WEEK ONE: Masking Panel Foundations
WEEK ONE: Masking Panel Foundations
Are you ready to upgrade your processing skills in Lightroom, especially for landscape photography? The masking panel is the most exciting update that Lightroom has received to date, and it’s easy to see why. No more will you have to settle for generic adjustments that affect your whole image. The masking panel brings the amazing power and flexibility of layers into the Lightroom ecosystem.
No longer will you need to jump over to Photoshop for more advanced techniques…because you can now enjoy precise and targeted editing all thanks to the masking panel.
In this brand-new course, we’ll explore everything you need to know about masking in Lightroom: the concept of masking, the individual selection tools, and best practices for creating the exact mask you want.
I know that learning a lot at once can be overwhelming, so I’ve split the course into two sections to be distributed over two weeks. This will give you the time to experiment and practice with your own images, which is essential to mastering something as dynamic and high-powered as the masking panel.
For week one here, we’ll dive deep into the basic masking principles and methods…which will give you a stable foundation before learning the individual masking methods (such as color range, object selection, etc). By laying down a proper base here first, you’ll be 80% of the way there to being a masking expert…making the rest of the masking panel will be incredibly easy to learn!
Here’s what you’ll learn in the following lessons:
- Why masking is now the most powerful tool in the Develop module.
- How “layers” work in the Lightroom environment.
- The differences between masks and selections.
- How to properly create your first mask using a 3-step process.
- How to use the overlay to help guide you choose the best mask for your image.
- How to stack (or layer) multiple selection methods to enhance your mask further.
- How to unlock the full potential of masks by changing your selection mode (subtract, intersect, and invert)…why you would choose one over the other, and how to combine them so that they interact with your mask properly.