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Last updated on Sep 16, 2024

Learn how to apply various effects to photos.

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Try it in the app
Follow along with any project to learn how to apply effects.

  1. On the Lightroom on the web homepage, select All Photos.

  2. Select an image to open it in detail view, and then select Edit .

  3. Within the Effects dropdown, adjust the following sliders:

    Different slider options like texture, clarity, dehaze, vignette, grain is displayed.
    Move the slider left and right to get the desired result.

    • Texture: Smooth or accentuate textured details in your photo. Move the slider to the left to smoothen details; move it to the right to accentuate details. When you adjust the Texture slider, the color or tonality does not change.
    • Clarity: Change the contrast around the edges of objects in your photo. Move the slider to the left to soften edges; move it to the right to increase edge contrast.
    • Dehaze: Reduce or remove the haze or fog in an image, revealing more detail and clarity. Move the slider to the left to add simulated haze; move it to the right to remove haze.
    • Vignette: Make the outer edges of the photo lighter or darker. Move the slider left and right to adjust the Vignette sliders:
      • Feather: Lower values reduce softening between the vignette and the vignette’s surrounding pixels. Higher values increase the softening.
      • Midpoint: Lower values apply the Amount adjustment to a larger area away from the corners. Higher values restrict the adjustment to an area closer to the corners.
      • Roundness: Lower values make the vignette effect more oval. Higher values make the vignette effect more circular.
      • Highlights: Lower values reduce highlight contrast preservation when the Amount is negative, while higher values enhance it, ideal for photos with small highlights like candles and lamps.
    • Grain: Control the amount, size, and roughness of the grain effect of an image.
      • Size: Allows you to adjust the overall intensity of the grain effect.
      • Roughness: Allows the sharpness or definition of the grain particles.
  4. Select Share .

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