I'll just add, having bought a few of Nick's paid tutorials over the years, they are excellent, very easy to follow and unlock all kinds of tools and techniques like this. They are brilliant and will quickly and simply demystify Photoshop (and no he didn't ask me to say that). He is just a brilliant teacher and the production quality of his tutorials is excellent. Buying a paid tutorial is also a great way of saying thank you for all the amazing content, like this, that he posts for free. I think we, as subscribers, need to remember that. Thank you Nick. Genuinely one of the good guys.

Not only are your tutorials helpful and calming (as in you do such a good job walking us through your processes) , they are also the best sounding tutorials on the planet! As an audio guy myself, I appreciate it.

Hey Nick, I really appreciate all that you do. The landscape world on KZfaq wouldn’t be the same without you. Thank you!

"Learning this stuff is a lot of fun" because you make it real and simplify the process. Most everything I have learned about photoshop has been through your KZfaq Channel and your tutorials. It has made all the difference in post processing a photo. Thank you for your authentic approach and the care you take to explain the details. Cheers from Texas.

Luminosity masks are such a game changer! I was definitely also quite hesitant to dive deeper into Photoshop, but tutorials like yours or Greg Benz make it so easy and understandable. Can't wait for more stuff like this Nick! Thanks!

I've said it before and I'll say it again - I really dig your overall positive and encouraging vibe you have in your tutorials. And even though I already know the info you presented here, I found the tutorial as inspiring as your photography. You're a top shelf voice on this platform, and I'm appreciative for everything you share.

I help with several photo groups, and it is heartening to watch an excellent teacher sharing skills openly and delivering information clearly and succinctly. Far too often information is held back for all the wrong reasons. Encouraging and supporting benefits all. Thanks Nick.

I follow plenty of great photography channels but I rarely feel as enthused and encouraged as when I watch your videos. I appreciate your honesty and transparency, you cut through the BS within the wider scene and I come away feeling like I've learned something new. I have certainly been daunted by PS but the LR tutorials never seem to quite achieve 'that look' so I'm going to give this a try now with some of my old favourites. Serious respect for your work. All the best, man.

Nick you are such an advocate for the community and new photographers. Your channel is one of the best and I love your communication style.

Whatched lots of tutorials about luminosity masking and PS in general and must say you’re the only one out there, who gets to the point, raises the mist and explains things in simple, clear terms, so you can easily understand and incorporate that stuff into your editing. Other people - as you mentioned - kind of make it overtly confusing, to show you, how clever they are, who you will probably never get it. You’re the real dude, Tx!

Clearest and easiest to follow tutorials out there. Been trying to figure this out from several other KZfaqrs, but it all ended up too complicated every time. This was ready and straight to the point

I've watched literally hundreds of tutorials on editing and this one made the process of highlight recovery more easily understood as anything I've seen. The even better thing is that I now understand why Lightroom really doesn't do it the same way or as effectively. Outstanding Nick!

This is why you're my favorite Photographer on KZfaq, your videos have been insanely helpful!

Nick, since finding your channel a few years ago I have always enjoyed how easy you make complex subjects. I have been really able to step up my landscapes because of TK panel and your instruction.

Just like to say that I have used Photoshop for 20 odd years but have struggled using Lumenzia for the past year now. However, I have now learnt more in 2 days of watching Nick's videos with his excellent style of explanation and his slower pace! Thanks for a great platform and experience! Great voice too!!

Nick this is, without a doubt, the best introduction to luminosity masks and selections, I have ever seen. I learned to use them after buying Sean's , Greg's and your video courses so I am not new to this. But this video is the clearest presentation of why and how to make masks and selections. Bravo.

I have always felt your explanation of doing processing is the best out there, you make it easier for us novices to understand what to do!

Nice to find an honest, Blog, far too many on KZfaq banding untruths, about their editing processes, thank you for your honesty, Nick.

Thank you Nick. Superb tutorial. I have kept your older processing tutorials from years ago as they are so easy to follow. I need to brush up on luminosity masks and this has also taught me another way to use them. Good to have you back. 😁😁😁😁

Absolutely love these vids!! You rock Nick!! Top notch as always!!

Thanks Nick,I appreciate your honest and straight forward approach to teaching .

