Here is a summary of the steps, everyone should still watch the video for details on each one. Baseline 1. White Balance 2. Adjust Exposure 3. Lens Corrections 4. Straighten 5. Transform 6. Crop Overall Direction 1. Profile or Preset 2. Vibrance/Saturation 3. Large Local Adjustments (filters, brushes, etc) 4. Tone Curve(s) Color Grade 1. HSL 2. Split Toning/Color Grading Finishing Touches 1. Exposure Sliders 2. Small Local Adjustments (filters, brushes, spot removal) 3. Effects (texture/clarity, vignette, sharpening, noise reduction)
Personally I crop first. I want to finish setting up the composition first so that parts that are cropped out of the photo don't affect my judgement or Adobe Lightroom's AI.
You save slider adjustments until last.. I’ve always done them near the beginning of my editing. This is a huge revelation and I can’t wait to try your workflow. Also I don’t think I’ve ever used the geometry tool haha. I’ve got some images to fix! Thanks for another awesome vid, Roman!
I always understood Adobe created the Lightroom Develop panel in the top-down order they expected us to use so I follow that. Always interesting to see other people's preferred workflow being demoed though. Another nice video.
So after wondering why the editing process felt too digital or like I was making "too many" edits, this video came up on my feed. And I won't lie, I'm not exactly the systematic workflow kind of person but after trying out the steps on 5-10 of the photos I took (also Fuji) I am ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY by how minimalistic my edits are now, but the end result is huge and super satisfying for me. I understand editing much more now and I just wanted to say HUGE THANKS! Been subbed to your channel since the pandemic days and I really think this is going to help my workflow. It also made me realize how easy it is to edit Fuji colors haha
I've seen a few of your tutorials. I always thought these thoughts only took place in my head... ;) ... apparently there are others who think or consider similar things. nice to know and thanks for communicating. A.
Really really useful thanks Roman! I’m relatively new to photography and can often get sucked into the first set of slider adjustments before considering HSL etc. The way you explain your thought process is refreshingly simple, keep it up! And great Instagram by the way!
Mate, I'm watching you all the time now and find you helpful and so easy to listen to. I'd love to see more of your images, but realise you are a busy man. Take care Roman from NZ.
3:40 Perspective Distortion occures everytime the sensor of the camera is not perfectly flat in line against the object you are photographing. It doesnt only occure on wide angle lenses, you just can see it better, as you see more of the picture overall. Thats why people use shiftlenses for architecturphotography. So the sensor and the object they are photographing are in the same direction. This way you dont need the upright feature in Lightroom and do it in camera. If thats what you meant when you said you dont understand it.
A good starting point for me before even checking white balance or exposure is just cropping/leveling the photo for how I want it to look. But everyone has their preferences! Nice video man 👍🏻
The hardest part of editing for me is that I’m too indecisive. I have a look in mind that I want to create, but then I also have another style that I want to do, one part of me wants to have the shadows well exposed, another part of me wants to crush the blacks.
Have you tried making virtual copies of the image in Lightroom? Then you can create multiple versions of the same image with their own edits to help decide which one you prefer
Such a solid video. I’m also Sharon these with my best friend who’s taking the dive into photography. He just purchased an Xt3 and the 35mm F2. Cheers, Roman!!
Thank you Roman for sharing, even though I have been editing photos for 15 years I always learn something from other photographers workflow. It easy to get stuck in your own way of editing and not seeing new opportunities.
Really useful, thanks Roman. I'm a beginner where this stuff is concerned so it's interesting to see a step by step process that is different to most of the others I have watched
This is exactly what I was looking for and thank you for this. As someone who doesn't like retouching too much this is a perfect and simple flow to make those pictures a little better
Another great video Roman. Thanks! Leaving the sliders until the end totally makes sense. I wasn’t doing that but I will now. Also, your base settings advice - great tip! Thanks again, keep up the great content 😁
Nice one Roman, I like your approach to editing, leaving the main sliders until last is a good idea and not something I have seen before. Will have a go editing like this as your images always look on point. If you don’t mind me asking how long have you been taking photos and editing them?
Another great video Roman, very informative for a hobbyist such as myself. I'd be interested to hear how you find lightroom handles the fuji xt4 raw files, I'm looking at buying this camera but I'm concerned about the 'worming' that I hear so much about.
This was helpful. Awsome video. Question: how do I get Fujifilm profile in Lightroom without uploading a raw file? I Also notice that you have Adobe Profiles as well does that all come in LR premium?
Great video! I also mainly edit on my iPad. What raw image setting are you using? I tried to use raw loosless compressed, but the iPad wont show thumbnails when importing photos.
