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Layer Mask Tips & Tricks II

1:05:20 Duration

Introduction
Simplify Practice Image
Ellipical Marquee
Basic Quick Mask
Load Mask as Selection
Luminosity Mask
Layer Mask Options
Brush + Fade
Grays in Layer Masks
Inspect All Masks
Summary

MA_Layer Mask Tips II
2013_09_23_Newfield Texaco NJ.zip

Introduction
Keep Original Shadow
Textured Backgrounds
Truly Transparent Shadow
Black-Only Shadows
Recreate Shadow
Complex Shadow Retention
Second Complex Example
Problem Example
Cast Shadow Creation
Clipping Shadows
Summary
FREE Public Tip

MA_Realistic Shadows
2007_06-Santa-Monica-CA.jpg
2009_12 South East Asia.jpg
Textured.jpg
IMG_6698.JPG
Bens Weathered_09.jpg
photo 2.jpg
photo.jpg
Cast Shadow.jpg
Canon GPS.jpg

Turning on the Lights

42:14 Duration

Introduction
Convert to Nighttime
Create Light Beam
Blur Light Beam
Mask Beam
Blending Mode
Fine-Tune Color
Duplicate Light
Group & Fine-Tune
Complex Lights
Knockout Deep
2nd Example
Use Light Between Docs
Transform
Light Fixture
Light Bulb
Control Shadow Detail
Summary

MA_Turning on Lights
2014_02_Sydney-Australia.jpg
2015_04_15-Qibao Old Street.jpg

Daytime to Nighttime

22:20 Duration

Introduction
Camera Raw Filter
Mask sky and desaturate
Color Lookup Table
Custom LUT
Summary

MA_Daytime to Nighttime
Practice-Images.zip

Enhancing Sunset with PS

23:50 Duration

Introduction
Neural Filters
Landscape Mixer
Color Transfer
Color Blending Mode
Green Luminosity Mask
2nd with Inverted Mask
Blend Last Image
Group and Mask
Summary

MA_Enhancing Sunset in PS
Downtown-LA.jpg

Challenge Shadow Removal

37:49 Duration

Introduction
Low Frequency Mask
Curves Adjustment
Group with Mask
Refine Curves Adjustment
Blur Mask
Paint on both masks
Color Tweaks
Second Curve
Blur Tool
Hue/Saturation
QuickMask Mode
Summary

MA_Shadow Removal
Challenge hawk.jpg
Bens Frequency Separation.zip

HDR to Final

59:41 Duration

Introduction
Spot Healing Brush
+ Contrast in Curves
Isolate with QuickMask
Hue/Saturation
Shift Color in Curves
Luminosity Mode
Lens Flare
Paint in Color Mode
Lens Flare 2
Tiny Tweaks
Dual Masks
Retouch Flare
Summary

MA_HDR to Final
2011_05-Horseshoe-Bend-AZ.tif

Wish I Knew: Enhance

37:51 Duration

Introduction
Don't Skip these ACR/LR Adjustments

Highlights Detail
Shadow Detail
White Balance

Importance of .XMP Files
ACR JPEG Caution
Darkening Increases Saturation

Saturation Clipping
Luminosity Mode
Color Mode

Camera Raw Import Settings

Bit Depth

Sample Size
RGB Numbers + Profile

Red, Green, Blue
Opposite Colors
Profile Dependent

Reset Adjustment Brush
FREE Public Tip

MA_WIK Enhance
Enhance Practice Images.zip

Masking Dark Hair

50:19 Duration

Introduction
Inspecting the Original
Load Replacement Background
Select Subject
Select and Mask
Mask Original Colors
Dupe in Multiply
Darken Transparent Areas
Add Shadow
Refine Original Mask
Clone Hair Texture
Thin the Mask
Summary

MA_Masking Dark Hair
Kids.jpg
2016_10_Tangier Morocco.jpg
2014_02_25_Lombok-Indonesia.jpg

Mask Refinement

21:25 Duration

Introduction
Tour of Document
Inspecting Problem Areas
Blur Mask
History Brush in Darken
History Brush in Normal
Check Mask
Second Example
Inspect Issue Areas
Maximum + Blur
History Brush
Summary

MA_Mask Refinement
2019_05 Athens Greece.tif
2019_05 Delos Greece.tif

Fixing Lens Flare

29:42 Duration

Introduction
Open in Photoshop
Hue/Saturation
Paint on Layer Mask
Retouching
Curves
Color Blending Mode
Summary

MA_Lens Flare Removal
Sun Challange.zip

Challenge: Eyeglass Reflections

13:55 Duration

Introduction
Remove Purple
Retouch Highlights
Clone Source
More Color Fixes
Darken
Retouch Mouth
Summary

MA_Eyeglass Reflections
Reflection in Glasses.jpg

Sunburst Composites

14:00 Duration

Introduction
Capturing Sunbursts
Compositing Sunbursts
Flip Vertical
Copy/Paste Version
Double Brightness
Adjust Result
Summary

MA_Sunburst Composites
Sunflare Images.zip

Creative Multi-Exposure

55:49 Duration

Introduction
Load as Layers
Image Blending
Auto-Align Layers
Multiple Blending Mode
Fine-Tune Brightness
LR Load as Layers
Screen Blending Mode
Blending Mode Sections
Mixed Blending Modes
Example Images
Adding Layer Masks
Cycling Blending Modes
Adding Texture
Layer Comps
Dual Layer Sets
Creative Layer Comps
Saving Huge Files
Shooting Advice
Summary

MA_Creative MultiExposures
MA2007 Practice Images.zip

Wish I Knew: Creative

50:12 Duration

Introduction
Blending Modes
Filters
Layer Styles
Smart Objects
Preserve Transparency
Summary
FREE Public Tip

MA_WIK Creative
warp multiple.tif
Joshua Tree Lightpaint.zip
style all or individual.tif

Blending Modes Tips & Tricks

33:23 Duration

Introduction
Use with Filters
Transformations
Keyboard Shortcuts
Filter on Empty Layer
Black/White/Gray Filters
Fore/Background Filters
32-Bit Filters
Fill Unique Filters
Summary

MA_Blending Mode Tips Tricks
Bus Illustration 2.jpeg
Bus Illustration 1.jpeg
2014_03_02_Borobudur Java Indonesia.jpg
Filter Empty Layer.jpg

Advanced Tip Grab Bag

41:56 Duration

Introduction
Match Colors via Highlights
Simple Luminosity Mask
Fine-tune mask
Adjust Mountain Density
Complex Luminosity Mask
Fine-tune Mountains
Inverted Luminosity Mask
Brighten Balloon
Update Base Image
Selective Feathering
Selective Retouching
Summary

MA_Advanced Tip Grab Bag
2009_12 Myanmar.tif

Challenge Image: Fix Crop & Frame

35:10 Duration

Introduction
Dupe & Flip
Compare with Underlying
Scale to Align
Reveal All
Layer Mask
Merged Visible Duplicate
Repeat Dupe/Flip
Adjust Crop
Fix Corners
Fix Edges
Copy Merged
Puppet Warp
Use Smart Object
Summary
Non-Destructive?
Submit Your Images

MA_Challenge Image-Fix Crop Frame
Dove.jpg

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