19:37 great videos Dave really enjoy the Friday nights.Up until last week I had been hammering along with TK-7 BUT TK-9 ISa whole new ballgame.I mainly shoot b&w film or colour digital converted to b&w.Would love to see a Friday night dedicated to b&w
Just downloaded TK9. Have only had a chance to fiddle around. Looking forward to this -- esp. the new BlendIf masks and BlendIf editing features. Glad this video will address BlendIf!! Whoa...this video was the proverbial drink from a fire hose. A lot of info squeezed in there
Excellent presentation of all the possibilities of balance and contrast adjustment. Thank you for your valuable help. Can’t wait to watch the upcoming videos.
Thank you Dave,,,picked up the Bagshaw Button-by-Button vids and now together with TK Fridays I feel confident that I can maximize the broad functionality of this truly remarkable, and essential IMO, PS plugin!
having the calculator in the combo panel is a game changer. I expect we will need a lot more videos on Blend If masks please Dave. Your going to be very busy😉
I agree Keith. I love that you can create a Blend If mask or output as a Blend If Layer. The Masking is great because we can really tweak them to our hearts content. I love TK9.
Happiness is TK Friday! I now have the new TK9 panels, mind blown. What an impressive upgrade. This tutorial was extremely helpful; I love the new ways to do Balance and Contrast. I look forward to exploring and learning all the new, improved features with you. Thanks Dave for your three times a week awesome tutorials. You have been my "secret weapon" on improving my Photo Editing.
Thank you Dave...Great TK Friday! I watched twice and really like your method.. Will try them all also...Again, thank you...your tutorials have been a great help post processing...✌👍
Got my TK9 too, this is really exciting. Interesting tutorial, thank you Dave, please make a tutorial specifically for the blend if masks and focus mask.... Thanks 😊
The Blend If tool has been a game changer for me. Very precise selections on product photography are so easy now, particularly things like text on labels and areas where the contrast isn't so obvious. I can't remember what I used to do before TK came along! I know it took a heck of a lot longer.
Hi Dave, The TK9 panels are just amazing. The one button I'm missing is to apply Soft Pop to a user-saved mask on the channels panel that was on TK8. Thanks
Run Soft Pop, open CX/Combo panel's Layer Mask Calculator, select the saved mask you want to add and then click the solid square icon at the top. This will load the mask to the currently active layer. Or if you want to paint it in then add black mask to Soft Pop and in Layer Mask Calculator click the dashed square to load mask as selection, then select white brush and paint on to the mask.
Special TK Friday !. I need to see this video a couple of times more. A lot of information displayed to retain. As you have said, only scratching the surface. This season of TK Friday will be memorable !!! Thanks Dave
Great update, thanks for explaining the different editing techniques from the TK9 panels. I'm excited to see what's to come in the future videos. Thank you for your work that you share with us.
Hi Dave, I found a good way that worked for me where I have subject, background or foreground plus maybe a sky was to create one colour grading tool layer, select mids 3 and add layer mask. I then duplicate that layer once or twice depending on requirements. I can then work through the layers and intersect each layer as required from the new mask calculator having previously saved subject etc
Got TK9 2 days ago - what a GREAT update. Been anxiously waiting for your 1st TK(9) Friday & you didn't disappoint. Have been really experimenting with the Blend IF buttons to further fine tune almost any layer. Even tried a Curves Layer in LL mode (initially 15% Fill) and then modifying Blend/IF properties (with the button) - can also add a mask if needed - have gotten some interesting results. Can't imagine all the possibilites you will come with. Looking forward to next Wed!!! (& beyond). As usual, THANKS so much!!!
