Free Lightroom Video – Exposure vs. Fill Light
Last summer I wrote a post about a really popular question I get about the difference between Exposure vs. Brightness. Well, recently I got another question that seemed like a good candidate for a video – the difference between Exposure and Fill Light. They both have a brightening effect but they handle it in a different way (even more so than the differences between Exposure and Brightness). Thanks for stopping by!
Thank Matt, really useful tip. I couldn’t differentiate expose and fill light before.
Thanks for really useful info. Its great to see I can still learn new stuff about LR.
hahaha, you found the long way to do a shortcut. If you double click the slider button itself it resets 😉
As usual another interesting post Matt.
Might want to bring up a point that sometimes use of fill light over 50, on occasions creates a halo effect.
Thanks for this explanation!
Great work Matt, thank you!
Having only owned a DSLR for a year and hence just learning Photoshop and Lightroom you and the guys at Kelby training do a great job of teaching at a level that beginner’s can easily understand without using confusing technical terms. Thanks for making my first year learning a very productive one!
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Interesting tips, thanks.
By the way, what is the shortcut you are using to quickly switch between before/after ? I was not able to find it with LR3 on my MacBook.
Romain,
the backslash / key ( in develop module) toggles you between the before (original untouched image) and the after.
So that’s what those controls do……
Good video!
Ok…so I already knew the difference between Exposure vs.Brightness, but I watched your video anyway because I watch ALL of your videos.
What I did notice, was you clicking on the name of the slider to reset the settings. I realized what you were doing right before you mentioned it.
Arrrrgh! How could I have missed this all this time?! I have been using Lightroom for about 2 years and just upgraded to v3 about a month ago. Mmmm….maybe I should turn up my brightness a bit 😉 Thanks for the video…I luv you man!
Very informative, thanks!
One thing that always helps me is that if you mouse-over things like blacks, fill light, exposure, etc it highlights the portion of the histogram that will be most affected by that slider… helps me keep everything straight in a pinch and see what’s really going to get me what I want!
You rock! Thanks! love all your tips!
It’s nice to know there is an explanation. I found that the Fill brings up whatever is in the background. Then you play with Black to balance it. Thanks for the explanation, Matt.