Common Photoshop Masking Problem and Solution
Common Photoshop Masking Problem and Solution There’s a common Photoshop masking problem that seems to be affecting users with increasing regularity. When users create a layer mask, the mask somehow becomes inverted. This doesn’t seem to happen every time they use a mask and can seem intermittent. In this tutorial I’m going to share an example of this masking problem ...
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Post Processing Landscape Photography Workflow
LENSCRAFT PHOTO EDITING TUTORIALSPost Processing Landscape Photography WorkflowRobin Whalley, Landscape Photographer27 August 2019Bamford Edge Heather Post Processing Example In this tutorial, we’re looking at post-processing landscape photography with a simple four-part workflow. But the workflow we’ll use can form the basis of any post-processing to improve a photograph. It doesn’t need to be a landscape photo. The steps in the ...
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Working with Layer Masks in Photoshop
Essential Tips Working with Layer Masks in Photoshop In this tutorial, I want to share my essential tips to improve your photo editing using Layer Masks in Photoshop. Working with Layer Masks in Photoshop is possible the most powerful editing technique you can use. Mastering this will literally unlock adjustments that you might otherwise have thought were impossible. But there ...
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Affinity Photo Luminosity Masks
Creating Affinity Photo Luminosity Masks If you’ve come from a Photoshop background, creating Affinity Photo Luminosity Masks could have you scratching your head. If you Google Luminosity Masks and Affinity Photo, you’re likely to find a couple of things: A simple approach to creating Luminosity Masks in Affinity Photo using the Select Tones option. You may even find one of ...
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WOW! Frequency Equalizer 2 Released
WOW! Frequency Equalizer 2 Released One of my favourite Photoshop plugins has received a makeover. If you’ve never used it, WOW! Frequency Equalizer helps you create frequency separations. When you create a frequency separation you separate the detail in an image (high-frequency information) from the colour (low-frequency information). You can then use this with retouching tools like the cloning and ...
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On1 Masking Tools Explained
On1 Masking Tools Explained Following my recent demonstration on YouTube of the On1 Photo RAW editor, I have received a lot of questions. Most of these are relating to the On1 Masking Tools. What are the sliders doing, how do they work and how do I know what to do with them? If you want the On1 Masking Tools explained, ...
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Ingenious Ways to Create a Lightroom Mask
Ingenious Ways to Create a Lightroom Mask To produce great photography with Lightroom, you need to learn to create a Lightroom mask or selection. It's a crucial image editing skill. Historically if you wanted to create a detailed or precise mask, you had to use Photoshop. You probably had to use complex techniques like channel and luminosity masking; techniques not ...
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Introduction to Layer Masks in Photoshop
Introduction to Layer Masks in Photoshop Those new to editing often find layer masks in Photoshop very confusing and difficult to learn. When I first encountered masks it took me several months before I understood what was happening. Most of the information available was complicated and very unhelpful. But once I understood some basic principles, everything seemed to click into ...
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Struggling to Photo Blend in Photoshop?
Struggling to Photo Blend in Photoshop? One of the questions that seems to be asked quite frequently is how can I do a photo blend in Photoshop. Typically, people have two photos and want to blend them together to create a new image. This article is intended to help you understand how to do this using a simple example in ...
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Understanding Photoshop Masks
Understanding Photoshop Masks One area that continually causes confusion is that of Photoshop masks. This tutorial provides a brief introduction to help you understand Photoshop masks and how they can be used in the photo editing process. This is one of a number of tutorials on Lenscraft which can help you learn how to use masks. If you prefer watching ...
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