Unleashed Edit: Winter Bonus

What you'll learn

Lightroom

• Coming up with an editing plan based on the shooting conditions and lighting, for a realistic looking edit
• Why dogs with white fur on their faces often lose detail in the highlights, and what to do about it
• When and how to refine the subject mask when you’ve lightened the background
• Some masking keyboard shortcuts you can use to help speed up your editing
• How to easily tell if the subject mask is accurate
• Using colour range masks to get rid of problem colours and improve the colour palette
• Using the secret Intersect button to restrict colour changes to a certain area of the image

Photoshop

• A step-by-step guide for moving the subject to improve composition
• Best practices for subject selection and object selection using new and improved tools
• When it makes sense to leave distractions you might normally edit out
• Improving the appearance of the subject by removing colour casts and enhancing existing fur colours
• Why it’s so important to make your edits look realistic, and how to achieve that when adding ground fog
• When NOT to add sharpening
• How to sharpen and brighten blue eyes, including my Sparkle Eyes action to download

Lightroom

• Why cropping should always be done in Lightroom as a last step
• A few finishing touches to push the edit just a little further!