Blue print of how videos on editing should be : Super informative Concise & precise No- nonsense wasting of time educating Thank you mam, new subscriber
I freakin LOVE the tone curve! It’s such a game changer and definitely gives a photo a completely different look. I used to rely on apps/presets that would just do the work for me when I would apply them to photos, but now I can create my own looks!
Hi Lucy, I'm from Brazil and I loved the way you explain in your videos. It is simple, straightforward, objective and easy to understand. Congratulations and thanks for the class. Abraço!
I don’t ever subscribe to random channels, but you definitely earned it. I wish nothing but the best for you in 2020, thank you for the SHORT, but INFORMATIVE videos!
I learned more in the first 3 minutes of this video than I have in the past 4 full videos I’ve watched. Super easy to follow along and SO helpful. Huge thanks😊
This was really helpful. This is the one setting in Lightroom I've completely avoided touching up until now. Surprised how hard it was to find this sort of simple tutorial/breakdown on the topic too. Well done.
I use the tone curve a little already, but this still helped a ton! Especially the bit about only bringing up the blackest part of the image for that faded film look. I really like that style, but didn't know how to make it. Now I do! Thanks for the great tips!
Binge watched most of your beginners Lightroom videos. I would like to see more on organizing photos on import. Not just how to do it but what is the thought process to make the organization work for each individual need.
Thank you for the 'straight to the point' tutorial. I've been playing around with the tone curve but sometimes you miss the most obvious things when DIY. Muchas gracias!
Can I just say how grateful I am to have found your video. I feel like this tool is a game changer and you did such an amazing job of breaking it down so it’s super simple and easy for even beginners to get it and start playing with this immediately. Thank you so much for taking the time to film this 🤗 Can’t wait to check out more like it!
Lucy! You're a dream! Ha! Thanks for helping to demystify the Tone Curve tool. At least now, when I begin experimenting, I'll have a better idea of what's actually happening. Cheers!
First video I saw of yours and subscribed to your channel immediately! I love how deep you went with the tone curve and look forward to all the other videos you have! Thanks for your work!
Hi Lucy, I've just subscribed to your channel I love your 'Edit with Me Mondays' videos. I'm an intermediate user, neither a rank beginner, and far from an expert. I find your videos, super helpful: Tone Curve, Details, HSL / Color perfectly placed to help me take my editing to the next level. Thanks. Please keep them coming.
Thank you thank you thank you for giving this tutorial on the tone curve. Everything you said about avoiding it because it looks funny and it's not straight forward was how I felt about it and I've put off learning it for a long time. Thanks for simplifying it for me! Great video!
Great video! You didn't confront me with thausend possibilities but with one single which I instantly dare to try. Thank you. I hope you give us more of those short instructions. Very helpful! Regards from Hamburg
Great video Lucy! So many people make videos on the Tone Curve but they hardly ever touch on the individual Red, Green and Blue channels! In fact you made me realise that when you drop those below the baseline, you're not just pulling out that colour but actually injecting its opposite! Great to know, that's definitely gonna change my usage of those!
AronBagel ohh yeah! The RGB channels in the tone curve are so powerful and a great way to give a consistent style to your photos. Have fun trying it out!!
Thank you, Lucy. This tutorial has been very helpful. I was able to create a preset using a tone curve to help me the achieve the consistency I've been looking for!
Thank you so much lucy, doing photography for 4 year but even after having so much knowledge about post processing, i found out this video to be very helpful and got a very good insight of the tone curve, thank you so much!
subbed just because of the short and clear tutorial. No other videos explain this clearly. Maybe you can start a series teaching about the common instagram edits(orange-teal for example)
Thanks for making this video because it helped me to understand tone curve more better in simple way....i am really looking forward to learn more about editing process....keep it up....you are doing great.
Just stumbled across this video and it's great! Never understood the curve function before but now it's very clear. I guess it gives you more control than just adjusting contrast, highlights and shadows? Subbed!
Already familiar with the tone curve but still enjoyed this concise, informative video. Liked the pacing. Too many tutorials have people breathlessly racing through the info.
Thank you so much for this Lucy! For some reason I haven't come across a simple explanation of what to do with the tone curve out of all my youtube watching!
