Video Tutorials
Adaptive Profiles in Lightroom Classic: The Smarter Starting Point You've Been Missing
I spend a lot of time chasing the right starting point. Not the final edit - the moment before the moment, where the raw file either cooperates or fights back. For years, profiles were the answer I defaulted to: slap on Adobe Color, get a reasonable baseline, then start pushing sliders. It works. It’s fine. But “fine” is a weird place to park your workflow when better options exist. In this Matt Kloskowski tutorial covering the February 2025 Lightroom update, the feature that stopped me mid-scroll was Adaptive Profiles.