Hi Dave: Thanks for creating and sharing these editing techniques. The TK9 panels are amazing and I am just starting to use them, so your channel will be extremely important to developing my understanding. Cheers, Keith
I like the old school version and also the luminosity mask with the cx / combo calculator although the last version that you showed is fine although I think a bit slower. Also I picked up my free update from TK8 on Monday and this video has giving me news ways of doing the balance and contrast and I can’t wait what else you’ll be sharing with us, thanks a lot 🙏🏽
Wow! You have already pushed TK9 further than I have and discovered ways to use it that I hadn't imagined. I'm glad to to see that everything worked. (It's kind of scary from a developer standpoint wondering if the panel can keep up with Dave Kelly.) Really impressed what you were doing with the new Combo/Cx Layer Mask Calculator. That final method was its own work of art, IMO.
Congratulations to Tony for the update and to you Dave for the excellent explanation. Without a doubt, including the mask calculator in the Combo panel is a huge advance. The latter method saves a lot of editing time, especially when you're editing a large number of images. There is still a lot to learn about the new panels, especially with the blend if buttons. The details make the difference
Man! That was so awesome, Dave! The Blend-If button option is a game changer. Can't wait to see how you work it when you press shift and the color grading button. It's something you mentioned but didn't show it in this video. Wonderful stuff Dave.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly By the way, Dave, I discovered something interesting here. I decided to try the method you mentioned but didn't show on this video, and maybe you already know this, but here it goes. I used the blend-if button on the CX panel to do the color grading, and I noticed in the bottom left corner in Photoshop the little drop-down menu which shows the document sizes. I made a sky and foreground mask on one of my photos, then used the traditional method vs the blend-if method and I saw a drop in size in the document getting the same results when using the blend-if. This is something Blake Rudis mentions as an advantage of the blend-if method.
Wow, Dave, this blend if feature really saves a bunch of space on your files. I use the technique you taught us of using the multiply and screen blend modes, but instead of adding a mask, I press the newer blend-if second button and just select the range pre-sets and a way you go. I mean, its not huge amounts of space you save, but when as you add more layers things will start to add up.
Thanks Dave for introducing so many options for mask creation, not sure yet which I prefer but will try them out. I purchased Sean's button by button videos and working through them but very good. One tip I did like was that if you Command and double click on e.g. sky selection then you get the foreground selection automatically
That one tip is a real time save. Sean's Button by Button video is great. Happy Editing!
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I'm brand new to the TK panel. I got TK 9 this week using your promo code and have been reading the manual and familiarizing myself with the buttons. Your tutorial today was excellent for a beginner like me. I did have to stop a few times and apply the sequences, and it was all very manageable. I think the last approach you used is also my favorite. It takes advantage of what is already open and runs through the various channels and color grading options right at once. Coming up with the masks in the end was a snap, too. Thank you. I guess now all I have left is go through the other 100+ videos you have of the TK panel. :) Thank you for this tutorial. Happy editing!
This is a 29 minutes Masterclass on Masking for Balance and Contrast. I have studied the PDF notes, and rewatched the video created my own ClifNotes. I needed to acknowledge the quality and depth of this workshop. Now I am off to practice on my own. 😍
Hi Dave, I love your TK8 and now TK9 teaching. I'm learning a lot on how to edit my pictures. I know there are many ways to edit your pictures through TK8 and TK9. I was thinking which is better or do I do both. To do a global mid tone balance and contrast or to or both. To do the global adjustment and the channel sky and foreground mid tone adjustment?
Wow Dave... today you managed to fry my little brain, something that my wife has been trying for several years without success 😀. I've been using TK8 for sometime, now I have to get used to new techniques and features of the TK9. Thanks a lot Dave, Tony and Sean for your hard work towards the photography community.
Dave, your tutorial is mind blowing as is TK9. There are so many components to this update the tire will take some time to learn. The selecting of sky and foreground is a real time saver and the calculator in the panel is brilliant. I know this will become second nature to us mere mortals after using it for a couple of weeks. And the addition of Blend IF adds such a new dimension to the nuances of editing. Great job, Tony and Dave, and, of course, Sean!
Imagine using an Action (not possible) to setup the sky, FG & Mid 3 channels and also Color Grading Layers! What a fantastic feature that would be. Well done Tony, and thanks Dave for this and all your videos!
