The 5 LIGHTROOM MASKS I use on every photo | 2024
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- The masks in Lightroom are my secret weapon in editing my images. Here's how to use them to their full potential.
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0:00 - Introduction
01:37 - Luminance Masks
06:11 - Radial Masks
09:51 - Linear Gradients
13:12 - Colour Ranges
19:42 - Brush Tool
22:24 - Bonus Tips
I've been looking at my photos over the passed year, and since I started watching your videos around the same time, I feel like you have completely changed how I view landscapes, and scenery and changed how I take photos. Your advice, commitment and work is genuinely amazing, and just wanted to thank you for helping me stick with it as I feel like I'm now starting to see some amazing results in my own photos compared to last year
This is a 5 star video. I love your introduction crediting Ansel Adams. Your clear, practical, straightforward, no hype, no BS demonstration/discussion of using masks is far superior to that typical of internet videos. The fact that you show all the masks and how they interact in developing your vision is especially useful. Thank you so much for this.
Excellent Nigel ….its amazing that no matter how often I use Lightroom I’m always finding some hidden and extremely useful tool !!! Thanks for bringing some more new features to my armamentarium…..😍😎
Another great video from you, Nigel. I thought I was doing quite well with masks but I've learned a lot from this run through.
Greetings, Nigel. What a fantastic video! Without any doubt or reservation in my mind, this is THE BEST video you have produced in such a long time. I got more out of this video that is specifically practical and usable to me and not in the abstract. Your tips and the way you showed how to use your tips are immensely helpful beyond words for me to use in a way that best shows my appreciation. To borrow a phrase from a great photographer I follow "Thank you ever so much"!!!!!
Thank you. I must admit that a lot of Lightroom tutorials leave me cold, but this was very useful , informative and more importantly practical. I will definitely use some these tips. I live in the Lake District, and this will help me, especially around specific areas of highlights and shadows, which can be difficult in a mountainous setting.
What a great tutorial! Many thanks.
I knew most of what you presented, Nigel... but I still watched the entire video. Why? I just find your videos so inspirational. Now going for a little hike and will take my camera to do some creating. Thanks!
Really enjoyed this! Some techniques I hadn’t tried before and excited to try!
Very very helpful video. Thank you!
Very helpful video Nigel. Tx very. I've wanted to reedit my 2022-23 pix. Exploring these tips is timely.
your a true gentleman Nigel and a bloody good sort.
Wow, thank you once again for an informative, interesting tutorial video, Nigel. I will definitely be revisiting this one, time and again, to get to grips with Lightroom, which I have rarely use, through lack of knowledge. Many thanks.
I totally agree with this comment as I too struggle with all of these varieties of masks and intersection options. I tend to get lost in following all of these varieties of masks and need to watch the video while I am at my computer working on step-by-step processing a photo of mine. Thanks for this video which is now in my saved videos for future reference.
An excellent explanation - I'm now subscribed - thanks
Really great video Nigel. Its really helpful to have you go through real examples of how to use the masks on your images.
Nigel, this has been one of your most helpful videos. I have watched it a number of times to review each of the items you highlighted on the video.
Thanks Rob
Thank you so much Nigel, a bit of a novice with post processing and really grateful for your easy going teaching/sharing style. Looking forward to seeing your new projects for 2024. All the best 😬👍
This is one of the best tutorials that you have done so far, Thank you!
Brilliant video Nigel! I love all of your content, but I particularly enjoy it when you do educational videos like this👏
Thinking i knew Lightroom pretty well, but i always learn some new tricks when watching your videos. Thanks Nigel!
One of the most useful video I see in a long time. What a great way to learn efficiently Lightroom. Thanks Nigel.
Thanks Nigel! Outstanding video showing ways to "blend" different masks together. I definitely need to try a few of the tips on the image I'm currently editing.
Always so much valuable content from you Nigel. Appreciate all you do for your community
Excellent presentation of Intersecting masks with so many examples! I liked & Subscribed. Want to see more. Thanks
Ansel Adams book "Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs" is a wonderful. Noticing the SF Giants hat did you get the chance to see his exposition "Fiat Lux" in Oakland?
Очень полезное видео! Спасибо!
Love these editing videos, Nigel! It's so helpful seeing some of these tips and just general approaches.
