Did you know that you can use luminosity masks to blend multiple exposures (ie, manual HDR)? Here's an overview of one approach I use post-process my photos to create an image that looks as vibrant as the scene I saw in person. #luminositymask #exposureblending #photoshoptutorials #Lumenzia
Hi, I just want to leave an appreciation comment to your tutorials and lumenzia panel. I just got into luminosity masks and I must admit lumenzia adds a tremendous flexibility to any luminosity workflows. Good job!
Great video. This is helping me overcome what has been a huge misconception for me about luminosity masks ... The masks themselves may look beautifully detailed but the critical element of the mask will be the contrast between the dark areas and the areas to work on. As long as the dark areas are basically black with sufficient contrast against the non-black areas, we're off to the races. The beautiful areas of detail in the mask will often (as here) get painted out, as long as the valuable contrast zone is preserved. Greg you've said this a million times in the narration but I've needed to watch the videos (fortunately there are many!) multiple times to understand. So when you say things like "this mask looks pretty good to me" what I am mentally expanding this to is "the darks in this mask are really crushed and so won't pick up paint even multiple times using a selection, and the non-black areas can be painted repeatedly with an active selection". Great all around. I also haven't used the native align images that much after importing so I'll definitely be using this as well! This video sure stands the tests of time (5 years)!
Really enjoy your tutorials...showing the PS keystroke shortcuts is a very big plus. Just purchased Lumenzia 7 and looking forward to putting it through its paces.
Greatly appreciate this video Greg, I have like 200 images of Antelope Canyon I've been struggling with and after downloading Lumenzia and this example video they have gone from good to incredible. Awesome work!
Thanks Greg, really good information. I have purchased Lumenzia but haven't started working with it yet. These types of videos are very helpful for me, in understanding the basics of luminosity masks and how to use Lumenzia. Keep it going! Dave
@@gregbenzphotography Thanks man. I was listening to your 2017 conversation with Nick Page and was completely sold on it. Really appreciate the time and effort you've made to help myself and Landscape Photographers worldwide.
Newby to luminosity masks and trying to get my swiss cheese brain around it. So far I watched your movie 27 times, and might have to go up to 83 times before I grasp the concept. Thank you for creating these movies, they are actually better than the ones on the adobe website... Thanks! And when my bank account is bright green I will buy Lumenzia. Thanks again...
Glad you're finding them helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions I might be able to answer to help you get comfortable with the concepts more quickly.
+Greg Benz O thanks Greg... Yes, there are some things I don't grasp, like the clicking on the RGB channel and getting the light 1 selection. Do you have to click on the lightest part of the pic yourself or does the click command automatically start with the lightest... Guess I might have to say to myself: Just do as he says because he knows better. No butts and ifs. I will keep watching till I get it. Thanks again!
Catherine Lucas when you click on the channel to manually make a luminosity mask, the result is based on the whole image. You can't target it other than by using modifier keys to add/subtract/multiply with an existing selection. Lumenzia isn't fixed and can be customized infinitely as needed.
hey Greg, im having a huge issue hope you can help me, I did not get ur lumenzia since i firstly bought the TK action from Tony..and i think they are similar. however, the problem i am having is that, after i load the selceted Light 1 area on the darker exposure(with the mask), and when i started to paint, it still go out of the selected area like there isnt selected area at al.. i did the same as u demonstrated here...couldnt know why..this is very frustrating...hope you can answer me as soon as possible, big big thank you
I wonder if it's possible to create a mask that could serve as a base for a clipping mask? I see Lumenzia already can create preview-groups, maybe it can create permanent groups which would have transparency instead of dark areas?
You can clip to a masked layer or mask groups. Both would allow a single mask to be used with multiple layers. Very helpful for complex grading, breaking up dodging and burning to discrete layers, etc.
@@gregbenzphotography, yes but can I then non-destructively edit the mask of the masked layer? Like if my mask is a luminocity mask based on the original image - can I apply it and then go and change some parameters for how this mask is generated? So far I haven't found such a workflow.
