Basic Luminosity Masking in ON1 Photo RAW 2018

[@RoadsideRon]

Best straight forward no nonsense or wasted time tutorial I've seen so far. No 3 minutes of useless jabber in the beginning. Great stuff.

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Cheers Ron, I just like keeping it simple and to the point.

[@petermarshall5450]

Excellent presentation. Calm, Direct, Informative and extremely useful. Thank you.

[@tdcrom]

Steven, I always enjoy watching your video's.....very informative.

[@quebecer4605]

Thank you Steven. I look forward to more ON1 tutorials.

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

You're welcome Nicolaas. Thanks for commenting.

[@colinb8512]

Hi Steven, Masking, especially Luminosity Masking is very new to me. I was directed to your video via a link recommending this, as I have a Photo of a Sailing ship with quite a bit of intricate detail, as with the Bridge in the photo you used here. I think I now have a better understanding of how a Luminosity Mask can be very beneficial. Thank you :-)

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thanks Colin, I appreciate your comments. I'm glad the tutorial was helpful.

[@thomaskauffman983]

You are a good teacher Steven. Thanks for sharing!

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thanks Thomas. Very kind of you to say.

[@Celestialrob]

Wow, I finally understand masking and luminosity. Thank you so much!

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thanks Robert. I'm most happy about comments such as yours. I'm glad I was able to help.

[@JAMfotomedia]

Thank you! An easy and very practical tutorial.

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thank you

[@RichardGingrasPhotography]

I love your tutorials. Thank you so much.

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thanks Richard, I appreciate that.

[@bruiser71]

Thanks, really enjoy your videos. Look forward to plenty more.

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thanks Richard.

[@jameswhyte8691]

Thanks Steven, enjoyed this tutorial.

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thank you James, I appreciate it.

[@OldGirlPhotography]

Thank you Steven. Very nicely explained.

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thanks Nina!

[@luishecheverym56]

ud es todo un maestro, gracias por compartir sus conocimientos, que se le multipliquen

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Gracias, aprecio tu comentario.

[@jimconard5889]

Thanks Steve!

[@johncooper761]

explained the use of the mask very well.

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thanks John

[@superbrokul]

Another great tutorial. Thank you!

[@sylviastagg-giuliano6229]

Very much enjoyed it.

[@frankmenkel8329]

Great video. Thank you.

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thank you Frank

[@ricardo_anderson]

Very useful, thanks Steve

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

Thanks Ricardo.

[@yvonnesmith8731]

Thank you!

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

You're welcome Yvonne

[@lefthandright01]

If anyone would care to comment, I'd appreciate an answer. When I open a image and view lumens in On1, I don't get a B/W version..I get a red overlay.

[@lefthandright01]

Ok,..figured it out. Hope this helps any others. Some form of mask needs to be applied first, before you can switch from red overlay to grey scale.

[@StevenDempseyArtist]

david neville I'm glad you figured it out. So, for others that have the same issue: Make sure you have the mask activated in the Effects Module. If you are seeing a red overlay, go to the top of the page and, from the MASK menu, choose VIEW MODE and then GRAYSCALE.

[@lefthandright01]

Steven Dempsey Yeah..it was one of those moments where I was looking too forward into the process, rather than start at the very beginning. If there is no mask in effect, then obviously enough, there will be no option to switch between view modes of red over lay or grey scale. I guess it was one those situations where needed to ask publicly and make myself look simple, before my neurons kicked in and figured it out for itself.
Great tutorial by the way. The inverting to target specific area's and copying the mask and reverting it to apply a different mask is a nice, clean way of working with some images.