If you use BlendIf to do the mids3 masking then this is dynamic unlike pixel masks. Couple this with the fact that colour grading layers are just curves and now TK9 identifies them by layer name and you can record actions that do set up global/sky/foreground etc layers that can then be manipulated by colour grading interface. You need to be able to do this manually as can't record TK9 button presses. For example - select Sky - create new curves layer which will be created with mask for current sky - rename layer to, say, "BC Sky (TK)" - double click on new layer and set BlendIF settings by alt clicking to split pointers and set shadows to 0/128 and highlights to 128/255 (TK9s Mids 3 values) Run the action and select the BC Sky (TK) layer and click the Colour Grading button in Multi-Mask and balance&contrast adjust to heart's content For Foreground action do the above steps but after creating the curves layer select the mask and us cmd-I to invert it and rename layer to "BC Foreground (TK)". Subject/background just use Select Subject instead of Select Sky, and for global just omit the selection before creating curves and rename to "BC Global (TK)" You can then record other actions such as BC Landscape that runs BC Sky, BC Foreground, BC Global and finally selects the BC Sky layer. You have to then select Colour Grading in Multi-mask and colour grade sky. Then you can just select one of the other layers and you don't have to reselect Colour Grading because the (TK) in name means Colour Grading recognises that it is a colour grading layer and picks up any settings Key thing in fooling TK9 colour grading by renaming a standard curves layer by adding (TK) is that you must not make any changes to this new curves layer, other wise strange things will happen.
Thank you Dave for the detailed explanation but, boy was that too fast, even though I am very used to working with the TK panel, I struggled to keep up with you to be honest.
Dave, great video! There is lot here, and I will be watching it several times to get the exact sequence of button pushing to get where i want to go. BTW, it this image available for downloading? I like to work on the image as I'm listening to the your tape and following the notes.
Great demo of the "how" possibilities. I'd be even more interested in hearing more about the "why" you'd pick one method over another. Are there pros and cons for each method? Are they all producing identical results? Is it just a personal preference thing?
Thanks Dave. I think all the ways will give very similar results. My goal was various new possibilities we have with TK9 and pick the one that makes most sense.
I have been using TK9 since last Friday, and find it much more impressive than TK8 yet that was also excellent. Your video today was a really good introduction, and more, of the panel, especially the new features. I have been using BlendIf with the Colour Grading Tool to protect highlights and shadows for some time. I used either Blake Rudis’s BlendIf panel or an action to apply the protection. The reason for this choice is based on occasionally having to revisit my start image, after initial balance and contrast, to add corrections/ healing to the image missed until the balance and contrast adjustment was made. This saved having to redo the mask, as a result this has become my preferred method now. Do you know or have a quick reference of the additional key modifiers etc as I forget them if I don’t use them often, or as is also the case did not know them. Like the CMD click or CMD Dbl click on the CX Sky button, or even the CMD click on the Cx Mask calculator button.
Steve if you hold down your Option or ALT Key and hover over any button in TK9 it will give you a description of each button and will give you the modifier keys. Then click the X to close the description.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly thanks that’s what I am doing to create my own quick reference. I like to scan through quick references once in a while to remind myself of forgotten options.
Watch any of the TK 9 videos on my channel and also the TK8 Videos because a lot of the same things will apply. The more videos you watch the more you will pick up. Watching the Full Edit videos is a great place to start. Happy Editing.
Trying to get up to parr with TK9, I noticed that your great additions of, "before/after" doesn't work, nor do the Nik actions you provided months ago. Is it just me? They don't work on either of my Mac's. Also, looking for your video that talks about customizing the orange section, dup image, size, flatten and canvas. Thanks, sorry so many questions. Love your info.
just a thought, don't know about the action your talking about but there is a before and after button on the cx modules that does the same thing now.(near the bottom with a bunch of pages icon
Although I find the "new" ways of doing balance and contrast clever and intellectuallly interesting, none seem significantly easier, more effective or much faster than the "old" TK8 process which I can quickly do with one hand tied behind my back. I simply do not see a worthwhile net benefit in investing time and effort to learn any of the "new" methods.
