Black-and-White Project: Creating a Dramatic Landscape with Lightroom and Photoshop

Black-and-White Project: Creating a Dramatic Landscape with Lightroom and Photoshop

See how to combine Lightroom and Photoshop to create a dramatic black-and-white landscape photo. Photographer and long-time teacher Chris Orwig starts in Lightroom with a raw, full-color image, and uses the B&W panel and basic controls to convert it to black and white. The second half of the course takes place in Photoshop, where Chris uses its more sophisticated toolset to remove distractions, enhance contrast, and play up the natural elements in the background and foreground of the landscape.

Topics include:

Beginning with Lightroom
Customizing the interface
Converting to black and white using the Black & White panel
Improving the image with the Basic controls
Creating a virtual copy and improving the details
Opening the photograph in Photoshop
Finishing with Photoshop
Removing distracting elements with the Clone Stamp and the Healing Brush
Using an advanced channel mask and curves to improve the sky
Enhancing the sky with Camera Raw
Enhancing the foreground and mountains with Camera Raw
Painting in brightness on the sky with masks and curves
Using masking and curves to paint in brightness and darkness
Project review and next steps

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