Nick, thanks for this tutorial. For the first time I actually decided to install Adobe Photoshop on my computer and start trying something other than Lightroom to process my photos. You are an excellent instructor for this subject matter and I will continue to tune in for your inspiring content.

Nick - THANK YOU. I'm finding your mini tutorials real eye-openers. Thank you

Nick - Thank you. Super timely and straight to point.

On point with the message and back on the post processing horse. Thank you Nick!

Great video Nick. I started off with photoshop and only used lightroom for specific adjustments but mostly just for its great organisation tools and cataloging features. A few years later and I'm now using both applications for post processing. I've found LR is good at some stuff but I need PS for most of my processing. I've been greatly helped by buying your luminosity masking course and purchasing lumenzia as you recommended. This has opened up many more possibilities using PS. Thanks for all your hard work in producing great content and sharing the knowledge you have. 👍

Excellent video, your way of teaching PS is contagious, your PS editions have the sensibility of the Great Masters of Painting. Thank you Master Nick

You are the man Nick Page! A heartfelt thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Excellent job of explaining and demonstrating luminosity mask, painting through a mask, etc. Thanks Nick

Huge thanks Nick. I’ve struggled with wrapping my head around luminosity masks, this was the best explanation and demonstration. Can’t wait to try some of these techniques.

GREAT video, Nick. So helpful.Yours is the best explanation I've seen on how to use the luminosity programs, in particular lumenzia that I've got but always thought was confusing.

Great tutorial. I've been using luminosity masks for years, and they are invaluable for processing and really not that difficult to learn or use. Of course, the more you get used to using them, the more you learn what you can do with them and the more they can do. And thank you for exploding the myth that lightroom is everything. It's a great start I think, but it isn't the end all. Thank you again for being such a great teacher.

I appreciate your luminosity mask tutorials, Nick! I’ve been using TK Actions for a while, but I always learn something new from your videos.

Brilliant stuff Nick - just so helpful in unlocking the 'mystery' of luminosity masks. I'm going to go back over this (and your landscape photography course) again now to try and lock in the learning! 👍

What an awesome video. Guilty as charged, I’ve always thought of PS as too complicated. This really makes me reconsider. Thanks for tinkling my inspiration.

I used LR for a couple of years because PS seemed so complicated and I was told that it was as complicated as I thought it to be. Everything I learned from you helped me conquer that reluctance to use PS and now I wouldn't want to work without it and without luminosity masking. As always, great video Nick.

Here, here! Couldn't agree more Nick! Great content and fantastic lesson.

Thank you so much for this Nick. This is truly so helpful. Again, keep going you're killing it!!

Excellent video pal. Not only the edition content. Encouraging people to explore is super important!! Thanks

Love it. Been using masks for decades The first photoshop I used was Photoshop 3.0. I played with it and learned tons. I've probably forgotten more than I remember any more. I used LR to make quick edits, but pull into Photoshop to finish files. It all depends on the use case and what I'm trying to get done. But love your explanation of luminosity masks. I've never used the 2 programs you've talked about, but I've done them manually. Thank you for the introduction.

Thanks, Nick, It was great seeing a new way of processing an image with Lumenzia. Your techniques and path of how you apply luminosity masks have opened many avenues in processing for me. I'm just learning Lumenzia, and up till now, I have been looking at the process in a different way.

Great advice Nick. Thank you. Super helpful.

I bought TK8 actions awhile back and never really figured out how to use them properly. This video clarified a lot about how they work. Now, I can’t wait to try again. Thanks Nick, all your videos are fantastic, but this one will help me out a lot. I hope you will make more videos about the TK 8 panel !!

It's quite interesting the timing of this video. I just finished up your Essentials for Photoshop tutorial. It's definitely opened my eyes to the possibilities of utilizing Photoshop and taking the little extra effort to learn the new skills which will pay off in the long run. Thanks Nick!

THANK YOU! I bought a luminosity mask panel a while ago for a project, and gave up on it because at the time it seemed to complicated. This quick explainer will get me going. Thank you

Super helpful. Yes it did unlock ideas for me especially the difference between the highlight slider and levels adjustment layer. Ps is truly the king of all photography software from which all other software are made. Thank you Nick!