One of the best thing about the TK9 upgrade is that virtually everything you used to do in TK8 you can do the same way in TK9 with a few minor exceptions, but on top of this Tony has added things like the simple select and save of sky/foreground/subject/background and before/after & toggle layer/all other layers buttons, I think you will find that these little things will help you even if you don't make any use of the bigger additions like BlendIf.
Thanks Dave! TK9 is going to be a winner!
19:37 great videos Dave really enjoy the Friday nights.Up until last week I had been hammering along with TK-7 BUT TK-9 ISa whole new ballgame.I mainly shoot b&w film or colour digital converted to b&w.Would love to see a Friday night dedicated to b&w
Just downloaded TK9. Have only had a chance to fiddle around. Looking forward to this -- esp. the new BlendIf masks and BlendIf editing features. Glad this video will address BlendIf!! Whoa...this video was the proverbial drink from a fire hose. A lot of info squeezed in there
The best tutorial for all levels. Dave has a very special talent for teaching. !!
Well I think you are having a lot of fun Dave! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to the TK9 adventures. Have a good weekend.
Thanks, you too!
Holy cow, Dave! Great demo. So many great ways to apply those adjustments. I had no idea there were that many combinations, but I love it.
Great explanation, thnx from the Netherlands.
Picked up my copy Wednesday and looking forward to your videos on this latest release. Thanks Dave.
Awesome, thank you!
Excellent presentation of all the possibilities of balance and contrast adjustment. Thank you for your valuable help. Can’t wait to watch the upcoming videos.
Thank you Dave,,,picked up the Bagshaw Button-by-Button vids and now together with TK Fridays I feel confident that I can maximize the broad functionality of this truly remarkable, and essential IMO, PS plugin!
Good overview, Dave. Although I now have a headache Like you, my favorite way is the last one.
Thanks Dave, appreciated as always. A whole new world of adventure with TK9
Thanks
WOW! My mind is in a tither. Like learning a new tool. Great results with even more precision.
having the calculator in the combo panel is a game changer. I expect we will need a lot more videos on Blend If masks please Dave. Your going to be very busy😉
I agree Keith. I love that you can create a Blend If mask or output as a Blend If Layer. The Masking is great because we can really tweak them to our hearts content. I love TK9.
Thanks!
Thanks for the Super Thanks Steve.
Happiness is TK Friday! I now have the new TK9 panels, mind blown. What an impressive upgrade. This tutorial was extremely helpful; I love the new ways to do Balance and Contrast. I look forward to exploring and learning all the new, improved features with you. Thanks Dave for your three times a week awesome tutorials. You have been my "secret weapon" on improving my Photo Editing.
Awesome lesson Dave. TK9 is so much fun.
You’re a very good teacher Dave ! I’m very far to mastering the panel as you do !
Thank you Dave...Great TK Friday! I watched twice and really like your method.. Will try them all also...Again, thank you...your tutorials have been a great help post processing...✌👍
Good video and currently I'd say your last method is the favoured approach for me.
Tony did an excellent job! And so did you Dave with this tutorial! My favourite method so far will be also the last one.
Got my TK9 too, this is really exciting. Interesting tutorial, thank you Dave, please make a tutorial specifically for the blend if masks and focus mask.... Thanks 😊
The Blend If tool has been a game changer for me. Very precise selections on product photography are so easy now, particularly things like text on labels and areas where the contrast isn't so obvious. I can't remember what I used to do before TK came along! I know it took a heck of a lot longer.
Hola Dave! Great tutorial as always!. I really like how TK panels are evolving over the time. TK9 IS JUST AMAZING!!!
Thanks. Couldn't agree more!
@@datstheone1 Thank you very much!!!
This is really awesome work that you are doing Dave. Do you have some small video for Dodge & Burn separately
Hi Dave, The TK9 panels are just amazing. The one button I'm missing is to apply Soft Pop to a user-saved mask on the channels panel that was on TK8. Thanks
Run Soft Pop, open CX/Combo panel's Layer Mask Calculator, select the saved mask you want to add and then click the solid square icon at the top. This will load the mask to the currently active layer. Or if you want to paint it in then add black mask to Soft Pop and in Layer Mask Calculator click the dashed square to load mask as selection, then select white brush and paint on to the mask.
