Fast Lightroom Dodge & Burn Using “Dark Mode” Technique | Mastering Your Craft

Have you ever wondered how to get that dodge & burn look without spending a ton of time in Photoshop? In this video, Pye will show you how to use an editing technique called ""Dark Mode"" to achieve this look in Lightroom in a matter of minutes.
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[@madebyZolotar]

Excellent video tutorial❤️❤️❤️
I use it for my TH-cam channel🥰

[@timovanaanholt]

Happy clouds for everyone! 👍💪

[@henrybrylowski1332]

Definitely liked the hair and eye tricks

[@R1100RMystik]

great tutorial, thanks Pye

[@mveniaminova]

Enjoyed all the way through! Thank you for all the presets!

[@ryandavies9016]

Excellent video Pye, thanks for sharing some knowledge!

[@Tellitphoto]

Thanks Pye great Lightroom tutorial.

[@longfinger]

Very good tutorial Pye! Thanks man!

[@yogeshphatak9975]

ALT & Drag... Awesome... Thanks Pye

[@petermarquez4527]

made it to the end 👍👍

[@brucenichols7760]

Great video. I am learning to do more with Lightroom before I go to Photoshop

[@haitaiber8612]

Excellent tutorial 𝝅. Thanks for sharing.

[@techsavvydaddy5616]

Dude, Pye, loving the Hair trick. Thank you for sharing. Very helpful tips and tricks.

[@billmerritt7199]

Brilliant!! Thank you Pye!

[@peterivarsson9267]

Cool tip about alt and scroll right to enhance, great clip

[@izzykampro3098]

Thank you so much PYE🙏🏻🙏🏻 This is great

[@payamjirsa]

Welcome!

[@picturedis]

Watched all the way to the end. Thank you for the amazing video.

[@ajaxrodriguez8956]

Thanks for the "hair brush"!!!

[@bardoteachings]

"Get in a bush! It's going to be good!''🤣🤣🤣 Learned some good LR tricks and had a good laugh! Thanks!!!

[@eddiespark4444]

As a learner of Lightroom, this 15 minute tutorial has taken me over an hour to watch. I have taken a lot of your teaching in and can't wait to take a few portrait shots to try this out. Thank you.

[@orlandojones857]

Made it to the hair tips and it was awesome. Thank you for sharing.

[@ROBERTORODRIGUEZ-qv9nj]

I can't believe I had not watched this. Awesome!

[@ghans0789]

Pye is an absolute legend. He so clearly cares about educating the photo community and has an immense amount of knowledge about what he's sharing. Another quality tutorial, thanks Adorama and Pye!
Side bar - "You get a preset, you get a preset, everybody gets a presettttt!"

[@payamjirsa]

Glad you enjoyed Greg, haha ;)

[@AndreasHasenkamp]

Very nice effect on blonde hair, indeed. Tried it out and saved it as a preset. Thanks a lot!

[@kavanlake871]

This is SO GANGSTA!! Love these techniques. Thanks Pye.

[@pranavbhojanecontent]

Just loved this technique. Thanks for sharing it.

[@brianasealy6257]

Love your videos and Bob Ross was my jam as a kid! Thank you for awesome content!! :)

[@xdrtxdrt]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@DavePruett]

Brilliant! I am an advanced Lightroom user and have my own presets similar to your hair enhance, eye enhance, and eye whiten, but the dark mode concept is totally new to me. Always more to learn! Thanks for sharing.

[@tounerz]

Hair technique changed my life!

[@jerrym8140]

Boom 💥 and 🎤 drop 😁

[@Ronin760]

Brilliant technique - Excellent examples and explanation. Thank you!

[@heelfan78]

Absolutely great video, Pye. I have never heard anything before about this manner of dodge and burn. And thank you for the preset guides on the hair and eyes - terrific to know an to help. What a great service and guidance from you!!! Thank you ever so much.

[@hrishikeshkulkarni6174]

Absolutely great sharing sir ! Thank you !!

[@jaishruti]

Superb tutorial

[@pattymattes7124]

I did enjoy this tutorial. Thanks for the free presets. Thank you Pye!!!

[@LuciaHewitt]

Best hair tip ever!

[@GilFeliciano]

Proud member of the hair club 😉

[@chuckdevlin6143]

Excellent tutorial. Now need to practice, practice, practice. Along with ability to create presets I now have good starting point settings for enhancing my portraits.

[@jazz1986926]

Really appreciate!

[@collinanderson3432]

Great tutorial, thanks.

[@dsphotography81]

Great tutorial, Thanks for the presets and workflows. Gonna make my portraits 'pop' now

[@jorgeferrer7319]

Pye... thank you so so so much for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us. Awesome material and such a fun way to teach us. I really enjoy your videos and once again.... thanks

[@andrewchisholm3665]

WOW thanks for this and just need to try it now

[@thejotaran6731]

This is an awesome techniques.. thank you Our!

[@jlgutierrez4440]

Sweet Tutorial! Really appreciated "Bonus" presets!

[@drewrobertson6286]

Go from this to this in no time! 14 minutes later! (Hair & eye 👁 techniques as well). Interesting video

[@4rroby]

Loved this video, straight to the point! You're an excellent instructor also. Thanks for sharing.

