Your guide to al Masks and the Masking tools in Lightroom and Camera RAW

Masks are the biggest thing to come to Lightroom and ACR (Adobe Camera RAW) in years! These masks add a set of new AI powered tools, as well as revolutionizing how the existing tools work. With the masks panel, there are so many new ways you can use these tools together to transform your photos with powerful masks, or even layer multiple masks together. You can now treat your images in ways that were impossible before this paradigm-shift in Lightroom and Camera RAW.

You might feel a little overwhelmed by all these new tools, or a bit lost because existing workflows have been turned on their head. Perhaps, you are comfortable with the new tools, but want to explore creative ways to use them and unleash their full time-saving and photo-transforming power. Lightroom uses Camera RAW as it’s develop module, they are exactly the same. If you are using ACR inside Photoshop, or Lightroom this course is designed for both.

This course is the key to mastering masks and ai tools inside Lightroom/ACR. This 3-hour course, taught by Photoshop/Lightroom Guru, Colin Smith, will help you understand how all the mask tools work, how to use them and how to choose the best settings.

Once you Learn and understand the tools, we put them into practice with real-world projects. These projects show you how these tools work together to accomplish your goals. You will discover fun and creative ways to add magic to all your images and really make then stand out from the crowd. You will be surprised at how easy it is to get professional-looking results, in less time than you think.

This course is an investment that will pay for itself over and over. Stop stumbling your way through, and learn the techniques of the pros. Your images can start looking better today! It doesn't matter if you are new to masks, or already have experience, this course will be invaluable to you.

All instructor files included!

Your instructor, Colin Smith, has worked professionally in the industry for over 2 decades and has worked with companies like Adobe, Apple, NVIDIA and Disney. His work has been featured in Time Magazine and the New York Times. He is well-known for his ability to make even complex tasks seem simple. Colin’s tutorials have been viewed over 100,000,000 times on youtube and PhotoshopCAFE.com and he has written 21 books.

Includes: 26 lessons | 3 hours running time | All instructor images

What You Will Learn

MASK BASICS             

1. What's a Mask? The purpose of a Mask
2. ACR vs LR Differences between Lightroom and Camera Raw Masks
3. Anatomy of Mask Panel Mask Settings and Prefs
4. Mask settings Mask Panel Settings
5. Add, Subtract and Intersect Basics of add subtract and intersecting masks
6. Combining selections How to use different ai masks together

MODIFYING MASKS    

7. Manually Refine Mask Fix the edges of a mask manually
8. Masking hair Refining hair masks
9. Refine Edges with Range Mask Use Range Masks to fix edges of selections

TYPES OF MASKS     

10. Sky Masks Making nice sky masks, beyond the basic sky ai selection
11. Selecting the Background Selecting the background to edit it separately
12. Linear Gradients How to use linear gradients
13. Radial Gradients Creating spots of light with the radial gradient
14. Range, color  Making selections based on color
15. Luminosity Range Masks Make Masks based on Brightness
16. Depth Range Make selections by Depth Maps (distance from camera)

PROJECTS       

17. Change Background color Change the color of background, simple lesson
18. Retouch People Automatically retouch people with powerful ai masks
19. Change color of Anything How to change the color of a specific object like clothing
20. Add background light  Add a light on the background and edges of subject
21. Brush Basics How to use the brush and settings
22. Dodge and burn, sculpting light Paint with shadow and light to add amazing depth to an image
23. Add a Rim Light Create a stunning edge light, or rim light
24. Dramatically Relight Scene Combine Masks to add dramatic lighting to a scene
25. Batch Process masks How to Sync ai masks across multiple images in Lightroom and Camera Raw
26. ai Mask Presets Make Presets that automatically adjust images

All Lesson files are included and a PDF Table of contents

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Full versions of

Lightroom Classic 2023 For Digital Photographers

Photoshop 2022 For Digital Photographers

Adobe Camera RAW 2023 For Digital Photographers

This is your chance to grab our 3 top training courses for a bundle price and Save $60!

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This training is updated to include all the features of the latest version of Lightroom Classic 12 (Updated December 21 2022)

Now in its 10th edition, this award-winning training has been updated (5 hours of brand new content in the develop module alone). All the new masks and AI tools covered IN DEPTH.

