Lightroom Tutorial: How to Create a Black Background for Dramatic Portraits ⚫ @videoschoolonline
Lightroom Tutorial: How to Create a Black Background for Dramatic Portraits ⚫  @videoschoolonline
Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
⚡ Learn CHATGPT with our NEW course: videoschool.com/YT1 With Lightroom's masking tools, you can create dramatic black backgrounds to make your portraits pop. In this tutorial starting at the 1:35 mark, we'll show you how to use the subject, radial, brush, and linear masks to make this white background of this dog portrait turn black.

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