You’re back! Awesome, I’m pumped to see you here again? Before we jump in, I would love to know how you made out with yesterdays techniques! Let me know in a comment below what worked well for you, or what you still have questions about.
Let’s dive right into the next video to help you take your portraits to the next level!
Now, some of you had some questions about how to really pin point that white balance. It’s always a good idea to try to get it right in camera and THEN check it in Lightroom or ACR. Using a gray card is one way to do that. Here’s a quick added tutorial on just how to use one.
Wow, this is so good to know! I have been editing portraits in LR for quite some time. I have often selected skin then reduced the saturation of orange and red, and then increased the exposure, but what luminance does is amazing! Thank you!
You got it Cindy! It such a fun little trick isn’t it!???
What can’t you use these techniques when you shoot in jpeg and not Raw? It seems to work in Lightroom (?) ( white balance and adjusting contrast)
Hey Vanessa!
Great question! You can, however, your options to adjust aren’t as great as if you are shooting in RAW. You will also loose some of quality of the image as well.
Thanks for giving a better understanding of HSL
Wonder if photoshop has those sliders? Can’t see them…thanx!
Nope, Photoshop wont. BUT- ACR will and that should be included with your PS (definitely will if you have the CC). From PS go to File> Browse In Bridge> (Choose your file folder) > right click the image you want open and click Open in Camera Raw (that’s ACR) That will take you to ACR before bringing it into Photoshop. 🙂
Just did Day 2 lesson…very nice!!! This is exciting!
The picture I chose has the whites (on the histogram) blown out on the left side…the picture doesn’t look underexposed to me but as I move that white indicators to the middle, the picture becomes, indeed, overexposed. This indicates a need to check white balance as I am taking the picture, right?
Hey Aaron! A couple things might be happening here. One, is that there is some amount of sky in your photo. This will cause the histogram to show blown areas. Don’t worry too much about that, focus on your subject.
Another could be that your monitor isn’t calibrated and/or is set with the screen to bright causing it to look brighter than it actually is.
HI Emily. It worked fine. Have no questions so far. Regards Lennart
Great! Glad to hear it!
Curious if there is an advantage to use ACR over Lightroom? I have both just curious which I should start with
I don’t think there’s necessarily an advantage, just a personal preference. I have both too, but tend to use ACR. I find it much easier and faster to navigate. ?
Can’t wait to try this!
Super excited to learn more! Thank you thank you!!