Do you need to Learn Lightroom Classic? I mean, really learn it. Are you frustrated because your Lightroom catalog is a mess? Maybe you just want to make your photos look better (how about a LOT better, like the ones you see "rockstar photographers" doing). Imagine having all of your photographs perfectly organized and being able to find what you want instantly. Imagine being able to quickly make your photographs look pristine or even push it a little bit beyond the normal, with confidence.

Maybe you have tried other training and it was incomplete, scattered and confusing. You just wished someone would tell you HOW to do it but also explain WHY something works, so you can reproduce it on your own library of photographs. I'm going to guess you are also tired of heady, overly technical instructions and just want a knowledagable friend to sit down and explain Lightroom Classic to you.

This is the A-Z Lightroom training. LIBRARY // DEVELOP // OUTPUT. Three complete courses in one, with zero overlap.

This is what makes this training so unique. You have an award winning (3X Guru award, Time Magazine, PPA awarded) expert, who is known for his calm, conversational style, that is friendly and easy to understand and follow. Colin was named one of the top 20 instructors at Adobe Max (Ranked by 15,000 attendees).

We didn't assume we know everything about your needs. We asked our very large community (you were possibly one of them) specifically what they struggle with the most and need to learn. We received hundreds of responses and acted on it. As a result, we beefed up the areas that people struggle with the most and produced this, what we believe to be the most complete, finest Lightroom Classic training anywhere.

In 140 digestible lessons, we will go though Lightroom Classic together in depth. This 15+ hour course will train you as well as serve as a valuable reference library for the future. We go beyond just the tools (they are all explained of course and all the latest features are covered in depth. ). You will learn workflows and strategies. How to build catalogs and organize your photos. How to find anything. How to migrate to different computers or hard drives. How to find missing images. How to clean up your Catalog and how to structure it in the first place. Workflows and steps to fix and polish your photos and videos (yes, videos). How to add the finishing touches to make your images stand out from the rest and quickly retouch and finesse details. How to automate many things to shave hours off your workflow. The steps for printing and outputting books, slideshows and much more.

If you are a complete beginner, you won't be left behind, if you are more experienced, you will love learning the new tools and workflows of Lightroom Classic as  well as lots of hidden and undocumented tips and tricks.

No matter your level, you can quickly master Lightroom Classic with effortless ease.

This is the most comprehensive video on the market for Lightroom.  Learn how to import, organize, develop and output all your captures with effortless ease. Enjoy in-depth coverage, pro techniques, secret tips and Colin’s way of breaking down even the most complex tasks into quick and easy to understand techniques. You’ll spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the camera!

If you are new to Digital Photography, an old-hand or someone looking to learn the "correct" way of doing things, look no further. Watch over Colin's shoulder as he demystifies Lightroom Classic. You'll learn all the shortcuts, tips and tricks from a true expert. Do you ever get frustrated with tutorials that don't work in the real world? In many cases Colin shows you multiple methods so that you can choose the one that's best for your photo.

This is not like other training videos. The techniques aren't from a classroom bubble. This is what works today in the real-world. There are no monotone presentations with boring uninspiring images. You'll learn tons, you'll have fun and most of all you'll be inspired. See why millions of people are passionate about PhotoshopCAFE training. (50,000,000+ visitors to date). Yes, that's million.

This complete training course contains 15+ hours and 140 lessons of Full HD Video. It's actually 3 courses in one.

If you make photographs: Beginner to professional, this is the training you have been waiting for. You’ll not only learn the HOWS, you’ll understand the WHYS!

Included:

Sample Catalog with Exercise files so you can follow along. 

Free update in November 2022, so you will be current with the next version of Lightroom too!

Special Bonus: 30 Lightroom Classic Presets and 8 Custom Color Profiles included!

PDF Table of contents so you can easily find what you need. 

3 courses in 1 - LIBRARY - DEVELOP and OUTPUT

Download right now and begin your journey in Lightroom Classic today!

You aren't alone, join the millions of photographers who are part of the PhotoshopCAFE community!

The complete training for Lightroom Classic (2023 version)

3 courses in one!

