Mark, at 80, I have been a photographer for 65 years. My first photo contract was in 1956. I have taken classes in every phase of photography since those early days. As you can imagine many, many things have changed: I no longer mix raw chemicals to process film; shoot, I don't even use film; I used to carry a Speed Grafic on my forearm (now I realize my Nikon 600 & 300 weigh nearly as much ). I spent much of my career managing companies in aerial and satellite photography. So, now retired I am learning all over again and your insights, garnered in a short timeframe are both inspiring and A great re-awakening of the photo-spirit that has driven me all these years. THANKS
Robert, many young photographers like me want to learn from how photography was done back at your day! I think you'll also be successful by teaching people everything you know! Your experience has enormous value. Best!
I rarely comment on yt videos, this 5y old video came up as a suggestion. Im really impressed. Straight to the point, excellent teaching style. These type of people are very rare on yt. Excellent and xalm way of explaining. Really appreciate ❤
This video really spoke to me. I am a new photographer and I've always accepted the way my photos looked straight out of camera as I didn't know where to start. Now here I am 5 edited photos later in the middle of the night. Thank you
I’ve worked for years in Lightroom and photoshop. After stopping all photography for three years, I was amazed at how much I had forgotten. What you don’t use, you lose. This workflow felt like a great way to begin again - very simple and straightforward. Excellent instructional video.
You have been a HUGE help and motivation for me since I decided to get more serious with my photographing. You have such a nice rhythm in everything you want to tell and you post really relevant videos. Thank you, Mark!!
I realize this video is 4 years old, but it is a great basic explanation of how to start in LR. I have watched countless videos on LR and they all presume the viewer has some sort of expertise in editing. Thank you for your content.
Mark, My husband and I just bought cameras about 6 months ago as to have a new hobby together.. We are learning a lot and just started trying to learn Lightroom. There is a lot of content out there and I for one appreciate your teaching style, you go the right speed and even though my husband is much more advance you are helping us both. We love and appreciate all the content you put out and are loyal followers. I can't thank you enough!
This video was seriously the most helpful thing I’ve watched, and I’ve watched A LOT of tutorials. Thank you for really breaking down the steps and not breezing through them, and for explaining your flow and the order you use to make adjustments.
Mark I recently spoke with a professional photographer & asked if he could possibly explain the process of editing in Lightroom as it seems overwhelming for me. He sent me the link to this tutorial and I can't thank you enough for explaining your process which I find so much less stressful to follow than other explanations I've heard before that went way over the proverbial beginner's head. I look forward to going through previously edited photos and reediting using your process and I have no doubt there will be a significant improvement. TYSM!
I don’t have lightroom but I’m a complete beginner wanting to learn how to edit my photos. This gave me a really useful structure and starting point that I can apply to other software too. Now I have some idea of what I’m even supposed to be doing in the first place. Thanks!
Mark, at least for me, this is your best tutorial yet! I had just gone through ~1800 images, boiling them down to 500, grading them 1,2 & 3-stars (Afghan Girl is my 5-star), and then painfully going through each section, section by section in no particular order. I think I might have even gone to HSL before shadows!! Duh. I thought I wished that I had seen this tutorial before I did my post, but sometimes when you learn the hard way, the easy way - and the right-way-to-do-it way - really makes you appreciate and remember the right way. I brought up one of my own scenics on screen No. 1 and watched you on screen No. 2, and took serious notes on everything you said, pausing your video, taking notes, and duplicating your movements on my image. I really like the way you keep your delivery slow, but deliberate and look straight into the camera
As somene who just started editing, using lightroom, this video is perfect! Just even these basic steps is enough to create a beautiful picture! Thank you very much!
I always been fantastic with landscape photo and wildlife specially the pictures that just stand out . Now i have decided to take a photograph course to get more in depth with it . Watching your short video been a real help . Thank you
Hi Mark, I'm not normally one for commenting but for this I had to make an exception. You're the first person I've ever come across who has actually gone through the basics and provided real explanations as to WHY you're doing something. I've used lightroom for a number of years but I learnt something new from every single step. Thank you for sharing your process with us.
With your video presentations, I doubt that you only have around 25k subscribers. You should have hundred thousand or even millions of subscribers that is into photography. Just love your videos. I really like how you discuss.
Hi Mark, can I just thank you for this wonderfully instructive video. Your delivery is excellent and easy to follow. I live in Leeds, England and have just retired and struggled with Lightroom for a long time. However, having watched this video I feel like I'm Columbus and have just discovered America. I'll be going through my back catalogue of images and no doubt putting a few things right. I know it's almost three years since you produced the video but three years on it still adds value to my photography. Thank you.
Mark. I just want to clarify what control to use to switch between the original, out-of-the-camera image to the edited image. This is a great video. I’ve always struggled with where to start editing. Thanks!
Great video! Just purchased my first DSLR and have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. Thanks for taking the time to put these tutorials together. They help!!!
