One of the most common effects on Instagram is the desaturated look that looks close to grayscale but not exactly. The reds and blues are still there but the rest of the colors are gray. This effect is used for fashion, rooftopping and all sorts of photos. An example of this is Jacqueline Mikuta’s Instagram. In this tutorial, I’ll show you the recipe to create this look easily.
Create your own random VSCO-style effect in Lightroom with these simple steps. This tutorial shows how you can mix a tone curve adjustment with completely random color adjustments to create your own film-like effect.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”400″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Kodak Ektar is a film popular for its gorgeous color characteristics. This Lightroom preset emulates the Kodak Ektar 100 Professional film with a slight blue-green tint in the shadows, natural brightness bump, and muted colors.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”Download” color=”green” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-download” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lightroomtutorials.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F12%2FEktar.zip||” button_block=”true” add_icon=”true”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Masashi Wakui is popular for his captivating night photos of Japan. Wakui’s photos have this unique color effect that adds a touch of emotion to it. But what’s special is not the effect, but the technique used to create the effect. It involves just moving the existing nodes in the Tone Curve settings – you don’t even need to add any nodes. This technique can be used to create a variety of faded effects.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”388″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Futuristic Architecture is a matte Lightroom preset designed to add an urban and contemporary effect to your architecture/building photos. It has muted colors and shifts the blues to create teal-looking skies. Shadows are lifted and highlights dropped slightly.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”Download” color=”green” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-download” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lightroomtutorials.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F10%2FFuturistic-Architecture.zip||” button_block=”true” add_icon=”true”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Here’s a little neat trick for creating a color overlay without even going into Photoshop. These effects are great for background images because they make text stand out.
Don’t waste your money on light leak presets – you can create it yourself and it’s very easy (and fun) to do! This tutorial will show you how to add light leaks to your photo using the same technique preset developers use.
It seems like every camera manufacture has their own raw file format. Adobe wanted to unify them all by coming up with an open sourced DNG format with many great benefits such as no XMP sidecar files, supposedly better multi-threading support, smaller file sizes, and more. However in the real world, most photographers choose not to convert their files to DNG. Here are five reasons why they don’t.
There are many touted Lightroom workflow systems but many of them break one of the most important best practices – that is creating folders on your drive instead of using collections. Why do people do this? And even more importantly, why should you not do this? Read this article and find out why you should use collections right from the start.