Course #1: LIBRARY

Getting Started

1. Welcome
   Set up exercise files, import sample catalog
2. Newest Features
   Up to speed with what’s new
3. Overview
   Lightroom in a nutshell
4. Lifecycle workflow
   Birds eye view of the entire Lightroom workflow
5. Preferences
   Essential Lightroom preferences
6. RAW
   Raw files explained
7. XMP sidecars
   Understand XMP, your key to sharing raw files outside Lightroom
8. DNG
   What is DNG and how Lightroom can help
9. Importing from a card
   How to import images from your camera card
10. Importing Locally
    
Import images from your internal/external drive
11. Auto Import
    
Set up a watch folder to automatically import images
12. Tethered Shooting 

    Connect your camera to shoot directly into Lightroom
13. Create custom Identity Plates
    Customizing Lightroom to display your name, logo and end markers
14. Panel Management
    Tips and tricks for working with panels

Viewing

1. Volume Browser
   Viewing disks and space remaining
2. View Options
   The best ways to view your photos
3. Library Filmstrip
   That filmstrip at the bottom is really useful
4. Grid View
   Working with Grid view, thumbnails and view options
5. Stacking
   Making molehills out of mountains
6. Auto Stacking
   Automatically stack photos by capture time
7. Lights Out Mode
   Viewing your photos on a virtual light box
8. Loupe
   Get a closer look at your images
9. Compare
   Comparing 2 images to choose the best one
10. Survey View
    Viewing multiple images at once
11. Understanding Previews
    How previews work, make them efficient
12. Smart Previews
    Work on your images without them being physically present
13. Dual Monitors
    Working on Multiple monitors

Library/Catalog

1. Catalogs
   Setting up your Catalogs
2. Upgrading Catalogs
   Upgrading Older Catalogs
3. Export catalogs
   Export Catalogs from Lightroom
4. Merging Catalogs
   Managing your images on 2 computers
5. Catalog change disk
   How to add or rename a drive without breaking things
6. Catalog move to other computer
   How to move to a new computer without breaking things
7. Find Missing images
   How to locate and relink missing images
8. Integrating with Lightroom CC/Mobile
   How to sync Lightroom Classic with Lightroom CC/Mobile
9. Folders
   How to manage and use folders
10. Collections
    
How collections become your main organization tool
11. Quick and Target Collections
    A neat way of speeding up organization
12. Smart Collection
    Automatically create live collections
13. Backup
    Backup catalogs and your images

Metadata

1. Metadata
   Understand metadata and apply it to your photos
2. Metadata Templates
   Save metadata templates and presets, then re-use them
3. Rating, Flag, Label options
   Ratings, flags and labels options
4. Ratings
   Rate your photos
5. Flags
   Use flags to mark photos
6. Labels
   Identify photos with colored labels
7. Filter Bar
   Find anything with the Filter Bar
8. Keyword basics
   How to use keywords to organize images
9. Suggested Keywords
   Use the new Suggested Keyword feature
10. Keyword sets
    
Save time with custom keyword sets
11. Painter tool
    Using the painter tool to turbocharge your multiple image workflow
12. Facial recognition
    Setup and training Lightroom to find and sort faces
13. Time Change
    Sync the time-zone of your photos

COURSE #2 - DEVELOP

Adjustments

1. Straighten
   
Level crooked horizons
2. Cropping
   Crop to specific sizes and for creativity
3. Lens Corrections
   Fix keystoning and barreling
4. Camera Calibration
   Choose the process version and compensate for your camera color
5. Color readout
   See the color values of images
6. Histogram
   Histograms explained and used
7. White Balance
   Remove color casts from photos
8. Quick Develop
   Making adjustments in the Library panel
9. Auto Corrections
   1-Click fixes, how to fine tune auto corrections
10. Basic Adjustments
    Basic Adjustments panel explained
11. Curves
    Understanding and using curves for targeted adjustments
12. Color control
    Use HSL and color control
13. Dehaze
    cut through haze and fog, or add some for effect
14. Texture
    Add or reduce surface texture
15. Noise reduction
    Remove the grainy noise from a photo
16. Chromatic Aberration
    Removing color fringes
17. Sharpening 

    Make your photos nice and sharp
18. Open up shadows
    Fix a backlit subject
19. Fix Dark Photos
    How to rescue a dark, underexposed image
20. Fix Overexposure
    How to rescue a bright, overexposed image
21. Fix bright images
    2^nd example of fixing overly bright images
22. Punch flat color
    Add color to dull images
23. Virtual copies
    Working on duplicate versions without filling up your hard drive
24. Batch processing
    Save time by editing multiple images at once
25. History
    Use history as an advanced undo
26. Snaphots
    Experiment with different edits and easily revert back
27. Black and White
    