Best Lightroom tutorial I’ve found!! So many go to the hard stuff strait away and here I am playing with the fine curve, had no idea you can use Lightroom suggestions to help. No longer want to give up on my little hobby
Glad I subscribed. You've done what it seems no one else has done. Your straight talk and to the point instructions are the key to crack the code. Thanks and keep on doing what you're doing because it works. At least for me it does.
Just a little tip for new LR users, that i find very useful and goes well with this tutorial : Since you basically always (correct me if i'm wrong here) want to run Lens Corrections, there's a setting somewhere in LR (can't remember exactly where and i am at work ATM so can't run it to check) that lets you define some automatic image treatment for all images you load in LR. There you can tell it to always apply both lens corrections every time, so you don't have to lose time clicking the boxes every time and risk forgetting it.
Hey man, I just discovered your channel recently as I’m making the switch from Affinity Photo to the Adobe CC. Perfect timing. In addition to your obvious knowledge, it’s a very nice change to watch a humble, calm, and deliberate Y/T instructor. Thanks very much, I’m definitely sticking with you.
Great video...love it and thanks for sharing! One thing i would also add is the Spot Removal Tool and on the bottom left click on Visualise Spots. That way if there are things in your photo, such as bugs or small things that you cant see with your eye, you can then remove them. Look forward to future videos and thanks once again Michael
Fantastic video! I had an "off" day during a portrait photoshoot and given the deadline, I was scrambling to quickly learn Lightroom. I had always used Photoshop ... your video was exactly what I needed. Thank you!
Thanks for the suggested editing sequence. That is my biggest struggle to figure out what settings to apply and when in the process. My flow has been more trial and error and causes frustration. I will start with your process and fine tune from there.
Hey Mark im really n ew to editing and infact usually make them worse rather than better so getting these steps will make a massive diff to what i can do, your a life saver mate and i appreciate the effectiveness
I really like this video. You took your time to explain what you are doing and why. Other videos try to cram a million things together in a fury. Well done. Subscribed.
Thank you so much for this simple explanation for beginner lightroom editing. I have watched many videos and yours is by far the best and most explanatory. I been using an old app on my phone called Aviary and prior to that I used their website back about 13 years ago. I have graduated to lightroom but find it hard to maneuver through and understand which steps to do when. This simple explanation helps tremendously so thank you!!
Great video! I would simply recommend you change your color profile first. Adobe recently moved it up at the top so that you can change that one first then work your way down. Right now all your color profiles for your landscapes are on "Adobe Color". Check out what happens when you change it to "adobe landscape". If doing portraits, change it to "adobe portrait". Maybe you know this and avoid it, but I'm loving the "adobe landscape" profiles on my landscape images. Another thing I learned/noticed it that when checking the box "Remove Chromatic Aberration" nothing happens. You need to click on "manual" above it and increase the "amount" to remove any noticeable aberration. Again, great video and thank you!
This video was super helpful. After going back over past edits starting with these steps I feel like I have definitely been over-editing. Thanks for the good advice!
rk, this has helped me so much, having these starting 7 points will drastically improve my editing workflow, also i watched the beginners mistakes, and i definitely do at least 3 of them, Thanks so much for the honest content :)
Nailed it! Great video for starters. I also use split toning, I have found it to determine "my" style. I also decrease clarity on my landscape images...another "my" style. One thing I did learn was the 'shift' key' use. Thanks so much!
Yes! I have been looking for precisely this kind of description of an easy process for the workflow, to get some structure in how I use Lightroom. Tnx a million!
Preparing my trip to Scotland I find your videos extremely useful. Thanks a lot for your helping me improve my photography. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thank you so much for making these. As a newer photographer editing has been my absolute highest challenge. I appreciate your making of this video and any tips tutorials I can get.
Hi Mark, I just started watching your videos and let me say that unlike other Ps/Lr youtubers, you go straight to the point, your videos are the simplified pro versions. Many others add too much blah blah blah. From now on you're my go-to guy for editing. Thank you very much. Peace and joy to you and your family this holiday season. Angel (Portland, Oregon)
I always appreciate the calm and clear way you present your instructions, Mark. For all of the years that I have used Lightroom, I never learned that double clicking on Basic Panel items brings up Lightroom's suggested settings. Do you get the same settings when you select "Auto" and all of the top items are adjusted. I've been doing that, then adjusting to suit my taste. Thanks so much.
Old400 Much appreciated- thank you! Yes, using the “Auto” feature will give you the same setting but double clicking let’s you pick the specific setting you want to update👍
Hi Mark, this video is EXACTLY what I need to get started. I followed every step and have typed up the 7 steps, but I don't know what you clicked on to view the before and after image. Could you advise please?
