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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Learn ACR Inside out. (Created with Camera Raw 2023. ACR 15.2 Feb 2023).

Do you ever look around and see amazing photographs and wonder how they look so good? Let me tell you. Half the magic comes from post production. You need the right tools and the knowledge to use them correctly. You are in luck!

Adobe Camera Raw is the best tool! With the latest huge updates like ai and powerful masking, ACR is more powerful than ever! You have the tools, now you just need the knowledge.

You couldn't ask for a better teacher than Colin Smith. Popular conference speaker, founder of one of the world's most popular training sites and author of 21 books, Adobe calls on Colin to do training for them (Some of his tutorials are built right into Photoshop).

Colin Smith, will guide you through every module, tool, and slider with ease and in a fun, conversational style that feels like chatting with a friend.

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, this course is perfect for anyone looking to learn the ins and outs of the latest version of Camera Raw. All the new Masking and ai tools are covered in depth. In this downloadable course, Colin walks you through the best way to approach the most common challenges you will face in bringing out the hidden masterpiece in every photo.  From basic orientation to advanced techniques, you'll learn how to correct color and tone, fix problems, and add the finishing touches that make your images pop. Your images will look better than ever. Plus, you'll discover how to make your edits repeatable with color profiles, presets, and ISO Adaptive Presets.

But that's not all! You'll also learn how to integrate ACR with other Adobe tools like Photoshop and Lightroom. And with Colin's images included in the course, you can follow along and make the same edits as your instructor.

Don't waste your valuable time searching for answers to your ACR questions. Download the course and bonus lesson files today and start mastering Camera Raw in no time. And if you're not satisfied, we'll refund your purchase - though we doubt you'll need it! So what are you waiting for? Get started now and unlock your creative potential.

Includes: 54 lessons | 7 hours running time | All instructor images | Over 30 bonus presets and profiles

What you will learn..

GETTING STARTED Welcome, and orientation

OPEN PHOTOS IN ACR How you open photos in Camera RAW matters

PANEL MANAGEMENT + Tips Customize the panels for your workflow

ADJUSTMENT SLIDERS

AUTO ADJUSTMENTS Fix photos in a single click

BASIC ADJUSTMENTS The bread and butter adjustments

WHITE BALANCE Remove color cast, get correct colors

CURVES Pinpoint control over tone

CURVES COLOR Amazing control over color with Curves. Learn about 6 primary colors

COLOR MIXER Take control over every aspect of your colors

CHANGE COLORS OF OBJECTS Change colors into any other color, like magic, but much easier

