[Leica] Learning Lightroom

Sat Jan 7 20:15:39 PST 2017

Tina,
To me that does not make sense. This is my workflow:

1. Camera Profile - Starting point!

2. Lens Corrections - Profile corrections and chromatic aberration control

3. Noise reduction, if required - I find Lightroom's algorithm very good,
especially for luminance noise.

4. Crop/Alignment/Horizon - because what remains after the crop decides the
processing.

5. White Point/Black Point: Set the parameters

6. Exposure/Contrast: The global tonal look

7. Highlights/Shadows: Overall highlight and shadow detail, a rather blunt
tool, to be used conservatively

8. WB/Tint: The global colour correction/overall look/removing colour casts
- this is by and large a creative decision.

If I apply gradient filters and the like, I might revisit these for fine
tuning. Unless I have decided to only process a shot for casual internet
viewing, or a snapshot for memories, I do not touch
Clarity/Saturation/Vibrance/Colour/Sharpening/Tonal Adjustments/B&W
Conversion- these are all done after exporting into Photoshop via both
Curves Layers and the Google Nik Suite, where there is far more local
control, and finally Photokit Sharpener.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> I read that LR specifically ordered the adjustments from top to bottom in
> the order they should be applied. Have you found that to be true? I always
> work in order from top to bottom.
>
> Tina
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 7, 2017, at 9:33 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I personally think that the order in which you do the adjustments are
> extremely important, as I found the results are quite different if the
> workflow order changes,  and that is where other experienced photographer's
> input is important. Again, so many adjustments/procedures  are hidden away
> that I found I needed a comprehensive tutorial which was invaluable in
> uncovering them all. Of course, YMMV!
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On 08-Jan-2017, at 03:40, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Experimenting works!  It is becoming more intuitive every day. :-)
> >>
> >> Jim Nichols
> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >>
> >>> On 1/7/2017 3:38 PM, Philippe wrote:
> >>> Jim, a tutorial may be helpful of course
> >>>
> >>> But trying and experimenting by yourself is probably the best way to
> go as
> >>>
> >>> i.    LR is extremely intuitive
> >>>
> >>> ii    you may find other routes than the « prescribed » ones, and that
> match your style, taste, etc better
> >>>
> >>> Plus, I DO believe we learn by mistakes, or am I mistaken on that too?
> >>>
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>> AMities
> >>> Philippe
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Le 7 janv. 2017 à 21:58, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a
> écrit :
> >>>>
> >>>> I have those bookmarked, and have watched quite a few.  They are
> quite helpful.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jim Nichols
> >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 1/7/2017 2:55 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> >>>>> +1!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tina
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Gerry Walden <
> gerry.walden at icloud.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Adobe themselves do some very good free videos on the web site and
> >>>>>> YouTube, particularly those by Julianne Kost.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Gerry
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 7 Jan 2017, at 15:27, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks, Jayanand! I’ll check them out.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> —howard
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Jan 6, 2017, at 10:46 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <
> jayanand at gmail.com>
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> STATUTORY WARNING: The really good ones require payment!
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I have used all these, at some point or the other. I subscribe
> annually
> >>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>> Scott Kelby's training site for a variety of stuff, not limited to
> >>>>>>>> Lightroom alone. He also has good instructional books on
> Lightroom:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Matt Kloskowski: http://mattk.com/
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Andy Biggs:
> >>>>>>>> http://www.theglobalphotographer.com/the-
> global-photographer/2016/12/7/
> >>>>>> lightroom-simplified-my-video-series.html
> >>>>>>>> Scott Kelby: http://kelbyone.com/course-
> category/lightroom/?page=1
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Victoria Bampton: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Jason Odell (especially good for Nik tutorials):
> >>>>>>>> http://www.luminescentphoto.com/blog/eshop/guides-to-
> >>>>>> adobe-lightroom-photoshop/
> >>>>>>>> Cheers
> >>>>>>>> Jayanand
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Howard L Ritter Jr <
> hlritter at twc.com>
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Does anyone have any suggestions for instructional books or
> videos for
> >>>>>>>>> learning LR? Personal experiences appreciated.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> —howard
> >>>>>>>>>
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