Wow! Precision masking and a brilliant understandable master tutor, we are so fortunate! Nico.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
😁 thanks! Glad you like it 😁
@dlimayasserjosephstephen35482 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tutorial. First I learned how to use Blend If masking through your tutorials, and once again you enlightened me on the use of the color range and luminosity mask in Lightroom and Photo Shop. Your help in assisting a novice understand some advance steps in LR and PS is priceless.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I'm just glad I could help!
@longislandstu2 жыл бұрын
This is by far the best explanation of the new masking tools I’ve seen. I finished your full class this afternoon and it was awesome!
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate that :)
@mattomann10932 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD BLAKE!!!!!!!!!!! You just saved me I have NO IDEA how many hundreds of hours........ I have been doing some night sky composites lately, and I actually went with a brush at 500% zoom masking out the tree-line in one... 😬😬😬 It worked out Amazingly, but I spent at least 30 hours doing it! I just had the idea to use blend if on them and I shrunk that time down to about 60 SECONDS!!! I'm SOO HAPPY right now! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
There always an easier way, sometimes we just need to see it, but we don't know what we don't know 😁 glad this helped, that makes me happy.
@DeMorcan2 жыл бұрын
I watched this is pieces as I was working on a photo. Since I was used to using PS for this, I was not too excited about it, but just trying to learn if it would be useful to me. It turned out that doing this with the RAW gave me better results than doing it with PS. Having the extra RAW data to work with added something over what I had done with this photo before. I put it in the PSD I had above the base layer and even though I had to redo the adjustments It was better than using PS for the masking. This was on a good photo that the gallery is selling. Learning I can make it even better is exciting. I am starting to understand this. It gives me a better starting point for PS which makes everything better.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Glad to hear it, you are one of the ones that "gets it". Going into PS with more and better data from the RAW file is critical!
@ninaehmer10912 жыл бұрын
Purchased your ZSE RAW course and practiced the tools while watching the videos. Your presets and videos have helped tremendously in understanding what's "under the hood" and how to apply. Great tutorials!
@amitpomal47092 жыл бұрын
It's my first video I watched, and I will watch all from your side. This video is packed with enormous precision to take the workflow to the next level. Huge fan of your work.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard and thank you so much :)
@ChristiaanRoest792 жыл бұрын
I love your ZSE RAW course Blake. Can highly recommend it to others. I have become good at masking because of all your courses so far.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Sweet! Thanks so much 😁
@ChristiaanRoest792 жыл бұрын
@@f64Academy Your welcome buddy 👍
@nicknichols42492 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the excellent explanation on these new features in LR & ACR.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
@eafortson2 жыл бұрын
Super dope. So much value in these videos. Thank you.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
@quirkworks40762 жыл бұрын
A home rune, as usual. Thanks, Blake. (Love the T-shirt!!!)
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
It's a good shirt, and super soft! One of my favorites!
@greg23372 жыл бұрын
The precision you can get with this update is a nice feature. I do wish it was as intuitive as it was originally. Grab a grad filter, drag it, go to luminance mask and drag the slider to target the tones. SO MUCH easier
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
I agree, it was a little bit faster in the past, but I like the control here. Tradeoffs?
@greg23372 жыл бұрын
@@f64Academy Tradeoff for sure. I just have to work with the new feature more to get comfortable. A lot of years working with the old way
@lancelenoir28752 жыл бұрын
When I was asked to beta test this I knew it was a game changer!!! I've been attempting to get them to add the white balance tool to the mask options along with the temp sliders.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Absolute game-changer! Although, there are already white balance tools in the mask options. Its in the settings for each mask. Where else would it need to be?
@lancelenoir28752 жыл бұрын
@@f64Academy I mean actually adding the white balance eye dropper tool.
@cnicolo2 жыл бұрын
Great work I loved both videos about your presets. Thank you B.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@LandscapesDronescapes2 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing! I love what Adobe have done with this new release
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@brianbracherphotography2 жыл бұрын
Best explanation so far, thanks 🙏👏
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
😁 I appreciate it!
@DB-wx1zs2 жыл бұрын
I find the New Masking features in LR and CR to be phenomenal, but there’s one issue I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen anyone mention, maybe it’s only me that notices this, but the issue is that when you’re making these adjustments with the masks in LR & CR, it is not using the same full Raw data it would be using if you was just editing in the basics panel, curves, HSL, camera calibration…etc. I know because I tested it by making an adjustment in the basic panel, then resetting and starting over again and created a linear gradient mask over the imagine and used the same settings I used when I edited it only in the basic panel. The first edit with the basic panel clearly looked different, it used more Raw data information than it did when I made the linear gradient mask adjustment. So It seems like when you’re editing with masks it’s editing it almost like a jpeg(but obviously better), but it isn’t using all the same raw data that it would be using if you just edited it in the basic panel. So I would like to know your thoughts on this. Thank you! P.S. i figured out a way to edit only the Raw data, and that is by opening up the image From LR or CR into PS as a smart object, then go to select > smart object > and click on > New smart object to create a second smart object layer. Now you can double click on the layer and it opens up in CR so you can edit different parts of that same full raw photo, and create masks in PS. Doing it this way uses all of the Raw data. Or that’s what it seems like to me. Anyway would love to hear your feed back! Thank you!
@SinaFarhat2 жыл бұрын
Cool! :) Have a nice weekend!
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
I will! You do the same 😁
@randyranson842 жыл бұрын
Photoshop should have a Project Mask Saver along with their Channels Masks Saver. That way you can go back to those created Masks, even if you've ditched the Channel Masks?
