Yes! These are helpful. I use radial gradient to center my subject but did not know how to use a linear gradient. I also loved the tip about looking at the thumbnail to better assess the effect of the vignette. Thank you :)
Yes Master it's really helpful,I am always use Effects Panel to draw viewers eyes and now I learned the adjustment brush too from your video.. Have one query, How you will adjust a single color instead of global color adjust?
Mark, Its a always a delight to watch your videos and as notification appears that you posted a video-my mind says to me that "One more new thing I can learn." These are the tools which is always there in front of our eyes but we never used them in effective way the way you do. Thanks for this video Mark.
Thanks Mark for challenging perceptions - mine at least. I have always been a bit anti vignetting and saw it as a cop out for a poor crop. I can now see that vignetting can be subtle and help add that bit of drama.
Great practical tips. Not to be pedantic but its worth keeping in mind that a vignette can be used in the other direction as well, to lighten up the edges. This is less common unless you shoot a lot in fog or snow where you may have an isolated darker subject in a field of lighter background. Lightening up the edges can take out distracting detail and ad focus to the darker subject areas. Did this recently to a BW snapshot of a small creek breaking out from under a field of snow. Adding a reverse vignette helped isolate the much darker water, reflections, and snow banks in the center of the image.
Good morning Mark from Hong Kong. Excellent video. Many thanks. I have been using the vignette feature for years having followed MattK’s instructional techniques that are also very useful. Your delving deeper into the functionality of the vignetting feature has opened up completely new possibilities. Really appreciate your delivery, your enthusiasm and quality of your video production. I will return more regularly for more tips. Always learning. Perfect! Cheers, Dave
Thank you very much for all the videos. They have already helped me improve my photography, both my in-camera work and my post processing. Keep the videos coming !!
I often find that using a vignette approach but thinking beyond exposure can create some really interesting effects. For example, lowering highlights, contrast, or saturation instead of exposure can make some great subtle effects to move the viewer's eye where you want. Great video as always! I particularly like your editing content.
Often, watching your videos is for me an affirmation that I'm doing something right, like the vignette (including the rad & grad filters). But I always learn something, too. Today it was using a brush for applying vignette. I never considered doing that, but I can't argue with your results. Well done, Mark, and thanks. BTW you're getting some mileage out of that Dead Horse Point photo, aren't you? 8:48 (I can't blame you -- it's a very nice photo with a lot going on, making it perfect for illustrating various techniques.)
Many thanks for the feedback! Very happy to hear you’re able to pick up at least one thing out of each video. Yes, very happy with that image and it’s just one of those images that’s such a good example of various different things👍
I have subscribed and been viewing your vlogs for awhile. I like the presentation and the content. It is thoughtful and helpful to where I am in my photo-taking journey. Specifically though, I want to comment on your overall attention to the detail of your presentation in terms of background, general lighting and audio quality. Simply inspiring and nice to watch. Thanks.
Great editing video. Very helpful. Every video has a few golden nuggets of knowledge. I never knew you could erase parts of the radial and graduated filters ! Back to the archives!
Over the last year I've learned to love the vignette. Done subtly, it's a great finishing touch. I prefer the radial filter since my subject is rarely dead-center and I can quickly resize, reshape, or recenter the effect with it.
Hi Mark, I've learnt so much about Lightroom from your videos. I really enjoy your style of presenting and it's rare that I take nothing away after watching one. Those F4 guys Heaton, Hardcastle, Gibbs and Page seem to be the RUclips stars of landscape photography and I really enjoy their videos but I've definitely learnt more from your good self. Favourite thing I've learned from you is using the Alt key when adjusting Highlights, Shadows, Blacks, Whites etc. That is one awesome tip. You've also made me aware of Chris Sale, I'm enjoying his stuff too. Thanks for all your work and keep on keeping on!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto IG: theelectricsunset My pic I just posted I did this technique a little bit but what if sky is already dark some but not the bottom from night sky....would you only do the bottom then? I did not erase the top in this so it's a little round
Mark, you take some beautiful photographs and keep putting out great, helpful content. Thank you for your continued contribution to the RUclips photography community!