The best way to enhance black & white photos and convert color to black and white
28. Color Grading
    Create stunning color grades, including split tone and cross processed looks
29. Presets
    1-click effects with Presets, how to make your own
30. ISO Adaptive Presets
    Presets that change based on ISO
31. Loading Presets.
    How to install Presets into Lightroom
32. Color Profiles
    Use powerful profiles to process color
33. Loading Color Profiles
    How to install custom color profiles in Lightroom
34. RAW Defaults
    Automatically use different settings on cameras

Retouching

1. Redeye
   Get rid of the dreaded redeye with ease
2. Retouch faces
   Reduce blemishes, wrinkles, whiten eyes and teeth
3. Cloning and Healing
   Remove anything from a photo
4. Spots and Dust
   Remove spots and dust from photos for a perfect finish
5. Change colors of objects
   Learn how to change the color of individual objects in a photo

Selective Adjustments

1. Mask Panel
   Learn to use the brand new Masking in Lightroom
2. Select Sky
   Use the AI powered sky selection
3. Select background
   Use AI masks to select subjects and backgrounds. Blur the background in LIGHTROOM!
4. Intersecting masks
   What is intersect? How do you use it?
5. Adjustment Brush
   in-depth look at the adjustment brush to paint on your adjustments
6. Dodge and Burn
   Add 3D depth and make your photo pop with a fresh approach to dodge and burn
7. Gradient Adjustment
   Seamlessly adjust skies and more with the gradient tool
8. Radial Filter
   Change the lighting to your landscape photos
9. Range Masking
   Selectively hide or show adjustments to specific regions automatically
10. Range Masking Depth Map
    Use the Depth Map from a smartphone (HEIC image) to mask objects
11. AI Face retouching
    AI masks select part of face automatically
12. Select People
    Automatically select individuals for a group, or the whole group
13. Lens Vignette 

    Compensating for lens vignette. Add a vignette for a creative feel
14. Special FX Vintage effects
    Create a vintage effect, including light leaks
15. Day to Night
    Turn Daytime into nighttime

Advanced Adjustments

1. Lightroom and Photoshop
   How to use Photoshop and Lightroom together
2. Batch Processing
   Save time by Editing Multiple photos at once
3. HDR
   Create High Dynamic Range Photos in Lightroom
4. Panorama
   Stitching a Panorama Image in Lightroom
5. Advanced Panorama
   Multi-layered panoramas and fix keystone
6. HDR Panorama
   Auto Make an HDR Panorama


Video

1. Video Intro
   An intro to working with video in Lightroom
2. Video Color Grading
   How to apply creative adjustments to videos to create stunning looks
3. Combine Video
   Trimming and combining video shots

COURSE #3: Output

1. Video Export
   Getting your video out to the world
2. Watermarks
   Create Watermarks that can be used all over Lightroom
3. Exporting images
   How to produce photos for social, web, multimedia, print etc.
4. Exporting Presets
   Automate the process of exporting your photos
5. Multi Batch Exports
   Run multiple exports at once
6. Email Photo
   email photos from Lightroom

Maps  Geotagging your photos
using built in google maps


Printing

1. Soft Proof
   Prepare your images for printing
2. Printing 

   How to print correctly from Lightroom
3. Picture Package/Contact Sheets
   Making multiple picture packages and contact sheets
4. Custom Layouts
   Layout pages for books or printing/Exporting

Slideshows

1. Impromptu Slideshow
   A Quick Slideshow from anywhere
2. Slideshows 

   Setting up a slideshow
3. Customize Slideshow 

   Customize your Slideshows
4. Slideshow Custom Text
   Adding custom text to slideshows
5. Pan and zoom
   Slideshows Add an animated Ken Burns effect to photos
6. Slideshow Video
   Use Videos in Slideshows
7. Music to Slideshows
   Add music to your slideshow presentations
8. Export Slideshows
   Exporting Slideshows for use online or presentations

Books

1. Book Overview
   Getting Started with books, use Auto Layout
2. Custom Layouts
   Customize photo and page layouts
3. Text and finishing Book
   Work with text and finishing techniques for books

Web

1. Web Galleries
   Make a webpage, overview of web galleries
2. Build a Web Gallery
   Creating and publishing a web gallery
3. Thanks and Goodbye


Previous version of the training have twice won Hot One awards as the best training video of the year from (PPA) Professional Photographer's of America

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Discover the methods behind the success of Von Wong

This is the only tutorial that's shows Benjamin Von Wong's entire process, start to finish. Join Ben on location at a towering desert, rock-scape. Watch him shoot the model and then process the entire image, start to finish. Not once, but with 3 different images. You will see the entire workflow with nothing held back. Watch over Von Wong’s shoulder and see exactly how he works in Photoshop and does his retouching.