Very nice you shared your workflow. Just a question. Does any of you know how to open .raf file in lightroom mobile. I even made a conversion to .dng, but constantly get an error. If someone can share the easiest way that works...thanks.
My edit workflow is a bit unconventional because i use an NLE not photo sodftware. I do put all my photos in a timeline in davinci resolve and use the colour grading tools as if I were grading video. Powerful software, really fast workflow to make batch edits and film emulation. Downside is it is a JPG only workflow, cropping is a little complicated (but I tend not to crop and just do a 1:1 ratio timeline and let images have black bars since it works well for instagram and I can crop bars off later) The bigger limitations are the lack of layers and tools like brushes but I find that keeps me from over editing and keeps me focused on making macro adjustments I can export as LUTs or powergrades to use later. Its a weird/unprofessional method but I find its super nimble for batch editing hundreds of photos at a time and the node based tools essentially functions like layers.
@@snapsbyfox great stuff. Wasn’t sure Lightroom mobile could handle the .raf files. Will have to give it a try then. I assume you edit on the iPad aswell with LumaFusion right? 👌
On my light room my highlight and shadow split tones thing does look like yours... it’s like one big box. Is there a way to change it to look like yours?
I use a plugin (IXT) it basically transfers the fuji RAF to DNG and takes care of Lens Corrections, Arburations etc and you can manually adjust the setup so it processes every photo with same settings...... The Fuji film simulations are in LR at the top look for 4 squares.
@@paulchoccyt1303 OK, I see these are not presets but profiles. I was looking for presets like Classic Neg, Bleach Bypass for older Fuji Cameras like my X-Pro2. Thanks anyway!
@@atlasachaoui3534 I have setup some custom settings but tend to use the same one based on Standard/Provia film simulation with -1 Shadows and +1 Highlights so nothing too extreme. When I review the shots on the back of the camera I apply in camera RAW conversion (this can be changing the film simulation, tweaking white balance and exposure etc. All by feel really) as necessary to only the shots I like. Later in lightroom maybe add some straightening or a crop and maybe some further tweaks. I used to use X RAW studio. I shoot with JPEG + RAW, just in case I take a special shot.
Distortion is mostly due to the camera not being level, I.e. pointed up or down at an angle. I rarely correct for it in this kind of shot unless it’s distracting. You can fix it without software by making sure lines are straight and moving the camera up and down without tilting it. For horizontal distortion you need to move left or right. Horizontal distortion is less distracting usually and gives depth. You will probably need to crop and obstacles can be in the way or perspective change, so it’s not always possible to just move. A tilt and SHIFT lens would be the ultimate way to fix this but easier to just keep the camera level or use software.
Here is a summary of the steps, everyone should still watch the video for details on each one.
Baseline
1. White Balance
2. Adjust Exposure
3. Lens Corrections
4. Straighten
5. Transform
6. Crop
Overall Direction
1. Profile or Preset
2. Vibrance/Saturation
3. Large Local Adjustments (filters, brushes, etc)
4. Tone Curve(s)
Color Grade
1. HSL
2. Split Toning/Color Grading
Finishing Touches
1. Exposure Sliders
2. Small Local Adjustments (filters, brushes, spot removal)
3. Effects (texture/clarity, vignette, sharpening, noise reduction)
Personally I crop first. I want to finish setting up the composition first so that parts that are cropped out of the photo don't affect my judgement or Adobe Lightroom's AI.
Im going back to watch this video again to take a note, and someone make a resume of it. Thankyou! You helping a lot!
Great tutorial! I love the absolute lack of bullshit. It was a privilege seeing you working.
All the best, mate! Looking forward for more of this!
I find myself going back to you repeatedly for your expert advice. Fantastic images and fantastic teacher.
learned something new in the first 5 mins! :)
You save slider adjustments until last.. I’ve always done them near the beginning of my editing. This is a huge revelation and I can’t wait to try your workflow. Also I don’t think I’ve ever used the geometry tool haha. I’ve got some images to fix! Thanks for another awesome vid, Roman!
... this really help me as i over edit my photos ...iTHANK you
I always understood Adobe created the Lightroom Develop panel in the top-down order they expected us to use so I follow that. Always interesting to see other people's preferred workflow being demoed though. Another nice video.
So after wondering why the editing process felt too digital or like I was making "too many" edits, this video came up on my feed. And I won't lie, I'm not exactly the systematic workflow kind of person but after trying out the steps on 5-10 of the photos I took (also Fuji) I am ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY by how minimalistic my edits are now, but the end result is huge and super satisfying for me. I understand editing much more now and I just wanted to say HUGE THANKS! Been subbed to your channel since the pandemic days and I really think this is going to help my workflow. It also made me realize how easy it is to edit Fuji colors haha
You’re the first photographer I’ve seen on TH-cam that also edits in Lightroom for iPad like me. It’s pretty neat to see that.
