{"id":47674,"date":"2026-02-03T16:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/?p=47674"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:09:25","slug":"quick-tip-adobe-lightroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/quick-tip-adobe-lightroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Tip: Adobe Lightroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Adobe Lightroom autumn landscape before and after with edited settings.\" class=\"wp-image-47673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before-750x422.png 750w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"transforming-a-dull-photo-into-a-vibrant-cinematic-autumn-landscape\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transforming a dull photo into a vibrant, cinematic autumn landscape <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/photoshop-lightroom.html\">Adobe Lightroom<\/a> is a powerful tool used to organize, edit, manipulate, and enhance images by primarily photographers. It can take a washed out and mediocre picture and transform it into a work of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the global saturation slider can be a quick edit to increase the vibrance of an image but it does not allow for specific, striking objects\/colors to be highlighted. What you could do instead is: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the <strong>Color Grading<\/strong> panel to add specific tints to shadows, mid-tones, and highlights. In this image, I added a blue tint to shadows and an orange tint to highlights which caused the shadows on the road to pop out more and helped the orange trees to stick out from the background.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the <strong>Color Mixing<\/strong> panel to edit the hue, saturation, and luminance of different colors to customize their appearance individually. In this image, I edited the saturation and luminance of the blue and orange hues to increase the striking color of the trees and the reflections on the wet road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/photoshop-lightroom.html\">Adobe Lightroom<\/a> visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/digital-media-bar\/\">Digital Media Bar<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transforming a dull photo into a vibrant, cinematic autumn landscape Adobe Lightroom is a powerful tool used to organize, edit, manipulate, and enhance images by primarily photographers. It can take a washed out and mediocre picture and transform it into a work of art. Using the global saturation slider can be a quick edit to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1140,"featured_media":47673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"coauthors":[764],"class_list":["post-47674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sta-reflection"],"acf":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before.png",1920,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before-750x422.png",750,422,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before-768x432.png",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before-1024x576.png",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before-1536x864.png",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/12\/Before.png",1920,1080,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>Transforming a dull photo into a vibrant, cinematic autumn landscape Adobe Lightroom is a powerful tool used to organize, edit, manipulate, and enhance images by primarily photographers. 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