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This Lightroom MASKING HACK will BLOW YOUR MIND!

Christian Möhrle - The Phlog Photography

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This Masking Hack will give you better sky selections INSTANTLY!

Feel free to follow along this tutorial by downloading the raw file here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Thanks to ‪@SignatureEdits‬ who did a way more detailed video on the trick itself: BIZARRE Lightroom Trick Shouldn't Work......

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0:00 Intro
0:31 Basic Adjustments
2:14 Masking Hack
4:23 More Masking
10:00 Color grading
11:40 Sharpening

20 Comments

@ThePhlogPhotography Creator 2 years ago Pinned

Hey, hope you could learn something new from this video!
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@limitlesswondermedia 2 years ago

The sky mask trick works with birds feathers for birds in flight. Great tip!

@alanrenton6059 2 years ago

Great timing, just trying to edit a similar picture and these techniques will really overcome the masking problems I was experiencing.

@motocato 7 months ago

another outstanding tutorial, thank you so much for these Christian!

@cmichaelhaugh8517 1 year ago

Nice trick. I’ve been improving the mask by selecting the sky twice, but this looks better.

@TheRamsay55 1 year ago

Awesome....now I have to figure out how to apply these to my work. Great content, Christian!

@spahtucus 1 year ago

Awesome to see a master at work. Watching you bring your vision to live is really inspiring; I’ll be going back through “throwaway shots” with a new fresh eye of what “could be” instead of being dissatisfied with what is. Thanks!

@spd23racer 2 years ago

I love how you leave the sky on all your pictures, very moody and bold contrast💯

@UbzUnclemax 2 years ago

Haven't tried on this image yet, but I think subtracting an "Objects mask" would work best here.

@SteveDisenhof 1 year ago

My first instinct would be to choose the sky then subtract either luminance (darks) or color (blacks) -either would remove the branches but leave the sky.

@colinjones8656 2 years ago

Really enjoying your content regarding the use of masks, what a transformation. I'm still trying to my head around the use of intersects and where/how to apply them and somehow lose it halfway through the edit. Thank you.

@ajp101979 1 year ago

What a great trick with the trees and sky!!! Very helpful!!

@DynastyUK 2 years ago

Guess what, you can subtract the same mask multiple times and make it even more precise. :)

@nancyforehand8281 2 years ago

Great tutorial. Looking forward to trying this technique on my own images. Thanks so much, Christian.

@bn5055 2 years ago

The new masking tools in LR are great. Now I just want to be able to blend 2 exposures with them so I don't need to do luminosity masking in Ps at all.

@scandinavianthinking1251 2 years ago

Christian, Thank you so much for your wonderful presentation of masking hack! The sky is getting beautifully glowing in the horizon area. This is definitely mind blowing! Your brilliant explanation inspire me.

@toddwynia7491 2 years ago

Great technique and great results! Thanks!

@i.m.5621 2 years ago

Thanks for another great video. The masking trick is great as well as the subtle brightening of the horizon. It's almost unbelievable how interesting and sensitive and can modify a rather boring image and achieve a natural result.