Using The Tone Curve To Improve Your Photo Editing - A Complete Guide

The tone curve is found across all types of editing programs from Lightroom, Photoshop, Luminar, Capture One and more. Since it works the exact same between every program, learning how to use it is an essential skill to add to your photo editing toolkit. In this video you'll learn how to adjust the exposure and colors of your photos using the tone curve. With some surprisingly easy techniques, you'll have better-looking edits in less time. To make the process easy, I'll show you how to edit the brightness of your photo with a tone curve and a gradient. This way you can easily visualize exactly what's going in throughout the different exposure ranges. Once you have a good handle on this, we'll dive into editing a real image from scratch, only using the tone curve. With this you'll clearly see how much you can do with the tone curve, and you'll be guaranteed to start using it more when editing photos in Lightroom! -------------------------------------------------------------- Find More Tutorials Here: https://bwillcreative.com/ Come Say Hello: https://instagram.com/brnwills -------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps 0:00 Intro + Overview 1:21 How The Tone Curve Edits Exposure & Contrast 5:47 Editing Color With The Tone Curve 8:30 Editing A Photo Using The Tone Curve 10:24 Adding Color To The Photo 12:42 Final Thoughts