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Lightroom is often used by photographers and is great for mass edits (event photography), organization, metadata and copyright/watermarks. It does not give you the same abilities to edit as PS, but allows you to go faster in your large scale global changes.
UPLOADING PHOTOS
UPLOADING PHOTOS
Create a folder with a group of photos you'd like to edit in your desktop
Label it "Lightroom Edits"
Open Lightroom
(WINDOWS) go to your search bar and type in Adobe Lightroom
Click on the plus in top left button
Select and import your folder
EDITING PHOTOS
EDITING PHOTOS
On the top right, click the 'slider' icon labeled 'edit'
Notice, you can edit and control all the settings!
On the bottom of the edit bar, notice the preset button. These are PRE-MADE edits!
Make sure to write down your recipe or take a screenshot!
Windows: (windows icon + shift + s)
SAVING PHOTOS FROM LIGHTROOM
SAVING PHOTOS FROM LIGHTROOM
Select all photos you want to export from the Grid.
Click the "share arrow" > export or Choose File > Export
Select a folder, change name, and export
on Windows you can DOWNLOAD your finished photos to your desktop by clicking the SHARE ARROW.
- OPTIONAL:
- BATCH EDITING: Batch editing is great for editing large amounts of photos that have similar exposures and lighting. It allows you to apply the same edits to multiple image all at once! Check it out here: https://shotkit.com/batch-edit-lightroom/
- SPLIT TONING aka COLOR GRADING: "Color grading — also known as split toning — is a great way to give your photographs a unique and stylized look, adding a hint of color that can create a certain mood or draw on photography’s rich history to bring out a vintage feel.
The term split toning comes from the idea that you would add one color to the shadows, and another color to the highlights, effectively “splitting” the tones of the photograph."
- https://shotkit.com/lightroom-split-toning/
HOW TO SPLIT TONE (linked)
Lightroom Recipes Assignment
Lightroom Recipes Assignment
Directions:
Pick one photo you took
Choose a photo you like that you want to edit. It can be a picture of a person, place, object, or anything else. Try to use a photo that’s not too dark or blurry.
Edit your photo in Lightroom
Open the photo in Lightroom and start editing! Try adjusting things like:
Light – Make it brighter or darker (Exposure), fix shadows and highlights
Color – Make it warmer or cooler (Temperature), boost color (Vibrance, Saturation)
Effects – Add sharpness (Clarity), smooth out haze (Dehaze), or add a dark edge (Vignette)
You only need to try 3–4 settings! Don’t worry about being perfect—this is for practice!
Write down your “recipe”
Write down the changes you made. This is your Lightroom Recipe!
Example:
My Recipe – “Warm & Soft”
Exposure: +0.20
Shadows: +40
Temperature: +15
Vibrance: +20
Clarity: -10
You can also take a screenshot of your settings if that’s easier.
on WINDOWS: windows icon + shift + s
Try the same recipe on a second photo
Pick a different photo you took and apply your recipe to it. See how it looks! You can make small changes if needed, but try to keep it mostly the same.
Turn In:
Place your before/after photos on the digital handout below in Photoshop.
(4 images total)
Your written recipe (or a screenshot)
Save as a JPEG and submit to Canvas
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