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.
Mastering Lightroom Classic’s Color and Luminance Range Masking Tools With the addition of Color and Luminance Range Masking to Lightroom Classic, Adobe bestowed new superpowers to the Adjustment Brush, Graduated Filter, and Radial Filter. Range masking tools are a great way to bring pro-level precision to your local adjustments, allowing you to build complex masks…
Nerd Alert! The Mystery of the Missing HSL Panel SOLVED!
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.
Do the new Lightroom 11 masking tools have you confused and frustrated? Learn how to work the old way by watching our free Lightroom 11 Masking Baby Steps Nerd Alert.
I’ll be speaking in the Image Resource Center on Friday, November 3rd, 2017. The Topic is: “Dirty Tricks for Underwater Photographers in Post”. Here’s a link to additional details. Hope to see you there! Show Floor — Booth #523 Friday, November 03, 2017: 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Lightroom is a deep program with amazing functionality. Despite (or maybe because of) the enormous amount of documentation available online and elsewhere, it can be tough to unearth some often overlooked but otherwise useful features. Here are ten of my favorites. Library Module Secrets Do you know where your images are? Select “All Photographs”…