Hi Mark I really look forward to your videos each week. I thought you might be interested in pointing out to your viewers that when you are using the radio filter you can hold down your alt or option key and stretch one side one side of the radio filter. Thanks again for your great videos. Pat Hogarty
Great video, Mark. I really enjoy your simple and straight forward explanation on this and other topics. I've made good use of the vignette slider, graduated filter, and the adjustment brush, but admittedly hadn't used the radial with the invert selection. I'm looking forward to trying it out. Good suggestion as well on zooming out to 1:4 or 1:8 to give yourself more room.
I really do find these sort of Lightroom tutorial videos really insightful, thank you Mark! One thing I would like to see though (and something I can never really find) is something about Library Management and Catelogs / Collections.
Paul Hopkins Glad to do it Paul and thank YOU for watching it! I wish I could make a video on library management, but I’m afraid I wouldn’t be a trusted source in that dept. My catalogs are super unorganized to say the least!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto LOL, this does seem to be the case with most photographers it seems. Something though that I have been thinking about and trying to find some videos about is dealing with comparing your own photography with others and feeling down about.
Hi Mark I’ve been using the radial filter more and more lately, but just on the original image size. So I liked the tip to make the image smaller and use a huge radial filter. Also, I loved the Brush-Erase tip which I haven’t used. It would have helped me many times, so thanks for this new tip!
Been using LR for ever, and never experimented with vignette tool itself. The hard edged black or white oval will be so useful in some edits I have to make with images for my village newsletter - I've always been futzing around with PS, and this will be so helpful. Thanks.
Two quick adds. Lightroom also comes with a vignette preset in the presets panel. It has three settings, weak, medium, and strong. Those are another option but you do have a lot less control with that option. The other thing is that the "Highlight Priority" (white) vignette, while rarely used, does work well on some black and white rustic building shots where you have a lot of dark contrast toward the center such as a weathered barn. The look achieved looks a lot like an old film photo from the turn of the 20th century. If you recall, many of them had a white faded border around the subject. I do black and whites of rustic barns and sometimes use that technique to good effect.
Very helpful video my friend. I opt to use the slider or inverted radial filter the most. I don't think there's a photo I've edited without using one or the other. I really enjoy the depth it adds to the photo, and really helps bring the viewers eye to the subject of the photo. Have you thought about doing an in depth video on noise reduction/when to leave it? I think that would be super beneficial to a lot of people. Thanks for the great video Mark, see you next week!
Really good video, Mark. Would also talk about when to desaturate and darken the sky? I've been experimenting with taking bright blue skies and darkening them selectively to a blue-grey look, and it adds a ton of drama. The temptation, however, is always to be too heavy-handed, and I'd value your thoughts on dealing with annoying and distracting skies, similar to this vignettes video.
Many thanks! I don’t really have a universal approach to dealing with the sky except I generally desaturate overly blue skies and I usually like a darker and moodier look, but definitely want to make sure it’s not overdone.
Haven't had the nerve to use those tools yet. Okay with the vignette. It's the brushes and big circles. Afraid of messing up a really good picture for the sake of affect. Know it makes it better, no argument. You make it really look easy, and that is a compliment to you. Have to work my nerve up. Get my granddaughter to help me. Lol.
Hi, Mark! I wish I had discovered your channel a long time ago, because I learned a lot of cool things from your videos. Thank you very much for the quality content you produce and for the efforts you make to create and share it with us. 👍🏻👏🏻
I swear you read my mind I remember you talking about making custom vignettes in one of your other videos and I was just thinking the other day"I wonder how Mark does it?" lol. Fantastic video as always Mark I really apreciate all you do!
As always a great tip! Very cool, I was a bit shy in using vignettes. This has helped me in feeling more confident to explore the vignette use. Thanks!
