From the course: Lightroom Quick Start
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Highlight parts of a photo with radial gradients - Lightroom Tutorial
From the course: Lightroom Quick Start
Highlight parts of a photo with radial gradients
- [Narrator] The radial gradient allows you to apply local adjustments in oval shapes. This could be useful to create highlights, lighting effects, and visual interest in your images. In this photo, we will create a stylized effect that will enhance the sunlight and create contrast with the foreground. To start, enable a radial gradient, then click and drag to create the localized adjustment that will affect the sun. Start by adjusting the feather slider. Click and drag to the right to feather the edges more. In other words, to make the edges blurrier, then you can click the temp slider to the right to warm up the image. But I want the adjustments to be concentrated in the center of the circle, not outside. So make sure that you uncheck the invert checkbox so that the warmth is found inside of the circle. Then you can click and drag on these icons to adjust that accordingly. Then you can click and drag the exposures slider…
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