How to Create the Orton Effect in Lightroom Classic, No Photoshop Needed

I’ve been wanting to put this together for a while now as I’ve never come across another tutorial that creates the Orton Effect using the same process as what I show here (there aren’t many guides out there for creating the effect in Lightroom, period). A couple years ago I spent a fair bit of time comparing this Lightroom-only Orton Effect to the process I would typically use in Photoshop and, for the most part, I found it to be indistinguishable and it saves the step of “roundtripping“ between Lightroom and Photoshop. If you’re not familiar with local adjustments and range masking in Lightroom Classic, I encourage you to watch both recommended videos below, although I do cover everything you need to know for this specific process in this tutorial. Please note, this is NOT currently possible on the “New“ Lightroom platform, or on Lightroom mobile, as range masking is not yet available there. You must use Lightroom Classic! 00:00 - Intro 02:37 -