Open the Basic panel and pump the Temperature up to about 12,000 and the Tint up to about +100, reduce the exposure a tiny bit, reduce the Highlights to -100, boost the shadows to about +40 and play with the whites and blacks if you feel like your image needs a little refinement. If you take pictures, you’re going to love this tutorial! CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE RAW IMAGE HERE Warming it up With White BalanceĭISCLAIMER: To see all the steps and exactly how I transformed this RAW image (download it for free right above here) from the flat image to the explosive colored image that you see as the final shot. We will cover everything from basic white balance and contrast to Curves, Lens Correction, and Camera Calibration features.

In this Adobe Lightroom tutorial, we’ll take a RAW photo shot on an old DSLR in 2007 (OLD!) and transform it using the powerful light and color retouching tools of Lightroom to get a rich, dramatic sunset photo along Cemetery Ridge in Gettysburg National Park.

Lightroom cc tutorials for beginners