4. Using The Lightroom Develop Module for Local and Creative Adjustments

Lesson overview

The adjustments you learned about in the previous lesson are global—they affect the entire photo. To accentuate a certain area, you can perform local adjustments. Lightroom includes an impressive array of tools for this purpose. By mastering and maximizing these techniques in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic, you’ll spend less time in Adobe Photoshop. In this lesson you’ll learn how to:

  • Adjust skies and foregrounds using the Linear Gradient, and create custom vignettes using the Radial Gradient.

  • Use the Masking Brush and Range Mask tools to apply targeted adjustments.

  • Leverage Lightroom’s new AI-based tools to make raster-based selections of skies and ...

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