2 Ways to Luminosity Mask in Photoshop
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ASR: en
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hello and welcome to this episode of
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dennys tips where you're going to learn
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about luminosity masking one of my
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favorite photoshop techniques luminosity
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massing lets you make a layer visible
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according to the brightness value of
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your photo for example you can brighten
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your photo and then apply luminosity
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masks in so that it doesn't over expose
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the areas that are already bright to
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begin with you can also apply color
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grading effects to different tonal areas
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like just the shadows or just the
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highlight you can do stuff like HDR tone
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mapping and there's a lot more you can
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do luminox and asking is one of the
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oldest and most useful retouching
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techniques I've been teaching that since
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the beginning of my first photo shop
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website which was over 12 years ago and
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I've seen others teaching it even
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earlier over 15 years ago but despite it
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being old and still being used today in
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pretty much the same way in this
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Photoshop tutorial you'll learn be to
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most useful and common methods for
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luminosity masks game so if you're ready
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let's get started
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there's two ways to do luminosity
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masking in Photoshop one is with a layer
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mask and the other it's with a layer
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style there's pros and cons to both
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while start with the layer mask method
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first as an example I'm going to add a
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brightness contrast adjustment layer and
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then bump up the brightness you can now
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see that the image is brighter but the
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inside of the building is way
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overexposed using luminosity masking we
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can fix this by making delay or only
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effective shadows here's how to do it
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first make sure that the layer mask is
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selected in your layers panel then go to
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image apply image this tool let's do it
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place any layer into your current layer
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or layer mask it also gives you a lot of
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options so for example you can choose
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the layer you can choose the channel you
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can choose whether to invert the layer
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or not set the blending mode and a lot
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more it's quite powerful but for this
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image we're just going to leave the lair
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set to merge and I will enable the
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import option and the blending mode
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should be set to either multiply or
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normal and then when you're ready click
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OK our image looks much better but what
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exactly happened look at new layers
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panel you can see that we now have an
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inverted copy of the image in the layer
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mask you can also hold the alt or option
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key and click on the layer mask
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thumbnail to preview how it looks so
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here we can see that this brightness
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contrast layer is only being shown in
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the white areas here which are the dark
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spots in the photo and instead of
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building which originally was
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overexposed it's now being masked out
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and it looks normal again so this is a
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great way to selectively pick the tonal
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areas that your layers should appear in
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you can also go further and start
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manipulating delay your mass for example
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if we use a levels tool by pressing ctrl
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or command L we can make a layer mask
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brighter or darker we can increase the
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contrast lifty blacks drop the whites
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it's quite flexible another thing you
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can do is to blur t layer mask if we
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look at the area here you can
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selected contrast is a bit low but we
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can blur it to increase the clarity to
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do this go to filter blur Gaussian blur
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if you use a small setting like three
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pixel now sharpen the edges for better
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results if you use a large number like
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20 pixels they'll increase the clarity
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like this but if you do this be careful
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of halos that can appear between light
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and dark areas for example look at the
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roof here you can see that there's a
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slight glow around it for this image
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it's not really that noticeable but it's
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something that you need to be careful of
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whenever you're doing this so that was
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the first method to use luminosity
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masking here's how it looks like before
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and after you can also use it with under
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layer such as the fireman's or
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saturation layer the color lookup layer
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and more but there are also layers that
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you don't need to use it for such as the
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color balance and D tone curve I'll
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explain more about that later but first
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let's learn the second method of
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luminosity masking so most people use
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the first method I just saw because it's
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the most widely taught but there's more
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efficient ways to luminosity masks and
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instead of using a layer mask you can
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use a layer style instead the later
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style method is the one that you should
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be using whenever you can anyways let me
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show you how it's done I'm going to
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delete this layer mask because we don't
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need it anymore and to apply luminosity
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masks into this layer just right click
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on the layer and then go to blending
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options here in the blender setting you
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can change the tonal areas where the
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layer is visible so if i drag your white
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input slide towards the left the layer
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will only be visible in these tonal
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ranges and as I adjust you can see the
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bright areas being restored but if we
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look at the results the transition is
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really sharp and get a lot of ugly
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artifacts there's a trick to smooth this
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out and it took me years before I found
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out about this if you hold the alt or
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option key the slider will split in half
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and you can fade it out like this if you
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want really smooth results you can even
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drag the sliders auto way to both ends
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like this
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by the way there's two bars here which
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you can adjust basically it's like this
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the top layer will tell Photoshop to
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show this layer if the layer is within
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these tonal ranges the bottom one will
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tell Photoshop to show the layer if the
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underlying layer is within these tonal
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ranges you can just trial both to see
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which one works better but a lot of
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times it doesn't really matter which one
