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.
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…
There’s a yin-yang involved with post-production in Lightroom. In the Library Module, building an asset management strategy often seems more like a chore than a creative endeavor, while editing in the Develop Module requires creativity and artistic vision. Despite their differences, both sides of the Lightroom coin are essential to provide the best environment for…
There’s nothing worse than discovering you’re missing a critical piece of gear on a long-awaited dive adventure. Most underwater photographers stress out before a trip, checking and re-checking their camera and dive equipment to make sure all the required bits and pieces are packed and in working order, but they often forget to prepare their…
Quick and Dirty Backscatter Removal in Photoshop There are as many ways to remove backscatter as there are to shoot it, but the technique I’m about to show you is one of my favorites for a quick and relatively easy fix. I learned it first from Photoshop guru Eddie Tapp, and although a few versions…
It’s not possible to permanently trash images while working in a Collection…or is it? By default, images deleted from a Collection are not permanently deleted from the Lightroom Catalog or (more importantly) from your hard drive.
Lightroom is Adobe’s professional level one-stop-shop for organizing, editing, and sharing images. It’s the perfect companion to Photoshop, and has been the photo editing industry standard for more than a decade. In October of 2017, Adobe significantly changed the Lightroom lineup, offering multiple versions of its subscription-based Creative Cloud Photography Plan, and effectively discontinuing Lightroom…