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Essential Luminosity Mask Tutorial For Beginners – Photoshop Guide

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Luminosity masks are a fantastic way to start creating top quality, clean images. They allow you not just to blend exposures much more cleanly than HDR software, but also to take control over your entire workflow.

This beginner’s tutorial will show you the basics of exposure blending, how to layer in Photoshop and which exposures to use in blending. You will also see the Easy Panel used in creating ideal 16 bit masks.

You can download my example images here to follow along: http://www.mediafire.com/file/3928dcld9gd5764/Luminosity%20Mask%20Example%20Images.zip

Download Raya Pro here: http://www.shutterevolve.com/raya-pro-the-ultimate-digital-blending-workflow-panel-for-photoshop/

Download the Free Easy Panel here: http://www.throughstrangelenses.com/easy-panel-download-for-photoshop/

The Art of Photography Here: https://www.shutterevolve.com/art-photography-planning-shooting-post-processing-jimmy-mcintyre/

Video showing you what masking is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnGbclaqw3c

Video showing you the advantages of exposure blending over HDR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsPyGUNp0Xs

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21 responses to “Essential Luminosity Mask Tutorial For Beginners – Photoshop Guide”

  3. I've today subscribed to your channel and it's fantastic. I'm quite new to photoshop and it's really exciting to see what can be done with this software. In the short time I've been using PS I have realised that it's going to take me some time to learn what's possible, it is however really enjoyable and it will help me enormously with my photography editing. Looking forward to watching all of your videos. As others have said you are a very good teacher and your videos are enjoyable as much as they are informative. Thanks for sharing what you know, it is appreciated.

  4. I can't tell you how many shitty exposure blending/masking videos I've watched. This is the first one that has been useful and full of detailed information for the more experienced photographer that doesn't want to take a sledgehammer approach to photo editing. Thank you Jimmy!!!

  6. Hello Jimmy, I do have a small question, I am looking for a tutorial about how to create the luminosity masks themselves, first to do them then to use the programs as your raya pro- These panels make me kind of crazy! Do you have any about the first steps of Luminosity masks only for one photo? Not an Hdr… Please let me know, thanks , Daniela from Uruguay.

  11. Jimmy, I have to say that after watching a few videos I am completely lost with all your explanations! I feel that I am back at school in a Mathematics class. Your software looks absolutely amazing but because you explain what to do AND what not to do, AND all the different panels – free panels, beginners panels, intermediate, etc… , I just don't know how I can simply blend photos together. I thought the goal was to easily blend 2 or 3 exposures with a click of a button but this whole Raya Pro is becoming a very complex equation. It really is a shame because there must other people in my situation who want to buy your product but don't act because it's wayyyy to complex now. With Raya Pro can very easily blend 2 or 3 photos together? How? Thank you.

  16. Fantastic tutorials but I just can't make it work. I'm completely new to PS (using mostly Lightroom) and even newer to HDR and exposure blending. After watching your tutorials for some months I used the summer discount to get a hold on Raya Pro and challenge myself to blend some of my shots. Sadly I'm still rather confused about what does each button, and even with the tutorials opened I can't make it look nice and natural like you do… Back to practice I guess!

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