Hi Mark - just seen your videos. Really great. I've been using LR for about a year and hadn't realised that you could double click on each slider title to get Lr to find an 'auto' point for each slider adjustment. Will try that. Some really useful tips and look forward to seeing more of your videos. Steve (Perth, Australia). 👍👏
Very helpful to watch your workflow. I'm happy to say it happens to be close to my workflow (great minds work alike?). To help you a bit in your workflow, you can create your own user preset in Lightroom so that "remove chromatic aberration" and "enable profile corrections" are applied to each image on import, doing away with the necessity of having to make that correction to every image as you prepare to work on it in the develop module. To make the new profile, click on any image in the develop module, and then click on "remove chromatic aberration" and "enable profile corrections" in the right-hand panel for that particular image. Make sure all sliders are in their neutral position and no other corrections have been made to the image. Next, on the left-hand side panel, click on the plus arrow next to "presets." A new small window will open, then click on "create preset." A dialogue box will then open. Click on "check none" at the bottom left hand side of the dialogue box to remove all check marks if any are present. Then check on "Lens Corrections" to have all sub-menu headings checked, or click on the individual ones you'd like to include in the new preset. Give the new preset a name and click "create." Your new preset is now available as a user preset, and is also available to be used in the Import window under "Apply during import" located the right side of the import window. In the Import Window, under the "Develop Settings" section, click on the double arrows on the right side of the box. Then slide your cursor down to "User Presets" in the new open window. Then click on "User Presents" and you will find the new preset you just made among the listed presets. Click on that new preset. The new preset will now appear in the "Develop Settings" box, and will be applied to every image you import. Having that setting applied to every image on import will save you from having to make that correction to your images at the beginning of your develop workflow. I hope that helps.
Completely changed my workflow - thank you - and so simple! I’m still struggling to really get my pictures to pop, though? I don’t want them to look over the top and synthetic but I want them to have a bit more style whilst keeping them very natural - and tips?
Fascinating! I have been using Lightroom for many years, but found your approach to be excellent, rather than my rather more haphazard journey through image processing. I shall use immediately!
Mark, I expect this video will help a lot of people. I am curious about your use of vibrance and saturation in landscape photos. My understanding was that vibrance is specifically designed for photos that include people. Specifically, it does what saturation does, but avoids adjusting skin tones, to allow adding pop to the picture without making people look odd or artificial. As such, I never used vibrance in pure landscapes and just go straight to saturation adjustments in such shots. Assuming I am wrong about the purpose of vibrance, can you please briefly explain the difference between the two? Thanks in advance.
Sure thing Erik! Vibrance is much smarter than saturation in that vibrance targets the intensity of the more muted colors where saturation impacts all colors. Vibrance also prevents natural skin tones from becoming overly saturated.
You and I have a very similar editing process. Though I usually stay away from tone curve because I don't understand it, but you taught me a little something with it in this video. Thanks for your time today.
Hi Mark. I'm into my second day of trying to figure out Lightroom and your video was able to clarify things very well for me. I appreciate the step-by-step workflow. Your 7 steps have given me a solid base image to work with. Thank you very much.
This was extremely helpful! I am new to lightroom (i've been using it but not well) and all of these steps turned my previously edited photo from eh to WOW. Super easy but beautiful results. thank !!!!
Mark, thank you for this LR tutorial! I’ve been using LR for a while and consider myself fairly seasoned with it. However, you taught me something new that no one else covered in courses I’ve taken...the shift/click function to set a recommended setting as a starting point. I used it on a few previously edited images and was pleasantly surprised by the improvement. Another well done, concise video. Thank you!
Excellent tutorial, Mark. I am using a similar workflow, but will adjust it slightly per your suggestions. After following a few other photographers for a couple of years, I think I have become too heavy-handed on the shadow and highlight sliders. I especially like your philosophy of first allowing Lightroom to set the sliders and then readjusting to taste. Thanks, again!
Mark, I have used LR for awhile but it has been hit or miss. This video really put the focus on a logical workflow and makes more sense of the process. Thanks for your videos. I have subscribed so that I will not miss any valuable lessons..
Amazing video. THANK YOU! I bought Lightroom a few year, but I ended up not using it because I found it to be confusing so I ended up shooting in jpeg mode instead. Your explanation of this video is clear and easy to understand. It makes me wanted to shoot raw again.
I finally bought into the LR and PS system after using Darktable and GIMP for so long. There is nothing wrong with that software, but IMO the limiting factor is having wonderful videos like these for teaching. Thanks again!
Thank you Mark!! Actually I had been wondering exactly what you taught. Very cool. Wow. This is a GREAT LEARNINIG video and will give us ALL a great place to start and learn. Now that we are knowing the basics and what those do... We can expand from there. I assume you have done the NOW THAT YOU HAVE STEPS 1-7 down, HERE is how I further edit video... Right? lol I haven't searched yet but please if you do not have that video please go ahead and make that for us. I really like your pace, and your no nonsense overhyped explanations. You are doing a great Job Mark. Next time I am in your neck of the woods I am buying lunch! Thanks!!
