Follow along with this 23-minute tutorial as Dave Kelly performs a full edit of a scenic highway image using the TK9 Plugin for Photoshop. Learn professional editing techniques including sky and foreground balance adjustments, midtone contrast enhancement, selective darkening of water, mountains, and roads, color luminosity adjustments, and vignetting. Download the provided image and PDF notes to practice these techniques yourself. The tutorial includes comprehensive timestamps for easy navigation through different editing stages, from initial Lightroom Classic adjustments to final before-and-after comparisons. Discover how to use specialized tools like the TK Magic Mixer and TK Selection Brush while gaining insights into professional photo editing workflows.
Overview
Syllabus
00:00 Intro
00:19 Today's Image Scenic Highway by Humberto Perez
00:38 Do you have an image you would like me to edit on a TK Friday?
00:53 TK WebStore Info
01:41 Lightroom Classic Editing Info
02:55 Sky and Foreground Balance and Contrast Adjustments
05:45 Midtone Contrast
07:45 Lighten Midtone's
10:50 Darken Water
11:57 Darken Distant Mountains
13:14 Darken Road
14:28 Darken the left side Foreground Shadows above the trees
16:10 Adjust Color Luminosity
17:02 Tone down the light areas in the sky
18:31 Close Off the top of the image
21:11 Vignette
21:41 Decrease blue saturation in the distant mountains
22:34 Overall Before and After
22:42 Outro
Taught by
The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly
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