@@gregbenzphotography , but I don't want to paint masks, I want to generate luminosity masks from base images using adjustments like levels, curves, etc.
@andreip9378 any change to a mask is painting once you’ve created it. You can always replace it completely, but that’s destructive by definition. I recommend diving in and trying these techniques first, I think you’re jumping too far ahead.
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Hi ***** ! I bought Lumenzia and I'm very happy with it. I was wondering if you could make a tutorial (example) on how you could use it on a portrait?
I'm looking for a tutorial that shows how to do this with more than just 2 images. I shot 7 exposure brackets but haven't found a tutorial showing more than just 2 exposures...
Same process, just start with the smallest change (such as the -1 exposure) and blend it, then repeat with the next one (such as the -2 exposure) and blend it in. More tutorials and details on blending: gregbenzphotography.com/exposure-blending-luminosity-masks
For some reason, I don't understand any of these first intro videos. Maybe too much information too fast, maybe I'm just stupid. I'm just not getting it.
art cid I use bracket keys for size. There is a shortcut for flow rate, but I don't think I used it here. Don't remember what it is, but easy to find online.
This was all done in Photoshop. Lumenzia and my free panel both make everything easier, but you can manually create luminosity masks as well. See my website for more info.
Brother! Can you please put up a tutorial on how to use the actions without using lumenzia? I find it frustrating that I have to buy something to follow along, especially when you don't make it clear you will be using something like that in the beginning. Otherwise as a viewer i just waste my time, you know?
Take a look at my starter tutorials on my free masks. Then, when you see me using a particular mask in Lumenzia, you'll know to use the same mask with my free actions panel. The top buttons in my panel match the free actions. I have a limited amount of time to put out free tutorials, so don't can't always do everything twice, but most of these concepts would apply with the free masks. Just typically requires more effort.
Fantastic. Thank you for the repsonse. Truly. I find learning it incredibly frustrating most times and having someone respond means you truly care. Makes sense! I just downloaded the masks so I hope they make sense eventually!
well done, but this is digital blending not photography. you can also wait for the light to change so you can capture the whole dynamic range within your sensor limits. i mean, what else but wait you can to do in that canyon? cheers
Petru B. I haven't found any film with the dynamic range of the camera I use. Haven't shot film for a while, but I'm pretty sure this is a situation that you can either get with technology or skip. If you do it within a certain moral code (of you will), digital blending can be closer to human perception than an unaltered photograph. There are countless ways in which a camera distorts the truth (dynamic range, cropping, limited depth of field apertures, focal lengths other than 50, etc). It's all about how you use the technology. I'm certainly not claiming that digital blending isn't frequently used to create fake images, but unaltered photographs aren't necessarily real either. Personally, my goal is to capture how a scene felt, not forensic evidence. I often push things, such as in the wave blending tutorial I published a few weeks ago (no single still could capture what I create, but it's a more honest representation of how I felt when I was there).
well, i fell i should capture the scene based on the dynamic range of my sensor; i accept nd grads, strobes. this will keep me alert, more creative . now, fell free to be/ do different
Petru B. I haven't done head to head testing, but here's an article that also says the D810 (which I use) has a few stops more dynamic range than film. petapixel.com/2015/05/26/film-vs-digital-a-comparison-of-the-advantages-and-disadvantages/
+Greg Benz Disagree - your 'technique' is to click Lumenzia - somehow this created lots of luminosity masks. I don't have Lumenzia, therefore I cannot use this 'technique' as I don't know how to create luminosity masks - that was the reason I was watching your tutorial. FYI - when I watch a video that sucks me in and when it gets time to l deliver the goods, tells me I have to go to another site and give out my personal details in order to get the 'free' solution - I smell a spam-scam. Also, I don't know what you mean by your 'free label' either. Great photo though.
John X That's a very literal interpretation. Trust me, other than that initial click within Lumenzia, everything here would apply to other approaches. You can easily click on the same channels to get the selection and then paint through as I show. If you don't know how to load a channel as a selection, I have many videos on that on my UA-cam channel. See my other videos and I'm sure you'll get the idea. Sorry about the typo, that should have said "free panel".