I watched this video a couple days ago and had to come back to say THANK YOU!!!! Because one of your tips helped me tremendously!!! I’m kind of too embarrassed to say, cause it’s one of the most basic editing tools that I overlooked - boy am I stupid! but thanks to you I’m now using it and it’s made life SO MUCH EASIER!!! Course now I’m looking at my old edits shaking my head at how I could’ve done them so much better! Lol
When you are working on white and black points, try holding down shift and moving 'alt' and moving the slider, really helpful for images with strong points of light and dark.
Thanks Mark for a great instruction video. After finally retiring from my paid work, I can start to work on my real passion! Just knowing the sequence of application enables you to move ahead and capture what you really visualized!
Wow Mark, is this simply a coincidence or have you rereleased this video based on my question last week where I inquired as too where you learned LR ? I can recall back in the 70’s during the day of film when I read that “it’s very difficult to find a photographer who was great at creating a photograph and the same person a great developer.” And the author went on to say, “that’s why Adams is one of the best because he was one of those few rare individuals. My question last week to you was “where did you Mark learn LR.” Now my phone bings and your video of today pops up. Thank you again. PS: where are you from?
Nice video, Mark! But I wouldn't call this a "beginner" Lr video. These are the basic steps I use, all the steps needed for the vast majority of photos that are more-or-less properly composed and exposed in-camera. I would say local filters are very important, but you did at least mention them. With Lr's addition of local filter range masking last year, it is exceedingly easy to get the sky just right. Have you done a video on this? Might make a nice compliment to this one. Besides, even experienced Lr users can benefit from watching another's workflow! I sure did from watching yours. 4:28 "Hold down the shift key and double-click exposure" is something I didn't know, but something I'll certainly use. I've already shared this tip and a link to this video with a friend. 7:32 I had forgotten about the auto tone curve options -- thank you for reminding me! Tone curves are extremely powerful and difficult to get just right, so I'll be trying Lr's auto tone curve again before making my own adjustments. Again, nice video that should be helpful to all Lr users in some way. This is the third video of yours I've watched, and I've gotten something from each one. I'll be watching more. Thanks very much!
Mark, at 80, I have been a photographer for 65 years. My first photo contract was in 1956. I have taken classes in every phase of photography since those early days. As you can imagine many, many things have changed: I no longer mix raw chemicals to process film; shoot, I don't even use film; I used to carry a Speed Grafic on my forearm (now I realize my Nikon 600 & 300 weigh nearly as much ). I spent much of my career managing companies in aerial and satellite photography. So, now retired I am learning all over again and your insights, garnered in a short timeframe are both inspiring and A great re-awakening of the photo-spirit that has driven me all these years. THANKS
Robert, many young photographers like me want to learn from how photography was done back at your day! I think you'll also be successful by teaching people everything you know! Your experience has enormous value. Best!
My respect sir ♡
Great Big Respect to you Sir @Robert...❤❤❤💯💯💯
I rarely comment on yt videos, this 5y old video came up as a suggestion. Im really impressed. Straight to the point, excellent teaching style. These type of people are very rare on yt. Excellent and xalm way of explaining. Really appreciate ❤
This video really spoke to me. I am a new photographer and I've always accepted the way my photos looked straight out of camera as I didn't know where to start. Now here I am 5 edited photos later in the middle of the night. Thank you
I’ve worked for years in Lightroom and photoshop. After stopping all photography for three years, I was amazed at how much I had forgotten. What you don’t use, you lose. This workflow felt like a great way to begin again - very simple and straightforward. Excellent instructional video.
You have been a HUGE help and motivation for me since I decided to get more serious with my photographing. You have such a nice rhythm in everything you want to tell and you post really relevant videos. Thank you, Mark!!
Linus Gamnis You’re the best Linus! Thanks for stopping by to let me know🙏
I realize this video is 4 years old, but it is a great basic explanation of how to start in LR. I have watched countless videos on LR and they all presume the viewer has some sort of expertise in editing. Thank you for your content.
Mark, My husband and I just bought cameras about 6 months ago as to have a new hobby together.. We are learning a lot and just started trying to learn Lightroom. There is a lot of content out there and I for one appreciate your teaching style, you go the right speed and even though my husband is much more advance you are helping us both.
We love and appreciate all the content you put out and are loyal followers. I can't thank you enough!
This video was seriously the most helpful thing I’ve watched, and I’ve watched A LOT of tutorials. Thank you for really breaking down the steps and not breezing through them, and for explaining your flow and the order you use to make adjustments.
Mark I recently spoke with a professional photographer & asked if he could possibly explain the process of editing in Lightroom as it seems overwhelming for me. He sent me the link to this tutorial and I can't thank you enough for explaining your process which I find so much less stressful to follow than other explanations I've heard before that went way over the proverbial beginner's head. I look forward to going through previously edited photos and reediting using your process and I have no doubt there will be a significant improvement. TYSM!