Fantastic video as always Mark and very informative. I love the way your actual tutorials themselves are filmed with a vignette, highlighting you personally in the middle of the frame to get our attention. Great effect which I hadn’t noticed before. Great work 👍🏻
Another great video! I enjoy your videos and your honesty and down-to-earth nature are refreshing. Keep up the great work and I will continue watching as your grow and progress forward.
Hi Mark, great job! Love your ability to explain the things in a calm and very personal way. Sometimes I brighten up my main subject and do a Vignette to draw the viewer's eye to the certain point. But you have to be aware that adding aVignette also makes the whole picture darker and to a lot of people the photo seems underexposed after editing. So be careful.
Great video. I am with you on using vignettes. Although I tend to favor the vignetting tool in On1 Effects. They give you a little more control over the process. Not to change the subject. But I like how you always have little objects around you in your vlogs. Is there a hidden message you are tying to send?? On this video you have me stumped. I see your iPad, pencil, Shimoda bag and something resting on top of the bag. What is that....it's driving me crazy. For someone who tries to remove distractions from his photos...you sure push them hard in your videos. Love it!
Haha! I actually never really thought of it that way, I usually just try and locate items that are somewhat relevant to photography that contain colors that go well with the set that particular video. The yellow item this week was a waterproof GoPro attachment that with float the GoPro should I drop it in water. Thanks for watching the videos Mickey!
Mark this video helped me a great deal. Sort of new working with Lightroom. I’m looking for a video to help me learn more on how to use Lightroom in my photography at a beginner pace. Can you help or any suggestions. Thanks 🙏 much . Regards Richard
Mark, I find the Radial Filter in LR or ACR to be, at least, as good a friend as Amazon... (almost)Any technique of dodge/burn is good medicine. Great teaching! Thank-You, Mike
Hi Mark, do you remember the exact location in Grand Canyon NP with the crooked tree in the foreground in 9:00? I'm planning my upcoming trip to the USA and would like to go there. This view is just stunning... Thanks for the tips with radial filter & erase tool, very helpful!
Great video! I haven't heard "vignette" mentioned in years. I like the way you vignetted the water lilies pix, but for the bridge pix, I would have cropped off the bottom third of the image instead. Do you like the effect of a vignette more than simple cropping?
Joel Roque Thanks Joel! You’re the 3rd person to mention that today. I’ve thought about it a few times, but wasn’t sure if anyone would be interested in that - might have to change my thinking there😀
Hey Mark - when are you going to go outside and make some photos instead of sitting at your desk. Ya it's cold and snowy but that can be the most fun. Hey you did a video on that but you sat at your desk and talked about it. Just a thought!
Kirk Williamson I rarely film my on location shoots as it really takes away from the experience for me, it becomes more about the video as opposed to the photo. I made quite a few on location videos last year and they they were all some of my least viewed videos of 2019, so not sure the interest is really there.
Thanks Mark. I use all 4 methods all the time, but have never thought to provide space outside the image to make the vignette much more subtle. Definitely a great new technique for me. BTW what is the opposite of 'darken down'? Is there any other way to darken?😉
There's always something new for me to learn from your videos, Mark. I was surprised you skipped the Style feature in the Effects panel called Color Priority. I use that sometimes when I want to preserve the color more than the Highlight Priority style allows. I've not tried the Paint Overlay style yet and sometimes I notice that this option is greyed out for some images. Anyway, you might want to experiment with Color Priority. I know I'll be experimenting with some of the other methods you described. Thanks!
Jim McClain Thanks for watching the videos Jim - happy to hear you find them helpful. I really never use the color priority or paint overlay option - I always just opt for highlight priority.
Another great common sense tutorial. I see too many photos where a vignette is used to hide or distract something that should have been cropped or cloned out.
Do you find these types of editing videos helpful?
Mark Denney always, though I have no idea why...
Rob Mottram Same here!
@@MythSK1 Happy tp hear you were able to get some helpful info out of the video!
