My favorite is no longer required since upgrading to a full frame, but when I used to shoot the Milky Way with a crop sensor camera, I discovered going down to the lens corrections and then selecting manual - defringe - Using the slider, and nearly pulling it all the way to the right, I could pull out nearly every bit of purple from my stars. It saved so many, if not all my photos while using that camera.
@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism Actually, this is a problem with the lens and not with the camera. And even expensive lenses have chromatic aberrations in extreme situations. Or do you mean something else?
I thought the same. I kept the same lens though (rokinion 24mm 1.4 full frame) and only the d3400 w/ the lens had the issue. I don't notice this at all w/ the D610. @@Joshua_Hochholdinger
When the "chaff to wheat" ratio is very high (large number of discards to keepers), you can go through the lot, "picking" (P), the keepers only. Then Library/Refine Photos (Ctrl/CMD+Alt+R) changes all un-Picked photos to rejected. I use this mostly when I have auto exposure bracketing in use and at least 2 of 3 photos are for the discard pile.
I mostly refrain from making comments, but for this channel I make an exception. I'm an amateur photographer, using 10y+ old tech. Your channel provides useful tips and great techniques, enabling me to improve my skills. And whilst not being lured into the whole influencer-recommending-random-stuff. I can only say: thank you
You are one of the few photographers who always gives clear, concise and consistent information. I learn everything so much easier watching your videos
Simon, I've watched your videos on youtube for about a year, but only recently have I watched enough to realize how talented you are as a teacher, and how experienced you are as a bird photographer. You are one of my favorite bird photographer teachers now, and you have the personality to add to the joy of learning from you. I've appreciated everything I've learned from you so far. Guy
Not really a hack, but the lightroom "keyword" tagging feature is amazing at helping organize your photos. I have been photographing my son's soccer games and using keywords I can easily pull photos up by game and/or player(s). I had to provide 2 photos of each player to feature in a end-of-season video and this made it very easy to do. I then used color coding to denote which photos were selected. Your channel has been an amazing help for me. I've only been doing this for 5 months and your channel really helped kickstart my skill and my enjoyment.
I personally use Dark Table, but these tips still apply. The first tip is more used in the "Color zones" tool in Dark Table, but I find myself using it often. It's a great tip
I started getting into photography more this year (motorsports) with an old Rebel T6, and all of your videos have been super helpful so far. Thank you for being such a great teacher and breaking everything down!
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Thank you so much. Been using LR for years and never knew about the alt-key masking. Super useful.
Lightroom has colour labels - many edting programs do. But Lightroom lets you customize the labelling of your colour labels to be meaningful to you. And you can have more than one set of customized labels - maybe using one for stills and one for video. I use colour labels to identify the ultimate use of the photograph - website, social media, competitions. And I create colour coded collections that automatically catalogue each. If a photo is used in more than one place, a quiick virtual copy is made with its own crop and colour code and voila.
This is the most comprehensive tutorial about LR that I have seen and I have suddenly discovered a whole new realm. I am using LR5 and I have tried every shown hack and found only one that does not work, Panorama. But I am not greatly stressed as there are other good stitch apps out there. This is going to make a big difference to my basic photo processing. Thank you Simon!
Hidden feature I use is changing the grid overlay to assist with compostion; open crop tool, then press O repeatedly to give yourself different grid options. There are “golden section” grids there too; to get the one with appropriate alignment for your pic, press shift-O.
I love that every time I visit this channel, I learn something new. Another well done educational video. Thanks Simon for consistently sharing easy to understand content. Cheers. 📸😎👍🏻
Interesting bonus tip. The way I work around this by doing 2 sets of work - 1 where I review images in Library and use B key to put in Quick Collection, then 2 develop the selected images. Library view doesnt take time to load image preview compared to Develop view, and you still get to see your edits if you applied some mass filter
This is one of the most useful LR videos I've ever seen. I've been a professional photographer for years and am pretty darn adept with LR, but I didn't know about a few of these and they are truly gamechangers. Thank you for this!!