I don’t have lightroom but I’m a complete beginner wanting to learn how to edit my photos. This gave me a really useful structure and starting point that I can apply to other software too. Now I have some idea of what I’m even supposed to be doing in the first place. Thanks!
Mark, at least for me, this is your best tutorial yet! I had just gone through ~1800 images, boiling them down to 500, grading them 1,2 & 3-stars (Afghan Girl is my 5-star), and then painfully going through each section, section by section in no particular order. I think I might have even gone to HSL before shadows!! Duh. I thought I wished that I had seen this tutorial before I did my post, but sometimes when you learn the hard way, the easy way - and the right-way-to-do-it way - really makes you appreciate and remember the right way. I brought up one of my own scenics on screen No. 1 and watched you on screen No. 2, and took serious notes on everything you said, pausing your video, taking notes, and duplicating your movements on my image. I really like the way you keep your delivery slow, but deliberate and look straight into the camera
As somene who just started editing, using lightroom, this video is perfect! Just even these basic steps is enough to create a beautiful picture! Thank you very much!
Best Lightroom tutorial on youtube period I watched a ton but this is make it so simple, Thank you!
I always been fantastic with landscape photo and wildlife specially the pictures that just stand out . Now i have decided to take a photograph course to get more in depth with it . Watching your short video been a real help . Thank you
Hi Mark, I'm not normally one for commenting but for this I had to make an exception. You're the first person I've ever come across who has actually gone through the basics and provided real explanations as to WHY you're doing something. I've used lightroom for a number of years but I learnt something new from every single step. Thank you for sharing your process with us.
With your video presentations, I doubt that you only have around 25k subscribers. You should have hundred thousand or even millions of subscribers that is into photography. Just love your videos. I really like how you discuss.
Paul Kenneth Apana Thanks Paul! Really appreciate that!
Hi Mark, can I just thank you for this wonderfully instructive video. Your delivery is excellent and easy to follow. I live in Leeds, England and have just retired and struggled with Lightroom for a long time. However, having watched this video I feel like I'm Columbus and have just discovered America. I'll be going through my back catalogue of images and no doubt putting a few things right. I know it's almost three years since you produced the video but three years on it still adds value to my photography. Thank you.
Mark. I just want to clarify what control to use to switch between the original, out-of-the-camera image to the edited image. This is a great video. I’ve always struggled with where to start editing. Thanks!
Great video! Just purchased my first DSLR and have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. Thanks for taking the time to put these tutorials together. They help!!!
Kennito Congrats on the first purchase - that’s awesome man! Glad to hear the videos are helpful!
Thank you..this helps a lot for me as a beginner and your photos are piece of art, they barely requires any adjustments.
Thanks so much!
Best Lightroom tutorial I’ve found!! So many go to the hard stuff strait away and here I am playing with the fine curve, had no idea you can use Lightroom suggestions to help. No longer want to give up on my little hobby
Thanks!
Glad I subscribed. You've done what it seems no one else has done. Your straight talk and to the point instructions are the key to crack the code. Thanks and keep on doing what you're doing because it works. At least for me it does.
Jim OBrien Thanks Jim! I’m very glad you subscribed as well!
Just a little tip for new LR users, that i find very useful and goes well with this tutorial :
Since you basically always (correct me if i'm wrong here) want to run Lens Corrections, there's a setting somewhere in LR (can't remember exactly where and i am at work ATM so can't run it to check) that lets you define some automatic image treatment for all images you load in LR. There you can tell it to always apply both lens corrections every time, so you don't have to lose time clicking the boxes every time and risk forgetting it.
Hey man, I just discovered your channel recently as I’m making the switch from Affinity Photo to the Adobe CC. Perfect timing. In addition to your obvious knowledge, it’s a very nice change to watch a humble, calm, and deliberate Y/T instructor. Thanks very much, I’m definitely sticking with you.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it man!
Great video...love it and thanks for sharing!
One thing i would also add is the Spot Removal Tool and on the bottom left click on Visualise Spots. That way if there are things in your photo, such as bugs or small things that you cant see with your eye, you can then remove them.
Look forward to future videos and thanks once again
Michael
Thank you so much. Experienced photographer and Lightroom editor. Just goes to show how far behind I was. Amazing tips!!!
Thank you for explaining these different functions in a simple, organized and thorough manner.
Fantastic video! I had an "off" day during a portrait photoshoot and given the deadline, I was scrambling to quickly learn Lightroom. I had always used Photoshop ... your video was exactly what I needed. Thank you!
Thanks Mariane! Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the suggested editing sequence. That is my biggest struggle to figure out what settings to apply and when in the process. My flow has been more trial and error and causes frustration. I will start with your process and fine tune from there.
Hey Mark im really n ew to editing and infact usually make them worse rather than better so getting these steps will make a massive diff to what i can do, your a life saver mate and i appreciate the effectiveness
I really like this video. You took your time to explain what you are doing and why. Other videos try to cram a million things together in a fury. Well done. Subscribed.