Yes! These are helpful. I use radial gradient to center my subject but did not know how to use a linear gradient. I also loved the tip about looking at the thumbnail to better assess the effect of the vignette. Thank you :)
Yes Master it's really helpful,I am always use Effects Panel to draw viewers eyes and now I learned the adjustment brush too from your video.. Have one query, How you will adjust a single color instead of global color adjust?
Mark, Its a always a delight to watch your videos and as notification appears that you posted a video-my mind says to me that "One more new thing I can learn."
These are the tools which is always there in front of our eyes but we never used them in effective way the way you do.
Thanks for this video Mark.
Chirag Ukani Glad to do it! Thanks for taking the time to let me know you’re enjoying the videos - that means a great deal to me!
Thanks Mark for challenging perceptions - mine at least. I have always been a bit anti vignetting and saw it as a cop out for a poor crop. I can now see that vignetting can be subtle and help add that bit of drama.
Great practical tips. Not to be pedantic but its worth keeping in mind that a vignette can be used in the other direction as well, to lighten up the edges. This is less common unless you shoot a lot in fog or snow where you may have an isolated darker subject in a field of lighter background. Lightening up the edges can take out distracting detail and ad focus to the darker subject areas. Did this recently to a BW snapshot of a small creek breaking out from under a field of snow. Adding a reverse vignette helped isolate the much darker water, reflections, and snow banks in the center of the image.
Thanks David! Yep, it’s definitely something to be aware of, however I’ve never actually experimented with it, but maybe I should start!
Good morning Mark from Hong Kong. Excellent video. Many thanks. I have been using the vignette feature for years having followed MattK’s instructional techniques that are also very useful. Your delving deeper into the functionality of the vignetting feature has opened up completely new possibilities. Really appreciate your delivery, your enthusiasm and quality of your video production. I will return more regularly for more tips. Always learning. Perfect! Cheers, Dave
David Gilmore Thanks so much for this Dave - very much appreciated!
Really appreciate the methodical approach you take to each video. Super helpful, you're a great teacher.
whafrog That means a lot - thank you!
Damn!!!! You can brush the radial filter!!!!! Game changer!
Thank you very much for all the videos. They have already helped me improve my photography, both my in-camera work and my post processing. Keep the videos coming !!
You're videos are the first ones I ever look at!
I often find that using a vignette approach but thinking beyond exposure can create some really interesting effects. For example, lowering highlights, contrast, or saturation instead of exposure can make some great subtle effects to move the viewer's eye where you want. Great video as always! I particularly like your editing content.
Thank ya Andrew - really appreciate the feedback!
Always learn from your videos Mark. Another great video
David Williams Glad to hear it David👍
Often, watching your videos is for me an affirmation that I'm doing something right, like the vignette (including the rad & grad filters). But I always learn something, too. Today it was using a brush for applying vignette. I never considered doing that, but I can't argue with your results. Well done, Mark, and thanks.
BTW you're getting some mileage out of that Dead Horse Point photo, aren't you? 8:48 (I can't blame you -- it's a very nice photo with a lot going on, making it perfect for illustrating various techniques.)
Many thanks for the feedback! Very happy to hear you’re able to pick up at least one thing out of each video. Yes, very happy with that image and it’s just one of those images that’s such a good example of various different things👍
I have subscribed and been viewing your vlogs for awhile. I like the presentation and the content. It is thoughtful and helpful to where I am in my photo-taking journey. Specifically though, I want to comment on your overall attention to the detail of your presentation in terms of background, general lighting and audio quality. Simply inspiring and nice to watch. Thanks.
Thanks so much Tracy - very much appreciate this!
Thank you, Mark. Great ideas on the various ways to achieve vignettes for different photo scenarios! I look forward to your videos!
Amazing Mark. What a practical demo.awesome 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Another great tutorial. Every video leaves me with great amount of new info. Thank you.
Great editing video. Very helpful. Every video has a few golden nuggets of knowledge. I never knew you could erase parts of the radial and graduated filters ! Back to the archives!
