Split Toning With Luminosity Masks
(Note: I published the video that accompanies this article on my YouTube Channel in June, so if you are a subscriber over there you may have already seen it.) Split toning is a process in photography of adding one color to the shadows and a different color to the...
How to Paint Customized Luminosity Masks in Photoshop
Photoshop is my most powerful and flexible tool for image developing, and Luminosity Masks are a key component to that. Masks in Photoshop are used to control where and to what degree an adjustment will be revealed. Masks generally come in two varieties; hard...
Tonal Balancing A Single Exposure Using Luminosity Masks
This week on the blog I am sharing a complete chapter from the new edition of my Developing for Extended Dynamic Range tutorial series. In this chapter I demonstrate how luminosity masks and a technique called masking-the-mask are useful in creating better tonal...
The Advantages of Luminosity Masks by Sean Bagshaw
I recently produced a series of Photoshop video tutorials called The Complete Guide to Luminosity Masks to help people learn how to use Luminosity Masks in their image developing repertoire. Luminosity Masks are very powerful tools for making refined image adjustments...Create A Custom Luminosity Mask Workspace In Photoshop by Sean Bagshaw
I thought I would share one of the quick tips from my upcoming video tutorial series called “The Complete Guide To Luminosity Masks”. In this short video segment from the series I show how to set up a custom workspace in Photoshop for efficient use of...
Layer Masks In Photoshop Explained
Photoshop is arguably the image editing application that gives the finest control and most advanced photo developing capabilities. It is also a very complex piece of software that isn’t always intuitive. One of the features of Photoshop that puts it above the...
New Luminoisty Mask Tools: Infinity Masks and Zone Picker
If you are a TKActions user, luminosity mask enthusiast or just like to keep up to date with the most current tools and techniques available for high end image developing, then this article will interest you. If you aren’t versed in what luminosity masks are...
Bring Out Luminosity With A Simple Curves Adjustment Layer
By Sean Bagshaw One of the goals of my photography is to communicate the visual and emotional experiences I have during special light conditions in the natural world. Sometimes dramatic light in nature is so powerful, sunsets for example, that it quickens my pulse and...
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