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Claire Gillo takes you through the Color Grading feature in Lightroom Classic
If you want your images to appear toned and styled then the Color Grading feature in Lightroom is the perfect tool to do just this. Color Grading is an updated version of what used to be the Split Toning tool. You’ll find the Color Grading feature in the Develop Module underneath the Color Mixer tab and above the Detail tab. In the Color Grading tool, you can adjust the colours of either the Shadows, Midtones or Highlights, or globally across the whole image. Any alterations made to the Global setting will overlay over the other settings. The layout of the Color Grading feature makes it easy to use. You can change the selection from all three settings (Shadows, Midtones and Highlights), which is represented by a triple circle symbol, or go through each of the Shadows, Midtones and
Highlights by clicking on the individual circle. There may be times when you go too far with the edits and want to reset the Color Grading feature. To do this, press Alt on your keyboard and where it says ‘Adjust’, you’ll notice it changes to ‘Reset’. You can either reset all three settings at once (the trio circle) or you can reset each one individually.
Remember, with Color Grading often less is more so try to make more subtle changes rather than making them strong. For example, a great way to stylise your image is to cool the shadows and warm the highlights up a
