Is your Lightroom Classic Develop Module suddenly missing its HSL Panel? Don’t panic. HSL in all its glory has been nested in the new Color Mixer Panel under the “Mixer” tab. Nothing has changed but its location. HSL looks and works exactly as it did in previous versions of Lightroom Classic, but don’t stop there. Under the “Point Color” tab is a new set of controls that enable much more granular color selection on the basis of hue, saturation, or luminance. Think of Point Color as the Targeted Adjustment tool on steroids, especially since it can also be accessed in the Masking Panel, finally bringing the power of Hue, Saturation, and Luminance to local adjustments. Huzzah!
Read more on Adobe’s Blog about other new features added to the October 2023 Release of Adobe Lightroom Classic 13.0.
Nerd Alert – For Mac users considering updating to the new Catalina operating system, please read these posts from Adobe first. I think I’ll hold off until the issues are resolved. Writing this Oct 10, 2019 Mac OS Catalina update and Lightroom… Mac OS Catalina update and Photoshop…
Lightroom is a fantastic jumping off point for video dabblers who don’t want to miss out on all the fun of motion capture, but who are primarily still shooters without the time or ambition to tackle a completely new piece of software. In the Lightroom Library, it’s easy to trim video clips, capture still…
Sharpen up your layer masking chops with these simple but powerful practice files! Have no fear of masking, grouping, flipping, rotating and otherwise rocking your layers panel.
Don’t wait to get good in Lightroom and Photoshop before learning a few keyboard shortcuts. Learning them is how you get good! Download my Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Lightroom here, and for Photoshop here.
Why take your RAW adjustments to eleven? Because it’s one louder than ten, as Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel so aptly puts it. The expression “taking it to eleven” refers to the act of taking something to an extreme, and although I usually don’t recommend taking post-processing to an extreme, there are times when a little…
The fashion industry has long laid claim to Photoshop’s Liquify filter as its staple of image manipulation, but like many tools in post, it can be used for either good or evil. While it’s true there’s no end to the fun that can be had adjusting your buddy’s face or physique in post, the Liquify…