@alanm.60962 жыл бұрын
Some very goods points have been raised, especially near the end. Is the next step for Adobe to program in an auto-analyze step that spits out that series of ranges/masks (ie: mids, shad, highlight, etc) so you can then work faster by taking each of the AI generated masks and then modifying the specific sections that have been pre-selected (with adjustments of course). In other words, just taking a great tool to another level in an effort to cut down processing time and achieve results faster. As Blake says, he goes to PS to get those final steps that make the photo great....so why wouldn't Adobe allow him to stay in camera raw (or LR) and do the same thing ? The border between LR/PS and camera raw continues to get fuzzier.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
That's basically what I created with the ZSE RAW presets :) Regardless, RAW processing has its limitations and at this point will never be enough for my workflow on my portfolio worthy pieces. I need blend modes, blend if, opacity, Fill, Adjustment layers, etc. So right now, RAW processing, even with these advancements, is still rather basic for me. I like it that way.
@rickb60292 жыл бұрын
Adobe is probably trying to make scales be more color depth independent with the 0 to 100 scale (black to white), whereas 0 to 255 made sense when we only had 8 bits per individual color (RGB). 255 decimal being FF hex, or 11111111 binary. So with the 'newer' 16 bits per color or 32 bits per color, the 0-100 scale is effectively in percent and makes more sense than 0-255. The delicate arch image is great, but to me the foreground bowl looks like is is lit by another light source from above, perhaps an alien ship is vertically descending to land...
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Yep, I know nothing about what goes on in the background, haha. Good intel. For the Arch image, it was a very quick edit, and remember, my workflow doesn't stop here. This would be good enough to go into PS at this point and from there I would assess areas where I'd like to draw the viewer into. It's not complete ;)
@jonasweiss58172 жыл бұрын
Shadows adjusted your highlight mask?
@JohnKorvell2 жыл бұрын
I find that the selction covers way more than I want, even if I wiggle the range sliders. The old Lightroom was better, in my opinion, for small area selections.
@randyranson842 жыл бұрын
Can you transfer your created Raw Masks into Photoshop for use with Photoshop's layers, when also working with jpegs too?
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
No, but you wouldn't want to really. The masks in Photoshop are much cleaner, natural, and easier to control.
@BobEstremera2 жыл бұрын
I use silver Efex pro. How would I integrate your new course with silver Efex pro ?
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
I don't use silver efex anymore, but silver efex is more of an effect based piece of software, so to me that comes last in the workflow. This would be your overall first step since it's at the raw level.
@19Photographer762 жыл бұрын
If you switch to L.A.B > Curves> Channel, Lightness ~ the scale is 0 - 100. Adobe is using more tools that use the LAB Lightness mode.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I think we'd still have better masking if it were the 255 scale. More increments would mean better blending. There are limitations with how much you can blend with these masks that we just don't have with blend if. But it makes sense to base it off the luminance channel rather than the RGB channels.
@lwarley2 жыл бұрын
Can we save the Raw masks as Channels or something and use them in Photoshop?
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
No. But you have blend if in Photoshop which is slightly better. These in masks do not come over into Photoshop they are in the Raw data xmp file.
@lwarley2 жыл бұрын
@@f64Academy Thanks for the fast reply.
@MikeHudsontek2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. Just out of interest, how come you use the Camera Raw interface rather than LR? They share all the same features right?
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
Yep, develop module is the same as Lightroom. I don't like how Lightroom micro manages catalogs and therefore avoid it altogether.
@LucasPitcher132 жыл бұрын
Awesome power...but terribly slow to access by comparison with the older tools. Most of the time i find that i am 'relighting' and drawing attention to specific regions of my images with a simple radial gradient, set to enhance exposure, sadows and reduce highlights. I have a preset for this. The new masking function forces me to select the Mask, then teh Radial Gradient, then swith off the frankly annoying Overlay, tehn choose the settings before applying the preset. Why on earth can't it just remember the last settings you used, and reapply them?! Even autotoggling teh mask to 'off' would be a start. What am I missing?
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
I think it's a process thing. I make presets that set the gradient for you automatically. Make sure you save it as a preset and not a brush setting.
@LucasPitcher132 жыл бұрын
@@f64Academy - Thanks Blake; it is more tha fact that the current version doesn't appear to remember the last tool settings in Lightroom; rather, you have to set up the tool fresh EVERY time it is used. For editing lots of images in LR, this makes for a LOT more work. Again, I may be missing something obvious!
@RyanDyar Жыл бұрын
Is it just me or do the luminance masks seem much less "feathered" than the previous range masks? I find the gradients of luminosity range to be fairly harsh in comparison. Or I could just be a moron... which is entirely plausible.
@f64Academy Жыл бұрын
I definitely agree. I feel like the older version had a much better feather. I thought I was the only crazy one 😁
@ryandyar1248 Жыл бұрын
@@f64Academy Ok good, glad it’s not just me. I relied sooo much on the old range masks in processing landscapes and the newer version just doesn’t quite live up to what I was used to. The extra control, intuitive selections, etc are all awesome though.
@f64Academy Жыл бұрын
@@ryandyar1248 I agree! I tend to use ACR masks for general things, anything intricate I still do in PS due to the control and beautifully feather masks. Especially with Blend If! Such an amazing masking tool.
@bodywise0072 жыл бұрын
OK. Excellent, but way too fast. You should ... pause ... when clicking on critical links and icons. This is a gee whiz presentation. Slow down and we can learn a lot more.
@f64Academy2 жыл бұрын
That's not my style. But you can surely slow down the video in the player if you'd like 😁