When: Thursday, October 11th 7pm Eastern Time (4pm Pacific) Where: Live Online Class via GoToMeeting
Did you know you can create Luminosity Masks in Lightroom?
Discover the power of selection masks in Lightroom and learn to create luminosity masks, too!
Adobe continues to add power and funtcionality to Lightroom Classic CC. In this online class (live via GoToMeeting), I’ll be presenting an in-depth look at the local selection (Masking) tools that Lightroom Classic CC offers to photographers. We use selection tools to make adjustments to specific areas of our images, such as a sky or a foreground object. Selective adjustments allow you to fix or enhance specific areas in your image without impacting the rest of your image. The new tools in Lightroom Classic CC offer some tremendously powerful features (like Luminosity Masking) that I can’t wait to show you!
TOPICS INCLUDE
Using the three local adjustment tools (Brush/Linear Gradient/Radial Gradient)
How to make precise selections with the auto-masking brush
Modifying gradients with brushes
How to visualize your selection masks in Lightroom
How to create a “Select All” mask
How to create Luminosity Masks in Lightroom
Practical examples of local adjustments in photo editing
When: Saturday, August 27th Time: 10am-Noon US Mountain Time (Noon-2pm Eastern)
Topics include
Creating Luminosity Masks with Photoshop actions
Selecting the right mask
Adding/Subtracting and Intersecting Masks
Using Adjustment Layers with Luminosity Masks (curves/Photo filter/brightness-contrast)
Using Blending Modes to create unique effects (glow, vignette)
Using Luminosity Masks with HDR and High-Pass Sharpening Techniques
I will be presenting live online on how to create and use luminosity masks using the custom actions from my eBook, Mastering Luminosity Masks (Available for download here).
See how I used a luminosity mask in Photoshop to correct the color in the background of this photo while protecting the subject.
Adobe Photoshop has some really good color correction tools hidden in the Curves tool, but sometimes they are too strong when you apply them globally. By targeting your color cast adjustments via a luminosity mask, you can fix color casts in specific tone ranges such as shadows, highlights, or midtones.
A powerful way to
adjust images in Adobe Photoshop
What are luminosity masks?
Luminosity masks are grayscale pixel images based on the brightness values in your image. Because they are created from your individual photographs, each mask blends in perfectly and allows for precise tone-based selections. Luminosity masks allow you to adjust brightness, contrast, and color on specific tone ranges in your image without the need for brushes or other selection tools.
Luminosity masks let you target adjustments to tone ranges and are based on the pixels in your photographs.
