Luckily, removing blemishes in Lightroom is simple. This article will show you five that you can get rid of without too much difficulty. Before we start, it’s worth noting that the steps we show you will apply to Lightroom Classic.
1. Red Eyes
Many modern cameras perform well in low-light situations, and red eyes are perhaps not as common as they once were. Nonetheless, you will still run into this issue occasionally—and it can ruin how your image looks.
Fortunately, Lightroom has made removing red eyes from people and pets much easier.
After opening the Lightroom app, go to the Red Eye Correction icon on the right-hand side of your screen. There, you’ll see two options: Red Eye and Pet Eye. Select whichever one is applicable.
You will then need to create a circle around the area you want to edit. You will, after doing that, have the option to increase or decrease pupil size. Similarly, you can adjust the brightness in your selected area.
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2. Spots and Blemishes
If you want to remove unwanted spots on people or animals, Lightroom also lets you do that without any fuss. The easiest way to do this is via the Spot Removal tool; its icon looks like a plaster, and you will find it on the right-hand side of your screen.
Adjust the brush size to whatever you feel is necessary. Then, choose the area you’d like to make the selected section look like.
After completing these steps, all you have to do is hit Enter on your keyboard.
3. Lines
Removing unwanted lines is also simple in Lightroom, and the process is similar to spot removal. You’ll use the same tool, Spot Removal, the only difference is that you’ll expand it across the whole line rather than an individual spot.
Cover the entire area you’d like to remove the lines on. Then, choose the area you’d like it to look more similar to.
Once you’ve completed those steps, hit the Enter key.
4. Uneven Skin Tones
Another problem you might face is uneven skin tones that don’t look natural. This could be caused by various issues, such as uneven lighting when you took the photo.
To make skin tones look more even and natural, you can use the Masking tool; it’s on the right-hand side of your screen. After that, you can select the area you’d like to adjust.
Once you’ve masked an area, you can alter the exposure, contrast, and much more. Move the sliders until you’re happy with the result, and hit the Enter key when you’re done.
5. Teeth Whitening
Teeth whitening is another thing you can do in Lightroom, and you can use the Masking tool to achieve your desired result. Select the area you’d like to whiten and increase the exposure as you feel is necessary.
You can also, when whitening teeth in Lightroom, tweak the Whites slider after selecting the masked area. Adjusting the Contrast might also work for you.
Like when adjusting uneven skin tones, you can change how big you want the brush to be and so on.
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Effortlessly Get Rid of Unwanted Blemishes in Lightroom
When editing photos of people and animals in Lightroom, it’s pretty easy to make simple adjustments where you feel it is necessary. You can change how bright someone’s teeth look, and it’s also easy to alter other unwanted blemishes like red eyes.
Spots, lines, and uneven skin tones are also simple to adjust in Lightroom. Just experiment a little to get realistic results.