Thanks so much Jenne! Happy to hear this week’s video was helpful!
Yes, that tip will definitely come in handy.
Over the last year I've learned to love the vignette. Done subtly, it's a great finishing touch. I prefer the radial filter since my subject is rarely dead-center and I can quickly resize, reshape, or recenter the effect with it.
Hi Mark, I've learnt so much about Lightroom from your videos. I really enjoy your style of presenting and it's rare that I take nothing away after watching one. Those F4 guys Heaton, Hardcastle, Gibbs and Page seem to be the RUclips stars of landscape photography and I really enjoy their videos but I've definitely learnt more from your good self.
Favourite thing I've learned from you is using the Alt key when adjusting Highlights, Shadows, Blacks, Whites etc. That is one awesome tip.
You've also made me aware of Chris Sale, I'm enjoying his stuff too.
Thanks for all your work and keep on keeping on!
Many thanks Richard! I appreciate you taking the time to let me know you’re finding the videos helpful - that’s great to hear!
You rock. You have helped me so much with all your videos.
Doug Gabbard Awesome to hear Doug! Thank ya!
Thanks, I have been experimenting with this recently. Your video made it more clear on how to do this.
Mike Gindling Thanks Mike - great to hear the video was helpful!
Another well-done tutorial. I really appreciate these.
Thanks so much! Very much appreciate that!
thank you! subscribed after first tip. I never new the detail to go in with vignette! wow what a difference!
Samuel French Awesome! Thanks so much for subscribing Samuel!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto
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My pic I just posted I did this technique a little bit but what if sky is already dark some but not the bottom from night sky....would you only do the bottom then? I did not erase the top in this so it's a little round
Fantastic video, thank you for showing us a small but dramatic way to customize vignette. Always enjoy..
Great tutorial. My big takeaway was using the 1:4 tool and to invert the radial filter. Great use of that tool!
Thank ya Jason and many thanks for checking out the video!
Mark, you take some beautiful photographs and keep putting out great, helpful content. Thank you for your continued contribution to the RUclips photography community!
Glad to do it and thank you for the kind words - means a lot!
This is the type of video that i like the most. I lerned so much from you. Thank you.
Thanks for this video. It is very timely since I am entering a competition and can use the Effects you mentioned here.
MARGUERITE MOORE Glad to do it and best of luck in the competition! I hope you win!!
Hi Mark
I really look forward to your videos each week. I thought you might be interested in pointing out to your viewers that when you are using the radio filter you can hold down your alt or option key and stretch one side one side of the radio filter. Thanks again for your great videos.
Pat Hogarty
Pat - that’s an amazing tip! Actually never heard of that one - can’t wait to try it out. Thanks Pat!
Excellent video, Mark! Very useful, thanks.
Thanks for the detailed information. I'm new to photo processing.
LMR65 Glad to do it - hope it was helpful!
The lightening setting works with snow, ice, cloud, mist and fog, and some types of dreamscapes.
I’m new to lightroom, and this was incredibly helpful both on improving my images as well as understanding how these tools can be used.
Glad to hear it Edward - thanks for checking out the video!
fantastic, thank you Mark!
Tonia Kraakman Thanks so much Tonia!
Great tutorial. So well explained. Moreover your pronounciation is so good that I did not loose a single word (I'm from Montréal, Québec, Canada).
Great video, Mark. I really enjoy your simple and straight forward explanation on this and other topics. I've made good use of the vignette slider, graduated filter, and the adjustment brush, but admittedly hadn't used the radial with the invert selection. I'm looking forward to trying it out. Good suggestion as well on zooming out to 1:4 or 1:8 to give yourself more room.
Kelen Camehl Thanks Kelen! Great hearing that the video was helpful!
I really do find these sort of Lightroom tutorial videos really insightful, thank you Mark! One thing I would like to see though (and something I can never really find) is something about Library Management and Catelogs / Collections.
