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Does the new Point Mixer tool impact your use of Color Calibration? Seems like the new Point Mixer would give you more control and precision

You are an equipment junkie. Hence you are of no consequence.

I am a complete beginner to editing, I just like to click pictures in my phone and I would like to edit them too. This guide is nice, but it mostly went over the top of my head, since I do not know anything here. Can anyone recommend me where to start??

Does anyone need PicsArt/Canva editor?

Excellent video! I’m still in the process of learning how to use Lightroom and developing my own workflow. This was super helpful!

Hey Mark, would you please tell us what editor you're using?

Very interesting video even known it the starting base of post processing. Though you speak quite fast, the tone is calm and make it easy to understand by a French Canadian. Explanations are very accurate and complete. Examples are well chosen for each demonstration. The most interesting thing in learn in this video is how to reorganize my ACR panel (I use more often ACR than LR). Thanks for all your good avice.

Mark, hi, thanks so much for this video. As with much of your content, it is clear, simple, thoughtful and super helpful. Thank you.

Hi Mark! I'm new to your channel, but not to photography. I've been a novice for approx. 50 years, and have learned more from you in the past month than I have on my own all this time. Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge in such a clear and concise way.
By the way,I work in LIghtroom all the time, and never knew that you can reorder the adjustments panel. Such a simple thing that can make a huge impact to my workflow. Thanks again!

what app are you using

To the person reading this: Even though I don’t know you, I wish you the best of what life has to offer ❤

As ever, a quick run through a myriad of details. The ultimate question, perhaps, is what is the desired final result —and why? It would seem that personal taste and client expectations, if any, are the key criteria here. A corollary question could center on which of the numerous parameters are basically ignorable. How fine a point should the photographer seek to put on his or her work? Thank You ...

I use On1Raw. Sorry All the Best My Friend.👍🏻

Hi Mark I have a quastion: In a couple of videos your talking about why you use Capture One as your main photo editor, so why are most of your tutorials for Lightroom? Is it because most people tend to use Lightroom or have you changed your mind? Anyways thanks for your videos they are awesome! 👍

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I am from INDIA
Hindi explain please

I am from INDIA
Hindi explain please

I am from INDIA
Hindi explain please

I am from INDIA
Hindi explain please

Another great video! Explanation as well layered as your workflow.

I keep coming back to this video, it has become a personal preference to my basics and i hope to learn even more

Hey Mark thanks very much for this basic tutorial on light room its so helpful. But can i ask please, would you mind making a video showing how you edit a photo from scratch to fully finished using the latest Lightroom tools?! Youve added tons of videos with new techniques now but it would be brilliant if we could see all of these combined in one photo!

Mark! As regular viewer and learner from your most informative Channel, I enjoy and respond to monochrome photography. BUT, MONO-chrome means ONE colour, i.e. not only B&W, Sepia etc. it can be MONO-any colour. Could / would you develop this side of things? Thanks - you are fast becoming my 'go-too-guy' for informative and well produced photo ideas.Thanks. Jack in Arizona.

I'm a bit unclear as to why you want to make the image softer. Could you elaborate on this?

This was THE best video on editing and the workflow involved . Very easy to understand!

Thanks for sharing.

Great idea…

After watching this I am more than ever convinced that Photoshop is just another way for Adobe to suck money out of my bank account. 90% of amateurs like me don’t need it.

What version of Lightroom do you use? Mine never looks the same as yours does. 🤨

Very useful tips in LRC..Thank you for sharing.🙏

Mark, been following you and enjoying your videos since you first quit your day job. Your success is an inspiration and your plain-spoken approach makes even your most technical videos very accessible for your audience. Thanks for that.

I’ve noticed recently that you (and a few other YT photographers) like to soften the image with negative clarity and negative dehaze, and then moments later, go ahead and add a bunch of sharpening and detail back into the image before you finish the edit. Can you explain how these steps aren’t at direct odds with each other and don’t introduce new artifacts (subtly) into the image itself? The finished products speak for themselves, but I’m wondering a bit about the rationale for approaching it this way in your workflow. Thanks in advance for your consideration. Keep up the great work!

Any thoughts on using AI Denoise reduction? Are you using it and if yes, are you applying it as per Adobe's recommendation, before applying other tools, including AI masks and Content-Aware? I have compared my own manual NR with AI Denoise on several images and I am amazed at how good of a job it does.

Good video, but doesn't the fallen tree in the foreground bother u? It would bother me. It is possible to get rid of it in Photoshop.

Mark, Why do you adjust white balance after tonal adjustments? Would it not be better to have the proper white balance before adjusting tone?

Brother you just turned a photo that didn't even look like a keeper into an incredible image! Just got my first decent quality dedicated camera, after mainly using a cell phone for years and just recently started messing with editing photos again since HS. Used to never touch em if it didn't look good post shoot id just trash em, but now, even with a cell phone and LigthtRoom mobile you can create some stunning images. Really enjoyed your video man, literally just boosted my confidence with this new journey like 10 fold! Definitely earned a sub!

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Thanks for a great video demystifying some of the Lightroom features. I didn't know that the workflow could be customised, so that tip alone was worth it's weight in gold!

Thank you for a fantastic tip 😃 It will help me a lot because I've never customized anything with tools. Unlike you I prefer to start with removing tool or after overall editing before I go to masks. Because after heavier masking it's harder to remove things without noticing that something isn't right.

Thank you so much!

Mark you’ve got some great pointers within this video. Even though I don’t use LR or PS your basic ideas are adaptable to other editing software…
BTW, I’ve used NIK (DxO) for years never having gotten the hang of Adobe products.

I like Fujifilm jpegs, so I don’t do a lot of editing RAW files. I’ve done it but in the end, especially for landscape and travel photography, I end up comparing and choosing the jpeg because of color rendering, exposure, and contrast. That’s just me.

Superb video--really helpful!

As usual, another great tutorial. When editing your photographs, do you ever use the clipping tool?

Did I get that right, this edit was all done in LR?

Editing has been a struggle for me. I love this workflow and can't wait to set it up and try it out. I can see that it will help me stay organized.

Mark, thanks for this video. I didn't realize I could customize the organization of the panels. It will definitely help me smooth out my workflow. Thanks again.

Another great video until the end when I find out that I didn't win.
It's okay, I understand, it's only because you don't really love me
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Hey Mark, I'm applying your great tutorial on some photos I took of an amazing sunset. when you crop, do you always lock ratio or do you select one IE 5x7 or, do you just free style it?