Not my idea, but a little time can be saved by using only the "X", and not "X" and "P". The idea being "X" for delete, and then all that's left are the one's you want. They don't really need to be "P"icked.
@user-up1id5rv2mif you filter for unflagged they will disappear as you sort and cull. I like your idea of just using x, and then you still have the flag available for final culling and rating
I really like the masking tool in sharpening that you mentioned. I also enjoy using AI sky detection in combination with dehaze. The newest version (13) has Point Color and Blur effects. These are a huge help.
For Before/After switching i prefer the key \. If you hold it, you see the Before while holding or if you press and release it will toggle between the two
I find myself not using the Details for sharpening, I use the masking and select subject. Just wish we they put the "alt" feature there as well. Did not know the dust spots! Appreciate it sir. Love the bonus tip. Have to watch it a few times to ensure I got it correct, lol. Good work sir.
The HSL Color panel has changed now in the latest Lightroom upgrade - for the better IMHO - the panel is now called the Color Mixer and has different and much better functionality
Great video, thank you! My tip submission: Instead of using jpeg previews for culling, an app like Fast Raw Viewer can be used to quickly decode your raw files directly. Keyboard shortcuts in app can then be used to send keepers and rejects to separate folders using only one keystroke so you can work through hundreds of photos in just a few minutes. All of your raw histogram data and other important info are right there available next to each picture and you can even compare and pick the best of similar shots all while maintaining the full range of the original shot instead of using processed jpeg to make those choices. I use Fast Raw Viewer on MacOS and it’s blazing quick, I’m sure the windows version is fast as well.
Wow! I've been using Lightroom for about 15 years and wasn't aware of Auto Advance! That certainly speeds up the culling process. Also, one feature often overlooked regarding panoramas is they can also be shot in the vertical. I've done this with great results for buildings, waterfalls, and even a giant sequoia. For this to work you have to be a ways away and not using too wide of angle lens, otherwise you can't overcome the distortion caused by shooting 'uphill'.
Simon, Your tutorials are great and very easy to follow. Again thank you so much for sharing your skills. This was a very good tutorial especially the tutorial on culling unwanted photos. Thanks again Ricky
The reason your pano looked distorted is that LR (and ACR) only offer projections that map the lens's spherical raw image data onto a flat surface. This is especially important for panos made with wide angle lenses. With a well-levelled tripod/head, the PS pano merge also offers a rectilinear option that does not distort, and may eliminate the need for the 'extra' coverage during capture. (I believe this has become somewhat necessary as LR/ACR account for in-camera profiles that alleviate distortions and aberrations. But with these in place, and the tripod set correctly, the PS option gives excellent results.)
I've learned there is nothing one can do that even comes close to getting an extra two photos on both sides of the pano. NEVER attempt to skip them (especially during the day when it's SO fast and easy, compared to long exposures at night.)
The point was not to skip them but to avoid the bizarre automatic cropping that the spherical and cylindrical projections create. @@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism
Oh I see what you're saying. Yup, I notice sometimes it doesn't seem to matter but I always check all 3 types and auto crop/ on and off every time to ensure I don't pick something the system does wrong. I've noticed "most" times auto gets it right, but I do always check. @@robertstonephoto
Hi Simon. Wow, your bonus hack just changed my 'culling' life. How come no one talks about this trick for fast culling? I've been searching the internet for so long for a way to speed up this process and all that comes up is 'Photo Mechanic' as a solution. You should make a small video about this and title it ' How to cull your photo in Lightroom fast' as I 'm sure that this will help A LOT of people. Thanks a million for this awesome trick. Love your videos.
Not necessarily hidden, but the calibration tool is a great addition to workflow. It makes it simple to adjust overall red, green and blue throughout the image, often reducing the need for vibrance or saturation, which could have an intended consequences. Also allows for hue adjustments as well. Used sparingly, it’s great tool, though I do have to wonder why they call it calibration… 😊
To add onto finding sensor dust, I've found that sometimes cranking the dehaze to 100 and adjusting the exposure up and down some helps me find spots that the visualize spots feature doesn't show.
