Develop module Vignetting only to change tones and nothing els

[AlexBrandt]

Lightroom Version Number

2015.14

Operating System

Hello all,

I'm new to Lightroom, have been doing some basic color grading with it.
I've used the vignette effect a few times which works well.

However, I'm trying to apply a vignette to a picture as to draw focus to the character.
I only want to apply a vignette which impacts exposure, highlight shadows and blacks.

Currently, when I apply a vignette it vignettes the entire corrections I may have done on the picture such as temp, tint, saturation, etc.
Meaning, that on the outside of the vignette my color grading is not applied.

I'm sure its minor tweak. Where is it ?

Thank you !

 

[Linwood Ferguson]

I'm not sure I quite understand the difference, I thought that vignette was affecting exposure -- that does reduce the luminance of the result of corrections, but I do not understand quite the distinction in that and what you want.

However, one thing you might experiment with is the radial filter, as that allows you to get a similar effect and have specific correction sliders to apply over it, so you can adjust if you do not like the result.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

I'd also query, are you using the post-crop vignette or the radial gradient, as the effect may be different.

 

[AlexBrandt]

Hello Ferguson and Victoria,

Thanks. I seem to have figured it out.
I was confused between the post-crop vignetting and the radial gradient which I now realized are not the same tool.
If I understand correctly, the post-crop vignetting is parts of the effects section but the radial gradient tool is part of the mask section ?

Alexandre

 

[Johan Elzenga]

There isn't really a 'mask section', but the radial tool is one of the tools right below the histogram. Post crop vignetting is indeed in the Effects panel.

 

[AlexBrandt]

On my Lightroom 2015.14 it is written Mask.

Here is a screen shot. You can see at the center left.
If I click on the arrow on the right of effect, it opens the panel with all the settings for the radial gradient.

 

[Johan Elzenga]

The mask is part of the tool, not a section. It disappears if you haven't selected the tool. Anyway, it doesn't really matter how you call it.

BTW, I notice that you have collapsed the tool interface, so you can't change any of the sliders (they are invisible now). Click on the small black triangle on the right of 'custom' to get access to them.

 

[AlexBrandt]

Hey. Oh ok.

Yep, I know it is collapsed. Usually have it open.

Having worked a lot in Premier Pro with color grading, I find that tools panel in LR not that use friendly.
The top of it is confusing because you don't know which radial gradient you're editing. Or is there ?

 

[Johan Elzenga]

You can only edit one gradient at a time. If you want to have more gradients, you stack them like they were layers. Which one you edit can be seen in the image, by looking at the pin.

 

[Gnits]

On the bottom left there are options re display of edit pins.