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you use you'll still be able to get good
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results from both okay so we're done
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with the luminosity masks here's how it
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looks like before and after now even
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though I layer style is more efficient
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you can't mimic collective mask like you
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can with an actual layer mask so you
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can't do things like apply a Gaussian
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blur or UC levels 2 r.d layer mask but
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it's more efficient and it's lighter
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weight there are also times when you
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don't even need to use the luminosity
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masking for example to color balance
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adjustment already lets it select
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different tonal ranges so let's say you
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wanted tint d shadows blue just select
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shadows from the drop down menu and do
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it from there it's much more efficient
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than creating your own luminosity masks
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same with D curves adjustment it already
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lets you pick which tone whereas you
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want to adjust so if you don't want your
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adjustment to show up in D highlights
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then just don't make any changes to the
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highlights luminosity masking is also
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built into some filter select a smart
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sharpen filter and typically I'll see
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people use luminosity messing with a
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sharpened later again if they built in
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luminosity masking is good enough
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there's no need to do it yourself
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anyways that's how you do luminosity
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masks in photoshop there are some
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photoshop plugins for luminosity masking
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I find that it's something that's
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already easy and fast to do in fact I
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would say that in most situations it's
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actually faster to do it by yourself
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than it is to use a plug-in
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the only time I would recommend those
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plugins as if you're doing something
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complicated with many layers such as HDR
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tone mapping by the way if you're
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interested in HDR tone mapping you can
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download my set of photoshop actions
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which will let you tow map multiple
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exposures in just a couple clicks you
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don't need to pay for it because the
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free version is sufficient for most
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people's needs and if you're interested
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you can find it download like in the
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video description
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hey guys thanks for watching this video
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luminosity masks it's one of my favorite
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techniques and you can do so much with
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it so I encourage you to experiment and
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try different ways of using it also if
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you like this video you might like my
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other video on how to use the tone chart
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in Photoshop basically that video will
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show you how to use the curves
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adjustment and a more understandable and
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easier way so if you're interested click
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on the video to watch it anyways thanks
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for watching guys if you liked the video
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please subscribe to my channel I hope
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you guys have an awesome day and I'll
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catch you guys next week
standard: en
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Hello and welcome to this episode of
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Denny's tips where you're going to learn
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about luminosity masking. One of my
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favorite photoshop techniques, luminosity
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masking lets you make a layer visible
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according to the brightness value of
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your photo. For example you can brighten
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your photo and then apply the luminosity
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masking so that it doesn't overexpose
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the areas that are already bright to
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begin with.
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You can also apply color grading effects
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to different tonal areas like just the
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shadows or just the highlights. You can do
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stuff like HDR tone mapping and there's
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a lot more you can do. Luminosity
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masking is one of the oldest and most useful
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retouching techniques. I've been teaching
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this since the beginning of my first
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photoshop website which was over 12
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years ago and I've seen others teaching
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at meeting earlier over 15 years ago but
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despite it being old, it still being used
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today and pretty much the same way. In
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this photoshop tutorial we'll learn the two most
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useful and common that this for the
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luminosity masking. So if you're ready,
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let's get started.
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There's two ways to do luminosity
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masking in Photoshop, one is with a layer
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mask and the other is with the layer style,
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there's pros and cons but I'll
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start with the layer mask method. First,
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as an example, I'm gonna add a brightness
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contrast adjustment layer and then bump
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up the brightness. You can now see that
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the image is brighter, but the inside of
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the building is way overexposed. Using
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luminosity masking, we can fix this by
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making the layer only affect the shadows.
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Here's how to do it; first make sure that
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the layer mask is selected in your
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layers panel then go to "Image" -> "Apply
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Image", this tool lets you place any layer
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into your current layer or layer mask. It
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also gives you a lot of options, so for
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example you can choose the layer. You can
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choose the channel, you can choose
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whether to invert the layer or not. Set
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the blending mode and a lot more. It's
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quite powerful but for this image we're
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just going to leave the layer set to
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merge and I will enable the "Invert"
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option and the blending mode should be
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set to either multiply or normal and
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then when you're ready click "OK". Our
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image looks much better but what exactly
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happened? Look in the layers panel you
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can see that we now have an inverted
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copy of the image in layer mask, you can
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also hold the "alt or option" key and
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click on the layer mask thumbnail to
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preview how it looks. So, here we can see
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that this brightness contrast layer is
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only being shown in the white areas here
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which are the dark spots in the photo and in
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city building which originally was
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overexposed, it's now being masked out and
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it looks normal again.
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So, this is a great way to selectively
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pick the tonal areas that your layer should
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appear in, you can also go further and
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start manipulating the layer mass. For
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example, if we use the levels tool by
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pressing ctrl or command L we can make
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the layer mask brighter or darker, we can
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increase the contrast. Lift the blacks, drop
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the whites.. It's quite flexible.