You are so right about this tool being one that’s easy to bypass. But once you start using it, you can’t edit without it. Thanks for helping me understand it even better now! Will definitely be checking out your other videos. L&S w/o hesitation!
What's your favourite tool in Lightroom? The tone curve is definitely one of my favs, but interested to know what you guys love?
Lucy Martin after the delete button I would say the HSL sliders and the tone curve. Can totally change an image but I use photoshop for my prints.
Tone curve NOW!
seenituk oh yeah HSL is amazing 👏
Robert F Gardner woohoo!
I'm confused...when I click on a spot on the tone curve it a spot doesn't stick. Not sure what I'm doing wrong :-/
Blue print of how videos on editing should be :
Super informative
Concise & precise
No- nonsense wasting of time
educating
Thank you mam, new subscriber
Holy sh**! That was easier than i thought. Thank you for simplifying this!
haha love hearing that! Keep it simple around here :)
Your hilarious
I do agree. Not even my LR managed to teach me.
Right😂
I freakin LOVE the tone curve! It’s such a game changer and definitely gives a photo a completely different look. I used to rely on apps/presets that would just do the work for me when I would apply them to photos, but now I can create my own looks!
Been working with Lightroom since it first came out and this is the first explanation that made sense and was easy to understand. Thank you Lucy!!!!
Love hearing that! I really wanted to make something simple since this confused me for a long time :P
I agree, best explanation EVER THANKS
Possibly the easiest explanation of the tone curve that I’ve come across! Great job!
Hi Lucy, I'm from Brazil and I loved the way you explain in your videos. It is simple, straightforward, objective and easy to understand. Congratulations and thanks for the class. Abraço!
Wow! Thanks so much for the kind words Rodrigo ☺️
I just stumbled upon this video and realized that this is the best (non confusing) tutorial for the tone curve that I've ever come across. Thank you!
I love when TH-cam videos are simple and easy to understand. Can't wait to try this out after avoiding the curve all this time. Thank you
Using the black and white gradient really helped me understand the tone curve better. Thanks a lot for this!
I've watched 20 minutes of your content and was able to learn more than the hours[literally] of other content produced on YT. You're my hero !
great point about the color profile curve tones! playing around with colored shadows, midtones and highlights can create a crazy image!
Thanks!
Great! Soooooo many people don't use curves and I don't know whyyyyy
I like it, no messing about. You keep it straight to the point and don't over explain like some other tutorials. Nice work. Subscribed.
I don’t ever subscribe to random channels, but you definitely earned it. I wish nothing but the best for you in 2020, thank you for the SHORT, but INFORMATIVE videos!
Thank you so much! I never quite understood what the time curve did, but when you demonstrated it with the gradient, I finally got it.
Using the black and white photo was a great idea for teaching. Keep up the good work!
I learned more in the first 3 minutes of this video than I have in the past 4 full videos I’ve watched. Super easy to follow along and SO helpful. Huge thanks😊
She is the best!! She gets straight to the point and speaks so well. Her videos soothe me lol I'm learning so much already
The only understandable Tone curve video out there. Good work.
Your method are simple and fantastic. Makes everything more pleasant and easy to understand. Congratulations
Outstanding - the use of the gradient to illustrate this was genius!
This was really helpful. This is the one setting in Lightroom I've completely avoided touching up until now. Surprised how hard it was to find this sort of simple tutorial/breakdown on the topic too. Well done.
Tone curve explained in simplest way. Excellent
Wow! You are amazing. I learned and understood more in 30 seconds of this video than watching several others. Thank you!
I have been struggling with tone curves a lot. But this has made it really simple to understand. Thanks for sharing the knowledge you have.
You made this Editing tutorial simple to understand, without wasting time. Thanks a lot Lucy!
I am a huge fan of the tone curve. I keep learning new things about it all the time. Thanks !
Best tutorial I've seen of this on TH-cam in terms of understanding the basics. Amazing work!
Really great video ! Don’t stop your tutorials, there are almost perferct !
I use the tone curve a little already, but this still helped a ton! Especially the bit about only bringing up the blackest part of the image for that faded film look. I really like that style, but didn't know how to make it. Now I do! Thanks for the great tips!
This is *so* great! Your explanation and demo with the simple black & white gradient is perfect. I finally understand how to use curves. Thanks!
Wow!! That was the best tutorial on Tone Curve I've ever seen.
