How did I DO this in LIGHTROOM app? | Lightroom Mobile Tutorial | Android | iOS

 Today we are gonna use masking filters to get this amazing evening setting using only the lightroom app.

• You will also see tips on how to do minute selections by Adding & Subtracting the masks.
• And of course this will apply to the Desktop app too.
• To begin with, this photo was snapped on mobile.
• After importing this in Lightroom, first I am gonna do some basic adjustments in Light menu.
• A little increase in Shadows and Blacks to make the image a little flat.
• Going to HSL sliders in Color menu, moving the green hues towards yellow.
• And reducing the saturation of the blues.
• Now to the Masking filters.
• These are the tools available.
• I am gonna start with Linear Gradient filters.
• First one at the bottom.
• Reducing the Exposure to make it more dark.
• Similarly at the top to make that part darker.
• To make only the sky dark, I am gonna use Select sky which gives a pretty good selection here.
• I am gonna reduce the Exposure again.
• Also I don't want to get the middle part dark as I am gonna create a light source there.
• So for this sky mask, tapping on this plus or minus icon and selecting Subtract.
• Here choosing radial gradient and making a selection here.
• So this area is basically removed from the sky selection.
• Now adding a separate radial gradient around the center to create a light source.
• Making sure the feather is 100.
• Here I don't want the subject to be included in the selection.
• So choosing Subtract and tapping Select subject.
• This will select the subject automatically and remove it from the main selection.
• Here I am gonna increase the Exposure.
• Also adding haze, reducing clarity to reduce all the details possible.
• Adding temperature to create warm colors.
• Adding orangish tones.
• You can see this doesn't affect the subject.
• Now will add one more small radial filter around the middle to create a bright light source.
• Adding more exposure here.
• Will add one more around the middle.
• This time, I am gonna invert the mask.
• And reduce the brightness to get this vignette effect.
• Now I am gonna use Luminance Range filter to select the railings to make them brighter.
• Tuning the intensity of the luminance.
• Then using subtract to mask out other parts.
• First Linear gradient to remove the top part.
• Subtracting the subject.
• Then using the brush filter to manually brush out the selection on the ground.
• Increasing whites to make the railing brighter.
• Also adding more temperature to make it warmer.
• Now using the Color range filter to try selecting leaves here.
• Subtracting the subject.
• Trying to pop them a bit by adding contrast and so on.
• Didn't get the result as intended, not looking too good.
• But will try to correct this later.
• Moving to other filters now.
• Now couple of radial filters to get some brightness back around the left and right sides of the
• main subject.
• Subtracting the subject from the mask.
• Also using linear gradient filter to remove the mask from the background.
• Using Color range again, this time on the red cloth on the subject.
• Brushing out the mask using the brush filter.
• Tuning the reds to pop it a bit more.
• Now selecting the whole subject.
• Tuning to make him a bit more bright.
• Also trying to match the light with the surroundings as the light has changed a lot around.
• Will add one more radial filter and invert the mask.
• Making the surroundings a little more dark.
• Also reducing clarity and texture.
• Also sharpness.
• One main thing missing is the shadow of the subject.
• Trying to create it with a radial filter.
• Making the part more dark.
• As the subject is also affected here, will remove the effect by subtracting using Select subject.
• Also using linear gradient to remove anything darkened in the back of the subject.
• Fine tuning by adding more masks.
• One more radial gradient to add more haze and reduce clarity.
• Moving out of the filters, doing some color grading in the Color menu by adding orangish
• tones to the highlights and cooler tones to the shadows.
• Tuning overall contrast with the Curves.
• Went back and fine tuned the filters to make it look better especially the selections on
• the ground and the shadows of the subject.
  
  
  
• And here's the final result.