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Adobe Lightroom 2020: The Ultimate Guide Bootcamp

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Brush Tool

Jared Platt

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Adobe Lightroom 2020: The Ultimate Guide Bootcamp

Jared Platt

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Lesson Info

107. Brush Tool

Lessons

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1 Differences Between Lightroom Desktop and Lightroom Classic Duration:19:42
2 Hard Drives Duration:08:06
3 File Organization Duration:08:31
4 30,000 Foot View of Workflow Duration:05:36
5 Importing into Lightroom Duration:04:10
6 Building Previews Duration:07:14
7 Collections and Publish Services Duration:05:11
8 Keywords Duration:06:27
9 Hardware for Lightroom Duration:06:08
10 Searching for Images Duration:07:51
11 Selecting Images Duration:14:15
12 Organizing Images Duration:04:02
13 Collecting Images for Use Duration:14:56
14 Develop Module Overview Duration:10:15
15 Profiles Duration:11:34
16 Basic Adjustments Duration:11:45
17 Basics Panel: Texture, Clarity, and Dehaze Duration:05:31
18 Basics Panel: Saturation and Vibrance Duration:02:40
19 Tone Curve Duration:09:26
20 HSL Duration:04:48
21 Split Tone Duration:08:19
22 Lens Corrections Duration:08:32
23 Details Duration:09:34
24 Transform Tool Duration:05:52
25 Effects Panel Duration:10:00
26 Synchronizing for Faster Editing Duration:07:40
27 Spot Tool Duration:17:51
28 Skin Softening and Brush Work Duration:07:00
29 Range Masking Duration:13:28
30 Dodge and Burn Duration:17:36
31 Working with Specific Colors Duration:08:30
32 Edit Quickly with Gradient Filters Duration:11:22
33 Making Presets Duration:13:24
34 Preparing Image in Lightroom Duration:09:51
35 Content Aware Fill Duration:11:14
36 Skin Repair Duration:02:44
37 Skin Smoothing Duration:14:39
38 Expanding a Canvas Duration:04:30
39 Liquify Duration:10:22
40 Layers and Composite Images Duration:12:54
41 Sharing via Web Duration:17:52
42 Exporting Files Duration:10:47
43 Sharing with Slideshows Duration:08:00
44 Archiving Photos and Catalogs Duration:19:54
45 Designing Duration:13:35
46 Making Prints Duration:11:27
47 Color Management and Profiles Duration:13:00
48 Archiving Photos and Catalogs Duration:11:31
49 Using Cloud Storage Duration:04:09
50 Adding Images to your Portfolio Duration:09:23
51 Collecting for Your Portfolio Duration:18:03
52 Publishing Unique Websites Per Project Duration:19:48
53 Sharing to Instagram Duration:07:06
54 HDR Duration:15:32
55 Panorama Duration:06:41
56 HDR Panorama Duration:09:54
57 Making Presets Duration:15:39
58 Creating Profiles Duration:18:09
59 Maps Duration:07:08
60 Setup for Tethered Shooting Duration:23:21
61 Sharing with the Client Duration:05:42
62 Watched Folder Process Duration:07:04
63 Second Monitor and iPad Duration:06:09
64 Backup at the Camera Duration:03:50
65 Gnar Box Disk Backup Duration:06:45
66 iPhone and iPad Review Duration:12:52
67 Importing to Lightroom on iPad Duration:02:59
68 Cloud Backup Duration:04:39
69 Adjust, Edit, and Organize Duration:07:46
70 Using Lightroom Between Devices Duration:11:27
71 Lightroom Desktop Duration:05:27
72 Removing Images from the Cloud Duration:10:49
73 Profiles Duration:09:34
74 Light Duration:04:34
75 Color Duration:05:36
76 Effects Duration:15:22
77 Details Duration:08:33
78 Optics Duration:03:49
79 Geometry Duration:04:12
80 Crop Duration:04:39
81 Adding and Using Presets and Profiles Duration:13:41
82 Local Adjustments Duration:15:40
83 Healing Tool Duration:03:29
84 Synchronizing Edits Duration:04:57
85 Editing in Photoshop Duration:08:54
86 Finding Images Duration:07:09
87 Sharing and Exporting Albums on the Web Duration:09:18
88 Posting Images to Social Media Duration:14:01
89 Overview of Lightroom Desktop Duration:07:35
90 The Workflow Overview Duration:10:08
91 Organizing Images Duration:05:10
92 Albums and Shared Albums Duration:18:21
93 Lightroom Desktop Workspace Overview Duration:04:36
94 Importing and Selecting Images Duration:09:23
95 HDR and Panoramics Duration:22:44
96 Light Duration:07:47
97 Profiles Duration:07:23
98 Tone Curves Duration:02:57
99 Color Duration:08:35
100 Effects Duration:17:01
101 Details Duration:12:43
102 Optics Duration:04:05
103 Geometry and Crop Tool Duration:06:01
104 Sync Settings Duration:02:40
105 Making and Adding Presets Duration:03:48
106 Healing Brush Duration:02:21
107 Brush Tool Duration:03:14
108 Gradient Tool Duration:04:16
109 Edit in Photoshop Duration:02:53
110 Finding Images with Sensei Duration:06:32
111 Sharing Albums on the Web Duration:04:57
112 Print through Photoshop Duration:02:09
113 Exporting Images to Files or Web Services Duration:04:36
114 Connecting with Lightroom Classic and Mobile Devices Duration:05:24
115 Archiving Images for Storage Duration:09:55
116 Review of the Workflow Duration:07:20

