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Landscape Photo Editing in Photoshop - Glen Affric in Winter Tutorial

The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly via YouTube

Overview

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Follow along with a detailed 24-minute photo editing tutorial demonstrating advanced techniques for enhancing a winter landscape photograph of Glen Affric using the TK9 Plugin for Photoshop. Learn professional editing workflows including sky and foreground balancing, midtone contrast adjustments, selective color modifications, and targeted dodging and burning. Download the provided raw image and PDF notes to practice the demonstrated techniques, which cover everything from initial Lightroom Classic adjustments through final vignetting and contrast enhancement. Master essential photo editing skills like managing blue saturation in shadow areas, enhancing foreground details, and creating balanced exposure across challenging winter scenes.

Syllabus

00:00 Intro
02:01 Lightroom Classic
02:51 Sky and Foreground Balance and Contrast
06:47 Mid Tone Contrast
08:31 Lighten Mid Tones
09:59 Adjust Individual Colors
11:19 Close off the bottom of the image
13:09 Close off the top of the image
14:03 Add detail to the foreground
15:30 Reduce blue saturation lower right mountain shadow areas
17:35 Dodge highlights left group of trees in shadow
19:21 Burn Shadows right tree group
20:45 Burn very light areas lower right foreground
22:13 Add Vignette
22:44 Add contrast to center area of the image
23:35 Overall Before and After

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The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly

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