Paul Hopkins Glad to do it Paul and thank YOU for watching it! I wish I could make a video on library management, but I’m afraid I wouldn’t be a trusted source in that dept. My catalogs are super unorganized to say the least!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto LOL, this does seem to be the case with most photographers it seems. Something though that I have been thinking about and trying to find some videos about is dealing with comparing your own photography with others and feeling down about.
Another great video!!
Prasad Gajare Thank ya friend!
That was brilliant. Thank you so much.
Thanks so much for this video, really liked it.
Keith Olsen Thanks Keith! Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Mark, some really useful tips there, will definitely be trying some of those out.
Simon H Great to hear - thanks Simon!
The radial filter is probably one of the best things I’ve ever learned from watching your videos. I use it almost every time I edit.
Awesome to hear! It might be one of my most used LR tools as well.
Hi Mark
I’ve been using the radial filter more and more lately, but just on the original image size. So I liked the tip to make the image smaller and use a huge radial filter.
Also, I loved the Brush-Erase tip which I haven’t used. It would have helped me many times, so thanks for this new tip!
Awesome to hear you were able to pick up some new tips out of this video Mark! Mission Accomplished!
Been using LR for ever, and never experimented with vignette tool itself. The hard edged black or white oval will be so useful in some edits I have to make with images for my village newsletter - I've always been futzing around with PS, and this will be so helpful. Thanks.
Thanks for watching this week’s video Martin!
This was really a fantastic episode. Very useful. Thanks Mark 🤓
Glad to hear it - thanks for the feedback!
Thanks a lot dear Mark ❤️✌️
For me I like the radial filter the most. I use it always and in every single photo 👍🏻
It's probably my favorite as well!
Two quick adds. Lightroom also comes with a vignette preset in the presets panel. It has three settings, weak, medium, and strong. Those are another option but you do have a lot less control with that option. The other thing is that the "Highlight Priority" (white) vignette, while rarely used, does work well on some black and white rustic building shots where you have a lot of dark contrast toward the center such as a weathered barn. The look achieved looks a lot like an old film photo from the turn of the 20th century. If you recall, many of them had a white faded border around the subject. I do black and whites of rustic barns and sometimes use that technique to good effect.
Very helpful video my friend. I opt to use the slider or inverted radial filter the most. I don't think there's a photo I've edited without using one or the other. I really enjoy the depth it adds to the photo, and really helps bring the viewers eye to the subject of the photo. Have you thought about doing an in depth video on noise reduction/when to leave it? I think that would be super beneficial to a lot of people. Thanks for the great video Mark, see you next week!
Erick Lindberg Thanks Erick! That’s a pretty interesting idea for a future video, I’ll have to look into that one!
Really good video, Mark. Would also talk about when to desaturate and darken the sky? I've been experimenting with taking bright blue skies and darkening them selectively to a blue-grey look, and it adds a ton of drama. The temptation, however, is always to be too heavy-handed, and I'd value your thoughts on dealing with annoying and distracting skies, similar to this vignettes video.
Many thanks! I don’t really have a universal approach to dealing with the sky except I generally desaturate overly blue skies and I usually like a darker and moodier look, but definitely want to make sure it’s not overdone.
Great tip! I use vignette for center focused photographs.
Bruce Blanchard Many Thanks Bruce!
When you are showing how to use the adjustment brush on the photo of Moab, make the photo of Moab bigger so we can see the affects better on screen.
Haven't had the nerve to use those tools yet. Okay with the vignette. It's the brushes and big circles. Afraid of messing up a really good picture for the sake of affect. Know it makes it better, no argument. You make it really look easy, and that is a compliment to you. Have to work my nerve up. Get my granddaughter to help me. Lol.
Hahha! You’ll do fine, if you mess it up or don’t like the way it looks you can just delete it and start over👍
Great tutorial. I too, didn't know about using the aspect ratio.
Thanks so much Lucia!
Great video. Love seeing the different techniques. This will improve my images
The Photo Owl Thanks so much! And, thank YOU for checking out the video!