I always knew LIghtroom had more features than I knew how to use. This video unlocked several that I can employ immediately to improve and speed up my editing process. Thank you!!
Hey Simon, great videos (can't stop watching). I've noticed on a few you keep talking about "auto-advance". Here's my tip for you, Instead of going to "photo > auto advance", you can easily toggle auto-advance on and off using caps lock (e.g. capslock on = auto-advance on). This saves a few seconds each time which soon adds up when jumping back and forth between editing and sorting.
Another great informative video! I love the fact that your videos are "meat and potatoes" with none of the "gravy" that I see on other photography sites. There's nothing more frustrating than having to fast forward past useless B roll to get to the juicy stuff. Thank you!
Some really great tips in this video! I like to straighten my images in the transform section near the bottom of the editing panel. There’s some other neat features there too. And to quickly see before and afters as I’m editing, I press the / key on my PC.
I was in a supermarket the other day and they played same song as you use as intro music - not lying :O !!! Thought about you Simon instantly, and smiled. Believe it or not, but you DO something right :)
Thanks for the video. As you’ve posted some of your “rediscovered” photos lately, I’ve wondered how you manage to cull through the thousands you shoot. You answered and I didn’t have to ask! Other tips were also good.
May I add my thanks Simon. Like 4149 below, I am a budding photographer who refrains from commenting or subscribing to sites. Scoot over 4149. I've learned more from your videos in two months than from all others in the last 5 years. So very lucky to have come across your site. Wish I had seen your videos before we went to Ireland last year. Looking forward to learning from a PRO. 5DMk III/R5C/truck load of EF/RF lenses/RRS tripod and gear.
Hey Simon, great tips as always! One note on the horizon leveling or straighten tool: it also works vertically, like on the corner of a building or a flagpole. Try to pick something as close to the center of the image as possible, especially on wide angle photos, or the distortion will create some rather unsatisfactory results.
dust clipping is definitely something ill be using in the future ive done so many jobs and seen a spec thats really annoyed me. and the white and black clipping sliders with the alt key will be beneficial. thank you
The spot healing trick is now my faforite, didn't know this bevore. Btw your tips and videos make it more fun for me to work with lightroom, many thank's 😊
You can also straighten the horizon with the Auto button on the crop box (right hand side, under the padlock). I've wasted so much time and eye strain on trying to level photos with the slider on Angle in the crop box!
Nice summary of these tips. Really helpful! I also just looked at some older videos and my god did your quality improve not only in content but the video overall as well. Keep on going. ♥
@simon_dentremont I shot my first few videos handheld with a telephoto lens. A lot was downright crap but got some nice parts in the end I wanted. There was simply no time for a tripod. I even managed to get one decent looking still from the video after upscaling and sharpening it in Topaz. During recording I noticed autofocus tends to sometimes be focusing to wrong parts. Perhaps a video about video autofocus as well as advanced autofocus (e.g. speed, tracking, sensitivity in change in servo mode, etc...) settings would be an idea for a video?
Hi Simon. I am a big fan of your channel. Thank you for providing so many highly educational videos. While culling, I don't understand why you bother to hit P for pick. If you delete all of the X's, you be left with the ones you want to pick. At that point, I make a second pass or two and assign stars to the images that were not deleted.
As always Simon, brilliant and extremely practical advice. My favourite LR trick has been the very first one you mentioned in your video. My second favourite is one I learned very recently: in the masking module: usually when I select an object, I can subtract a colour or luminance range from that mask - this helps to place a very precise mask around an object. It's a bit complex to explain in a comment. There is an excellent video from another RUclipsr, but I'm not sure it's appropriate to mention the name here. Thanks again Simon :)
Im still learning Lightroom and I love this video I had been following you almost a year and had learned a lot from you thank you keep up the great work
I just learned recently that you can make "snapshots" of edits in both LR and Camera Raw, these edits will be saved in xmp file and are compatible across the two platforms .