@@datstheone1 Thank you very much
Special TK Friday !. I need to see this video a couple of times more. A lot of information displayed to retain. As you have said, only scratching the surface. This season of TK Friday will be memorable !!!
Thanks Dave
Hi Dave, great video, but way the difficult for me. I will have to study before I can follow all of this….
Thank you Dave for this video. I purchased the new TK9 at once and I will never miss it beside NIK and Topaz,
Great update, thanks for explaining the different editing techniques from the TK9 panels. I'm excited to see what's to come in the future videos. Thank you for your work that you share with us.
Thank you so much for your time and dedication, Dave !!!
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Thanks for the Super Thanks
Hi Dave, I found a good way that worked for me where I have subject, background or foreground plus maybe a sky was to create one colour grading tool layer, select mids 3 and add layer mask. I then duplicate that layer once or twice depending on requirements. I can then work through the layers and intersect each layer as required from the new mask calculator having previously saved subject etc
Great and thorough review of methods. It does seem that the results are pretty much the same among the alternatives.
Great point! They are similar and anyone you pick should be fine.
Got TK9 2 days ago - what a GREAT update. Been anxiously waiting for your 1st TK(9) Friday & you didn't disappoint. Have been really experimenting with the Blend IF buttons to further fine tune almost any layer. Even tried a Curves Layer in LL mode (initially 15% Fill) and then modifying Blend/IF properties (with the button) - can also add a mask if needed - have gotten some interesting results. Can't imagine all the possibilites you will come with. Looking forward to next Wed!!! (& beyond). As usual, THANKS so much!!!
Hi Dave: Thanks for creating and sharing these editing techniques. The TK9 panels are amazing and I am just starting to use them, so your channel will be extremely important to developing my understanding. Cheers, Keith
I like the old school version and also the luminosity mask with the cx / combo calculator although the last version that you showed is fine although I think a bit slower. Also I picked up my free update from TK8 on Monday and this video has giving me news ways of doing the balance and contrast and I can’t wait what else you’ll be sharing with us, thanks a lot 🙏🏽
how did you get free update from tk8 , i also have it
Wow! You have already pushed TK9 further than I have and discovered ways to use it that I hadn't imagined. I'm glad to to see that everything worked. (It's kind of scary from a developer standpoint wondering if the panel can keep up with Dave Kelly.) Really impressed what you were doing with the new Combo/Cx Layer Mask Calculator. That final method was its own work of art, IMO.
Tony you are to kind. I love TK9 and it's over the top! It's such a Joy to work with. Thanks for all you do.
Credit goes to both of you. Promoting a wonderful software for the artists. Kudos to both of you
Congratulations to Tony for the update and to you Dave for the excellent explanation.
Without a doubt, including the mask calculator in the Combo panel is a huge advance. The latter method saves a lot of editing time, especially when you're editing a large number of images. There is still a lot to learn about the new panels, especially with the blend if buttons.
The details make the difference
Man! That was so awesome, Dave! The Blend-If button option is a game changer. Can't wait to see how you work it when you press shift and the color grading button. It's something you mentioned but didn't show it in this video. Wonderful stuff Dave.
Thanks. Blend If opens up a whole new world to us and TK9 will help us to make sense of it.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly By the way, Dave, I discovered something interesting here. I decided to try the method you mentioned but didn't show on this video, and maybe you already know this, but here it goes. I used the blend-if button on the CX panel to do the color grading, and I noticed in the bottom left corner in Photoshop the little drop-down menu which shows the document sizes. I made a sky and foreground mask on one of my photos, then used the traditional method vs the blend-if method and I saw a drop in size in the document getting the same results when using the blend-if. This is something Blake Rudis mentions as an advantage of the blend-if method.
