# Simon d'Entremont's Lightroom Process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNFaqwk8-ps # Simon d'Entremont Process - Cropping - Do I have an artistic photo or not? - Exposure - Is my photo too bright or too dark? Simple. - White Balance - Try the eye dropper - click on it and choose a white part of the photo - Tones - Global all image - Local just a part - Simon's mileage suggests that the Highlights and Shadows sliders to be more subtle than that of the Whites & Blacks - You can do this with the tone curve and make a slight S-curve (this is manually what the contrast slider does) - Local Adjustments - Subject select (black bird) - Details and Clarity - Clarity is hardcore be subtle - Use the mask if necessary to use the clarity slider - Colors - Vibrance Increases the vividness of the least vivid colors more and most vivid colors less. It's subtle and for this reason it's Simons' preference. - He says when you like it dial it back a bit, this is where most people go too hard. - Saturation Increases the vividness of colors evenly - Noise Reduction - Don't go too hard here as it will "shave off" details of your photos. Some noise is okay cos you're not looking at your photos at 600% when they're hanging on the wall. - Sharpening - Move the slider. Sharp, but not crunchy! - Look at the face, zoom it in. - ??? - Wait 30 MINUTES - Exporting - he doesn't export higher than 5,000kb - 2048 on the long end --- Save a preset - he only undoes WHITE BALANCE also his auto isn't checked