How to use the Tone Curve in Lightroom | Explained

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    Hey everyone! After my last editing tutorial, how to use the Lightroom Tone and RGB curves was so highly requested by you! In today's video I'm sharing with you everything you need to know about the Tone Curve in Lightroom to use it to edit your photos. I share a tutorial on how to use both the tone curve AND RGB colour curve. Let me know if you have any questions in the comments and I hope you enjoy the tutorial!
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Komentáře • 73

  • @romalibra_books
    @romalibra_books Před 8 měsíci +25

    I would LOVE more Lightroom videos 🤩

  • @AnhNguyen-ev8ju
    @AnhNguyen-ev8ju Před 5 dny

    Thank you for your explanation! I've been struggling with the Tone Curve and could not find a video that can explain it easily like yours.

  • @brsaravia
    @brsaravia Před 5 měsíci

    Congratulations Julia !! 👏👏👏

  • @twistingstrings
    @twistingstrings Před 8 měsíci +76

    After half an hour of using curves I often find out that Before it was better

    • @oamyway975
      @oamyway975 Před 8 měsíci +6

      Ha Ha,
      True.
      Joke apart, you need to understand the very important thing in curves is - very small change in tone curve is good change. Not Drastic.
      👍

    • @adreaminfocus
      @adreaminfocus Před 8 měsíci +1

      Oh my god me too ❤😂

    • @krisztiankovacs3577
      @krisztiankovacs3577 Před 8 měsíci

      😅😅😅

    • @TheVFXbyArt
      @TheVFXbyArt Před 6 měsíci

      Ha!! 🤦🤣

    • @victorju1984
      @victorju1984 Před 4 měsíci

      so real😂

  • @flemmingmorgan1929
    @flemmingmorgan1929 Před 8 měsíci +1

    This is a great video! Thank you. Full of really useful tips. I had no idea the tone curve could do so much!

  • @calebkelstudios
    @calebkelstudios Před 8 měsíci

    Only today, i was thinking of learning individual parts of my retouching softwares, and boom here is the curves tutorial from you. thankyou very much. i have learnt a lot. i would love more tutorials like this.

  • @mjpt57
    @mjpt57 Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks for the video. It’s the first one that I’ve seen which explains in an easy-to-follow way how the tone curve works.
    I’m trying to learn about Lightroom Classic. Its videos such as this that help me immensely.

  • @rogergranquist
    @rogergranquist Před 7 měsíci +2

    very helpful. I've always struggled with how to use this best, and this makes a lot more sense, thanks!

  • @aaronbonk7376
    @aaronbonk7376 Před 8 měsíci

    Great video, thanks Julia! 😊

  • @JacobLuevano
    @JacobLuevano Před 8 měsíci +2

    Great video! I have also discovered that the tone curves are the most powerful tools in color grading.

  • @krolldavid
    @krolldavid Před 8 měsíci

    Thank you! Really useful. I love your presets by the way!

  • @emilienguyen4252
    @emilienguyen4252 Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks so much Julia for this very useful video !

  • @abheek19
    @abheek19 Před 8 měsíci

    This was really helpful and beautiful effects that I wondered how those can be brought about in my photos. Thank you so much.

  • @berlyn_
    @berlyn_ Před 8 měsíci

    Love it! Gonna do some practice on my curves. Thanl you.

  • @hectormarchesi5379
    @hectormarchesi5379 Před 8 měsíci

    Excellent. I had always used sliders because it was easy for me, but yes, they had limitations. I really liked the tone change utility to give another type of character to the photograph. Congratulations for the simple and practical way you explain.-

  • @smalltalk.productions9977
    @smalltalk.productions9977 Před 8 měsíci

    as always, your vids are so very helpful and informative. i am an appreciative subscriber. definitely bookmarking this tutorial. BIG thumbs up.

  • @CyclingOffToSomewhereIDK
    @CyclingOffToSomewhereIDK Před 5 měsíci

    I think I'm going to like curves a lot more after this. Best tutorial I've seen in a long time. Simple but thourough. Well done, thanks 🙂

  • @csc-photo
    @csc-photo Před 8 měsíci +1

    Helpful and easy to understand, thanks! A while back I discovered that I can use the histogram to adjust levels and I find that very easy. I imagine there's an even greater control using Tone Curve, certainly for targeting RGB. Admittedly I've shied away from Tone Curve, but I need to get more proficient using it.

