matte effect

Learning new little tricks either in Photoshop or Lightroom is always fun for me. It seems that a trend lately is to give your photos this matte effect. There are apps out there that do this simple little trick for you on your phones and there's a simple little trick you can do right on your computer in your editing software. Here are the steps:

• Open up any photo you want to edit.
• Do any edits you would normally make.
• Go to your Tone Curve or just Curve, all depending on the program you're using.

There are three steps:

1. Click on the little box in the lower right corner to close the adjustments section.
2. Click on the line about 1/4 or 1/3 of the way up the slider.
3. Drag the very end of the slider up until your photo is set to your liking.

[gallery ids="3956,3957,3958" type="rectangular"]And then of course export or save. If you like the look and want to save it as a preset, just go up to Develop in the main menu of Lightroom, select New Preset, name it, and then Create. Doing that, you now have a 'one click' option.Here are two examples of photos where I used the matte effect.[gallery ids="3945,3944" type="columns"][gallery ids="3949,3950" type="rectangular"]Both photos are taken at J Dusi Wines.It's as simple as that!Happy editing!