FINALLY! The wait is over!
Most of you may not have been waiting per se, but I certainly have. 6 years, as a matter of fact. I have always wanted surgical precision masks at the Raw level, and we almost got there in 2017 with the introduction of the Luminance and Color Range features in the adjustment tools. However, it was clunky, difficult to use well, and left a lot to be desired.
The new Luminance and Color Range Masks in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom are incredible! At first glance, I thought, “meh, this is pretty neat,” but with further dissection and experimentation, I found I almost can’t live without these new features now.
In today’s video, I will break down the new Luminance and Color Range Masks and show you how easy they are to use with a little bit of experimentation. I will also show you how the new Luminance Masks relate to a tool we all know and love, Blend If!
I will also show you a brand new system of presets I have developed that will have you making incredible selections in seconds!
For Blake, it's all about the art and process synergy. He dives deep into complex topics and makes them easy to understand through his outside-the-box thinking so that you can use these tricks in your workflow today!
In your first image, if I want to select only the clouds with a luminosity mask, how do I avoid including the snow? I haven’t found an erase feature like with a brush. Thanks. Great videos.
Yo uwould select “Intersect Mask With” and then select Sky, that would be where the luminance range meets the Sky.
Thanks. I also just figured out I could use Subtract and use a brush to remove parts of a mask. Looking forward to working through your entire course.
Does the preset package work with jpg?
Yep, of you have jpegs set to open in ACR or if you edit them in Lightroom, or if you use ACR as a filter in Photoshop.
Would you use this new ACR masking for portraits? Thank you again for another informative video!