Great Tipps and Videos. I often use the "alt" key but i slide direktly in the histogram. You show in your Video that LR greys the part you are effekting by the slider. But you can also direktly grap the history party, you want to move... and the slider will do the same
Another great video! I like the GEOMETRY tab (I use it in Camera Raw). You can skew or stretch the angle and perspective in various ways and also tilt for rotation. I use it with landscape shots that have a foreground like flowers that has a depth of field that stretches way back to mountains. Then, I can adjust the perspective to get a sort of sweeping "wide angle" look from the point of view of the foreground. Just need to crop a little.
I wanted to say thanks for posting thes tutorials. I just posted a video on photographing the wildlife and landscapes of the Canadian landscapes, and the images in the video would not be the same without your helpful tips! Look forward to your future videos :)
Thank you for another video with great information. I'm a beginner amateur (retirement is great), so all of your videos really are appreciated! A question I have is, what do you do first, i.e., take the photo or record the video? I have only one camera (the Nikon 7Z2). I run into situations where I want to do both, but I typically take the photo and never get to the video ...... they fly off too quick for me to change over to video mode. Thanks again for all you do for photography!
What’s your favorite Lightroom trick that was hard to find or discover?
My favorite is no longer required since upgrading to a full frame, but when I used to shoot the Milky Way with a crop sensor camera, I discovered going down to the lens corrections and then selecting manual - defringe - Using the slider, and nearly pulling it all the way to the right, I could pull out nearly every bit of purple from my stars. It saved so many, if not all my photos while using that camera.
@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism Actually, this is a problem with the lens and not with the camera. And even expensive lenses have chromatic aberrations in extreme situations. Or do you mean something else?
I thought the same. I kept the same lens though (rokinion 24mm 1.4 full frame) and only the d3400 w/ the lens had the issue. I don't notice this at all w/ the D610. @@Joshua_Hochholdinger
When the "chaff to wheat" ratio is very high (large number of discards to keepers), you can go through the lot, "picking" (P), the keepers only. Then Library/Refine Photos (Ctrl/CMD+Alt+R) changes all un-Picked photos to rejected. I use this mostly when I have auto exposure bracketing in use and at least 2 of 3 photos are for the discard pile.
The feature thate let you see wich part of the image you are sharpening
I mostly refrain from making comments, but for this channel I make an exception.
I'm an amateur photographer, using 10y+ old tech.
Your channel provides useful tips and great techniques, enabling me to improve my skills. And whilst not being lured into the whole influencer-recommending-random-stuff. I can only say: thank you
Thanks for that!
You are one of the few photographers who always gives clear, concise and consistent information. I learn everything so much easier watching your videos
Happy to help!
Simon, I've watched your videos on youtube for about a year, but only recently have I watched enough to realize how talented you are as a teacher, and how experienced you are as a bird photographer. You are one of my favorite bird photographer teachers now, and you have the personality to add to the joy of learning from you. I've appreciated everything I've learned from you so far. Guy
Too kind! TY Guy!
RUclips is so weird I have been watching for years and only found you today, your channel is amazing
Glad!
White balance using the eye dropper to select a white subject in your image. This little trick saves me so much time.
Although being a weathered [hard core] photographer, I learn every time I watch your videos.
I appreciate that!
just thank you so much, 3 years now doing photos, and I learn more from your video than anyone else .
Not really a hack, but the lightroom "keyword" tagging feature is amazing at helping organize your photos. I have been photographing my son's soccer games and using keywords I can easily pull photos up by game and/or player(s). I had to provide 2 photos of each player to feature in a end-of-season video and this made it very easy to do. I then used color coding to denote which photos were selected.
Your channel has been an amazing help for me. I've only been doing this for 5 months and your channel really helped kickstart my skill and my enjoyment.
