There are many methods to enhance photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Whether it is to highlight a detail or to modify a specific element, several tools are at your disposal. Here’s how to use it.
To edit a photo, you can play with colors and lights or blur a background to highlight certain elements. Our tips will help you choose the technique that’s right for you.
1. Remove red eyes
Once your photo has been chosen, to correct the “red eyes” effect on Photoshop Lightroom, go to Development. Zoom in on the photo by clicking on 1: 1 Where 2: 1 in the panel on the left.
Click on the icon Red eye correction located on the right.
A cross surrounded by four dashes appears. Then place the cross on the red eye to be corrected by keeping the mouse button pressed. Make sure that the eye is completely encircled then release the click of the mouse.
To adjust the dimensions, click inside the circle and drag it. Using tools pupil size and obscure in the right panel further refine your retouching by modifying the dimensions and the color of the pupil.
By clicking in the center of the second eye, the tool adopts the same adjustments used for the first eye. As needed, correct.
Click on To end at the bottom of your screen.
2. Remove unwanted parts or background objects
To remove certain elements from your photo in the background go to Development then click on the tool Removal of faults represented by a circle with an arrow. The tool has two modes: Duplicate and To correct. By default, the option To correct is selected. The mode Duplicate is a copy and paste of pixels from an area of ​​the photo. The mode To correct automatically suggests the most relevant area to make the area of ​​your choice disappear.
In mode To correct click on the area you want to edit. Lightroom offers you an area with similar characteristics to replace the area to be corrected.
3. Edit unwanted parts or background objects
Go to the module Development and click on the Touch Up Brush. Click and hold your mouse button to paint the parts you want to fix.
Use the tools located in the left panel of your screen to make your corrections. Make the selected area of ​​your photo warmer or cooler by adjusting the slider Temperature. Adjust your tones with the slider Tint. Play with the brightness using the sliders Exposure, Contrasts, Highlights, Shadows, Clarity. Adjust the vividness of colors with the slider Contrast. To highlight certain details of your photo, use the slider Sharpness. You can remove the moiré effect with the slider of the same name Moiré. To correct the contour defects, use the slider Remove Fringe.
In addition to these effects, you can adjust the characteristics of the brush. With the cursor Cut, modify the dimensions of your brush. You can determine whether the contours of your brush should be softer or more marked using the slider Progressive Contour. the Debit allows you to adjust how fast the setting should be. To have your brush automatically detect contours without overflowing, check the box Autohiding.
4. Manage shadows and lights
You can play with light and shadow effects using the different sliders in the Tone panel. In the module Development, the Tone panel is on the left.
Drag the slider Exposure to the right to give more brightness to an image that is too dark. Conversely, drag it to the left to darken an image.
You can change the contrast of your photo with the slider Contrast (below the cursor Exposure). By dragging the slider to the right, bright areas will be even brighter and dark areas even darker. Conversely, the contrast will be decreased if you drag your slider to the left.
If you only want to adjust the brightest parts, move the slider High Lights. If you only want to adjust the darker parts, move the slider Shadows.
5. Blur the background or foreground
To blur a background or a foreground, go to the module Development and select the tool radial filter. An elliptical shape appears representing your filter. Drag your filter over the area you don’t want to blur while holding down the mouse button. Once your area is selected, release the mouse. This is because the settings you make apply to all elements outside the radial filter.
Click on the checkbox of the function Reverse mask to have items inside the elliptical area be affected by your settings.
Increase photo blur by dragging the slider Haze correction to the right.
Do not hesitate to use the other sliders to refine the result. Decrease the exposure of the filter by moving the slider Exposure towards the left. Decrease clarity by dragging the slider Clarity towards the left. Smooth out details by moving the slider Sharpness towards the left.
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