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Another thing you can do is to blur the
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layer mask, if we look at the area here
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you can see that the contrast is a bit
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low, but we can blur it to increase the
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clarity. To do this, go to "Filter" -> "Blur" ->
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"Gaussian Blur", if you use a small setting
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like three pixel, it will sharpen the edges for
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better results. If you use a large number
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like 20 pixels, it will increase the clarity
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like this, but if you do this
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be careful of halos that can appear
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between light and dark areas. For example,
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look at the roof here, you can see that
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there's a slight glow around it. For this
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image, it's not really that noticeable
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but it's something that you need to be
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careful of, whenever you're doing this. So,
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that was the first method to use. The
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luminosity masking, here's how it looks
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like before and after. You can also use
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it with other layer such as the vibrance or
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saturation layer, the color lookup layer
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and more. But, there are also layers that
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you don't need to use it for such as the
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color balance and the tone curve. I will
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explain more about that later but first
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let's learn the second method of
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luminosity masking. So most people use
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the first method I just saw because it's
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the most widely taught, but there's more
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efficient ways to luminosity masks and
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instead of using a layer mask, you can
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use a layer style instead. The layer
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style method is the one that you should
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be using whenever you can.
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Anyways, let me show you how it's done
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I'm going to delete this layer mask
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because we don't need it anymore. And to
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apply luminosity masking to this
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layer just right click on the layer and
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then go to "Blending Options" here in the Blend If
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setting you can change the tonal
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areas where the layers visible, so if I
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drag the white inputs slider towards the left,
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the layer will only be visible in this
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tonal ranges, and as I adjust, you can see
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the bright areas being restored but if
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we look at the results, the transition
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is really sharp and get a lot of ugly
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art effects.
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There's a trick to smooth itself
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and it took me years before I found out
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about this, if you hold the "Alt or Option"
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key, the slider was split in half and you
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can fade it out like this. If you want
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really smooth results you can even drag
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the sliders all the way to both ends like
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this, by the way there's two bars here
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which you can adjust basically it's like
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this - the top layer will tell Photoshop
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to show this layer if the layer is within
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these tonal ranges, the bottom one will
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tell Photoshop to show the layer if the
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underlying layer is within these total
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ranges you can just trial both to see
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which one works better but a lot of
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times it doesn't really matter which one
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you use,
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you'll still be able to get good results
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from both. Okay so we're done with the
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luminosity mask, here's how it looks like
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before and after.
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Now even though the layer style is more
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efficient, you can't manipulate the mask like
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you can with an actual layer mask so you
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can't do things like apply a gaussian
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blur or UC levels to on the layer mask
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but it's more efficient and it's lighter
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way.
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There are also times when you don't even
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need to use luminosity masking, for
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example to color balance adjustment
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already let's you select different tonal
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ranges so let's say you want to tint the
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shadows blue just select shadows from the
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drop-down menu and do it from there. It's
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much more efficient than creating your
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own luminosity masks, same with the
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curves adjustment. It already let you
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pick which tonal areas you want to
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adjust, so if you don't want your
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adjustment to show up in the highlights,
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then just don't make any changes to your
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highlights.
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Luminosity masking is also built into
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some filter - select the "smart sharpen
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filter" and typically I'll see people use
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luminosity masking with a sharpened
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layer. Again, if the built-in luminosity
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masking is good enough, there's no need to
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do it yourself. Anyways, that's how you do
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luminosity masking in Photoshop. There are
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some photoshop plugins for luminosity
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masking but I find that it's something
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that's already easy and fast to do. In
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fact, I would say that in most situations
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it's actually faster to do it by
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yourself than it is to use a plug-in. The
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only time I would recommend those
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plugins is if you're doing something
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complicated with many layers such as HDR
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tone mapping. By the way, if you're
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interested in HDR tone mapping you can
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download my set of photoshop actions
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which will let you tone map multiple
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exposures in just a couple clicks. You
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don't need to pay for it because
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the free version is sufficient for most
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people's needs and if you're interested,
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you can find a download link in the
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video description.
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Hey guys thanks for watching this video
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luminosity masking is one of my favorite
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techniques and you can do so much with
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it. So, I encourage you to experiment and
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try different ways of using it. Also if
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you liked this video, you might like my
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other video on how to use the tone chart
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in Photoshop. Basically, that video will
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show you how to use the curves
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adjustment in more understandable and
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easier way.
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So if you're interested, click on the
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video to watch it. Anyways, thanks for
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watching guys! If you liked the video
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please subscribe to my channel. I hope
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you guys have an awesome day and I'll
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