Drew99 Many Thanks for subscribing - it;s great to hear that you found the video helpful! Thanks Drew!
Exactly the video I was looking for. One of the best tutorials I’ve seen on LR. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for this simple explanation for beginner lightroom editing. I have watched many videos and yours is by far the best and most explanatory. I been using an old app on my phone called Aviary and prior to that I used their website back about 13 years ago. I have graduated to lightroom but find it hard to maneuver through and understand which steps to do when. This simple explanation helps tremendously so thank you!!
Great video! I would simply recommend you change your color profile first. Adobe recently moved it up at the top so that you can change that one first then work your way down. Right now all your color profiles for your landscapes are on "Adobe Color". Check out what happens when you change it to "adobe landscape". If doing portraits, change it to "adobe portrait". Maybe you know this and avoid it, but I'm loving the "adobe landscape" profiles on my landscape images. Another thing I learned/noticed it that when checking the box "Remove Chromatic Aberration" nothing happens. You need to click on "manual" above it and increase the "amount" to remove any noticeable aberration. Again, great video and thank you!
This video was super helpful. After going back over past edits starting with these steps I feel like I have definitely been over-editing. Thanks for the good advice!
rk, this has helped me so much, having these starting 7 points will drastically improve my editing workflow, also i watched the beginners mistakes, and i definitely do at least 3 of them, Thanks so much for the honest content :)
As someone just starting to learn about landscape photography this was very useful! Thank you!
I can't like this enough. I needed this video so bad. Thank you. Saved me from buying a new camera haha.
Nailed it! Great video for starters. I also use split toning, I have found it to determine "my" style. I also decrease clarity on my landscape images...another "my" style. One thing I did learn was the 'shift' key' use. Thanks so much!
Steve Bearman Many thanks for watching Steve!
Yes! I have been looking for precisely this kind of description of an easy process for the workflow, to get some structure in how I use Lightroom. Tnx a million!
Preparing my trip to Scotland I find your videos extremely useful. Thanks a lot for your helping me improve my photography. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bryce in winter is always a treat. It’s a great spot for the telephoto, great photos!
Thank you so much for making these. As a newer photographer editing has been my absolute highest challenge. I appreciate your making of this video and any tips tutorials I can get.
Hi Mark, I just started watching your videos and let me say that unlike other Ps/Lr youtubers, you go straight to the point, your videos are the simplified pro versions. Many others add too much blah blah blah. From now on you're my go-to guy for editing. Thank you very much.
Peace and joy to you and your family this holiday season. Angel (Portland, Oregon)
Mark, came across you channel randomly and your videos are great. Definitely genuine
Thanks Andie! Really appreciate that!
Just wanted to say, this video got suggested via Google, and I love the way you talk, with your hands and pacing. Great job and some good tips too!
Isaac D2 That’s awesome - thanks for letting me know Isaac! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I always appreciate the calm and clear way you present your instructions, Mark. For all of the years that I have used Lightroom, I never learned that double clicking on Basic Panel items brings up Lightroom's suggested settings. Do you get the same settings when you select "Auto" and all of the top items are adjusted. I've been doing that, then adjusting to suit my taste. Thanks so much.
Old400 Much appreciated- thank you! Yes, using the “Auto” feature will give you the same setting but double clicking let’s you pick the specific setting you want to update👍
Hi Mark, this video is EXACTLY what I need to get started. I followed every step and have typed up the 7 steps, but I don't know what you clicked on to view the before and after image. Could you advise please?
One of the best instructional easy to follow tutorials. It has vastly improved my photos. Thank You
Long time Lightroom user, but I just learned a boat load of Info.
Thanks Edgar
I just made the jump to Lightroom and your videos are incredibly helpful Mark! Thank you!
I took notes :) Love the tip about Shift + double-clicking on the sliders in the "Basic" drop-down options. Excellent Sir!!!
Hi Mark - just seen your videos. Really great. I've been using LR for about a year and hadn't realised that you could double click on each slider title to get Lr to find an 'auto' point for each slider adjustment. Will try that. Some really useful tips and look forward to seeing more of your videos. Steve (Perth, Australia). 👍👏
the double click doesnt work for me :/
Nature is soo beautiful itself but photographers or editors like you make it more beautiful by adding such a great creativity 🤗
Very helpful to watch your workflow. I'm happy to say it happens to be close to my workflow (great minds work alike?).
To help you a bit in your workflow, you can create your own user preset in Lightroom so that "remove chromatic aberration" and "enable profile corrections" are applied to each image on import, doing away with the necessity of having to make that correction to every image as you prepare to work on it in the develop module.
