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my favorite and most frequently used
method of localizing luminosity mass
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adjustments is called masking am asked
her to give you a preview of the masking
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amass technique in the previous chapter
we did on making adjustments was known
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mass so give them on another look
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also if you have the second edition of
my developing for extended dynamic range
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videos
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a demo the masking the mask technique in
the chapter called total balancing with
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luminosity masks if you don't have that
series you can also watch the same video
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chapter on my YouTube channel
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you can get to my YouTube channel by
going to my website and then looking
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under the tutorials menu the masking a
mass technique involves using to mass
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for a single adjustment the first mask
is a global luminosity mass that applies
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an adjustment across the entire image
and the second mask is a localizing mask
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which keeps the adjustment just where
you want it in this image as in a lot of
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bright sky and dark landscape images I
want to darken the sky and bring out
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details and color in the landscape of
begin with an adjustment to darken the
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sky
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by loading a lights 1 selection in all
attach it to a levels adjustment layer
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and set the adjustment layer to multiply
to darken and then I can further
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fine-tune the sliders to get the
adjustment looking just how I want it in
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the sky
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adjustment looks great in the sky but
it's bleeding over into the landscape
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particularly the reflection in the river
it seems like it would be a good
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solution to just use a black paint brush
to just paying out
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the parts of the mask where I don't want
the adjustment to happen the problem
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comes when I'm painting if I paint over
into an area of the image ray didn't
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want to it seems like all I would need
to do is go back with a wire brush and
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paint the other direction but
unfortunately when I do that well you'll
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notice is that and losing all of that
fine detail and feathering that's in the
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original luminosity masks they don't
want that to happen
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this is where masking the mask comes in
it would be great if we could add a
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second mask to the adjustment layer to
localize where we see the luminosity
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mask adjustments and where we don't
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if you click the mask icon in the Layers
panel it is possible to add another mask
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to elaire unfortunately this is what's
called a vector mask and vector mass
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don't work for the kind of mass painting
that we need to do the workaround is to
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place the adjustment layer in a group
folder and then place a white mask on
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the group and inverted to black CZ to do
with the v4 panel just with that layer
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highlighted click the group button and
then add a layer mask with the layer
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mask button and then invert the layer
mask to black with the invert but this
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black mask becomes the localizing mask
for the underlying luminosity mask now I
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campaign on the black mask with a white
brush
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hand painted in that Sky darkening
adjustment and along the transition zone
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everything blends and looks very natural
thanks to the luminosity mask inside the
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group that is keeping the adjustment
from going into the landscape
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if I were to accidentally paint the
adjustment down into areas of the image
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where I didn't want it I can simply now
change my brush color to black and paint
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that back out and the mask inside the
group is unaltered inundate image
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and I can go to the group mask to make
sure I painted back everything as it was
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good idea to name the group seeking
remember what it's for
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then you can collapse the group if you
want to keep your layers stacked nice
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and tidy for the next adjustment I want
to bring out some of those dark areas in
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the landscape
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before I make a selection I'm gonna turn
off the sky adjustment so they can have
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the greatest amount of separation
between my landscape in sky to create
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the selection that a loaded darks 1
selection and attach it to a levels
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adjustment where can also turn back on
my sky just one at this point and now
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let's make an adjustment for the shadows
I could use the screen blending mode to
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lighten and then I can use the sliders
to further fine-tune that it just looks
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great in the landscape but as you can
see it is bleeding over into the sky so
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this is another perfect opportunity to
use the masking a mask technique a place
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that adjustment layer into a group put a
white mask on the group and all invert
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the mask to black to conceal the
adjustment on AIM group flight land and
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now I can paint on the mask with a wire
brush and bring in that adjustment just
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where I want it I want to bring in this
adjustment a little more incrementally
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so all use a 60% brush instead of a
hundred percent opacity brush and I can
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just begin painting and incrementally
bringing in that adjustment into the
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landscape and because of the underlying
luminosity mask I don't have to be as
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careful about cleaning inside the lines
because that adjustment won't go out
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into the sky
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thanks to that luminosity mask and when
I feel like a painted in how I want it I
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can check and see how it looks