[@LHazle]

Love the hair and all the tips. Keep up the great work. :D

[@cotswoldphotographers]

Very enjoyable and made it all the way, thank you 🙏

[@MichaelTheCHOREOGRAPHER]

Made it to the hair technique 🙌

[@avpjon]

Great tutorial! Thanks for the presets.

[@JorgeGomezz]

Very nice, Thanks! Now I have to try this...

[@Patricia-qd6fb]

Made it to the end! Thank you.

[@louikh]

you are always amazing

[@a.jol.sr_photography]

I can't believe I'm just now finding this. I actually watched this 3x and saves this tutorial. This was great.

[@r.c.7202]

I really enjoyed this video on Lightroom Dodge & Burn. And yes, I enjoyed learning all you taught, it was very informative and you made it fun.

[@a-muse6567]

Yes I got to the hair tip!

[@alexsilva_co]

Loved this! I watched until the end ;-)

[@JoCat05]

Great tips…Your videos are always easy to follow and enlightening. Thank you for your efforts.

[@ImagesbyAsh]

Great video...from start to finish. Thanks for sharing how to create your pre-sets too.

[@dr.subhankarroy]

Thanks for the tips. Amazing tutorial

[@yodawok]

We'll done... appreciate ty much!!

[@monafallah9806]

Wow! this was such a great video! Thank you so much! So many great tips.

[@AlirezaS]

I love what you teach; especially the tip on 10:53. Thank you 🌹

[@derbi123]

Great ! Thank you.

[@braddahbill8131]

You are taking LR to a new level. Thanks... you just got a new sub.

[@retroundercover]

Thanks, love this tutorial!!

[@mayankraikwar6745]

Thanks for sharing this 4 presets.
For free...free....free....😄

[@Analisem1]

Great vid. Loved the bonus tip!

[@viper6019]

Works beautifully with my bird photos too. Thank you!

[@rubyroy]

2 years late- love Bob Ross and love this tutorial!

[@jasongreenwood3260]

I wasn't sure that I was going to learn anything new...but I had no idea that you could "alt-click" and slide enhancements! Nice tip!

[@qwe1231]

Nice tips, thanks for the 'free' presets

[@steveleavitt1825]

Wow thank you love this. Thank you for the preset

[@theEphraimLevine]

Amazing vid!!

[@gabyjoa]

Excellent video!!!

[@peerlessportraits]

Thanks for the tip Pye. It's not exactly that we're lazy... We just have a finite life span. And sometimes the suck isn't worth the juice. This tutorial makes it suck less.

[@payamjirsa]

LOL

[@eksmaan]

Dude, I made it to the hair technique and it was awesome!

[@doveparadise937]

I'm only commenting because you wanted to be the Bob Ross of hair 🤣 Bob Ross is the man!!! Lol I love you for this!!

[@payamjirsa]

lol, I love Bob Ross.

[@angeliquexx5310]

Hey, today I see you first time but I like your video. You explain it very well. Now I have so much motivation to try it also 🤭
THANK YOU!🙏💫

[@wolframmarius9009]

I just found that video - and its sooooooooo great!!! tried your example picture and it works so great!!!!!!!
thank u so much!!!!

[@meta-mario]

seriously thank you for all the tips you provide Ive even gotten some of your stuff off of creative live!! I hope I can get my photography business off the ground after all this!!

[@parikshitmayur6511]

Jeez!! You're HIGHLY underrated on TH-cam. This should have had millions of views by now. Certainly, one of the MOST INFORMATIONAL videos on Lightroom with bunch of free presets. Who ever hasn't watched it, definitely missed something big-time. And I'm happy I stumbled upon this gem! Good Vibes, Pye!!😀🙏🏼

[@haseoxdualblades4126]

I cannot wait for the other episodes. The Profoto ig live episodes were amazing. These will be better. Pye, you are always improving my mind, technique and mood. I appreciate you bud.

[@payamjirsa]

Appreciate it Haseo! We'll keep them coming!

[@koenadriaenssen]

Love it!!!

[@itsme_sachin]

A very nice video and is also very informative...I tried all the presets and they are amazing....just want one more for Skin retouch in lightroom :P :)

[@JamesBoyer-plus]

Happy, cloudy, hair. :-)

[@pictureeyecandy]

Ok That's cool!

[@michaelkennedy1770]

Whoa never heard of this technique and I made it to the hair technique - I need these presets. THANK YOU

[@bryanmutchler9170]

Great preset ideas!

[@nyn2k259]

Thanks Pye

[@chuckbentley7617]

Thank you!

[@UzumakiGowthi]

This are crazy tips, Thanks pye for a very clear content, binge watching more of your videos. could you please do a tutorial on high-key black and out edits. Thanks!

[@MurrayNJ08]

Thanks for this! Great stuff! I’ll be sharing this info!

[@Adorama]

Awesome, thank you!

[@hymanlevy2265]

Interesting information

[@ayeeeck4512]

Damn! That was a dope tut😍

[@2drexque]

Gold!

[@fiurex]

Very very good tutorial. Please go on on this Lr tricks

[@GauravAreng]

You the man, Mr. Ross! Thank you!! As an owner of the first wave of VF tools & presets though, would love to see some tutorials eventually of how you achieve some of the looks in the Pastel pack. That stuff is BEAUTIFUL!
Thanks!

[@payamjirsa]

We released the Pastel Primer recently, have you seen it yet? Hop into our FB group!