Lightroom Terms

2. A setting that affects the midtones of an image, making it appear sharper and more detailed or softer.
4. The dark areas in a photo. You can adjust this to lighten dark areas and reveal more detail.
5. A tool that allows you to adjust the brightness and contrast of specific parts of your image by adjusting a curve.
6. The difference between the dark and light areas in an image. Increasing this makes the dark parts darker and the light parts lighter.
9. A setting that adjusts the intensity of less-saturated colors in a photo, without over-saturating skin tones or bright colors.
10. The amount of light that enters your camera when taking a photo. In Lightroom, you can adjust it to make your photo lighter or darker.

1. The bright areas in a photo. In Lightroom, you can adjust this to bring more detail into bright parts of the image.
3. The intensity of the colors in your photo. When this is high, it makes colors appear bright and vibrant, when low it makes them look more muted.
7. Balance Adjusting the colors in an image to make sure whites appear truly white, which also affects the overall tone of the photo (cool or warm).
8. Cutting out parts of a photo to improve the composition or focus on a specific area. This helps remove unwanted elements or to reframe the shot.
11. The clarity and detail in a photo. Increasing this makes the image appear more focused and clearer, especially around edges.