TUTORIAL ARTICLE

Beginner

5 min

Improve photos with basic edits in Lightroom on the web

Start with an auto adjustment and fine tune your edits with changes to the brightness, contrast, and color in a photo.

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What you learned

A few simple adjustments can make a big change

Clicking the Auto button is a good place to start and can often do a great deal to improve a photo. You can further refine the edits with additional adjustments in the Light and Color panels to modify the brightness, contrast and color balance.


Instruction and photography by

Glyn Dewis

May 27, 2025

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