Photoshop Tutorial: Enhancing Skies with Luminosity Masks

Overview

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Learn how to enhance sky colors in your photographs using luminosity masking techniques in Photoshop. Begin by preparing your image in Lightroom, then explore the benefits of luminosity masks. Create custom masks, apply them to curve adjustments, and fine-tune the results. Discover how to selectively apply masks for targeted enhancements. Follow along with step-by-step instructions, including a correction on mask appearance settings. Access free luminosity masking actions and additional resources to further develop your photo editing skills.

Syllabus

Intro
Prepping the image in Lightroom
Why use luminosity masks?
Creating the luminosity masks**
Selecting and applying a luminosity mask to a curve adjustment
Adjusting the curve
Masking the luminosity mask to apply it selectively
Inspecting the final results
**Correction/clarification at about : The masks only look inverted if your channel is set to "color indicates: selected areas". Double click a channel mask's icon to change this to "masked areas" to show the channel the same way as the layer mask ie white reveals, black conceals.