Luminosity masks are an advanced tool for accomplishing very refined and creative image adjustments. This mini-workshop will be a three-hour introduction to the use of luminosity masks in Photoshop. One of the features that makes Photoshop so powerful is its masking abilities. Luminosity masks are a very intricate type of Photoshop mask based on the luminosity values of each pixel in an image. They allow you to make very controlled adjustments based on image tones.
I will demonstrate what luminosity masks are, how to make them and how they can be used. We will briefly look at how to make basic luminosity masks by hand, but then we will switch to using Tony Kuyper's TK Panel to generate and apply luminosity masks. This Photoshop extension allows anyone to quickly create, evaluate, modify and apply an unlimited number of masks tailored to a wide range of targeted image adjustments.
During the workshop, I will teach you a selection of powerful luminosity mask-based techniques including:
- Highlight and shadow control
- Midtone contrast
- Luminosity/color range based color adjustments
- Luminosity based saturation control
- Luminosity painting
- Masking a mask
- Exposure blending
- Luminosity based sharpening and clarity
Level:
Intermediate to Advanced - Please make sure you are comfortable with the tools, adjustments, layers and masks in Photoshop and come with the equipment below ready to go.
To maximize time teaching luminosity mask skills, I will not be covering the basics of how Photoshop works or providing time to install Photoshop or the TK Panel.Equipment needed: Laptop, Photoshop CC or CS6,
TK Panel already installed in Photoshop. The
Free Basic TK Panel will work (
GET IT HERE) but TK6 or
TK7 Panel would be better (
GET IT HERE). Out of Oregon participants can use the code
OutOfOR20 to get 20% off the panel and tutorials on my site (
HERE).