+Greg Benz I'll have a look for your 'loading channels as a selection' videos, that is where I need to be, thanks. Sorry - free or otherwise, I still don't know what a panel is - when I have a bit of time I'll have another look at the video to see if I can understand it better.
John X Lumenzia is an example of a "panel" in Photoshop. It's a much more elegant way of adding functionality than actions. Some people might call this a "plug in", but that is technically a different animal (Nik Color Efex would be an example of a plugin).
The title slide says "Lumenzia". Plus, you can use this same technique using my free luminosity masks. Lumenzia makes it easier, but isn't required to do this particular edit.
Thanks for showing the multiple steps you go through to blend exposures, Greg.
Great video! And I realize how many things to think of when editing! Practice, practice and practice!
The more I play with Photoshop and Lumenzia, the more I realize how much I've been missing out. Global vs. local adjustments was the key.
Did you know that you can use luminosity masks to blend multiple exposures (ie, manual HDR)? Here's an overview of one approach I use post-process my photos to create an image that looks as vibrant as the scene I saw in person.
#luminositymask #exposureblending #photoshoptutorials #Lumenzia
Bowling with Bumpers!!! Wish I had that analogy when I was telling some friends about this great tool!
LOL. I thought it was a cricket reference. Bumpers (aka bouncers) are short pitched balls aimed at the batsmans head/upper body.
Great tutorial Greg. Just what I'd been looking for!
Hi, I just want to leave an appreciation comment to your tutorials and lumenzia panel. I just got into luminosity masks and I must admit lumenzia adds a tremendous flexibility to any luminosity workflows. Good job!
That's fantastic, thank you for your note!
Great video. This is helping me overcome what has been a huge misconception for me about luminosity masks ... The masks themselves may look beautifully detailed but the critical element of the mask will be the contrast between the dark areas and the areas to work on. As long as the dark areas are basically black with sufficient contrast against the non-black areas, we're off to the races. The beautiful areas of detail in the mask will often (as here) get painted out, as long as the valuable contrast zone is preserved. Greg you've said this a million times in the narration but I've needed to watch the videos (fortunately there are many!) multiple times to understand. So when you say things like "this mask looks pretty good to me" what I am mentally expanding this to is "the darks in this mask are really crushed and so won't pick up paint even multiple times using a selection, and the non-black areas can be painted repeatedly with an active selection". Great all around. I also haven't used the native align images that much after importing so I'll definitely be using this as well! This video sure stands the tests of time (5 years)!
Thank you!
Really enjoy your tutorials...showing the PS keystroke shortcuts is a very big plus. Just purchased Lumenzia 7 and looking forward to putting it through its paces.
Thank you!
Greatly appreciate this video Greg, I have like 200 images of Antelope Canyon I've been struggling with and after downloading Lumenzia and this example video they have gone from good to incredible. Awesome work!
That’s incredible! Thanks for that feedback.
Thanks Greg, really good information. I have purchased Lumenzia but haven't started working with it yet. These types of videos are very helpful for me, in understanding the basics of luminosity masks and how to use Lumenzia. Keep it going!
Dave
Best tutorials in the known universe.
Arturo Toledo thanks!
Thanks Greg. I just started using Lumenzia and absolutely love it.
Great to hear, thanks!
@@gregbenzphotography Thanks man. I was listening to your 2017 conversation with Nick Page and was completely sold on it. Really appreciate the time and effort you've made to help myself and Landscape Photographers worldwide.
Great. Simply awesome stuff there Greg!!
Newby to luminosity masks and trying to get my swiss cheese brain around it. So far I watched your movie 27 times, and might have to go up to 83 times before I grasp the concept. Thank you for creating these movies, they are actually better than the ones on the adobe website... Thanks! And when my bank account is bright green I will buy Lumenzia. Thanks again...
Glad you're finding them helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions I might be able to answer to help you get comfortable with the concepts more quickly.