You will learn frequency separation retouching, dodging and burning to shape and tone the image, liquify, compositing and extracting. He also shoots some smoke and shows you how to combine that into a photo for some awesome texture (the smoke images are included).

If all this isn’t enough, we end the session with Von Wong talking about his story, his adventures and his advice to you, with the most comprehensive and candid interview he has ever done. Find out how he became an internet sensation (Hint: with these tips, you can too!)

This inspiring video will motivate you to step up your photography and break out of your comfort zone. Why be ordinary, when the extraordinary is awaiting. If you have been waiting for permission to follow your dreams, this is it!

Become inspired and create epic images of your own and start an epic career!

Running Time: 4 Hours

User Level: Intermediate

Programs covered: Shooting, Lightroom and Photoshop

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THE award-winning A-Z guide to using Lightroom (2x PPA Hot One Award winner). One of the most-loved training resources is new for Lightroom 6 and Lightroom CC! Learn all the new features and workflows. No matter your level, you can quickly master Lightroom 6 with effortless ease.

This is the most comprehensive video on the market for Lightroom. This 6th edition is recorded in beautiful HD from the ground-up for Lightroom 6/CC. Learn how to import, organize, develop and output all your captures with effortless ease. Enjoy in-depth coverage, pro techniques, secret tips and Colin’s way of breaking down even the most complex tasks into quick and easy to understand techniques. You’ll spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the camera!

If you are new to Digital Photography,an old-hand or someone looking to learn the "correct" way of doing things, look no further. Watch over Colin's shoulder as he demystifies Lightroom. You'll learn all the shortcuts, tips and tricks from a true expert. Do you ever get frustrated with tutorials that don't work in the real world? In many cases Colin shows you multiple methods so that you can choose the one that's best for your photo. This is not like other training videos. The techniques aren't from a classroom bubble. This is what works today in the real-world. There are no monotone presentations with boring uninspiring images. You'll learn tons, you'll have fun and most of all you'll be inspired. See why millions of people are passionate about PhotoshopCAFE training. (30,000,000 to date).

This complete training course contains 13 hours of crisp video! For Lightroom 6. If you want Lightroom Classic CC (2019) Its here

If you take photos: Beginner to professional, this is the disk you have been waiting for. You’ll not only learn the HOWS, you’ll understand the WHYS!

Included: Sample Catalog with Excercise files.

Special Bonus: 30 Lightroom 6 Presets included!

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Includes the Full Versions of:
Photoshop 2020 For Digital Photographers
Lightroom CLASSIC For Digital Photographers

Value $199.99.
SPECIAL BUNDLE PRICE $179.99
Save $20!

Lightroom Classic for Digital Photographers

THE award-winning A-Z guide to using Lightroom (2x PPA Hot One Award winner). One of the most-loved training resources is new for Lightroom Classic 2019! Learn all the new features and workflows. No matter your level, you can quickly master Lightroom 6 with effortless ease. This is the most comprehensive video on the market for Lightroom. This 6th edition is recorded in beautiful HD from the ground-up for Lightroom Classic. Learn how to import, organize, develop and output all your captures with effortless ease. Enjoy in-depth coverage, pro techniques, secret tips and Colin’s way of breaking down even the most complex tasks into quick and easy to understand techniques. You’ll spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the camera!

Photoshop Secrets: Photoshop 2020 for Digital Photographers

This is the 9th edition of this best-selling training. Colin has completely redone everything for Photoshop 2020. There are now new and better ways of working. This video will get you up to speed with the correct work flows, so you’re blazing efficient and your photos look stunning! Learn the secrets of the pros from an award-winning expert who has excelled in the field and understands your needs and deadlines. In a warm conversational style, Colin clearly explains what you need to know without using empty jargon. You can use these techniques with confidence, knowing that these are the latest industry strength methods that produce professional results. All the new features of Photoshop 2020 are covered in depth. Everything you need to know about Photoshop and photographs.

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