The new point color that Lightroom has is a very useful tool in my opinion!!
I personally use Dark Table, but these tips still apply. The first tip is more used in the "Color zones" tool in Dark Table, but I find myself using it often. It's a great tip
The embedded and sidecar preview tips will save so much time! Thank you
I started getting into photography more this year (motorsports) with an old Rebel T6, and all of your videos have been super helpful so far. Thank you for being such a great teacher and breaking everything down!
Thank you so much. Been using LR for years and never knew about the alt-key masking. Super useful.
Lightroom has colour labels - many edting programs do. But Lightroom lets you customize the labelling of your colour labels to be meaningful to you. And you can have more than one set of customized labels - maybe using one for stills and one for video. I use colour labels to identify the ultimate use of the photograph - website, social media, competitions. And I create colour coded collections that automatically catalogue each. If a photo is used in more than one place, a quiick virtual copy is made with its own crop and colour code and voila.
This is the most comprehensive tutorial about LR that I have seen and I have suddenly discovered a whole new realm. I am using LR5 and I have tried every shown hack and found only one that does not work, Panorama. But I am not greatly stressed as there are other good stitch apps out there. This is going to make a big difference to my basic photo processing. Thank you Simon!
The trick to panos is a level tripod and lots of overlap between shots…try overlapping 50 pct.
Hidden feature I use is changing the grid overlay to assist with compostion; open crop tool, then press O repeatedly to give yourself different grid options. There are “golden section” grids there too; to get the one with appropriate alignment for your pic, press shift-O.
This takes my photo's to the next level. I really feel like a professional now. Thanks Simon!
I love that every time I visit this channel, I learn something new. Another well done educational video. Thanks Simon for consistently sharing easy to understand content.
Cheers. 📸😎👍🏻
Many thanks!
Interesting bonus tip.
The way I work around this by doing 2 sets of work - 1 where I review images in Library and use B key to put in Quick Collection, then 2 develop the selected images.
Library view doesnt take time to load image preview compared to Develop view, and you still get to see your edits if you applied some mass filter
This is one of the most useful LR videos I've ever seen. I've been a professional photographer for years and am pretty darn adept with LR, but I didn't know about a few of these and they are truly gamechangers. Thank you for this!!
Wow, I've been using lightroom for several years now and I just learned about the saturation by dragging photo option. Thank you so much!
Happy to help!
Not my idea, but a little time can be saved by using only the "X", and not "X" and "P". The idea being "X" for delete, and then all that's left are the one's you want. They don't really need to be "P"icked.
@user-up1id5rv2mif you filter for unflagged they will disappear as you sort and cull. I like your idea of just using x, and then you still have the flag available for final culling and rating
I really like the masking tool in sharpening that you mentioned. I also enjoy using AI sky detection in combination with dehaze. The newest version (13) has Point Color and Blur effects. These are a huge help.
For Before/After switching i prefer the key \. If you hold it, you see the Before while holding or if you press and release it will toggle between the two
I find myself not using the Details for sharpening, I use the masking and select subject. Just wish we they put the "alt" feature there as well.
Did not know the dust spots! Appreciate it sir.
Love the bonus tip. Have to watch it a few times to ensure I got it correct, lol.
Good work sir.
The HSL Color panel has changed now in the latest Lightroom upgrade - for the better IMHO - the panel is now called the Color Mixer and has different and much better functionality
Great video, thank you!
My tip submission: Instead of using jpeg previews for culling, an app like Fast Raw Viewer can be used to quickly decode your raw files directly. Keyboard shortcuts in app can then be used to send keepers and rejects to separate folders using only one keystroke so you can work through hundreds of photos in just a few minutes. All of your raw histogram data and other important info are right there available next to each picture and you can even compare and pick the best of similar shots all while maintaining the full range of the original shot instead of using processed jpeg to make those choices.
