THE MISSION
Experiment with range masking
Time needed 30 minutes
Skill level Beginner
Kit needed Lightroom Classic CC
Creating the perfect blend of colours or the correct exposure can be tricky – especially when you have to edit around uneven tree lines, or a messy mixture of tones.
However, there’s a way to make specific edits without hours of painstakingly brushing in masks. When using the Radial Filter, Graduated Filter, or Adjustment Brush in Adobe Lightroom Classic, you have the option to introduce a Range Mask into the mix.
A Range Mask gives you the ability to limit your adjustment to a certain set of qualities. There are three possibilities: Luminance, Color, and Depth. But we’ll specifically be looking at how to use Color and Luminance in this Lightroom editing tutorial.
You can download the Lightroom_before.jpg image, or use one of your own shots to follow along with this step-by-step tutorial – and don’t forget to check out the accompanying video for a few more tips and tricks.
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF RANGE MASKING
This story is from the November 2021 edition of PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the November 2021 edition of PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
The Art of Copying Art - James Paterson shows you how to use your Canon gear to capture artwork and paintings the right way with simple camera and lighting skills
Whether you want to capture a painting like the above, digitise old prints or reproduce any kind of canvas, there's real skill in capturing artwork with your camera. Not only do you need the colours to be accurate, you also need to master the spread, angle and quality of the light to minimise glare and show the work at its best.This painting by the artist Bryan Hanlon has a wonderfully subtle colour palette. To reproduce the painting in print and digital form, it needs to be captured in the right way.
Fright night
Canon photographer and digital artist Alexander loves to craft incredible fantasy scenes with a spooky horror twist
Sharpen your shots with DPP
Sharpening a digital image also increases contrast at the edge of details
CANON ImagePrograf PRO-1100
Deeper blacks, better bronzing, greater lifespan and 5G Wi-Fi -Canon's new printer is full of new tech, says
Canon's new 'kit lens' is actually a half-price f/2.8 trinity lens!
The Canon RF 28-70mm F2.8 IS STM lacks a red ring, but borrows premium features from its L-series siblings
DREW GIBSON
Pro motorsports photographer Drew on why he hasn't (yet) switched to Canon's mirrorless system, why old-school techniques can be the most reliable, and the lessons learned from more than a decade shooting the world's biggest car brands
Up in smoke
Make a smoky shape in Affinity Photo and get to grips with the amazing Liquify Persona under the guidance of James Paterson
Expand your creativity with Generative Fill
Photoshop's Al-powered feature brings revolutionary new tools to image editing. James Paterson reveals all...
Turn your images into vintage postcards
Wish you were here? Sean McCormack explains how you can give your summer photographs a vintage postcard look
The Angel Malibu
Light painting an American movie producer in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan was a highly unlikely evening out for David!
