Editing a landscape with LUMINOSITY MASKING

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In this video, I demonstrate how to use luminosity masking to edit a photo by using the color range tool to select the highlights and shadows in the image. I show how to use the sliders to make selections and how to adjust the brightness and contrast of the selected areas using the curves adjustment. I also demonstrate how to intensify color and add selective edits with adjustment layers. Then, I finish the edit with dodging and burning and a vignette.
📖 CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Use the Color Range tool to mask the HIGHLIGHTS
01:51 Adjust the highlights with Curves
02:12 Use the Color Range tool to mask the SHADOWS
02:38 Adjust the shadows with Curves
03:12 Feather the masks
03:45 Intensify the color of the foreground with VIBRANCE
04:59 Change the blend mode of the adjustment layers
06:19 Create a targeted color adjustment to the foreground
07:28 Add dodging/burning and a vignette
09:52 Add an Orton Effect to boost color and saturation
11:04 Preview the final results
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➡︎ by Nicole S. Young
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[@sizefive]

I will use the color range more. Now that I have something good to follow.

[@daveterpening6801]

Great video! Thanks Nicole.

[@allantee]

Fantastic lesson! I only knew luminosity masking by channel selection and this is the first time I learned it can be done via colour selection..cool! Learned a new editing method. Thanks.

[@tlillie-images]

Thank you so much for this tutorial.

[@nancym.6514]

This is a great video. So useful! You packed so many techniques in such a short amount of time. But, you clearly explained everything. I've saved and filed this away for reference. Thank you!!!

[@alanhumbard8298]

Good one Nicole I learned a lot!

[@petervandenbroek273]

Hello Nicole, nice job! Have you ever considered using a Luminosity Mask panel such as TK8?

[@nicolesy]

That panel looks really neat! I usually either do everything manually or create my own actions, but TK8 seems to have some really nice features in it.