I use Fast Raw Viewer on MacOS and it’s blazing quick, I’m sure the windows version is fast as well.
Wow! I've been using Lightroom for about 15 years and wasn't aware of Auto Advance! That certainly speeds up the culling process. Also, one feature often overlooked regarding panoramas is they can also be shot in the vertical. I've done this with great results for buildings, waterfalls, and even a giant sequoia. For this to work you have to be a ways away and not using too wide of angle lens, otherwise you can't overcome the distortion caused by shooting 'uphill'.
Autoadvance can also be set by turning CAPS LOCK ON.
Simon, Your tutorials are great and very easy to follow. Again thank you so much for sharing your skills. This was a very good tutorial especially the tutorial on culling unwanted photos. Thanks again Ricky
With winter coming I would love to see a Camera Care video. Taking equipment in and out in cold weather. What to do when you come in from rain?
Some of it here! ruclips.net/video/4SUM08RVDjo/видео.htmlsi=RLnMDjOmcMnm8Wn6
Following you since the very first video, everytime i come here I have learnt something. Thanks simon❤
Happy to hear that, early adopter!
The culling tip was a game-changer for me!
Been following your channel for a few weeks. Just starting out in photography. All I can say is my outmost thank you
I'm glad you're enjoying the channel!
The reason your pano looked distorted is that LR (and ACR) only offer projections that map the lens's spherical raw image data onto a flat surface. This is especially important for panos made with wide angle lenses. With a well-levelled tripod/head, the PS pano merge also offers a rectilinear option that does not distort, and may eliminate the need for the 'extra' coverage during capture. (I believe this has become somewhat necessary as LR/ACR account for in-camera profiles that alleviate distortions and aberrations. But with these in place, and the tripod set correctly, the PS option gives excellent results.)
I've learned there is nothing one can do that even comes close to getting an extra two photos on both sides of the pano. NEVER attempt to skip them (especially during the day when it's SO fast and easy, compared to long exposures at night.)
The point was not to skip them but to avoid the bizarre automatic cropping that the spherical and cylindrical projections create. @@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism
Oh I see what you're saying. Yup, I notice sometimes it doesn't seem to matter but I always check all 3 types and auto crop/ on and off every time to ensure I don't pick something the system does wrong. I've noticed "most" times auto gets it right, but I do always check. @@robertstonephoto
Hi Simon. Wow, your bonus hack just changed my 'culling' life. How come no one talks about this trick for fast culling? I've been searching the internet for so long for a way to speed up this process and all that comes up is 'Photo Mechanic' as a solution. You should make a small video about this and title it ' How to cull your photo in Lightroom fast' as I 'm sure that this will help A LOT of people. Thanks a million for this awesome trick. Love your videos.
Great to hear!
That's probably the most interesting Lightroom video I've ever seen.
I am simply amazed how great this channel is!
Too kind!
Not necessarily hidden, but the calibration tool is a great addition to workflow. It makes it simple to adjust overall red, green and blue throughout the image, often reducing the need for vibrance or saturation, which could have an intended consequences. Also allows for hue adjustments as well. Used sparingly, it’s great tool, though I do have to wonder why they call it calibration… 😊
Just realized that I have been watching your video for several months already. Awesome contents!
I will keep watching your work on Instagram.
Thank you so much!! Always appreciate any lightroom tips from the most trusted professional like you!
My pleasure!
I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos, you are amazing thankyou so much for sharing 🙏
So nice of you
To add onto finding sensor dust, I've found that sometimes cranking the dehaze to 100 and adjusting the exposure up and down some helps me find spots that the visualize spots feature doesn't show.
I always knew LIghtroom had more features than I knew how to use. This video unlocked several that I can employ immediately to improve and speed up my editing process. Thank you!!
You're very welcome!
Hey Simon, great videos (can't stop watching). I've noticed on a few you keep talking about "auto-advance".
