Section 02
Masking took three years until Select Subject clicked once
Masking, curves, grading, retouching.
Masking took three years until Select Subject clicked once
Masking, curves, grading, retouching. Select Subject arrived in Lightroom Classic 10.3 and did three years of hand-painting in a click. Curves have not changed once.
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Full archive →- Masking took three years until Select Subject clicked onceMasking, curves, grading, retouching. Select Subject arrived in Lightroom Classic 10.3 and did three years of hand-painting in a click. Curves have not changed once.
- Curves do what Lightroom's sliders do underneathLevels, contrast, brightness and most of the panel are curves with the handles taken off. Learn the curve and the rest becomes shorthand you can choose to use.
- Photoshop's dodge tool has worked since 1990They are menu items now. They still work the same way, and they are still the first thing worth learning.
- Split toning colours the shadows and highlights separatelySplit toning is the oldest trick in colour grading and the one most often overdriven.
- Dodging and burning stay photography, Liquify doesn'tBlemish and light work is retouching. Reshaping is something else, and the boundary is worth stating before you cross it.