I've seen a few of your tutorials. I always thought these thoughts only took place in my head... ;) ... apparently there are others who think or consider similar things. nice to know and thanks for communicating. A.
This is really helpful. It’s good to have a process to follow. Thank you.
Thanks for this super clear method!
I’ve been struggling with my Lightroom edits and needed to develop a workflow. Thanks for sharing your approach
Really really useful thanks Roman! I’m relatively new to photography and can often get sucked into the first set of slider adjustments before considering HSL etc. The way you explain your thought process is refreshingly simple, keep it up! And great Instagram by the way!
Mate, I'm watching you all the time now and find you helpful and so easy to listen to. I'd love to see more of your images, but realise you are a busy man. Take care Roman from NZ.
Amazing video. Still highly relevant and informative.
3:40 Perspective Distortion occures everytime the sensor of the camera is not perfectly flat in line against the object you are photographing.
It doesnt only occure on wide angle lenses, you just can see it better, as you see more of the picture overall.
Thats why people use shiftlenses for architecturphotography. So the sensor and the object they are photographing are in the same direction. This way you dont need the upright feature in Lightroom and do it in camera.
If thats what you meant when you said you dont understand it.
A good starting point for me before even checking white balance or exposure is just cropping/leveling the photo for how I want it to look. But everyone has their preferences! Nice video man 👍🏻
Really interesting Roman, thanks for sharing your workflow. Love your editing videos, more of you editing other peoples shots please too.
The hardest part of editing for me is that I’m too indecisive. I have a look in mind that I want to create, but then I also have another style that I want to do, one part of me wants to have the shadows well exposed, another part of me wants to crush the blacks.
Have you tried making virtual copies of the image in Lightroom? Then you can create multiple versions of the same image with their own edits to help decide which one you prefer
Thank you for your excellent video helping us get structure in our editing process.
Such a solid video. I’m also Sharon these with my best friend who’s taking the dive into photography. He just purchased an Xt3 and the 35mm F2. Cheers, Roman!!
I editted some old photos and they just look better, I need to have patience before posting my images. Thanks for the tips.
Good video, it is definitely something to think about, I tend to over think and over process my photos. Stay safe Roman.
Thank you Roman for sharing, even though I have been editing photos for 15 years I always learn something from other photographers workflow. It easy to get stuck in your own way of editing and not seeing new opportunities.
Going to watch that a couple of times.
Great tutorial, learnt alot
Blimey. That used to drive me mad. Nice nugget Roman. Thanking you. 👍
Loved your flow through the settings, will try it on my next edits, thanks man!
I’ve become a huge fan of your work! One question, do you prefer to edit your images on the iPad over a standard computer?
Great video, thanks for sharing. I like the approach, especially setting the baseline first. It helps structuring the edit process.
This was really helpful to me! Thanks so much! :)
I just got an X-T4 as well and can't wait to start editing my first photos taken with it :D
Thanks for the video, you actually helped me a lot
Solid video! Killing it man 🙌🏽
This is brilliant, thank you!
Excellent - This will sure help a lot of folk , keep up the great work
Dude, such an informative video, thanks very much!! 😁
And your photos are incredible, keep it up.
This was so helpful, great tutorial, thank you!
Really useful, thanks Roman. I'm a beginner where this stuff is concerned so it's interesting to see a step by step process that is different to most of the others I have watched
This is exactly what I was looking for and thank you for this. As someone who doesn't like retouching too much this is a perfect and simple flow to make those pictures a little better
Another great video Roman. Thanks! Leaving the sliders until the end totally makes sense. I wasn’t doing that but I will now. Also, your base settings advice - great tip! Thanks again, keep up the great content 😁
Very helpful Roman, thank you.
Brilliant. Many thanks for sharing
I love your voice!
I wanted to subscribe after watching this video, but it turned out I was already subscribed. Nevermind.. awesome videos, m8 :)
haha thanks brother
Great video Roman, thanks for the insight, really useful! 👍🏻
Thank u so much
The best.
Always.
Nice one Roman, I like your approach to editing, leaving the main sliders until last is a good idea and not something I have seen before. Will have a go editing like this as your images always look on point. If you don’t mind me asking how long have you been taking photos and editing them?
@@snapsbyfox thanks man appreciate you replying 👍🏻
Super useful as ever 👍
Awesome detailed video Roman, QQ, if you wanted to apply presets, do you do it before or after the editing? Cheers :)
Helpful guidance! Thank you
This guy is good, real good...