+Greg Benz O thanks Greg... Yes, there are some things I don't grasp, like the clicking on the RGB channel and getting the light 1 selection. Do you have to click on the lightest part of the pic yourself or does the click command automatically start with the lightest... Guess I might have to say to myself: Just do as he says because he knows better. No butts and ifs. I will keep watching till I get it. Thanks again!
Catherine Lucas when you click on the channel to manually make a luminosity mask, the result is based on the whole image. You can't target it other than by using modifier keys to add/subtract/multiply with an existing selection. Lumenzia isn't fixed and can be customized infinitely as needed.
+Greg Benz OK, Thanks Greg. So appreciated! Now I am off to play again. I will crack this! ;o)))
I must say, fantastic videos and panel. I subscribed.
Aleksander T. E. thanks!
You were right the first time. I'm pretty certain that is Antelope Canyon.
hey Greg, im having a huge issue hope you can help me, I did not get ur lumenzia since i firstly bought the TK action from Tony..and i think they are similar. however, the problem i am having is that, after i load the selceted Light 1 area on the darker exposure(with the mask), and when i started to paint, it still go out of the selected area like there isnt selected area at al.. i did the same as u demonstrated here...couldnt know why..this is very frustrating...hope you can answer me as soon as possible, big big thank you
Great Tutorial, thanks for sharing!
I don't know why I waited so long.
Are you by some small chance the DJ Greg Benz featured on Hybridized 15 years ago?
No, you’re probably thinking of a guy in Canada I’ve never met.
@@gregbenzphotography yup, he's a Canadian DJ - Tech House, D&B, ...etc. thanks for the response. I'm also looking at your videos - great stuff!
@thomasruwart1722 thank you!
I wonder if it's possible to create a mask that could serve as a base for a clipping mask? I see Lumenzia already can create preview-groups, maybe it can create permanent groups which would have transparency instead of dark areas?
You can clip to a masked layer or mask groups. Both would allow a single mask to be used with multiple layers. Very helpful for complex grading, breaking up dodging and burning to discrete layers, etc.
@@gregbenzphotography, yes but can I then non-destructively edit the mask of the masked layer? Like if my mask is a luminocity mask based on the original image - can I apply it and then go and change some parameters for how this mask is generated? So far I haven't found such a workflow.
@andreip9378 you can non-destructively paint black (by using a group mask). There is no way to non-destructively paint white to any layer mask in PS.
@@gregbenzphotography , but I don't want to paint masks, I want to generate luminosity masks from base images using adjustments like levels, curves, etc.
@andreip9378 any change to a mask is painting once you’ve created it. You can always replace it completely, but that’s destructive by definition. I recommend diving in and trying these techniques first, I think you’re jumping too far ahead.
Hi ***** !
I bought Lumenzia and I'm very happy with it. I was wondering if you could make a tutorial (example) on how you could use it on a portrait?
I plan to do so!
I'm looking for a tutorial that shows how to do this with more than just 2 images. I shot 7 exposure brackets but haven't found a tutorial showing more than just 2 exposures...
Same process, just start with the smallest change (such as the -1 exposure) and blend it, then repeat with the next one (such as the -2 exposure) and blend it in. More tutorials and details on blending: gregbenzphotography.com/exposure-blending-luminosity-masks
For some reason, I don't understand any of these first intro videos. Maybe too much information too fast, maybe I'm just stupid. I'm just not getting it.
What was the short cut that you used to adjust the flow rate?
art cid I use bracket keys for size. There is a shortcut for flow rate, but I don't think I used it here. Don't remember what it is, but easy to find online.
Do luminosity masks work the same in Photoshop?
This was all done in Photoshop. Lumenzia and my free panel both make everything easier, but you can manually create luminosity masks as well. See my website for more info.
Ah ok. Sorry, I didn't watch the whole thing because I don't have Lightroom and I thought you were using that software. Will watch now. Thanks again.
Brother! Can you please put up a tutorial on how to use the actions without using lumenzia? I find it frustrating that I have to buy something to follow along, especially when you don't make it clear you will be using something like that in the beginning. Otherwise as a viewer i just waste my time, you know?