@@chepo1956 Very good point👍
Wow, Dave, this blend if feature really saves a bunch of space on your files. I use the technique you taught us of using the multiply and screen blend modes, but instead of adding a mask, I press the newer blend-if second button and just select the range pre-sets and a way you go. I mean, its not huge amounts of space you save, but when as you add more layers things will start to add up.
Thanks Dave for introducing so many options for mask creation, not sure yet which I prefer but will try them out. I purchased Sean's button by button videos and working through them but very good. One tip I did like was that if you Command and double click on e.g. sky selection then you get the foreground selection automatically
That one tip is a real time save. Sean's Button by Button video is great. Happy Editing!
I'm brand new to the TK panel. I got TK 9 this week using your promo code and have been reading the manual and familiarizing myself with the buttons. Your tutorial today was excellent for a beginner like me. I did have to stop a few times and apply the sequences, and it was all very manageable. I think the last approach you used is also my favorite. It takes advantage of what is already open and runs through the various channels and color grading options right at once. Coming up with the masks in the end was a snap, too. Thank you. I guess now all I have left is go through the other 100+ videos you have of the TK panel. :) Thank you for this tutorial. Happy editing!
Thank you and Happy Editing!
so happy to see this, updated mine, and a little lost with the blend if,
This is a 29 minutes Masterclass on Masking for Balance and Contrast. I have studied the PDF notes, and rewatched the video created my own ClifNotes. I needed to acknowledge the quality and depth of this workshop.
Now I am off to practice on my own. 😍
Thanks so much for the Super Thanks!
Hi Dave, I love your TK8 and now TK9 teaching. I'm learning a lot on how to edit my pictures. I know there are many ways to edit your pictures through TK8 and TK9. I was thinking which is better or do I do both. To do a global mid tone balance and contrast or to or both. To do the global adjustment and the channel sky and foreground mid tone adjustment?
Wow Dave... today you managed to fry my little brain, something that my wife has been trying for several years without success 😀. I've been using TK8 for sometime, now I have to get used to new techniques and features of the TK9. Thanks a lot Dave, Tony and Sean for your hard work towards the photography community.
I was fried ,too, after 12 hours of making it. But, it was still a joy. So much great stuff in TK9.
Dave, your tutorial is mind blowing as is TK9. There are so many components to this update the tire will take some time to learn. The selecting of sky and foreground is a real time saver and the calculator in the panel is brilliant. I know this will become second nature to us mere mortals after using it for a couple of weeks. And the addition of Blend IF adds such a new dimension to the nuances of editing. Great job, Tony and Dave, and, of course, Sean!
Imagine using an Action (not possible) to setup the sky, FG & Mid 3 channels and also Color Grading Layers! What a fantastic feature that would be. Well done Tony, and thanks Dave for this and all your videos!
If you use BlendIf to do the mids3 masking then this is dynamic unlike pixel masks. Couple this with the fact that colour grading layers are just curves and now TK9 identifies them by layer name and you can record actions that do set up global/sky/foreground etc layers that can then be manipulated by colour grading interface. You need to be able to do this manually as can't record TK9 button presses. For example
- select Sky
- create new curves layer which will be created with mask for current sky
- rename layer to, say, "BC Sky (TK)"
- double click on new layer and set BlendIF settings by alt clicking to split pointers and set shadows to 0/128 and highlights to 128/255 (TK9s Mids 3 values)
Run the action and select the BC Sky (TK) layer and click the Colour Grading button in Multi-Mask and balance&contrast adjust to heart's content
For Foreground action do the above steps but after creating the curves layer select the mask and us cmd-I to invert it and rename layer to "BC Foreground (TK)". Subject/background just use Select Subject instead of Select Sky, and for global just omit the selection before creating curves and rename to "BC Global (TK)"
You can then record other actions such as BC Landscape that runs BC Sky, BC Foreground, BC Global and finally selects the BC Sky layer. You have to then select Colour Grading in Multi-mask and colour grade sky. Then you can just select one of the other layers and you don't have to reselect Colour Grading because the (TK) in name means Colour Grading recognises that it is a colour grading layer and picks up any settings
Key thing in fooling TK9 colour grading by renaming a standard curves layer by adding (TK) is that you must not make any changes to this new curves layer, other wise strange things will happen.
