Couch to Photoshop - Luminosity Masking for Landscape Drama

Overview

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Explore advanced masking techniques in Photoshop, focusing on luminosity masking for landscape photography. Learn to select and mask based on image brightness, creating targeted curve adjustment layers to enhance drama and intensity in specific areas of your photographs. Master the use of channels, selections, and masks to manipulate clouds, shadows, and midtones, elevating your landscape images to new levels of visual impact. Gain valuable skills for adding depth and atmosphere to your photos without applying adjustments to the entire image, and prepare to apply these techniques to portrait photography in future lessons.

Syllabus

Introduction
Dont create an action
Selections
Level and Curve
False Color
Luminosity Mask
Channels Palette
Masking
Dont clip
Save Channel
Invert Selection
Negative Selection
Channel Palette Warning
Curve
Middle
Compounding
Bright
Wipe Selection
Control
Shift Alt
Modify Mask
Mask Curve
Adding Shadows
Midtone
Select
Subtract Dark
Masking Layers
Wrap Up