Hi I'm Julianne Kost in the next few minutes we're going to get familiar with Lightroom Classic's new
masking features the new masking icon provides access to all of the tools with a single click
there are two new tools select subject and select sky both of which make selections using artificial
intelligence and machine learning next we have all of the previous local adjustment tools the brush
linear gradient and radial gradient and the color luminance and depth range map controls
have been elevated to their own tools making them even more powerful than before
selecting a tool displays the mask panel
which can be repositioned collapsed into list view and even docked into the panel track
we can use the brush settings to change the brush size
the feather or the hardness of the brush edge and the flow i'll click once then hold the shift key
and continue clicking around the window lightroom classic displays the default red mask overlay if i
paint in the wrong area i can switch to the eraser tool and then paint in order to remove the mask
as soon as i make an adjustment lightroom classic automatically hides the mask overlay
to apply the same adjustment but to a lesser degree
i'll decrease the flow then increase the brush size and paint inside of the room
positioning the cursor over the mask thumbnail displays the mask overlay
or we can tap the o key to toggle the show overlay option
several different overlay options can be selected from the panel to view
the mask similar to a layer mask in photoshop choose white on black for now i'll reset that
we can also double-click to rename a mask making it easier to find if we want to re-edit it later
it's easy to duplicate a mask and then use the invert option to affect the rest of the image
i'll reset the sliders by double-clicking the effects and then decrease the saturation
you can toggle the visibility of a mask to temporarily hide it
or click the more icon to delete the mask with its edits altogether
i'll click the plus icon to add another mask this time selecting the linear gradient you'll notice
that all of the sliders have been reset thanks to the new reset slider automatically option
i'll click and drag up from the bottom of the image then i'll increase dehaze to darken the
bottom of the image as well as add saturation to the windowsill next i'll add a radial gradient
and increase the exposure and increase dehaze however the window divider is also being affected
fortunately you can combine as many tools as are needed to create a mask
i'll choose subtract select the brush and then paint to hide the effects of the radial gradient
each component of the mask can be edited independently
you can select the component in the masks panel or click on the corresponding pin in the image area
each component can be repositioned and in the case of the radial gradient resized independently of
one another as always in lightroom classic all of the adjustments are non-destructive
at any time you can return to any of the masks and refine their settings to toggle
the visibility of all of the masks use the switch in the upper left of the masks panel
in this next image i'll choose select subject lightroom classic quickly selects the joshua tree
and i'll start by increasing the shadows then i'll choose select sky and lightroom classic
will automatically select the sky i'll choose add and just paint in this little area before
making some edits i'll decrease the highlights increase the whites and then add some clarity
now the left side of the image needs to be darkened down a bit so i'll add a linear gradient
and decrease the exposure but i don't want the gradient to darken the shadow areas of
the mountains so i'll choose subtract i'll enable auto mask so that lightroom will
automatically detect the edges of the mountain and then paint to subtract from the mask in that area
and finally i'll choose color range then use the eyedropper to sample the color in the flowers
i'll use the refine slider to adjust which color range is affected
increase the exposure and decrease the saturation
then to hide the effects in the foreground i'll choose subtract select the brush and quickly paint
to hide the mask to quickly toggle the visibility of all of our changes i'll use the switch before
and after so there you go a quick overview of the new masking tools in lightroom classic