

I like to adjust the brightness, contrast, and temperature/white balance for my images. The original image we are going to edit for a matte effect.īefore you start adjusting the Tone Curve, I recommend that you do some basic editing. This powerful tool can impact the brightness and contrast of an image. You can achieve the matte effect in Lightroom by using the Tone Curve in the Develop module. Using Tone Curve to Create a Matte Effect in Lightroom The image on the right has a pronounced matte effect for this tutorial. The image on the right is from the Lightroom matte effect.


The image on the left is from a film camera. You can get the look of film without having to invest in a film camera, or pay for processing and scanning. Most of us don’t shoot in film anymore, but sometimes having that film emulation is a great way to experiment. You can create this matte effect by rendering the blacks in an image grey instead of pure black. If an old film image became underexposed, it would have a faded or as I like to say ‘ grungy‘ effect. Buy from Unavailable What Is Matte Photo Editing?Ī matte effect in images used to occur in the old film days.
