Black and White Mastery in Adobe Lightroom (Udemy.com)

Create powerful Black and White images in Lightroom, then tint and split tone to make dramatic visual statements.

( 4 Reviews )

Created by: Steve Weinrebe

Produced in 2017

What you will learn

Convert images from color to Black and White using three different methods in Lightroom
Tint, tone, and split tone black and white images in Lightroom
Use Hue, Saturation, and Luminance
Use and create Lightroom presets
Control color in Lightroom

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Overall Score : 86 / 100

Course Description

In this comprehensive master class you will learn three powerful methods in Adobe Lightroom to create Black and White images. Explore each of these methods to create dramatic Black and White visual statements.
Once you have converted your photography to Black and White, use the power of Lightroom to create toned and split toned photographs for richness and depth. Lightroom provides you with several different tools to create rich tones in your photographs. I will guide you through all these processes, and then show you how to save your own custom presets.
Learn how Lightroom works best, and master Lightroom for your Black and White photography.
In these lessons you will learn:

What effect Black and White can have on the viewer, compared to the Color image
The non-destructive parametric edits Lightroom give you
Where to find Black and White presets
Simple Black and White conversions in Lightroom
The direct method to create Black and White photographs
How to create Black and White with the most control
How to Split Tone Black and White
How to Selectively Split Tone in Lightroom
How to Split Tone with Curves
How to create graduated highlights
How to save and share your own custom presets
How best to jump from Lightroom to Photoshop

During and after this course you will want to not only create new images, but revisit your favorite photographs that you have taken, and create stunning Black and White masterpieces using Lightroom.Who this course is for:

Landscape photographers
Portrait photographers
Studio photographers
Photographers that want to explore Black and White in Lightroom
Photographers that want to learn more about how Lightroom works
Photoshop users that want to learn more about Camera Raw

Time: 33m

Instructor Details

Steve Weinrebe

4.3 Rating
4 Reviews

Steve has been teaching photography for over 25 years, drawing on his professional background as a widely published advertising and corporate photographer. Author of 2 books on photography and Adobe Photoshop, Steve loves demystifying the art of photography for enthusiastic students. Steve is a Certified Technical Trainer, and has won a Videographer Award for video-based training. When not teaching Steve can be found photographing the coastline of New Jersey.
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Steve Weinrebe
Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI, ACE, CompTIA CTT+)
Produced Photoshop's "Photographic Toning" presets
Author, Cengage Learning, "Irreverent Photo Tools for Digital Photographers"
Author, Cengage Learning, "Adobe Photoshop & the Art of Photography"