Introduced in the June 2025 release is VARIANCE; an incredibly powerful feature in Camera Raw for manipulating colour!
Improved SUBJECT and SKY SELECTIONS with the INTERSECT MASKING TOOL in Lightroom and Camera Raw
Fully understand the EDITING POWER of the Intersect Masking Tool in Lightroom and Camera and see how to achieve much improved selections of Subjects and Sky.
You’ll learn:
✅ How to fully understand the Intersect command and use it effectively
✅ Better Subject & Sky Selections for improved accuracy
✅ Advanced local adjustments for pro-level results
✅ Tips & tricks to refine your edits for a natural and seamless look
⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - Cropping
01:16 - Remove Tool
01:39 - Dark and Moody Preset
02:22 - Adaptive Sky Preset
02:47 - Color Mixer
03:27 - Inproved Select Subject
05:31 - Improved Sky Selection
06:45 - Intersect for Adjusting Brightness
09:25 - Making the Alloy Wheels POP!
10:22 - Global Colour Adjustments
12:39 - Refinijng the Adpative Sky Mask
13:10 - Before / After
Download my Minimal Teal and Orange Preset for Lightroom and Camera Raw
If you’re a Lightroom Classic , Lightroom or Photoshop / Camera Raw user ...
I have just added the finishing touch steps that I used on the recent portrait of my friend Steve Healy onto the Adobe Lightroom Community Page so that you can save as a preset, download and install to use ... and adjust settings to taste.
Just use this link: https://lightroom.app.link/B4mq80BlSIb
How to IMPORT PRESETS ... FAST 🔥 ( Lightroom + Camera Raw )
Short and sweet …
Here’s how to import presets quickly and easily into both Lightroom AND Camera Raw …
How to make the DARK and MOODY PRESET in Lightroom (and Camera Raw)
The Dark and Moody look is extremely popular at the moment especially on social media; it's a great look that can add drama and impact to your pictures.
Here's how I create it and how to make it as a preset so that you can quickly and easily use it again and again in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, Lightroom Mobile and Camera Raw.
💥 How LIGHTROOM can make your PHOTOS BETTER...FAST!
Lightroom continues to get more and more powerful and yet despite what's possible, the controls and functions are incredibly easy to use once you know how to get the very best out of them.
In this video I show step by step the complete workflow taking a flat image and making it POP using Masking, Intersect and the fantastic Colour Grading Panel …
COLOUR GRADING: The Essential Finishing Touch Mini Course
In the video I mention about my NEW Mini Course … Colour Grading: The Essential Finishing Touch
For more information, check out the link / button below …
My COLOUR GRADING: THE ESSENTIAL FINISHING TOUCH mini course is NOW AVAILABLE
Really excited to let you know that I have a NEW course NOW AVAILABLE …
Colour Grading: The Essential FiNishing Touch
Just as with my other courses, you can stream / download all of the included video tutorials, download work files to follow along step by step, download a PDF of Class Notes ans have Life Time Access. Plus there’s a knowledge check and certificate of completion.
For more information check out the button link below
See you in class 😃