From boring and flat to fantastic

- Hi my name is Chris Orwig…and welcome to another episode…of Photo Tools Weekly.…Hey it is a new day…it's a new year…it's time to leave behind flat,…dull and boring photographs…and to move ahead to something more.…That's exactly what we will look at…in this week's episode of…Photo Tools Weekly.…Here we'll look at how we can…start off with a raw file…we'll begin in Lightroom…and do some work there.…Then we'll jump over to Photoshop…and we'll explore how we can…improve the color and tone even more.…

So if you're looking for that…little extra edge or a few…workflow tips and techniques,…which will help you to improve…your photographs,…I think you'll enjoy this episode…so without further delay,…hey let's dive right in,…here goes.…Here in Lightroom the first thing…that I want to do when working on this image…is open up some more space…so we can focus in on the photograph.…We can do that by clicking on the…triangle icons that collapse the…film strip down below and also…the panels on the left.…You can also use some handy shortcuts…