Here's my tip for you,
Instead of going to "photo > auto advance", you can easily toggle auto-advance on and off using caps lock (e.g. capslock on = auto-advance on). This saves a few seconds each time which soon adds up when jumping back and forth between editing and sorting.
Simon, very helpful tips. I always enjoy your videos - entertaining, will see fantastic images and will always learn new things.
Thanks 👍
Another great informative video! I love the fact that your videos are "meat and potatoes" with none of the "gravy" that I see on other photography sites. There's nothing more frustrating than having to fast forward past useless B roll to get to the juicy stuff. Thank you!
Glad you like them!
Some really great tips in this video!
I like to straighten my images in the transform section near the bottom of the editing panel. There’s some other neat features there too.
And to quickly see before and afters as I’m editing, I press the / key on my PC.
Definitely gonna have to come back to this one and watch again with LR open! Thank you for your amazing tutorials!
fantastic video. im an amateur and ive been using lightroom for over a decade and never understood the sharpen mask until now. thank you.
Outstanding tutorial, and thank you so much for the ebook!!!
Thank you Simon! Great tips! I also like to use the adjustments sync tool to apply spot removal to all images within a session.
I was in a supermarket the other day and they played same song as you use as intro music - not lying :O !!!
Thought about you Simon instantly, and smiled. Believe it or not, but you DO something right :)
Haha cool!
Who does that song?
Thanks for the video. As you’ve posted some of your “rediscovered” photos lately, I’ve wondered how you manage to cull through the thousands you shoot. You answered and I didn’t have to ask!
Other tips were also good.
May I add my thanks Simon. Like 4149 below, I am a budding photographer who refrains from commenting or subscribing to sites. Scoot over 4149. I've learned more from your videos in two months than from all others in the last 5 years. So very lucky to have come across your site. Wish I had seen your videos before we went to Ireland last year. Looking forward to learning from a PRO.
5DMk III/R5C/truck load of EF/RF lenses/RRS tripod and gear.
Welcome aboard!
Your videos always leave me wanting to go shoot. Great video as always, and the tip of auto advance is going to be a game changer!
For the auto advance you can also use shift + x or p, or simply toggle caps lock on and then use x or p as you would.
Such useful & wonderfully explained information. Thank you Simon!
Hey Simon, great tips as always! One note on the horizon leveling or straighten tool: it also works vertically, like on the corner of a building or a flagpole. Try to pick something as close to the center of the image as possible, especially on wide angle photos, or the distortion will create some rather unsatisfactory results.
Great tip!
After using Lightroom Classic for over a year I am still learning new features. I never knew what that Sidecar and embedded meant on import
That duck picture looks magical wow
I always learn something from your videos! Thanks for all you do!!!
You videos are of the highest quality. Thank you for so many great tips
Glad you like them!
Your videos never disappoint. Thanks again!
Glad you like them!
dust clipping is definitely something ill be using in the future ive done so many jobs and seen a spec thats really annoyed me. and the white and black clipping sliders with the alt key will be beneficial. thank you
The spot healing trick is now my faforite, didn't know this bevore.
Btw your tips and videos make it more fun for me to work with lightroom, many thank's 😊
Thank you very much. Your videos are very useful. You’re very talented person Simon.
OMG, never heard of the auto advance feature! Thanks Simon!!!
You can also straighten the horizon with the Auto button on the crop box (right hand side, under the padlock). I've wasted so much time and eye strain on trying to level photos with the slider on Angle in the crop box!
Woah just found this channel and I’m so excited this is exactly the content I want!!!
Welcome!
The other day, for one picture at least it worked perfectly, i tuned a photo with just the histogram. Yielded some cool results
Another great video … thank you Simon. I’m new to photography and Lightroom processing and gaining so much from your guidance 👍🏻
I really love all the photos you took
Excellent tutorial thanks for sharing encyclopedia photography knowledge
My pleasure!
This is top notch! Loved the culling tip at the end!
Glad you liked it!
Nice summary of these tips. Really helpful!
