Thanks for sharing your experience. Enjoyed your approach which is different from many other online forums.

@MatthewCuda

Ай бұрын

You are welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

For white and black levels if you double click on the white and black cursor or just the white and black labels, LR will automatically adjust the levels the way you do it, may be leaving a bit more white or black points not making them all dissapear from the masked view.

@MatthewCuda

4 ай бұрын

I use manual adjustment because often I want to tweak it a bit based on my experience. Besides, what is the fun in automatic adjustments :)

I really appreciate your presentation style. Just learning LR and these are great tips. What computer do you use and has it been efficient and enough processing power? Thanks

@MatthewCuda

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I recommend any modern entry level gaming PC (or better), and a minimum of an RTX 3060 graphics card. Note, that VRAM is the most important when it comes to rendering images and processing video. I got the VRAM idea directly from the techs and other power users of Lightroom and Topaz products.

This is the first time I have seen one of your videos. You have a great teaching style and I learned a lot. The background change was perfect for what I need in wildlife and I will be trying your techniques. Thanks from your new subscriber!

@MatthewCuda

10 ай бұрын

I am glad you got something out of it! Thanks and stay tuned.

Great tips, well done, thanks!!

@MatthewCuda

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I really like your Lightroom explanations. Thank you

@MatthewCuda

9 ай бұрын

Thanks, you are welcome

Thank you for the information!!.

@MatthewCuda

10 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

Hi Matthew! Keep the LRC instruction & tips coming!!!

@MatthewCuda

9 ай бұрын

Will do

Really good tips, thanks !

@MatthewCuda

5 ай бұрын

You are welcome

Hi Matthew - your tip #2 is a game changer for me. My images are a LOT better now using this logic in my workflow. Many thanks from downunder! edit: this video, combined with Jan Wegener's video on sharpness (and fixing perceived sharpness with fixing WB) have helped me a lot.

@MatthewCuda

9 ай бұрын

You are welcome Dave, and I am glad I could help you. Stay tuned for much more.

Great video again. I watch it several times so it will stick. 😊 Do you have a recommendations to reduce the background green color only when the subject is also green (like a hummingbird) which you want to maintain.

@MatthewCuda

9 ай бұрын

Yes, you can select the background, and then desaturate the green in the background using the saturation slider.

@popiemac4579

9 ай бұрын

@@MatthewCuda I see. Background only using masking tool. Just like you did with clarity on the last example. That clarity example was surprising.

Excellent video

@MatthewCuda

9 ай бұрын

Thanks, popiemac, stay tuned!

What white balance would you suggest ????

@MatthewCuda

4 ай бұрын

white balance is both scientific and creative. When outdoors, I shoot daylight balanced or auto. When I get into LR, I use the temperature slider to warm the scene up 95% of the time. Be aware that if you do this, you need to calibrate your monitor's colors so you can get it to your own artistic look. I recommend calibrite (costs more) or spyder x to calibrate your monitor.

You can just hit CTRL+X to flip to portrait mode while in the crop tool.

@MatthewCuda

10 ай бұрын

I am more of a point and click guy

Your video is extremely slow even at 1.5x speed.. 😢

@MatthewCuda

10 ай бұрын

I recommend Ritalin