Yeah a brilliant video class on Lightroom tips. I'll definitely be trying some of these on my next set of photos I take. Thanks and please keep producing these great videos Nigel
New to your show Nigel, have subscribed really enjoy your content 👍🏻
Thanks, Nigel. I recently picked up lightroom after taking some time off processing, and these tools are remarkable! Thx for helping us with these tutorials
Fantastic Nigel. Tx.
Am looking forward to you follow up videos on the diff masks. Am olaying with these basic ideas and seeing the difference in prevuously worked photos. Amazing!
Thanks for this great tutorial Nigel.
Great masking tips. Thanks Nigel.
Just what I needed to see, just when I needed to see it. Will definitely review it again, as well as the recommended related videos. Thank you Nigel!
brilliant video thank you
Super interesting as always. Clear and pro explanations. Thank you Nigel!
Nigel - you’re right about improving Sky selection by combining the initial sky mask with a “second” selection of the sky. There appears to be no logic to this, but it does indeed work. I find that an even better selection (again, not logical but it does seem to give even better results!) is to follow the initial sky mask by SUBTRACTING a second mask of an “INVERTED” sky selection. See if it works for you!
The reasoning here is that the intersection of masks is a multiplicative operation. Masks can be viewed has having values between 0 and 1, where 0 is no effect and 1 is full effect of the mask. Assuming the values of the mask are X, taking the intersection of X with itself will results in the output masks value to be X**2. Plotting x squared between 0 and 1 reveals why the mask seems "softer" than the initial mask. You can continue to intersect with the same mask to get a more marked effect.
Taking the inverse (1 - X) and substracting it can be viewed as X - (1 - X), which gives 2X - 1. This give a different function as an output that seems to work better for you here. Just note that in this case you are removing the part of the mask that are below 0.5 in the initial mask (as it gets clipped to 0)
One of your best tutorials. Well done.
Always learn so much - love your Lightroom tutorial videos Nigel thx for sharing! 👍
Thank you soooo much for this video. The intersecting as a game changer. I've got some work to do!
Nice upload thanks Nigel, good stuff on the use of mask intersections. Have a great 2024, Cheers.
Well that’s given me food for thought, thank you for sharing.
WOWthat’s a lot to digest, but great information! I’m sure I’ll be watching this one over and over! Thanks for taking me along!
I've been aware of all of these tools but it was really helpful to see how you apply them. Thanks helping keep my editing techniques fresh. ❤
Thanks for the explaining luminosity masks and intersecting. It's very helpful!!
fantastic tutorial - always love learning. I agree, I think Ansel Adams would love lightroom.
Happy new year ! I started the year by offering me a great gift. I just bought your masterclass II ! Lot of hours of learning and being inspired by your work !
An excellent Video for learning masks. I know that I will be referring back to this video many times. Thanks so much Nigel.
thanks Nigel. Very timely me for as I just upgraded my computer and LR with it; The mask intersect, +, -, and point colour tools are fantastic (as is the noise reduction...I think this at least as good as any of the other 3rd party NR tools)
Wasn’t aware of the intersect option 😅 this will safe me so much time (no more removing parts of the mask with the brush) and give me more control at the same times. Thanks for this tutorial 👊🏼👊🏼
I thought I knew these pretty well but you’ve hit some points that I’d never considered.
Thank you!
Thank you very much, I've been learning a lot on photographing and processing with you and I'll start printing some photographs, It is very inspirating to watch someone like you talk with so much passion about photography
great video!
Very useful tips here, especially the point color interaction with masks, thanks so much!
Great tutorial, thanks. 👍
Nigel- this is really, really good. I loved watching your demonstrations. I’m going to look for your individual masking videos and practicing. I’ve got to learn intersect. One request if I may, find a way to highlight your cursor when hovering over your image. It was a little hard sometimes following your cursor and the area that you were applying the change/correction. Thanks Nigel- very informative. Geofff
incredible knowledge and experience provided completely for free! My editing (and compositional) skills have improved GREATLY after starting to watch your videos a few years ago!
Happy to help!
Great video Nigel. I use masks but you've added to how I can improve on them. Thank you.
Great video. I learned so much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
WOW, my head just exploded in a good way!!