Some really good photos Mark!
Michal Olender Thank you Michal!
Hi, Mark! I wish I had discovered your channel a long time ago, because I learned a lot of cool things from your videos. Thank you very much for the quality content you produce and for the efforts you make to create and share it with us. 👍🏻👏🏻
Tiger Glad to do it friend and happy to know you did find the channel!
I swear you read my mind I remember you talking about making custom vignettes in one of your other videos and I was just thinking the other day"I wonder how Mark does it?" lol. Fantastic video as always Mark I really apreciate all you do!
Lance Flambouras That’s great to hear! Many thanks to you for checking out the video👍
Had no idea the eraser was in there... Thanks a ton, that's really useful.
Reid Dickson Glad it was helpful Reid! Appreciate you watching!
As always a great tip! Very cool, I was a bit shy in using vignettes. This has helped me in feeling more confident to explore the vignette use. Thanks!
Céline Morisset Glad you think so Celine!
Fantastic video as always Mark and very informative. I love the way your actual tutorials themselves are filmed with a vignette, highlighting you personally in the middle of the frame to get our attention. Great effect which I hadn’t noticed before. Great work 👍🏻
Danny JW Thanks Danny! Glad you enjoyed it friend!
Another great video! I enjoy your videos and your honesty and down-to-earth nature are refreshing. Keep up the great work and I will continue watching as your grow and progress forward.
I appreciate ya Alex! Many thanks for the comment!
Great tutorial. Thanks!
George E Many thanks George!
Hey Mark, recent subscriber, thanks for all the content!
Thank you so much.
Great video! Glad I found your channel!
Thanks Tom! Happy you found the channel as well!
Hi Mark, great job! Love your ability to explain the things in a calm and very personal way. Sometimes I brighten up my main subject and do a Vignette to draw the viewer's eye to the certain point. But you have to be aware that adding aVignette also makes the whole picture darker and to a lot of people the photo seems underexposed after editing. So be careful.
Much appreciated - thank you! Yes, great point - definitely want to be aware of how the vignettes impacting the overall exposure of your photo.
Great video. I am with you on using vignettes. Although I tend to favor the vignetting tool in On1 Effects. They give you a little more control over the process.
Not to change the subject. But I like how you always have little objects around you in your vlogs. Is there a hidden message you are tying to send?? On this video you have me stumped. I see your iPad, pencil, Shimoda bag and something resting on top of the bag. What is that....it's driving me crazy. For someone who tries to remove distractions from his photos...you sure push them hard in your videos. Love it!
Haha! I actually never really thought of it that way, I usually just try and locate items that are somewhat relevant to photography that contain colors that go well with the set that particular video. The yellow item this week was a waterproof GoPro attachment that with float the GoPro should I drop it in water. Thanks for watching the videos Mickey!
Thanks Mark. I got some ideas. In a group shot of some friends thought not landscape but sure I will use it there as well
Thanks for watching Robert!
Thanks Mark , good info.
Thank ya Fred!
Great tips! thanks a lot
Mark this video helped me a great deal. Sort of new working with Lightroom. I’m looking for a video to help me learn more on how to use Lightroom in my photography at a beginner pace. Can you help or any suggestions. Thanks 🙏 much . Regards Richard
Glad to hear it Richard! Here's a link to all my Lightroom videos that might help: ruclips.net/p/PLvYR_vUsiJle3KAwwd6Ea0nRykuyvMl84
sweet video man. Very helpful tips
Spencer Gray Thanks Spencer!
Mark,
I find the Radial Filter in LR or ACR to be, at least, as good a friend as Amazon...
(almost)Any technique of dodge/burn is good medicine. Great teaching!
Thank-You,
Mike
Mike Mitchell Thanks Mike!
Great tips! probably one of the best video on the vignette effect I have seen so far
Great to hear - thanks Nathan!
Good video!
Adi Ringer Thank you!
