LIGHTROOM CC
Sean McCormack shows you how to add movie magic to your photos in Lightroom using colour tools for a simple transformation process
Sometimes we all wish we could sprinkle a little movie magic on our photos. In fact, it’s pretty simple to do and there are numerous colour tools in Lightroom to help us. You could use the Tone Curve’s individual colour channels, or the often-missed Calibration panel. Even the HSL panel can be used for creative rather than corrective means.
Here, though, you’ll see the Color Grading panel in action. Located in the Develop module, Color
Grading makes use of three colour wheels: Shadows, Midtones and Highlights. The dot in each allows for simultaneous Hue and Saturation changes, while a slider below handles Luminosity changes. Holding down Shift while dragging the dot limits you to Saturation; holding the Command or Control key limits it to Hue only. In the individual views, you can click the disclosure triangle below the wheel to see all three control sliders. Open up the Lightroom.jpg start file, or one of your own images to begin.
BLENDING SLIDER CONTROLS
THE Blending slider controls the overlap between sections.
Balance shifts the colour to the Shadows on the left, or to the Highlights on the right. Try a Blending value of 20 and a Balance of -15 for this.
STEP BY STEP SHADOWS TO MIDTONES TO HIGHLIGHTS
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