Thank you Dave for the detailed explanation but, boy was that too fast, even though I am very used to working with the TK panel, I struggled to keep up with you to be honest.
I had so much to cover but didn’t want to make the video to long. Hopefully the PDF notes will help.
Dave, great video! There is lot here, and I will be watching it several times to get the exact sequence of button pushing to get where i want to go. BTW, it this image available for downloading? I like to work on the image as I'm listening to the your tape and following the notes.
Sorry Dave I don't have this as a download.
Great demo of the "how" possibilities. I'd be even more interested in hearing more about the "why" you'd pick one method over another. Are there pros and cons for each method? Are they all producing identical results? Is it just a personal preference thing?
Thanks Dave. I think all the ways will give very similar results. My goal was various new possibilities we have with TK9 and pick the one that makes most sense.
I have been using TK9 since last Friday, and find it much more impressive than TK8 yet that was also excellent. Your video today was a really good introduction, and more, of the panel, especially the new features. I have been using BlendIf with the Colour Grading Tool to protect highlights and shadows for some time. I used either Blake Rudis’s BlendIf panel or an action to apply the protection. The reason for this choice is based on occasionally having to revisit my start image, after initial balance and contrast, to add corrections/ healing to the image missed until the balance and contrast adjustment was made. This saved having to redo the mask, as a result this has become my preferred method now.
Do you know or have a quick reference of the additional key modifiers etc as I forget them if I don’t use them often, or as is also the case did not know them. Like the CMD click or CMD Dbl click on the CX Sky button, or even the CMD click on the Cx Mask calculator button.
Steve if you hold down your Option or ALT Key and hover over any button in TK9 it will give you a description of each button and will give you the modifier keys. Then click the X to close the description.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly thanks that’s what I am doing to create my own quick reference. I like to scan through quick references once in a while to remind myself of forgotten options.
I just got the tk9 panel, is there a place to start? Is there videos to show me step by step like I did with photoshop?
Watch any of the TK 9 videos on my channel and also the TK8 Videos because a lot of the same things will apply. The more videos you watch the more you will pick up. Watching the Full Edit videos is a great place to start. Happy Editing.
Trying to get up to parr with TK9, I noticed that your great additions of, "before/after" doesn't work, nor do the Nik actions you provided months ago. Is it just me? They don't work on either of my Mac's. Also, looking for your video that talks about customizing the orange section, dup image, size, flatten and canvas. Thanks, sorry so many questions. Love your info.
just a thought, don't know about the action your talking about but there is a before and after button on the cx modules that does the same thing now.(near the bottom with a bunch of pages icon
Hi Dave. Thanks for the video. Pretty information dense :-). Still waiting for my email from Tony
Hi, does the TK8 still fully works? Or I have to get the TK9?
It will work fine. You only need TK9 if you want all the new features.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly oh ok Thanks. I only asked because my TK8 seemed to not be working, maybe I need to uninstall and reinstall it
If the Color Grading Tool is not working properly make sure you have the latest update for TK8.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly yes, it was the color grading tool mainly that wasn’t working. I’ll see if it’s the latest update
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly You were right, i needed to update the latest tk8 version and it worked, the color grading tool. Thank you!
Although I find the "new" ways of doing balance and contrast clever and intellectuallly interesting, none seem significantly easier, more effective or much faster than the "old" TK8 process which I can quickly do with one hand tied behind my back. I simply do not see a worthwhile net benefit in investing time and effort to learn any of the "new" methods.
One of the best thing about the TK9 upgrade is that virtually everything you used to do in TK8 you can do the same way in TK9 with a few minor exceptions, but on top of this Tony has added things like the simple select and save of sky/foreground/subject/background and before/after & toggle layer/all other layers buttons, I think you will find that these little things will help you even if you don't make any use of the bigger additions like BlendIf.