To make the new profile, click on any image in the develop module, and then click on "remove chromatic aberration" and "enable profile corrections" in the right-hand panel for that particular image. Make sure all sliders are in their neutral position and no other corrections have been made to the image. Next, on the left-hand side panel, click on the plus arrow next to "presets." A new small window will open, then click on "create preset." A dialogue box will then open. Click on "check none" at the bottom left hand side of the dialogue box to remove all check marks if any are present. Then check on "Lens Corrections" to have all sub-menu headings checked, or click on the individual ones you'd like to include in the new preset. Give the new preset a name and click "create."
Your new preset is now available as a user preset, and is also available to be used in the Import window under "Apply during import" located the right side of the import window. In the Import Window, under the "Develop Settings" section, click on the double arrows on the right side of the box. Then slide your cursor down to "User Presets" in the new open window. Then click on "User Presents" and you will find the new preset you just made among the listed presets. Click on that new preset. The new preset will now appear in the "Develop Settings" box, and will be applied to every image you import. Having that setting applied to every image on import will save you from having to make that correction to your images at the beginning of your develop workflow. I hope that helps.
I like to do this and make a second preset for the studio lighting white balance be it LED or flash
Completely changed my workflow - thank you - and so simple!
I’m still struggling to really get my pictures to pop, though? I don’t want them to look over the top and synthetic but I want them to have a bit more style whilst keeping them very natural - and tips?
Fascinating! I have been using Lightroom for many years, but found your approach to be excellent, rather than my rather more haphazard journey through image processing. I shall use immediately!
Mark,
I expect this video will help a lot of people. I am curious about your use of vibrance and saturation in landscape photos. My understanding was that vibrance is specifically designed for photos that include people. Specifically, it does what saturation does, but avoids adjusting skin tones, to allow adding pop to the picture without making people look odd or artificial. As such, I never used vibrance in pure landscapes and just go straight to saturation adjustments in such shots. Assuming I am wrong about the purpose of vibrance, can you please briefly explain the difference between the two? Thanks in advance.
Sure thing Erik! Vibrance is much smarter than saturation in that vibrance targets the intensity of the more muted colors where saturation impacts all colors. Vibrance also prevents natural skin tones from becoming overly saturated.
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Thanks for taking the time to reply on my comment!
You and I have a very similar editing process. Though I usually stay away from tone curve because I don't understand it, but you taught me a little something with it in this video. Thanks for your time today.
Hi Mark. I'm into my second day of trying to figure out Lightroom and your video was able to clarify things very well for me. I appreciate the step-by-step workflow. Your 7 steps have given me a solid base image to work with. Thank you very much.
I’ve been using Lightroom for a couple of months and this is the best tutorial I will definitely start using your workflow. Thank you ☺️
Step by STEPH Blog Thanks so much, I’m really glad to hear the video was helpful!
This was extremely helpful! I am new to lightroom (i've been using it but not well) and all of these steps turned my previously edited photo from eh to WOW. Super easy but beautiful results. thank !!!!
Thanks Mark, for this great video. I found it very helpful in figuring out how to begin editing/processing a RAW photo. Thanks again!
Been using lightroom for a while now instead of camera raw and these tips are invaluable. Nice one 👍🏻thanks Mark.
harrycallaghan22 Thank ya Harry! Glad you think so bud👍
Mark, thank you for this LR tutorial! I’ve been using LR for a while and consider myself fairly seasoned with it. However, you taught me something new that no one else covered in courses I’ve taken...the shift/click function to set a recommended setting as a starting point. I used it on a few previously edited images and was pleasantly surprised by the improvement. Another well done, concise video. Thank you!
Jimmy Wilson This is great to hear Jimmy! Really appreciate it.
Great tutorial. Clear explanations and useful tips really grateful I stumbled onto this. Going to try this approach this weekend
Awesome to hear - thank you!
Excellent tutorial, Mark. I am using a similar workflow, but will adjust it slightly per your suggestions. After following a few other photographers for a couple of years, I think I have become too heavy-handed on the shadow and highlight sliders. I especially like your philosophy of first allowing Lightroom to set the sliders and then readjusting to taste. Thanks, again!
Wayne Schumacher Many Thanks Wayne! Glad to hear the video was helpful!
I had no idea about the masking part. Great video, as always ! :)
Thanks Alejandra!
I really enjoy your videos. You do a great job of focusing on the important aspects of photography. Keep up the great work and thank you.
Jeremiah Ellias Much appreciated Jeremiah!
I did not know ABC of photography . I am trying to learn from your videos,Thank you so much.
Great video. When you crop, is it most ideal to maintain the native aspect ratio, or is it more practical for printing to go for a 5x7 or 8x10?
Mark, I have used LR for awhile but it has been hit or miss. This video really put the focus on a logical workflow and makes more sense of the process. Thanks for your videos. I have subscribed so that I will not miss any valuable lessons..
Many thanks for subscribing - really appreciate it!
Just starting on lightroom and found this an excellent video. Very useful thanks
Amazing video. THANK YOU! I bought Lightroom a few year, but I ended up not using it because I found it to be confusing so I ended up shooting in jpeg mode instead.