Nick, thanks for another fantastic video. I have found all your video's to be easy to understand and great teaching. Your videos about the Oregon Coast inspired to visit and shoot some of the great locations there and then your processing videos demonstrate how to best use the raw images. BTW, I intend to buy some of your instructional videos to help while you are recovering from your back problems. I really hope you recover fast and completely.

Nick I just love your tutorials - have to say of all the vloggers I follow you by far explain things so easy - great work & thank you - John

Thanks, Nick! Sorry to hear about your back ~ I hope you recover really soon.

Awesome tutorial, Nick. Thank you! I started with Photoshop and I’m glad I did. Will add one of the luminosity masks.

Talk that Photoshop goodness, Nick! Great examples of the power and control the advanced masks and selections in Photoshop give us.

Hello Nick, Jose from Puerto Rico. Outstanding! I guess some folks can't realize how powerful these luminosity masks are and can make a big difference in your photos. I totally agree with you that it's a tool that can be used when necessary. Likewise, I have both panels and use them when necessary. Great video man!

Excellent content again Lord Page! thank you for cementing my intrigue with luminosity masks and indulging in your tutorials. Simply - thank you!!!! A great inspiration to getting backing into photography and doing more of what I enjoy :)

Thank once agin for such a great tutorial on luminosity Nick. It is always a pleasure to watch your videos and learn from you.

Dude! I very rarely comment but had to say this was one of the best explains of luminosity masks I’ve seen. Thank you! I am not familiar with Lumenza and I see Tony Kuiper’s panel has also evolved over the last decade. Cheers!

Thanks very much for your honesty and sincerity. Not everyone on KZfaq maintains these character traits. Also, thanks for sharing your knowledge!! 🙂

And I already know how to do a shift+ctrl+alt+E merged layer, I love it when you assume we already have some level of expertise and know our way around Photoshop. I really appreciate this Nick. I have only used Bridge and Photoshop for my workflow, never taking the time to pickup Lightroom.

Nick, No one can do a tutorial like you on KZfaq. I have bought some of your Tutorials and they are excellent. I plan on updating the masking tutorial that you now offer. Stay in good spirits and be well.

Nick this video was super helpful! I've been trying to leave Light Room but this just helped me get to where I wanted to be. Cheers, and leave it better!

This was super helpful Nick. Definitely going to give this a go and add it to my workflow 👊🏽

Loved this video, Nick! I use luminosity masking in Capture One in essentially the same way (which seems to me to be far more controllable than in LR) to do the same thing as you're doing there - recovering highlights whilst keeping contrast with the levels tool. I completely agree that just using the highlights slider, whether in LR or C1, can leave highlights looking dull and flat.

Very helpful tutorial! I am trying to implement more post-processing techniques like this into my own work. Thank you!

Thanks. This was excellent. Have to watch a few more times. But really helpful.

Bravo! It’s about time someone took on the lie that you can do it all in Lightroom. Learning the power of luminosity masks has taken my photos to another level. And I would agree with you, once you learn the concepts around them it’s really easy and fast to do

Great tutorial Nick. You are such a good teacher👏

Great video Nick - Thank you for sharing.

I live in 🇲🇹 Malta. Europe. You can say that I follow you and never missed a video. Although I follow some more you tuber photographers, you are the best. You seem down to earth. You explain the best you can and for me you are sincere in everything you do. Thanks for being you. Regarding this subject I would love to see a video showing this with no additional program like lumenza, etc...Always waiting to watch your videos. They make me relax. Good luck in everything you do

Thanks Nick! Always learning with you 👏👏

I think more important than the software you use, is to learn to use what you have and are comfortable with extremely well. I'm still trying to grasp Lightroom and all its features, which get better all the time! I do use Photoshop some as well but don't know it that well. But like any profession or anything in life really, the difference between someone who is good and someone who is very good and on another level comes down to how well they know the tools needed to do the job. I really like your videos Nick. You are a great guy and I learn a lot from them.

Great video Nick, absolutely love your images and your post processing. Personally, I find knowing when to use it is the hardest part, in order to get the best out of my image. I guess I just find it hard to pre-visualise what the image could look like if I use these tools.

