Editing help

[jimim]

So I come to you guys again to ask for some editing help. I'm getting around to my Easter trip and I have to edit out some topiaries. My problem is whenever I try to get some extra pop out of them with the clarity slider in lightroom I'm making the greens kinds hard on the eyes. Any suggestions that you guys can give me to still get the clarity pop i want but also not make the greens hard on the eyes. I have lightroom and the nic plugin suite to use.

Thanks everyone!

jim

 

[havoc315]

Try playing with the saturation and luminance of individual colors, instead of using the clarity slider.
Or.... do what you've been doing, but then use the green slider to decrease the saturation of the greens. (I often have a similar issue with reds getting oversaturated) .

 

[fractal]

I would also look to decrease the saturation on the yellows. Many times there are more yellows in a picture than you think - especially if you have a lot of "greens". By reducing the yellow saturation ( but not too much ) it will bring out more of your greens.

The other thing you may want to try - either in conjunction with the above or separate - is to increase the "vibrance" instead of the saturation.

 

[BirdsOfPreyDave]

Also try pulling the black point down some.

 

[jimim]

Thanks guys for the tips. I'm going to get back at it tonight when I get done with my yard work. Appreciate it!

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[boBQuincy]

I use layers and adjustment layers to tame excessive saturation in one (or more) colors. I realize Lightroom does not offer layers but Photoshop and Lightroom are available for $10/month.

 

[photo_chick]

I use layers and adjustment layers to tame excessive saturation in one (or more) colors. I realize Lightroom does not offer layers but Photoshop and Lightroom are available for $10/month.

+1.

You need the right tools for the job. Lightroom is great but sometimes you need layers and also masks to deal with local areas rather than make every change globally. I just did a Quinceanera shoot with a fuchsia dress in a very green park and had to mask off parts of that dress in every single shot because making the global changes I wanted for everything else had the dress screaming and over saturated. Bringing down the color channels globally wasn't an option because it shifted the skin tones and foliage.

 

[havoc315]

Although you can't technically "mask" with Lightroom, you can apply certain changes to only parts of the image, using brushes and graduated filters.

Doesn't give you quite the same level of control as using layers in Photoshop, but it can be sufficient for many types of work. (Including bringing up or down the saturation in just one part of the image).

 

[WilsonFlyer]

Where can I go to LEARN PS? I've bought into the $10/month thing and now have it. I'm lost! I just started shooting RAW+JPG but want to go to just RAW but I have to get a practical workflow going.

FWIW, I'm partially color-blind, but extremely computer literate. I haven't messed with PS in 15 years and feel like it's left me behind. I kept buying Elements upgrades and never using them so I sucked it up on real PS and now I need some help.

Can somebody point me to some pointers or a site?

Thanks!
-bob

 

[photo_chick]

Although you can't technically "mask" with Lightroom, you can apply certain changes to only parts of the image, using brushes and graduated filters.

Doesn't give you quite the same level of control as using layers in Photoshop, but it can be sufficient for many types of work. (Including bringing up or down the saturation in just one part of the image).

Sufficient for some work, yes. But to me sufficient doesn't necessarily make it the best tool.

Where can I go to LEARN PS? I've bought into the $10/month thing and now have it. I'm lost! I just started shooting RAW+JPG but want to go to just RAW but I have to get a practical workflow going.

FWIW, I'm partially color-blind, but extremely computer literate. I haven't messed with PS in 15 years and feel like it's left me behind. I kept buying Elements upgrades and never using them so I sucked it up on real PS and now I need some help.

Can somebody point me to some pointers or a site?

Thanks!
-bob

Adobe Classroom in a Book. Do the lessons in it and you will learn to use the tools in Photoshop. Martin Evening's Photoshop for Photographers is a good followup to that, once you understand the basic tools.

 

[WilsonFlyer]

Thanks, photo_chick. I'll get it!

 

[boBQuincy]

+1 for Classroom in a Book.

 

[jimim]

how did I do?

jim