  • @lpark8
    @lpark8 Před 8 měsíci

    Super helpful thank you!🙏

  • @miboxed
    @miboxed Před 8 měsíci

    Nothing but gorgeous 😍

  • @RobertReilly-mc8zq
    @RobertReilly-mc8zq Před 8 měsíci

    Thank you so much. I haven't done much with curves so far. Now I may experiment.

  • @amandeepanand9972
    @amandeepanand9972 Před 8 měsíci

    Very well explained. Thank you!

  • @peterronchetti1736
    @peterronchetti1736 Před 8 měsíci

    Great content and timing Julia I'm knee deep in failed attempts to teach myself LR - more like this pleeeease!!

  • @lee_michae1
    @lee_michae1 Před 7 měsíci

    Very useful and easy to understand, thank you!

  • @backcountryemily
    @backcountryemily Před 8 měsíci +6

    Super helpful Julia! This was so concise. Do you use color grading in addition to the color tones curve? Or try to stick to one or the other?

  • @robertdavis1255
    @robertdavis1255 Před 8 měsíci

    Great video... thanks for sharing... cheers from Australia 🦘🦘😊

  • @A-RA-N
    @A-RA-N Před 8 měsíci

    Très bonne analyse de la courbe comme toujours très professionnel. Merci infiniment pour cette vidéo.

  • @eriktorres6953
    @eriktorres6953 Před 3 měsíci

    Thanks for those videos is a really good help for me 🙏

  • @ross2603
    @ross2603 Před 6 měsíci

    Nice concise video, thank you!

  • @SimpleeKomplex
    @SimpleeKomplex Před 8 měsíci

    So good! Thanks 😊

  • @ponymoore6140
    @ponymoore6140 Před 8 měsíci

    SUPERB! Thank you.

  • @sexysilversurfer
    @sexysilversurfer Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks for this curvalious tutorial. 😊

  • @brendanbongiovanni6394
    @brendanbongiovanni6394 Před 5 měsíci

    Brilliant, thank you so much 😀

  • @brkhtj
    @brkhtj Před 8 měsíci

    I was just watching an older editing tutorial of yours and I saw you use the tone curve so I was attempting to use it yesterday and was still confused. I wished that you had a more in depth video explaining how to use it in lightroom. Next thing I know you have this video up! A little freaky but great timing and so helpful! Haha thank you! 🩵

  • @gabrielyeap19
    @gabrielyeap19 Před 7 měsíci

    Just found out about your videos! You've got a new subscriber, amazing stuff!

  • @TheBeautyBusNYC
    @TheBeautyBusNYC Před 8 měsíci

    That was helpful thanks

  • @hassanscottodierno9284
    @hassanscottodierno9284 Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks so much

  • @o.aldenproductions.9858

    Yes it helped ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @TheVFXbyArt
    @TheVFXbyArt Před 6 měsíci

    Long time LR user. Great walkthru on curves!

  • @MartinV.
    @MartinV. Před 8 měsíci

    Great Video

  • @chrisrumm73
    @chrisrumm73 Před 8 měsíci

    Best explanation yet! Well done and thank you : ) Oh, didn't realize you were in Sydney either, I'm in Cairns lol

  • @elpanapichi123
    @elpanapichi123 Před 6 měsíci

    eres la mejor ¡¡¡

  • @UnconventionalReasoning
    @UnconventionalReasoning Před 8 měsíci +1

    [3:35] "If they do the same thing, what's the point of having both?"
    The 'better' feature is typically added to the software later. The sliders were around for years before the tone curve was added. Many photo editors are comfortable with the sliders, so removing that feature would be frustrating for them.
    [9:20] "Sometimes, I will sit there and... go back and forth for a while..."
    Thank you for reminding me why I avoid editing my images. 😂

  • @brentkingston4389
    @brentkingston4389 Před 7 měsíci

    Interesting - I should use Curves much more 👍🏻

  • @nimixlol
    @nimixlol Před 8 měsíci +1

    Unless I missed you haven't mentionned that you can hold option/alt to move the points slower, which is great for fine tuning. Great video :)