Lesson Info

Brush Tool

The next tool that we want to talk about is the brush tool, and the brush tool could be used for a lot of different things that could be used for burning and dodging. And it can also be used for, like, skin softening and things like that. The key is to just learn how to use the brush. So we're gonna click on the brush tool itself and inside the brush tool you have all of these controls so you can bring the exposure down and increase the size of the brush using the bracket keys. And I could just burn and dodge to my heart's content. Here on the outside, I can also turn the eraser on. So if I accidentally hit the hat or something like that, I can erase what I've just painted in, whatever burning I've done. And then I can create another brush. So see that little pin right there in the middle of the grass is telling us that this is one effect that I've created. But if I click on this little plus button right here, right there, I can create a new brush. So when I click on that new brush the...

n I can come in here and say, Well, I don't want to do the exposure on this one. I want to do the highlights and I'm going to just kind of bring in the highlights of her hat. And then in addition to that, I'm gonna create another brush. And this time, instead of highlights, I'm actually going to come down to texture and bring down the texture quite a bit. And I'm gonna paint in a negative texture on her skin. And I'm not being super accurate about it because I can always come back in afterwards. If I click on that, then I can erase that texture back out. So I'm just gonna I feel like this. By the way, if I want to see the mask overlay, I can always go to view. I can go to ah, overlay right here, show overlay. And then I can show the mask. So then I can erase out the mask and then whatever I want to do with that mask again, we can go to view tools. Ah, overlay and turn off the mask. And now that mask is just her skin. And I could go in and play around with the texture and the clarity. Aiken brighten it up a little bit. I can do anything I want to her skin, and then I can always come in later and erase out. You know, if it's, it's affecting her eyes. We can pull out the eyes by erasing those. We can erase off the lips and any hair, and that's how you use the brush tool to effect a photograph. And remember, you can use it for burning. You can use it for dodging. You can use it for warming up the sky or making a sky more blue or first softening skin. So get get used to the brush tool because it will become your best friend when it comes to working with people you half the time you don't need to go photo shop because of the brush tool. It's so good

Class Description

All lessons are also available here for individual purchase.

AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

  • Efficiently cull and retouch photographs
  • Manage your files to enable seamless and immediate recall
  • Get your computer and software to run faster
  • Create impressive photo books and slideshows
  • Take advantage of global adjustments
  • Improve your mobile workflow with both your iPhone and iPad
  • Deliver and share your images directly from Lightroom

ABOUT JARED’S CLASS:

Adobe® Lightroom® is the industry standard for post-production workflow and in Adobe Lightroom: The Ultimate Guide, you’ll learn Jared Platt’s gold standard for retouching and managing files quickly and efficiently.

Jared will show the ins and outs of Lightroom Classic, Lightroom Mobile, and Lightroom Desktop. He’ll demystify the difference between each and demonstrate when to use each one for maximum output.

Jared will share tips on improving every phase of your workflow – from shooting to archiving. You’ll learn how to take advantage of the latest Lightroom tools and features and become faster and more skilled at adjusting your images.

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

  • Beginner, intermediate, and advanced users of Adobe Lightroom
  • Those who want to gain confidence in Adobe Lightroom and learn new features to help edit photos
  • Students who’d like to take ordinary images and make them look extraordinary with some image editing or Lightroom fixes

SOFTWARE USED:

Adobe Lightroom Classic 9.2
Adobe Lightroom Desktop 3.2
Adobe Lightroom Mobile 5.2

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Jared Platt is a professional wedding and lifestyle photographer from Phoenix, Arizona. Jared holds a Masters of Fine Arts in the Photographic Studies and a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography from Arizona State University and has been a professional photographer and college educator for the past 12 years and has been a speaking, debating and lecturing for the past 17 years. His attention to detail and craft make him a demanding photography instructor. Jared has lectured at major trade shows and photo conferences as well as at universities around the world on the subject of photography as well as workflow. Currently, Jared is traveling the United States and Canada teaching and lecturing on photography and post production workflow. Join him online for monthly "Office Hours" at www.jaredplattworkshops.com.

Reviews

Hannah
 

Thorough but very easy to follow. I've noticed a significant improvement in my work since starting this course a couple weeks ago, and I'm also spending noticeably less time editing my photos. I appreciate that it's up-to-date as of October, 2020, so the info is current (I wish CL would take down some of the older courses, since software changes make some of them obsolete).

Kyosa Canuck
 

I hate to say this is a repetitive class due to covering much of the same things in each LR app. I appreciate Ben's classes better but this does give different perspectives. Also, Ben knows better than to use the word "super" let alone use it 10+ times per lesson.

Kayode Olorunfemi
 

I have been using lightroom for upwards of 6years and I still found this course incredibly useful. It can be useful learning through desperate tutorials online, but having a course that ties everything together, coupled with foundation principles, is invaluable.