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How to EDIT Landscape photos in LIGHTROOM

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Grab the RAW files here for free, work alongside me, and learn:
https://www.williampatinophotography.com/lightroom-for-beginners

Lightroom is a beast of a software. Lots of confusing words, hundreds of tools, and thousands of ways to achieve the same results.

In this episode, I want to teach you a full process for taking a RAW file and transforming it into an amazing final image.

I’ll cover a lot, so download the RAW files and practice alongside me.

I’ll teach you the tools you NEED to know, leaving behind the ones you don’t need right now.

I look forward to seeing your edits!!

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00:00:17 – Importing a Photo in Lightroom
00:02:25 – Understanding Catalogs
00:03:53 – Using the Develop Module
00:04:58 – Before you Make any Changes…
00:05:40 – Lens Correction
00:06:48 – The Basic Panel
00:12:25 – Cropping and Straightening
00:13:40 – Local Adjustments
00:13:55 – Masking – Understanding Masks, Gradients, and Adjustment Brushes
00:21:15 – Color Grading
00:23:00 – Fixing Dust Spots, Scratches, and Other Issues Using the Spot Healing Tool
00:25:25 – Painting Light to Boost Contrast
00:26:06 – Adding Glow Using an Adjustment Brush
00:26:30 – Checking Your Results from the Masking Edits
00:27:19 – A Million Ways to do This – Which is “Best?”
00:28:04 – Another Image – What Are We Going to Do?
00:28:44 – Basics – Exposure, Sky, Highlights, and Shadows
00:29:40 – Lens Correction – Chromatic Aberration and Profile Correction
00:30:04 – Straightening the Image
00:30:17 – Saturation, Vibrance, and White Balance
00:30:50 – Adding Contrast to the Sky and Foreground
00:32:49 – Adding Texture or Clarity
00:33:27 – Color Grading to Warm Up the Highlights and Mid-Tones
00:34:26 – Tweaking the Water
00:34:50 – Detail Tab – Sharpening Elements
00:38:41 – Exporting an Image From Lightroom

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