    • @dennischapin
      @dennischapin Před 8 měsíci +1

      She mentioned it at 6:17

    • @nimixlol
      @nimixlol Před 8 měsíci

      @@dennischapin Ho my bad then :D I didn't pay enough attention

  • @dennishumbla5431
    @dennishumbla5431 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Hm I think I'm gonna use the RGB curves more. I only use the tone curve. But I like that film look. 👍

  • @JamesPaulGomez
    @JamesPaulGomez Před 8 měsíci

    I hope you get an imagen AI profile - your styles are amazing

  • @nla.videography
    @nla.videography Před 8 měsíci

    Do u have portraits class?

  • @jbmedia8882
    @jbmedia8882 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Nice video. So you can also use tone curves on presets as well ? Do you recommend that ?

    • @therealcinnimo
      @therealcinnimo Před 8 měsíci

      What exactly is your question? If she does use them on her presets or if you can/should edit the curves when using a preset?

    • @jbmedia8882
      @jbmedia8882 Před 8 měsíci

      @@therealcinnimo she understands the question…lol

    • @therealcinnimo
      @therealcinnimo Před 8 měsíci

      @@jbmedia8882 ok, wanted to help and also understand what you mean.

  • @ryanpuff
    @ryanpuff Před 8 měsíci

    🤯🤯

  • @niconic6660
    @niconic6660 Před 7 měsíci

    @ 0:52 ... what for a great photo .. wow

  • @rgbdigitalphoto
    @rgbdigitalphoto Před 8 měsíci

    samyang 35-150mm f/2.0-2.8 review

  • @DBPhotoU
    @DBPhotoU Před 8 měsíci

    Please clarify one issue for me. At the 5:40 mark, you stated that you could add some "spice" to the image by moving the black point UP--thus "crushing the blacks." Won't moving the black point up brighten the blacks?
    Thanks for the video. I may start using the Tone Curve more in the future.

    • @iron_tyson
      @iron_tyson Před 8 měsíci +1

      Yes. It will make the blacks closer to grey the higher you move the point up (eventually turning white). Moving the black anchor point up a bit will give your image a faded look so you will more than likely want to get some of the lost contrast back by pulling an anchor point in the shadows downwards. The closer you bring these two anchor points together horizontally, the more it will flatten out your blacks and shadows to make them look smooth.
      I hope I have explained that well for you.

    • @DBPhotoU
      @DBPhotoU Před 8 měsíci

      @@iron_tyson Thank you.

  • @nomadikmind3979
    @nomadikmind3979 Před 8 měsíci +1

    am i crazy, or did changing the white balance to be warmer, effect the picture in the exact same way as the rgb tone did reducing blues? if anything it made the skin tones worse. This is why i still dont understand tone curves years after crushed blacks were popular lol. They do still look good btdubs

    • @JacobLuevano
      @JacobLuevano Před 8 měsíci

      RGB Tone curves and color adjustments can be complex because they don't just change a single aspect of the image; they often have a cascading effect on various elements.

  • @MusaonYT
    @MusaonYT Před 8 měsíci

    2:45 The Whites and Blacks sliders technically doesn't change the pure black (0, 0) and white (255, 255) points, unlike the tone curve. Just an FYI

  • @AT1754
    @AT1754 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I remember playing with this and getting super frustrated

  • @traveller6355
    @traveller6355 Před 8 měsíci

    Now i know..

  • @jjaylad
    @jjaylad Před 8 měsíci

    A huge problem, IMHO, is that there are multiple tonal graphs
    The Histogram
    The Tone Curve
    Then individual color curves, and THEY ARE NOT SYNCHROZIZED!
    To me. What you do in one, should be reflected in the others.
    I find almost all those adjustments can be done right in the Histogram, so I primarily use that and then color and luminance masks in the Masking section.
    Adobe should simplify this. At present, it feels like we're working in the 'Department of Redundancy Department'.

    • @JacobLuevano
      @JacobLuevano Před 8 měsíci +1

      Yes, I totally agree. Specifically, in the RGB channels, you can ruin your image very easily if you don't know what you're doing.