I also just looked at some older videos and my god did your quality improve not only in content but the video overall as well. Keep on going. ♥
Still learning!
@simon_dentremont
I shot my first few videos handheld with a telephoto lens. A lot was downright crap but got some nice parts in the end I wanted. There was simply no time for a tripod.
I even managed to get one decent looking still from the video after upscaling and sharpening it in Topaz.
During recording I noticed autofocus tends to sometimes be focusing to wrong parts. Perhaps a video about video autofocus as well as advanced autofocus (e.g. speed, tracking, sensitivity in change in servo mode, etc...) settings would be an idea for a video?
Hi Simon. I am a big fan of your channel. Thank you for providing so many highly educational videos. While culling, I don't understand why you bother to hit P for pick. If you delete all of the X's, you be left with the ones you want to pick. At that point, I make a second pass or two and assign stars to the images that were not deleted.
Hitting P advances to the next photo, otherwise I’d need to hit the right arrow to advance.
As always Simon, brilliant and extremely practical advice. My favourite LR trick has been the very first one you mentioned in your video. My second favourite is one I learned very recently: in the masking module: usually when I select an object, I can subtract a colour or luminance range from that mask - this helps to place a very precise mask around an object. It's a bit complex to explain in a comment. There is an excellent video from another RUclipsr, but I'm not sure it's appropriate to mention the name here. Thanks again Simon :)
Im still learning Lightroom and I love this video I had been following you almost a year and had learned a lot from you thank you keep up the great work
You are so welcome!
And voilà ! Another great video. Thanks Simon
I'm not all the way through the video yet but using the calibration tool is my favorite way to tune colors instead of using the HSL sliders
You can use the straighten horizon inside the crop tool without clicking on the icon. Just hold down the Ctrl key and draw a line on the horizon.
Cool video mate, great for beginners and also great for refreshing of experienced LR users. Thank you!
Another exceptional tutorial. Thank you.
My pleasure!
I just learned recently that you can make "snapshots" of edits in both LR and Camera Raw, these edits will be saved in xmp file and are compatible across the two platforms .
You're insanely talented. Thank you for the advice!
I appreciate that!
Sei un grande!! 😍💪🏼🇮🇹
Thanks Simon, I will make good use of these tips!
Great!
Great stuff as always. Very helpful for newbies!
Great Tipps and Videos. I often use the "alt" key but i slide direktly in the histogram. You show in your Video that LR greys the part you are effekting by the slider. But you can also direktly grap the history party, you want to move... and the slider will do the same
Another nicely done video. Although I use Camera Raw, everything you cover I use. thank you Simon.
Awesome tips for Lightroom users 🎉🥳
Glad you like them!
Another great video! I like the GEOMETRY tab (I use it in Camera Raw). You can skew or stretch the angle and perspective in various ways and also tilt for rotation. I use it with landscape shots that have a foreground like flowers that has a depth of field that stretches way back to mountains. Then, I can adjust the perspective to get a sort of sweeping "wide angle" look from the point of view of the foreground. Just need to crop a little.
Great tip!
Your informative and encouraging style is very helpful.
Glad you think so!
I wanted to say thanks for posting thes tutorials. I just posted a video on photographing the wildlife and landscapes of the Canadian landscapes, and the images in the video would not be the same without your helpful tips! Look forward to your future videos :)
That is awesome!
Great tips as always!!
Thank You for all of these great tips! saving this video.
Actually picked up a couple new tips here. That’s rare for me. Nice video!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for another video with great information. I'm a beginner amateur (retirement is great), so all of your videos really are appreciated! A question I have is, what do you do first, i.e., take the photo or record the video? I have only one camera (the Nikon 7Z2). I run into situations where I want to do both, but I typically take the photo and never get to the video ...... they fly off too quick for me to change over to video mode. Thanks again for all you do for photography!
Lately I just pick one and do that well. Confucius said « he who chases two rabbits catches neither ».
Amazing video!!! Please do more like these!
More to come!