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Full Photoshop Editing Tutorial for Lake Tekapo, New Zealand Image - TK9 Plugin

The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly via YouTube

Overview

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Follow along with this 24-minute tutorial demonstrating a full photo editing workflow of a Lake Tekapo, New Zealand image using the TK9 Plugin for Photoshop. Download the provided image and PDF notes to practice the techniques yourself as Dave Kelly walks through multiple editing steps including balancing sky and foreground contrast, enhancing mid-tones, darkening foreground rocks, adjusting mountain shadows, refining water reflections, lightening clouds, adding a vignette, and bringing out detail in shadows. The tutorial includes timestamps for easy navigation through each editing stage and offers promotional discounts for the TK9 Plugin and related products, along with links to free resources like the TK Selection Brush, TK Gen Fill Panel, and Linear Profiles for various cameras.

Syllabus

00:00 Intro
00:34 Do you have an image you'd like me to edit on a TK Friday?
00:52 TK Web Store Info
01:39 Download the image and PDF notes
02:04 Lightroom Classic Editing Info
02:43 Launch Photoshop
02:56 Sky and Foreground Balance and Contrast
05:28 Mid Tone Contrast
07:14 Lighten Mid Tones
08:32 Darken Foreground Rocks
11:02 Close Off the Sky
12:37 Darken Shadows on the mountains
15:18 Darken Water Reflections
16:51 Lighten Clouds
18:39 Add Vignette
19:30 Lighten Birds Highlights
21:24 Add Detail to Shadows
23:04 Outro

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The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly

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