Take a look at my starter tutorials on my free masks. Then, when you see me using a particular mask in Lumenzia, you'll know to use the same mask with my free actions panel. The top buttons in my panel match the free actions. I have a limited amount of time to put out free tutorials, so don't can't always do everything twice, but most of these concepts would apply with the free masks. Just typically requires more effort.
Fantastic. Thank you for the repsonse. Truly. I find learning it incredibly frustrating most times and having someone respond means you truly care. Makes sense! I just downloaded the masks so I hope they make sense eventually!
+Matthew Parent no problem. Keep sending questions. Helps me think about what tutorials to do next, and helps me keep refining them as I go.
well done, but this is digital blending not photography.
you can also wait for the light to change so you can capture the whole dynamic range within your sensor limits.
i mean, what else but wait you can to do in that canyon?
cheers
Petru B. Not here you can't, by the time the light dims, the color changes. It depends on direct sunlight bouncing off the wall.
hard to believe. probably can be captured on color film as well if metered carefully
Petru B. I haven't found any film with the dynamic range of the camera I use. Haven't shot film for a while, but I'm pretty sure this is a situation that you can either get with technology or skip. If you do it within a certain moral code (of you will), digital blending can be closer to human perception than an unaltered photograph. There are countless ways in which a camera distorts the truth (dynamic range, cropping, limited depth of field apertures, focal lengths other than 50, etc). It's all about how you use the technology. I'm certainly not claiming that digital blending isn't frequently used to create fake images, but unaltered photographs aren't necessarily real either. Personally, my goal is to capture how a scene felt, not forensic evidence. I often push things, such as in the wave blending tutorial I published a few weeks ago (no single still could capture what I create, but it's a more honest representation of how I felt when I was there).
well, i fell i should capture the scene based on the dynamic range of my sensor; i accept nd grads, strobes. this will keep me alert, more creative . now, fell free to be/ do different
Petru B. I haven't done head to head testing, but here's an article that also says the D810 (which I use) has a few stops more dynamic range than film. petapixel.com/2015/05/26/film-vs-digital-a-comparison-of-the-advantages-and-disadvantages/
Might have been helpful to put Lumenzia in the title.
The techniques shown would apply even if you used my free label or another luminosity masking approach.
+Greg Benz Disagree - your 'technique' is to click Lumenzia - somehow this created lots of luminosity masks.
I don't have Lumenzia, therefore I cannot use this 'technique' as I don't know how to create luminosity masks - that was the reason I was watching your tutorial.
FYI - when I watch a video that sucks me in and when it gets time to l deliver the goods, tells me I have to go to another site and give out my personal details in order to get the 'free' solution - I smell a spam-scam.
Also, I don't know what you mean by your 'free label' either.
Great photo though.
John X
That's a very literal interpretation. Trust me, other than that initial click within Lumenzia, everything here would apply to other approaches. You can easily click on the same channels to get the selection and then paint through as I show. If you don't know how to load a channel as a selection, I have many videos on that on my UA-cam channel. See my other videos and I'm sure you'll get the idea.
Sorry about the typo, that should have said "free panel".
+Greg Benz
I'll have a look for your 'loading channels as a selection' videos, that is where I need to be, thanks.
Sorry - free or otherwise, I still don't know what a panel is - when I have a bit of time I'll have another look at the video to see if I can understand it better.
John X
Lumenzia is an example of a "panel" in Photoshop. It's a much more elegant way of adding functionality than actions. Some people might call this a "plug in", but that is technically a different animal (Nik Color Efex would be an example of a plugin).
5 thumbs up!
hey boss. i think you need to make clear in the title you use lumezia. i have no interest in buying something. cheers! otherwise your tutes are great
The title slide says "Lumenzia". Plus, you can use this same technique using my free luminosity masks. Lumenzia makes it easier, but isn't required to do this particular edit.
Fair enough, sir. I should look at the details more. Thanks for the patience!
I think it's still helpful because all the program is doing is creating the masks, so it's still helpful to know how to apply them
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