Your explanation of this video is clear and easy to understand. It makes me wanted to shoot raw again.
Thanks Danny! I'm glad you think so!
This was the most beneficial video about editing with LR that I have seen. Very easy to understand. I am new to LR, so thank you very much.
I finally bought into the LR and PS system after using Darktable and GIMP for so long. There is nothing wrong with that software, but IMO the limiting factor is having wonderful videos like these for teaching. Thanks again!
I had NO idea about the shift click in lightroom. Or about the tone curve presets. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Mark. Good watching your ideas as usual. Please keep up the tutorials and info. Neville.
Neville Jones Many thanks Neville!
Good sequence for editing... thank you!
Loads of great info. Thanks Mark for sharing.
Jimmie Aleshire Thanks Jimmie!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto You are welcome Mark. You have som awesome content and photos on your blog. Love it.
really great tutorial. really appreciate the pacing - not too fast or slow. thanks!
Your videos are clear and inspirational. Thank you.
I thought I knew LR fairly well and then this superb, simple step video made a big difference in organizing my work process! Thanks!
Ed C Thanks Ed! Glad the video was helpful!
Your videos are awesome! Clear, calm and informative. Hands-on. Can understand your workflow. Keep 'em coming!
I don't see your contrast options on my tone curve swatch. I can only adjust sliders.
I follow a similar approach. Recently changed from Luminar to Capture One 12 and love the layers and selective fine tuning color options.
oscar acevedo I haven’t tried either of those yet, but would like to in the near future for sure👍
glad to see im not the only one still using adobe lightroom classic
Bro,
Sharpening value 60-70 range is correct for all landscape images or press alt key + move the sharpening slider which one is best
Thank you mark. I just noted the steps and want to follow them. Thanks for making the post process easy and not intimidating. 🙏🏽
Thank you Mark!! Actually I had been wondering exactly what you taught. Very cool. Wow. This is a GREAT LEARNINIG video and will give us ALL a great place to start and learn. Now that we are knowing the basics and what those do... We can expand from there. I assume you have done the NOW THAT YOU HAVE STEPS 1-7 down, HERE is how I further edit video... Right? lol I haven't searched yet but please if you do not have that video please go ahead and make that for us. I really like your pace, and your no nonsense overhyped explanations. You are doing a great Job Mark. Next time I am in your neck of the woods I am buying lunch! Thanks!!
BLADE4 Productions That sounds great! I love lunch👍
I watched this video a couple days ago and had to come back to say THANK YOU!!!! Because one of your tips helped me tremendously!!! I’m kind of too embarrassed to say, cause it’s one of the most basic editing tools that I overlooked - boy am I stupid! but thanks to you I’m now using it and it’s made life SO MUCH EASIER!!! Course now I’m looking at my old edits shaking my head at how I could’ve done them so much better! Lol
When you are working on white and black points, try holding down shift and moving 'alt' and moving the slider, really helpful for images with strong points of light and dark.
Yep, that's a super useful feature!
Thanks Mark for a great instruction video. After finally retiring from my paid work, I can start to work on my real passion! Just knowing the sequence of application enables you to move ahead and capture what you really visualized!
Wow Mark, is this simply a coincidence or have you rereleased this video based on my question last week where I inquired as too where you learned LR ? I can recall back in the 70’s during the day of film when I read that “it’s very difficult to find a photographer who was great at creating a photograph and the same person a great developer.” And the author went on to say, “that’s why Adams is one of the best because he was one of those few rare individuals. My question last week to you was “where did you Mark learn LR.” Now my phone bings and your video of today pops up. Thank you again. PS: where are you from?
Another great video. Thank you! You explain everything so very well and I greatly appreciate your time and efforts!
Nice video, Mark! But I wouldn't call this a "beginner" Lr video. These are the basic steps I use, all the steps needed for the vast majority of photos that are more-or-less properly composed and exposed in-camera. I would say local filters are very important, but you did at least mention them. With Lr's addition of local filter range masking last year, it is exceedingly easy to get the sky just right. Have you done a video on this? Might make a nice compliment to this one.
Besides, even experienced Lr users can benefit from watching another's workflow! I sure did from watching yours.
4:28 "Hold down the shift key and double-click exposure" is something I didn't know, but something I'll certainly use. I've already shared this tip and a link to this video with a friend.
7:32 I had forgotten about the auto tone curve options -- thank you for reminding me! Tone curves are extremely powerful and difficult to get just right, so I'll be trying Lr's auto tone curve again before making my own adjustments.
Again, nice video that should be helpful to all Lr users in some way. This is the third video of yours I've watched, and I've gotten something from each one. I'll be watching more. Thanks very much!
I learned a lot of new tricks, and I mean a lot from this one video.. Great content man, truly.
Very detailed video… I am trying out your 7 steps because I want my photos to look better
Great video! Really made it easy to understand. Can’t wait to try this method.