Comments on: Highlight Color Effect in Lightroom – 5 Easy Steps

By: Woods

Woods — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:26:45 +0000

Sorry, here is the picture :

– Woods

By: Woods

Woods — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:24:10 +0000

Thanks for the tip ! I had a try and I think the result is quite nice : Red flags in the night But my photo was very red around the flags so it took me some time to isolate the real red areas while zooming. -- Woods

By: FR

FR — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:07:01 +0000

I noticed that you left the Auto Mask option off. I’ve found this to be quite useful for its edge detection in portraits. Then again it might have been more difficult in your case because of the detail in the original photo?

By: chris walter

chris walter — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:05:53 +0000

RE the above – I know it doesn’t work in LR2 but I don’t do the desaturation thing – only the clarity – in case someone asks! Obviously I’d like to be able to do that as well!

By: chris walter

chris walter — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:00:51 +0000

Yes. I love the brush on LR2 although with my graphics tablet I prefer to work the opposite way – desturate the whole image and paint/brush back in colour. In portraits I would reduce clarity overall then paint back in the eyes, mouth, hair etc. which is more accurate and easier than trying to go around eyes and lips.
I demonstrated this to a whole room of photographers at a Jon Gray studio shoot and they mostly just used the basics in LR – the model was ignored while I did a quick touch-up of her face on the studio mac!

I also love the way the brush leaves non-similar areas alone while I remove creases from my white backgrounds!

By: MD

MD — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:29:07 +0000

You cannot desaturete whole image a then use brush to get bus colors back. This doens’t work in Lightroom. It’s a pity. It must be done like Helen shows in her tutorial.

By: scott webb

scott webb — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:50:50 +0000

yes actually it is nice to learn how to do this in lightroom instead of moving on into photoshop. saving time is key these days eh

By: superkru1969

superkru1969 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:39:03 +0000

Here’s the link to the GIMP tutorial page. This is called Selective Colorization. It’s pretty easy; I did it twice today.
http://gimp.org/tutorials/

By: Mike Polfer

Mike Polfer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:22:33 +0000

I just use a desaturated layer with a mask in Pshop. I am probably overlooking the power of lightroom 2 though.

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:34:57 +0000

Regardless of the technique, it is a great idea that I have never thought of doing. Now I need to find a photo to try it on!