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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 , Professional photographer

Professional photographer. Madrid, Spain.
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About the video: Creation of light luminosity masks. Why does the intersection of a mask with itself result in a darker mask?

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“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.

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“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

Daniel Arranz Molinero
By Daniel Arranz Molinero

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Daniel Arranz is an Adobe Photoshop (ACE and ACA) Certified Photo Retouching Specialist and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Expert. He is the coordinator of the post-production area at the photographic specialization school La Maquinaria, where he carries out extensive work as a photo editing and retouching teacher.

As a photographer, he is an expert in professional lighting, although his specialty is travel and street photography, and his works have obtained more than 40 awards in international competitions such as the Sony World Photography Awards (UK), IPA Awards (USA), Prix ​​de la Photographie (France), International Loupe Awards (Australia), International Color Awards (USA), among others. He has also obtained national awards in El País, National Geographic Spain, Iberia, Eurostars Madrid Tower, and more.

His work has been exhibited in numerous national and international galleries, including the Somerset House in London.


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Course 4: Channels and Luminosity Masks

By Daniel Arranz Molinero
Professional photographer. Madrid, Spain.
Joined March 2017
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  • 9 students