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Profiles

'Profiles' are closely related to LUTS (lookup tables). They adjust the brightness and colour values in an image, sometimes to correct a device's colour rendition (like monitor profiles) but often to apply a creative effect or film simulation.

How to go from color to moody mono in Lightroom

February 9, 2023 by Rod Lawton

This under-the-pier shot is a classic composition in black and white – you’ve probably seen a lot like it already – but the color original looks very ordinary indeed. So here’s a step-by-step guide to how I transformed it into a powerful graphic image in Lightroom.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Adjustment brush, AI mask, Black and white, Clarity, Cropping, Dehaze, Lightroom (Adobe), Masks, Profiles, Radial mask, Straighten

When LUTs can be a lifeline

January 24, 2023 by Rod Lawton

LUT stands for LookUp Table. It’s a digital file that shifts colors and tones in hue, saturation, luminance – usually all three. LUTs are used widely in video editing and cinematography, but are becoming increasingly popular in regular stills photography. They are like ‘pre-processing’ for images. They give you a whole new look without involving any of the editing tools – unlike presets.

Filed Under: Featured, Lutify.me, TutorialsTagged With: LUTs, Profiles

Edit History: Battery Point Lighthouse in Lightroom Classic

September 12, 2021 by Life after Photoshop

Battery Point lighthouse. Using Lightroom Classic’s Profiles, Color Grading, Post Crop Vignetting and Radial Filter tools to create a strong black and white image.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Black and white, Profiles, Radial mask, Split toning, Toning, Vignette

Picture styles and film simulation with digital cameras

May 30, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Digital cameras typically offer a range of ‘picture styles’ to suit different subjects or different tastes in color rendition. Canon calls these Picture Styles, Nikon calls them Picture Controls and other camera makers have their own names.

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, Featured, GeneralTagged With: ACROS (Fujifilm), Analog, Black and white, Film simulation, Grain, JPEG vs RAW, LUTs, Picture control/style, Profiles, Velvia

Color spaces, profiles and color management explained

May 23, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

The whole topic of color management can get pretty dry and technical, but stick with it because there’s information here that’s useful and puts lots of other things in context.

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, GeneralTagged With: Adobe RGB, Channel, CMYK, Color model, Color space, Gamut, Lab mode, Monitor calibration, Printer profile, Profiles, RGB, sRGB, Working space

RAW vs JPEG: things you can do with RAW files that you can’t do with JPEGs

May 15, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Most serious photographers prefer RAW files to JPEGs. They take more time and storage, but the payback is greater quality and flexibility. It’s not a one-sided argument – JPEGs have some advantages which are obvious, and some which are not – but here are six important reasons why RAW files are the way to go […]

Filed Under: FeaturedTagged With: 14-bit RAW, 16-bit image, 8-bit images, Bits and bit depth, Highlight recovery, JPEG vs RAW, LUTs, Noise reduction, Profiles, RAW file, RAW processing, RAW+JPEG, Shadow recovery, Sharpening, TIFF

Lightroom CC Profiles explained

April 14, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Lightroom CC offers a range of Presets and you can create or save your own. But Presets use a combination of editing tools and effects, while there is another, more basic adjustment you can make to the look of your photos with Profiles. Profiles have been around in Lightroom for some time, but it’s only […]

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: LUTs, Profiles

How to change Lightroom’s default processing

February 18, 2019 by Rod Lawton

The default processing for camera RAW files in Lightroom is a reasonable start but quite often you find yourself making the same adjustments time and time again for specific cameras. I get that particularly with my Fujifilm X30. It’s a few years old now and has a pretty small sensor that’s prone to noise, but […]

Filed Under: Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Noise reduction, Profiles

ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 profiles and how to use them

June 20, 2018 by Rod Lawton

ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 profiles

The ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 update brings a number of new features, including support for Profiles in the Develop module – but ON1 Photo RAW 2019 is now out so be sure to read the review if you’re considering upgrading.

Filed Under: ON1 Photo RAW, TutorialsTagged With: Profiles

BAN adjustments in Lightroom (BAN – Basic And Necessary!)

March 25, 2018 by Rod Lawton

BAN adjustments in Lightroom

There are a handful of basic tweaks you just know you’re going to want to apply to each image.

Filed Under: Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Aberrations, Barrel distortion, Chromatic aberration, Corner shading, Distortion, Exposure (slider), Highlight recovery, Lens corrections, Perspective correction, Profiles, Shadow recovery, Spot (sensor), White balance

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