Yup. I was waiting for a rainy day for about 6 years. You did it in 3 min. I totally get it. Thanks!!!
Thanks Lucy, I'm learning a lot from your videos during my quarantine.
Binge watched most of your beginners Lightroom videos. I would like to see more on organizing photos on import. Not just how to do it but what is the thought process to make the organization work for each individual need.
Great beginner tutorial!! Straight to the point!
Stright to the point, simple and yet very very instructive. From now on I'll try and use the Tone Curve more often, if not always. Thanks a lot!!
Wow, awesome tutorial. University of TH-cam never fails
Straight forward, clear, simple. Good tutorial
You are an amazing teacher! Love your tutorials as they are short crisp and to the point without wasting time.
Greetings from New Delhi, India
Thank you for the 'straight to the point' tutorial. I've been playing around with the tone curve but sometimes you miss the most obvious things when DIY. Muchas gracias!
Wow, best explanation of that part of Lightroom I’ve ever seen. Thank you.
One of the best explanations of tne curve and the "standard S" curve I have seen. Thank you
Really appreciate your kind words! Thanks for watching 👏
I watch many lightroom tutorials but your explanation is so so good! great job Lucy
Good stuff, Lucy! Knowing how to work with the Tone Curve opens up many more creative ways to give your photos a unique look.
For sure! Thanks so much!
How did a five-minute video teach me more than any other vid?? This was so helpful!! Thanks so much for sharing!
honestly this is the best tutorial I've seen on the tone curve! you finally made it make sense!
THANK YOU for simplifying this! I love the chill vibe of this video as well!
Thank you for not stretching this tutorial past the 10 minutes mark!
Crazy how much such a basic S-Curve can improve a photo. Well done for such a good explanation :)
Hit ALT when adding the 3 points in the curve initially so they are in a straight line
Thank you
Yes you are in detail tutoring.
Can I just say how grateful I am to have found your video. I feel like this tool is a game changer and you did such an amazing job of breaking it down so it’s super simple and easy for even beginners to get it and start playing with this immediately. Thank you so much for taking the time to film this 🤗 Can’t wait to check out more like it!
Thank you so much for this! this is the easiest video on youtube explaining the tone curve
Now THIS is the kind of video I love. Short and straight to the point. Thank you so much!
Lucy! You're a dream! Ha! Thanks for helping to demystify the Tone Curve tool. At least now, when I begin experimenting, I'll have a better idea of what's actually happening. Cheers!
Great touch with the black and white gradient! I do love the filters and now with the range masks even more!
Ricardo Alves thanks! I thought it would be helpful to use the gradient to show what was actually happening. Glad you like it!
Great explanation! Ive watched so many of these tone curve videos and never really got it, until now. Thanks.
I’m so glad I found this video. The best and to the point explanation of the S curve. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Thanks Leigh, I try to make this simple so I’m glad to hear it helped!
First video I saw of yours and subscribed to your channel immediately! I love how deep you went with the tone curve and look forward to all the other videos you have! Thanks for your work!
Wow thanks for this tutorial. I've 'learned' the tone curve before but I didn't really understand completely until your video.
HOLY KATZ!!! I just spent 2 minutes with a shot I took at the Grand Canyon 2 summers ago! It was a cloudy, hazy week. NOT ANYMORE!!! Thanks Lucy!
YAY!! I love to hear about how the tips help you with your edits! Thanks so much ☺️
Your tutoring videos are so helpful and easy to follow along with! Omg I needed this!
The easiest lecture on curves. Absolutely loved it 👏🏼👏🏼❤️
Hi Lucy, All your topics really helps me a lot in photography and Lightroom, I hope you discuss about the histogram
Cheers!
Hi Lucy, I've just subscribed to your channel I love your 'Edit with Me Mondays' videos. I'm an intermediate user, neither a rank beginner, and far from an expert. I find your videos, super helpful: Tone Curve, Details, HSL / Color perfectly placed to help me take my editing to the next level. Thanks. Please keep them coming.
Very well explained, loved the tip about how presets affect the color curves...didn't know that before. thanks!
Great tutorial. You rock. If you hold Alt while dragging the anker points the effect is more subtle.
I've watched so many tone curve videos and this was BY FAR the easiest to understand! Thank you so much!