Another great video Roman, very informative for a hobbyist such as myself. I'd be interested to hear how you find lightroom handles the fuji xt4 raw files, I'm looking at buying this camera but I'm concerned about the 'worming' that I hear so much about.
Brilliant thank you 😊
Nice one again. Question though, what are your different export settings? For print, instagram, etc?
@@snapsbyfox thanx
This was helpful. Awsome video. Question: how do I get Fujifilm profile in Lightroom without uploading a raw file? I Also notice that you have Adobe Profiles as well does that all come in LR premium?
Useful info.
Great video! I also mainly edit on my iPad.
What raw image setting are you using? I tried to use raw loosless compressed, but the iPad wont show thumbnails when importing photos.
Very nice you shared your workflow. Just a question. Does any of you know how to open .raf file in lightroom mobile. I even made a conversion to .dng, but constantly get an error. If someone can share the easiest way that works...thanks.
Hello I just got this same Lightroom, please how do I import my raw photos
My edit workflow is a bit unconventional because i use an NLE not photo sodftware. I do put all my photos in a timeline in davinci resolve and use the colour grading tools as if I were grading video. Powerful software, really fast workflow to make batch edits and film emulation. Downside is it is a JPG only workflow, cropping is a little complicated (but I tend not to crop and just do a 1:1 ratio timeline and let images have black bars since it works well for instagram and I can crop bars off later)
The bigger limitations are the lack of layers and tools like brushes but I find that keeps me from over editing and keeps me focused on making macro adjustments I can export as LUTs or powergrades to use later. Its a weird/unprofessional method but I find its super nimble for batch editing hundreds of photos at a time and the node based tools essentially functions like layers.
How do you typically add your white borders for Instagram? Thanks!
Anyone mention your 'motel room' set looks exactly like a David Lynch/Twin Peaks scene?
Great content❤️ Do you edit raw or jpegs in the iPad?
@@snapsbyfox great stuff. Wasn’t sure Lightroom mobile could handle the .raf files. Will have to give it a try then. I assume you edit on the iPad aswell with LumaFusion right? 👌
On my light room my highlight and shadow split tones thing does look like yours... it’s like one big box. Is there a way to change it to look like yours?
@@snapsbyfox laptop?
Is it same approach for your landscape photos as well?
Why are sliders preferred for finer adjustments? I'm finding it hard to grasp what the tone curve offers that the sliders don't have :///
Roman: I'm going to show how to edit photo.
Also Roman:
Actually, I am quite happy with this photo so I will leave it as it is.
Where did you get the presets for the FUJJIFilm films simulations? been looking for those for ages...
I use a plugin (IXT) it basically transfers the fuji RAF to DNG and takes care of Lens Corrections, Arburations etc and you can manually adjust the setup so it processes every photo with same settings...... The Fuji film simulations are in LR at the top look for 4 squares.
@@paulchoccyt1303 OK, I see these are not presets but profiles. I was looking for presets like Classic Neg, Bleach Bypass for older Fuji Cameras like my X-Pro2. Thanks anyway!
@@carlostrejos1174 Yes this is what yours asking for..... The fujifilm are profiles not presets.
I tweak the shots I like with in camera processing (Fuji X Pro 2 and XT 3) then maybe cropping and a few final tweaks in Lightroom (Jpgs)
@@snapsbyfox my edits of the RAF files never come out as good as the Jpgs
@@peterkelly8357 do you use custom settings/recipes or edit the jpgs on lightroom?
@@atlasachaoui3534 I have setup some custom settings but tend to use the same one based on Standard/Provia film simulation with -1 Shadows and +1 Highlights so nothing too extreme. When I review the shots on the back of the camera I apply in camera RAW conversion (this can be changing the film simulation, tweaking white balance and exposure etc. All by feel really) as necessary to only the shots I like. Later in lightroom maybe add some straightening or a crop and maybe some further tweaks. I used to use X RAW studio. I shoot with JPEG + RAW, just in case I take a special shot.
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Distortion is mostly due to the camera not being level, I.e. pointed up or down at an angle. I rarely correct for it in this kind of shot unless it’s distracting. You can fix it without software by making sure lines are straight and moving the camera up and down without tilting it.
For horizontal distortion you need to move left or right. Horizontal distortion is less distracting usually and gives depth. You will probably need to crop and obstacles can be in the way or perspective change, so it’s not always possible to just move.
A tilt and SHIFT lens would be the ultimate way to fix this but easier to just keep the camera level or use software.
London 😩😂
Great video man….but you didn’t say the most important thing, which is to SHOOT RAW 😂
haha well you technically dont need to shoot raw, but of course it helps
If you're using an XT4 you shouldn't be using lens corrections etc built into Lightroom..... Fuji Files work better processed differently.