I'm in the same boat. The images below are just not right IMO, I need to play with the settings in Lightroom a bit more and learn, learn, learn...
The quickest way, IMO, to correct color cast is to start by balancing everything against a midtone in the shot and then fine tune using a Hue adjustment. That's what I did here in about three clicks and most all of the color correcting is done.I'm in the same boat. The images below are just not right IMO, I need to play with the settings in Lightroom a bit more and learn, learn, learn...
The quickest way, IMO, to correct color cast is to start by balancing everything against a midtone in the shot and then fine tune using a Hue adjustment. That's what I did here in about three clicks and most all of the color correcting is done.
Sharpen it up a tiny bit and you're good to go:
I assumed the methodology would be different but surely LR allows for tonal adjustments; meaning shadows, mid-tones and highlights... Right? I'm trying to address concepts I guess, leaving out the specifics of the mechanics because yeah, I do know LR and PS have entirely different layouts and menus.Remember, these guys are using Lightroom, not Photoshop. They'll have an impossible time finding a "Midtone" adjustment, and Hue is a whole different set of sliders.
Oh... Oh my. Thank you for that clarification.LR3 used to have a midtone slider but not LR4 or 5 - not even in the curves section where you would expect it (it's broken down into lighter and darker mids). One would hope that once you get rolling you understand what that is, but I'm assuming these are fairly new users and don't want to confuse them. I just want to make sure that they understand that if they can't find what you're telling telling them about it's OK.
In your case there are 2 steps. First, you're dealing with a blue cast from the indoor lighting, so you need to fix the white balance. Second, the images are a little dark, but not so much in the way of overall exposures but that the lighting is dark in some areas and not others. Two things only did I do (sounding a bit too much like Yoda): 1) Use the eyedropper to grab a white spot (panel behind the car in photo 1, guy's shirt in photo 2), and 2) use the Shadow slider to bring up the dark areas until they looked right. You could do more, but this is a start.
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I like that look as well, adding these tips to my editing filesThe quickest way, IMO, to correct color cast is to start by balancing everything against a midtone in the shot and then fine tune using a Hue adjustment. That's what I did here in about three clicks and most all of the color correcting is done.
Sharpen it up a tiny bit and you're good to go: