THE MISSION
Experiment with range masking
Time needed 30 minutes
Skill level Beginner
Kit needed Lightroom Classic CC
Creating the perfect blend of colours or the correct exposure can be tricky – especially when you have to edit around uneven tree lines, or a messy mixture of tones.
However, there’s a way to make specific edits without hours of painstakingly brushing in masks. When using the Radial Filter, Graduated Filter, or Adjustment Brush in Adobe Lightroom Classic, you have the option to introduce a Range Mask into the mix.
A Range Mask gives you the ability to limit your adjustment to a certain set of qualities. There are three possibilities: Luminance, Color, and Depth. But we’ll specifically be looking at how to use Color and Luminance in this Lightroom editing tutorial.
You can download the Lightroom_before.jpg image, or use one of your own shots to follow along with this step-by-step tutorial – and don’t forget to check out the accompanying video for a few more tips and tricks.
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF RANGE MASKING
This story is from the November 2021 edition of PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine.
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