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Course 4: Channels and Luminosity Masks: Creation of light luminosity masks. Why does the intersection of a mask with itself result in a darker mask?
By Daniel Arranz Molinero
About the video: Creation of light luminosity masks. Why does the intersection of a mask with itself result in a darker mask?
Overview
“In this unit you will learn what the luminosity masks are and how to create them. You will understand the process to follow to create this type of mask. In addition, you will understand how Adobe Photoshop works when creating luminosity masks and why by intersecting a mask with itself we obtain a darker mask. Thanks to having learned what blending modes are, you will understand everything perfectly.”
In this video lesson Daniel Arranz Molinero addresses the topic: Creation of light luminosity masks. Why does the intersection of a mask with itself result in a darker mask?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Channels and Luminosity Masks. Learn how to retouch with maximum precision.
Partial transcription of the video
“PHOTOSHOP: LAYERS, CHANNELS, AND MASKS COURSE 4 LESSON 6 Creating Luminosity Masks for your Lights. It’s finally time to talk about the amazing luminosity masks. In this lesson, we’ll start creating luminosity masks for our lights. but the main thing here is that you understand the process, that you understand why by creating an intersection within the own mask, we’ll get a darker mask. This is a really interesting lesson. Don’t miss it. Luminosity masks are widely used in landscape photography. How could we define them? You could say that they’re layer masks based on your RGB channel brigh...”
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Daniel Arranz Molinero
By Daniel Arranz Molinero
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