LIGHTROOM TUTORIAL

Get the best out of phone shots with Adobe Lightroom Mobile

Edit your RAW smartphone shots and get the best out of them using Adobe Lightroom Mobile

Mobile phone photography has come a long way in recent years, and with most new smartphones offering

RAW shooting you can shoot and edit RAW files directly on your phone for the ultimate convenience and image quality. What’s more, Adobe Lightroom Mobile provides a camera and advanced editing tools that will allow you to get the best from your phone shots.

1

CROP THE IMAGE

The phone used to take this image shoots in a 3:4 format, so it was cropped to 2:3 to make the image the same format as full-frame. Click on Crop at the bottom of the interface and choose a ratio by clicking on Original before using the tool to crop and straighten.

2

ADJUST COLOUR

Click on the Color tab and here you can adjust White balance, as well as convert images to black and white and colour grade them. This image simply needed a white balance adjustment, so Temp was increased to 5,283K and Tint to 70 to warm the image.

3

CONTROL BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST

Click on the Light tab where you can control Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks and use the Tone Curve. For this image, Exposure was set to -0.04EV, Contrast to 30, Highlights left at 0, Shadows to 61, Whites to 30 and Blacks also left at 0.

4

ADD A LOCAL ADJUSTMENT

Click on the Selective tab, which provides access to the Graduated Filter, the Radial Filter and the Adjustment Brush. The Graduated Filter and Adjustment Brush function as they do in Lightroom Classic, but for the Radial Filter touch and hold the control point to invert.

5

ENHANCE DETAIL

Click on Effects where you can adjust Texture, Clarity and Dehaze while offering the ability to add a vignette and grain. Here, Texture was increased to 11 to enhance texture, while Clarity was increased to 15 to boost mid-tone contrast and Dehaze was set to -25 for Orton style blur.