Hi Mark, do you remember the exact location in Grand Canyon NP with the crooked tree in the foreground in 9:00? I'm planning my upcoming trip to the USA and would like to go there. This view is just stunning...
Thanks for the tips with radial filter & erase tool, very helpful!
2:40 Almost like something you'd see in your grandparent's house. Part of actually me likes that heavy white vignette.
Great video! I haven't heard "vignette" mentioned in years.
I like the way you vignetted the water lilies pix, but for the bridge pix, I would have cropped off the bottom third of the image instead.
Do you like the effect of a vignette more than simple cropping?
Mark, great video, you should do a office tour too.
Joel Roque Thanks Joel! You’re the 3rd person to mention that today. I’ve thought about it a few times, but wasn’t sure if anyone would be interested in that - might have to change my thinking there😀
I use the radial tool every time now on lightroom to vignette mine. Works well.
Nice one Mark! Luminar 4's vignette tool allows you to set the focus/centre of the vignette, which is similar to the radial filter. Ian :-)
Ian Perry Thanks Ian! I’ve never used Lunimar 4, but I’d certainly like to test it out - I’ve heard great things about it.
This was really helpful. Thank you.
ChristianDeme Thanks Christian!
Silver falls is a fun place to shoot 😉
Hey Mark - when are you going to go outside and make some photos instead of sitting at your desk. Ya it's cold and snowy but that can be the most fun. Hey you did a video on that but you sat at your desk and talked about it. Just a thought!
Kirk Williamson I rarely film my on location shoots as it really takes away from the experience for me, it becomes more about the video as opposed to the photo. I made quite a few on location videos last year and they they were all some of my least viewed videos of 2019, so not sure the interest is really there.
I took that same image at 8:46 when visiting Dead Horse Point State Park last October. Thanks for the tips!
Tony Pierce Glad to do it Tony! Love Dead Horse Point!
Great tips! Never used the brush like this, haha
Wow really loved learning the vignette process - do you teach Lightroom as well??
Thanks a lot.
Thanks Mark. I use all 4 methods all the time, but have never thought to provide space outside the image to make the vignette much more subtle. Definitely a great new technique for me. BTW what is the opposite of 'darken down'? Is there any other way to darken?😉
Hahah! I suppose the opposite is either lightening up or darkening up - either way doesn’t make much sense🤣
Some good tips here, thanks 🙂👍🏻
Thanks Al!
Amazing tutorial as always!
Gordon Li Thank ya Gordon!
Great video. i had no idea you followed me on instagram, a follower told me :) Feels good for my ego considering I love your videos!!
Thank ya man! Sure do, I've actually followed you for awhile now - great work!!
Thanks for another great video Mark, can I ask you where the photo at 0:38 was taken? It's such a beautiful picture.
I notice you even vignette the background of your video studio using light effectively.
hi Mark. thanks to share these information.
you make me feel even lucky to have a cheaper-vignetting lens then :-))))
Fabrizio Bues Hahah! Glad I could help!!
New to photography but is this similar to dodge and burn? If not do a video on that, please!
Robert MacDonald It’s similar, but here’s a video dedicated to that topic. ruclips.net/video/tcGbn5CUUQ0/видео.html
There's always something new for me to learn from your videos, Mark. I was surprised you skipped the Style feature in the Effects panel called Color Priority. I use that sometimes when I want to preserve the color more than the Highlight Priority style allows. I've not tried the Paint Overlay style yet and sometimes I notice that this option is greyed out for some images. Anyway, you might want to experiment with Color Priority. I know I'll be experimenting with some of the other methods you described. Thanks!
Jim McClain Thanks for watching the videos Jim - happy to hear you find them helpful. I really never use the color priority or paint overlay option - I always just opt for highlight priority.
Another great common sense tutorial. I see too many photos where a vignette is used to hide or distract something that should have been cropped or cloned out.
@Mark Denney any particular reason for the Purple and Green background lighting? Is it missing Gold?
I actually found I can use the vignette slider to reduce the vignette from a wide angle lens, by lightening the corners...