR classic 🤷🏻♂️
@@musicpatricio I use lightroom for pre-editing after I cull in aftershoot, but then I save and do all my editing in camera raw and photoshop. My workflow involved all of the above and it makes it alot more swift. Import into computer, save to file, load into aftershoot, view and pre-edit in lightroom (color correct and cull again, save metadata, etc just makes it easier to run through them one last time) then I load into camera raw and bring up in photoshop for retouching and final edits.
Great tutorials, kudos for not overusing LR :)
thank you so much , it worked :)
Super useful tips, thank you
This video is amazing mate. For me who is only used to landscape editing this video was very useful for me and explained well. Can I ask 1 thing, the presets you are choosing on the left are they already in lightroom or did you get these from somewhere? I have never used preset I always done my own edit from scratch
Love it. You have a new subscriber.
Great video and thank you for explaining it well. I have question, if I have 50 portrait pictures and wanted to edit them. Do I have edit each portrait separately (like softening the skin, removing marks from face etc) or do I have to copy the setting and paste it for other portraits? Thank you in advance!
Dont mind me, just here waiting for the same response.😅
All the photos taken in the same light level and color temperature can be done as a batch. Any elements that are different materially, needs to be processed as a group after editing the first of that group.
Assuming the most of the photos are taken with the same light sources, for example doing corporate head shots where 50 people are shot individually using the same lighting, edit the first one of that group using background and subject select functions, such as skin select with smoothing for females in one batch and males in another. Make the adjustments for the first. until you like the result. After that one is edited to your likely, Select all the photos that are male(or female) from the bottom panel and right button on the mouse, choose "Copy Settings from the Previous" an all the changes made with be repeated, so it LR will select create a face mask for each sequentially regardless of how different the faces were, or any of the masking changes you made to the first image. If you modified eyes, hair, brightness, smoothing etc, the same operations will be carried out on all the rest, a it sequentially selects the face shape or eye or whatever you did to the first. I had a group of actors, 66 of them, mostly female, to shoot upper torso and head shots for a drama theater when LR added subject select so tried it, and it worked amazingly well. That all day editing job was done in 20 minutes.
Lightroom, Camera Raw and Photoshop in the Photography Bundle is the best, most useful and modest investment in photography. In recent year their major updates and feature additions have increased in effectiveness and quality to the point that anyone who needs to edit it wasting time if they do not subscribe to the monthly subscription. It is the best deal in the industry. Some of their other applications such as DreamWeaver for web site development has not been updated for over 10 years and costs twice as much per month
Note that if color temperature changes between shots, you will have to manually adjust White Balance individually if you are using custom WB. Auto mode is often good enough.
You can also use batch processing in Adobe Camera Raw but they are all adjusted in real time together, so you can retain all the raw data at full image data.
If you are doing similar work often, save your changes as a preset and to even lower the workload. Almost all my commercial work and hobby shooting subjects are people, mostly females so a few presets and it is easier than ever to become consistent and produce quality finished images.
Really helpful! Great content, first time to watch your videos and you're spot on!
Dope Video 🙏🏽💯
thank you ... I use a few of these, definitely using the others I saw here =)
Thanks so much for that :) glad they were useful!
Thank you!
Can photoshop be used for these corrections?
Yep mostly, and a lot more! Sometimes nice staying in Lightroom though
@@TKNORTH I've never used LR, only PS for the past 25 years. I see it's a lot more capable now, so maybe I need to learn LR. I just always preferred to open files from a folder, edit in PS, and keep it there without having a library or catalog like LR uses.
the best
What version of lightroom is this because I don't have any of these options.
Lightroom classic! It’s had a few updates since this video. However all the sliders and adjustments are the same in both versions of Lightroom, the layout is just different
Perfect instruction. Thank you.
Great video
how is the tknorth moment preset?
Sick, love the skin tone trick dude👌 thank you
2ND COMMENT: I love what you're doing to edit your portraits! QUICK QUESTION: Do you ever hit the AUTO TONE BUTTON? I find myself using it to START the editing process!
Thank you
Thanks bro 😎
Welcome bro! 😎
How does it help us to see that you edit portraits with your presets. It would help us to see how you edit a picture that is difficult to edit directly with the tools in Lightroom or PS.
love you bro👊
Just connected ur channel. Bcz Ur tutorials are so easy to learn 🎉❤
Very useful you have the best video to learn 👍
Hope we found it useful?? HA! That was SO great. I have only been using the "new" LR for a few months after having LR5 for 15 yrs. Oh Lord! So much easier now and not using PS nearly as much, if at all on my portraits. Bless you TK. PEACE!!!
Very good tutorial. Thank you! ✌️
I wonder why you don't use the Canon color profiles.
amazing
I've been asked to edit a friends .jpeg exterior photo for her forthcoming web page. I have the face right however there are a couple of large poles in the background, one seemingly touching her face though, which I have not been able to remove with the band aid tool. Do you have anything in your videos that would help me out please?
Hi Michael! It sounds like you might need to jump over to photoshop. Do you have access to it? Lightroom is great for more simple corrections, but anything a bit more complicated will often require photoshop. The only video of mine that might help is called "Advanced Editing Techniques in Lightroom | My Complete Workflow". Mostly in Lightroom but if you skip ahead to near the end I finish the edit off in photoshop removing a few objects. Not sure if this will be useful as it's still a relatively simple task, but hopefully! Good luck :)
@@TKNORTH yes it's in my subscription. I've been avoiding it but getting there. I'll look at your stuff. Thank you heaps
@@michaelmcphee2930 good stuff man! Can definitely be a bit overwhelming at first but there’s a few tools in there that are quite easy to use that will definitely be useful for you!
Have a search on how to use the clone stamp tool and / or spot healing brush tool if you need any more guidance!
Is this lightroom or lightroom classic?
vary helpful thanks
how do you have Develop on Lightroom i don’t have that is that good or something i don’t have those setting’s you have
Hi there, are you on Lightroom Classic or Lightroom? You'll find the layout in Lightroom compared to Classic is quite different but same controls largely
Fantastic! Thank for this! Key is learning the software.....they say it takes 10,000hrs working on it to master it, but it also helps to watch TKNORTHs videos and subscribe to his channel lol!
Very good tutorials ...Thanks and subscribe
Hlp mee can u make list for manual 🙏🏻
Hey man.. how can we get access to these presets?
Heya! The ones I use in this video are on my website - Moments Pack, which is in the description :)
Great video….keep up the good work 👍🏾
Can you make a video on how to upload CRAW files to Lightroom classic for editing
U make this look super simple lol
Hey she’s on Below deck!
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thanks, i will do my best to have patience for tNice tutorials because i normally don't have much, i wish there were chapters here so i could skip