Brilliant presentation… thank you Nick

Hi Nick, thanks for this, I’ve been using PS for cleaning up images after LR since I watched your earlier guide and will hopefully start using luminosity masks soon. Really appreciate you taking time to share your knowledge Andy

This was a great video! Thanks! I learned a lot from it.

Nick, this is really enlightening ! Pun intended. Learning masking, the concept of using levels when applying saturation mask has never crossed my mind or seen it taught ! I assumed use a saturation adjustment. Your technique really does show a more natural look. Lightroom masks are really pushing closer to PS, but this shows it isn't there yet. Thanks again.

We’ll done, Nick. Been editing images for 25 years and the workflow combo of LR (or ACR) and PS works perfectly. And yes, LR/ACR is always getting better, but there are just too many things that can be done later by moving into PS. Don’t be scared, folks, just jump right in!

Instant like! Make more tutorials nick! Even paid one! I’ll buy them all!

Great video Nick! I struggled with understanding luminosity masks for a long time, so I wished I had seen your video much sooner. I use TK8 panels which allows you to create mask so quickly and with such great control.

I am so glad I found and subscribed to your channel, it enabled me to see content like this that is useful and informative, content that will enable me to improve and progress, rather than go into the field and doubt what I’m doing because the little voice on my shoulder is asking “wasn’t that in the latest ‘five mistakes landscape photographers always make’ vlog”? Plus you’re such a dude, and you look like you should also be playing in a metal band.

You have a great teaching style, Nick.

Great video and points Nick. I’m definitely in the camp of not venturing out of Lightroom frequently enough, mostly because it just seems so easy to make adjustments with the basic tools available. I do see the big difference though in targeted approach here. Going to make a point to not be as lazy 👍

Thanks for this Nick , I have recently come across the TK plug in and found this extremely helpful 😊

Thank YOU Nick. Very inspiring.

Great video Nick... thank you!

no more keepin the man down. love it Nick, thanks!

I've been struggling using luminosity mask and this video really helped me understand what I'm doing incorrectly. Thank you!

Thanks Nick! Always have been afraid to try luminosity mask thinking they are way too complicated.

Well done!! I use luminosity masks all the time and followed along easily. But I like how you explained it for the beginner just trying to learn!

This was made at the perfect time as I'm starting to find lightroom very limiting for anything other than color related editing. I've tried a few methods within LR including their luminosity masks but it does not produce good results at all lol. Thanks for shedding some knowledge! I'll definitely be looking at using luminosity masking since I'm really trying to localize my photo editing!

Great video Nick. I like using luminosity masks, all thanks to you and your great tutorials. What I think confuses people is that there are several tools that do much the same thing. Like your brightening- you can use levels, curves, brightness/contrast, or exposure. How do you know which one is the tool to use? Same with colors. Seems there are hundreds of ways to skin the proverbial cat. You hit upon it yourself in your interview video with the folks from Photo Cascadia, it’s easier when you have less choices. Lr has limited choices which makes your tool, or slider, easier. But I totally agree, once you grasp the concept, you’ll love it. I love it and love all the possibilities. Thanks!!

Great video Nick and thank you for sharing with others 👍

Excellent presentation. Excellent content. Thank you.

Thank you Nick, you are huge inspiration for my landscape h[photography.

How honest! Love your tips. 👌

Good comments, Nick! I look at it as a bag full of golf clubs. You don't play a course with only one. In my own case, I start in LR to do the basics and end up in PS and sometimes use an old version of NikFX as well. Each club has it's strength for the need.

This is great, i didn't know about those TK panels. I'll say the biggest barrier to this kind of masking and work in PS is that you have to know what your desired outcome is before you do something. For many people, working sliders in LR until it looks good to them is enough, they dont have the vision for wanting to achieve these kinds of results.

That is an excellent tip, thank you. I have to experiment with it in Capture One.

Great video Mr. Nick. Big help.

Thank you. I’ve got Lumenzia bug have been reluctant to really learn it. Time to get in with it!

One thing reading through all the glowing praise and comments should tell you Nick, is how well liked and respected you are. Any more praise would be akin to flogging a dead horse so all that I will add is they are all well deserved and it would be nice to see you on here a bit more often.

Merci Nick. Une vidéo sans conneries. Tiroir du dessus. 🗼