Thanks so much Jerry, keeping things simple is my goal :)
Simple but yet very informative tutorial! Please do more of these
Excellent tutorial, your use of the black/white image and then shifting to a photo really explains it well. Thanks for you time on this.
Thank you thank you thank you for giving this tutorial on the tone curve. Everything you said about avoiding it because it looks funny and it's not straight forward was how I felt about it and I've put off learning it for a long time. Thanks for simplifying it for me! Great video!
Lucy thank you so much for this! Simple and understandable video, you make my day! You have one more person at the notification squad! :P
Great video! You didn't confront me with thausend possibilities but with one single which I instantly dare to try. Thank you. I hope you give us more of those short instructions. Very helpful! Regards from Hamburg
That was the bestest tutorial on Curves..Thank you so much
Great video. Added to my watch list along with Tony and Chelsea!
This channel is a hidden gold mine. Awesome stuff
I would recommend beginners watch this video at least once a week lol
So clear and concise, absolutely love it, well done!
Woohoo!! Thanks so much for the kind words!
Thanks for the video! Just getting started with Lightroom and couldn't get a grasp on the tone curve. This helped a ton.
Excellent tutorial. I had used the Tone Curve a bit, but this really explained it in detail. Many thanks!
Glad to hear it helps 👍
My Monday sucked SO MUCH LESS thanks to you. Great tips! I almost never use tone curve for adding colour - maybe I'll start now!
Lizzie Peirce YAS QUEEN! Do it up 👏
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Great video Lucy! So many people make videos on the Tone Curve but they hardly ever touch on the individual Red, Green and Blue channels! In fact you made me realise that when you drop those below the baseline, you're not just pulling out that colour but actually injecting its opposite! Great to know, that's definitely gonna change my usage of those!
AronBagel ohh yeah! The RGB channels in the tone curve are so powerful and a great way to give a consistent style to your photos. Have fun trying it out!!
Thank you, Lucy. This tutorial has been very helpful. I was able to create a preset using a tone curve to help me the achieve the consistency I've been looking for!
Thank you so much lucy, doing photography for 4 year but even after having so much knowledge about post processing, i found out this video to be very helpful and got a very good insight of the tone curve, thank you so much!
Glad to hear it helped! I’ve doing editing and photography for a long time too and I’m always learning new things! That’s what makes it fun :)
Sure it does!
Lucy, you are absolutely brilliant! :) I was indeed afraid to touch it before, but it looks amazing :) thanks so much!
subbed just because of the short and clear tutorial. No other videos explain this clearly. Maybe you can start a series teaching about the common instagram edits(orange-teal for example)
Thanks a lot! Very Easy to follow! Not sleepy and boring. I am expecting to learn more from you.
Super helpful, thanks so much. The individual color curves give you so much capability!
I love your voice. Very calming and patient. Can’t believe how afraid I’ve been to use that, now i won’t be. Thank you and I subscribed
Thanks for making this video because it helped me to understand tone curve more better in simple way....i am really looking forward to learn more about editing process....keep it up....you are doing great.
Just stumbled across this video and it's great! Never understood the curve function before but now it's very clear. I guess it gives you more control than just adjusting contrast, highlights and shadows? Subbed!
Already familiar with the tone curve but still enjoyed this concise, informative video. Liked the pacing. Too many tutorials have people breathlessly racing through the info.
Thank you Soo much Lucy, great simple explanation. The comment about it looking liking a HS math program is exactly how I felt 😄
finally a video that doesnt take 30 mins to explain what tone curves do. thank you @lucy
Thank you so much for this Lucy! For some reason I haven't come across a simple explanation of what to do with the tone curve out of all my youtube watching!
So happy to hear you liked it! Thanks for watching :)
5mins of tutorial that changed the way i look and use this tool... Thank you for this tutorial
You are so right about this tool being one that’s easy to bypass. But once you start using it, you can’t edit without it. Thanks for helping me understand it even better now! Will definitely be checking out your other videos. L&S w/o hesitation!
Scott Bailey Glad to hear the tutorial helped a bit Scott! Lots more coming soon ☺️
I woke up and realized that I needed to learn more about the S Curve! This was spot on! I had to subscribe!
Thanks for demystifying and simplifying the tone curve, and making it a less scary place to go now!