Everything You Need to Know About Masking in Adobe Lightroom Classic & Camera Raw

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“Discover how to take your photographs to the next level using masking to enhance and adjust selective areas of an image. In this video, Julieanne Kost shares tips, tricks, and techniques for making the most out of Lightroom Classic’s masking tools, including new automated selections based on Adobe Sensei (Select Subject, Object, Sky, People, and Background), manual painting tools (brush, eraser, linear and radial gradients), and Range Masking (color, luminance, and depth). She also walks through Auto Sync, Copy/Paste, and using Adaptive Presets – all guaranteed to make your workflow more efficient.”

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The One Simple Trick I Use To Improve All Of My Images With Photoshop

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Curves offers more precise tonal control than any other tool. So when I need precision dodging and burning (about 80% of the time) I use Curves, which means I use Photoshop (PS).

I look forward to the day we can make local adjustments with Curves in Lightroom and Camera Raw. But currently, Lightroom (LR) and Camera Raw (ACR) don’t have this feature, yet. But can’t you do something similar in Lightroom (LR) or Adobe Camera Raw’s (ACR) using the six Basics sliders (Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks), in combination with the Adjustment Brush, Graduated Filter, or Radial Filter, even in combination with Color, Luminance, or Depth Range Masks? If close is good enough, yes. If you want to make your images really shine, no.

 

Is it hard to dodge and burn with Curves in Photoshop? No. It’s easy.


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The Art Of Selections & Masking

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Mastering selections and masking will help you take your images to the next level.

Local Adjustments In Lightroom and Camera Raw | Coming Soon

When To Use Lightroom’s Local Adjustment Tools | Coming Soon

Why Photoshop’s Local Adjustment Capabilities Are Superior To Lightroom’s | Coming Soon

Photoshop’s Marquee Tools 
Quick rectangular and elliptical selections.

Photoshop’s Lasso Selection Tools 
Go to drawing tools for irregular selections.

Photoshop’s Magic Wand & Quick Selection Tools 
Let Photoshop do the work for you.

Two Keys To Combine All Of Photoshop’s Tools 
Easily add or subtract from selections.

Viewing Masks 
You can see a mask in a number of ways.

Mask Key Commands
Key commands make masking and selections faster and easier.

Painting The Simplest & Most Useful Masks In Photoshop 

Photoshop’s Quick Mask Combines All Selection And Brush Tools

Eight Useful Tips For Brushing Masks In Photoshop 

How To Make Masking Easier With Photoshop 

Gradient Masks

Fine Tuning Gradients 
Fine tune your gradients with masking techniques.

Masking Hue 

Masking Saturation 

Masking Luminosity 

Contour Masks 

Edge Masks

Combining Masks | Coming Soon

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Make your images stronger by locally adjusting lines.

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Make your images stronger by locally adjusting planes.

 

Video – Photoshop Masking Key Commands

Video – Photoshop Making 2 Masks For 1 Layer

Video – Photoshop Feathering Selections  & Masks

Video – Photoshop Combining Gradient Masks 

 

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The Graduated Filter and Adjustment Brush In Lightroom 4 – Julianne Kost

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Julianne Kost demonstrates the power of making selective adjustments like dodging and burning, color corrections and noise removal using the Graduated Filter and Adjustment Brush in Lightroom 4. Note: although this video was recorded in Lightroom, the same techniques are available in Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop CS6.
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