Thanks Nigel. A lot of information and tips - requiring significant review on my part 😊
Very helpful!
Good info - thanks for sharing!
Enlightening and mind boggling. 😵 Carry on. 👍🥂
Thank you so much for your tips. As an amateur photographer, you are a real inspiration.
I must say your cap is most excellent
Tout simplement merci, quelle vidéo instructive! Des explications claire et précise, bien illustré. Cela va grandement m'aider pour améliorer mes techniques de retouche de mes images, la partie avec laquelle j'ai encore du mal et qui est parfois très frustrante. C'est clairement la vidéo Top 1 sur UA-cam concernant Lightroom, et elle sort à la période ou je fouille la plateforme pour m'instruire et m'améliorer en retouche photo, quelle chance que cette vidéo sorte maintenant! Merci Nigel!
How in the world did I miss that there’s a luminance and color mask!?! Thank You for the video!
Really enjoy all your videos Nigel and your work on masks is extremely helpful to me. BTW the functionality you brilliantly discuss is available in ACR which pretty much replicates the Develop module - and on a PC the keyboard shortcut for interset is . A big thank you for your work.
Hi Nigel , Thanks again for a very informative video. I personaly use RAW and of course all you suggest apply's there as well.
A really good tutorial to start the new year and already looking forward to the next one (video)
Excellent video! Could you have used “subtract object” to have your mask not influence the rainbow?
Thanks a lot, Nigel, very useful Video indeed! Seems like there is again less need to use Photoshop.
Best regards from Peter ind Germany - and all the best for 2024...!
A great informative video Nigel. Masking is so important and it is good to know how to use them correctly. Happy New year. 👍
I’ve often wondered what Ansel Adams would make of modern digital photography and photography tools. Jerry Uelsmann is another who I think would have loved Lightroom and Photoshop.
I’m excited that I just submitted my first photo book order to SAAL for printing and I used your discount coupon which worked very easily…. Am very anxious to see the print results from SAAL…. Thanks Nigel, for your contribution and recommendation for my project!!
Very useful video. Definitely one to rewatch and I'll also look at the more detailed masking videos you suggested. I noticed you've a huge number of collections. In the past you've done a video on LrC folder structure (Years & Quarters). Have you done one on how you use collections in conjunction with these?
Thank you so much Nigel for all this info. Adobe technology is progressing at such a rapid rate, my ancient brain struggles to keep pace!! I think the advances are brilliant, I would have killed for these abilities years ago if they had been available... but, we didnt even have computers then...hahaha. Ansel would certainly have loved what we can do now.
Really great video. Have been wondering about the frequently worn SF Giants hat. You a fan? Spent time in SF. I’m a life long Giants fan from the Bay Area.
informative ALR video
Great tutorial! What a pity that DxO does not support luminance masks (as far as I know), which seem to be really powerful tool.
I really need to get into this point colour bandwagon. I predominantly use PS, but often find myself using the “camera raw” filter to come back to the masks and colour grading. I say often, I mean on every edit 😅
Excellent video! Do you usually develop your images in lightroom only, or do you use photoshop?
Hi Nigel really enjoyed your video on light room, but how about i set you a challenge of photography with no touch ups, making you work harder, but also better. i believe i become lazy as i know i can sort most things out on my pc. so you up for it
In the example where you wanted to lighten the sky but not affect the mountain peak (around 7:50), I was thinking you could also subtract the peak from the radial gradient with an object mask (there seems to be enough separation between the peak and the sky). This way there isn't any part of the peak that gets lightened. Wondering if that would work?
Nigel, when you say Lightroom, what version do you use, as a novice what version of Lightroom would you recommend. Cheers
Hi Nigel, of course with this kind of editing techniques in Lightroom (before in Darkroom as mentioned in the Print book), we can manipulate our photos to look better by controlling and changing every details in frame pixel by pixel BUT after that, can we consider it Photography anymore or it’s better to call it “Imagography”?!
i wish you would do this with purchased lightroom 6 we can't all use subscription services
Nigel, you don't use a Wacom tablet and pen for masking work? Way more control.
Very informative, but you go so fast and coupled with your accent makes it very hard for my 80-year-old brain to absorb the information without two or even three passes at the video. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!