COLOR GRADING Create cross processed, sepia, filmic and creative color tones

CALIBRATION Fine tune camera colors and choose the correct processing version

BLACK AND WHITE The best ways to convert photos to Black and White

GRAIN Add filmic Grain

VIGNETTE Add a Vignette effect

SHARPENING Make your images sharp, exactly where you want it

NOISE REDUCTION Remove color and luminance noise for clean, smooth images

MASKS and AI

MASKS BASICS How updated masks work in Camera Raw

SELECT OBJECT Select anything with a magic brush

SELECT SKY Automatically select skies

RADIAL TOOL Relight your photos and make super vignettes

GRADIENT TOOL graduated application of adjustments

INTERSECT A powerful way to use masks

ADJUSTMENT BRUSH Paint on adjustments

DODGE AND BURN Paint with shadow and light

SPLIT LIGHTING Use Masks to work with Split Lighting

RANGE MASKS Use color and tone to refine selections

DEPTH RANGE Use Depth maps from mobile Portrait mode

REFINE MASK EDGES A Trick to clean up a mask edge

FACIAL RETOUCHING Full facial retouch, skin softening, eye and teeth enhancement

WORKFLOWS

CROPPING How to crop for composition and to fit a size

STRAIGHTEN Make everything all level

REMOVE HAZE Cut through haze and glare

SPOTTING Removing dust and spots

OPTICS Fix color fringing and barrel distortions

REMOVE DISTRACTIONS Remove anything from a photo with these upgraded tools

FIX DISTORTIONS Correct Lens distortion

REDEYE Blast the red eye from humans and animals

PRESETS

SNAPSHOTS Be free to experiment

PRESETS How to use and make your own presets

ISO ADAPTIVE PRESETS Make intelligent presets that change to match your ISO

USING PROFILES How to use the powerful Camera Raw Profiles

CREATING PROFILES How to make your own color profiles

ADVANCED CREATING PROFILES How to make your own color profiles with LUTS

CAMERA RAW DEFAULTS Automatically select profiles for specific cameras

MULTI IMAGE MAGIC

HDR How to make an High Dynamic Range photo from bracketed photos

MAKE A PANORAMA How to stitch a seamless, sweeping panorama

HDR PANORAMA Make a panorama that is also in HDR

COLOR GRADING VIDEO Add cinematic looking color grades on your video (in ACR!)

SAVING AND RESIZING Save your photos in different format and sizes

INTEGRATION

LIGHTROOM AND ACR How to sync an image from ACR to Lightroom and back

BRIDGE WITH DEVELOP SETTINGS Apply and remove adjustments without even opening ACR

PREFERENCES What all the preferences do and which settings Colin recommends

THANKS AND GOODBYE Next Steps

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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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Curves are one of the most powerful features in Photoshop. They allow you to target the exact tones of your images and change them with precision in a way no other tool can. Curves also offer unparalleled control over every aspect of color in your images.

For all  Photoshop versions CS4-2023

This is why pros spend a lot of time in curves and use them as go-to tools for retouching, photography and design. The challenge is curves appear difficult to figure out and a lot of the advanced functionality is shrouded in secrecy.

The purpose of this course it to help you understand exactly how curves work, and unlock the secret workflows and techniques. You will use the power of curves to give your images that professional, polished look that can only be achieved through this powerful and wildly creative tool.

Colin Smith is one of the world’s leading Photoshop experts (he does training for Adobe, Apple and Disney) and has used Photoshop professionally for almost 30 years. He uses curves daily, and will impart this knowledge to you quickly, without fluff. He has a special gift to break down complex tasks into fun and easy to understand methods, in plain English. You could be mistaken for thinking curves are easy, because that’s how you will feel by the end of this course.

This course will help you to finally “get” curves and be using them natively as part of your workflow. You will approach your images differently, with the confidence to make the tones and colors look exactly like you dreamt of. You will understand curves and learn lots of hidden tricks and techniques, you didn’t even know existed.

This is a course Colin has been wanting to create for a long time, and he is proud to now get this training into your hands, so you can take the next step in your Photoshop journey. By the way, Curves aren’t unique to Photoshop. A lot of what you learn here will transfer over to many other software packages.

You owe it to yourself, your clients, and images to finally master Curves in Photoshop

What you will learn

Intro
What to expect from this course.

Understanding Curves Pt1
How Curves work, understanding what curves do and how they do it.

Understanding Curves Pt2
Interactively demonstrating how curves allow you to target different image tones

Curves Settings
All the different settings and preferences in the Curves dialog box. A crash course on Color science is included in this lesson.

Brighten Dark Images
Use double curves to brighten up dark areas in an image while protecting the highlights.

Dodge and Burn
How to even out the lighting in an image by selectively dodging and burning with curves. Adding sunlight and warmth.

Curves in ACR
Adobe Camera Raw has powerful point and parametric curves. How to use them and use the onscreen HUD controls.

Use Eyedroppers
A powerful way to automatically set the contrast and remove color-casts from images.

Fix Color Cast
How to remove a color cast from an image quickly

Fix Color Contamination
Sometimes you get cross-lighting, or color contamination from additional light sources. How to remove the contamination and even out the lighting.

Copy Exact Colors
Perfect colors by the numbers. Change the color of an object to perfectly match another object.

Color Grade
How to add a high-end color grade to give your image a cinematic, or fashion look.

LAB Color
Make separate adjustments to Luminosity and color. This allows you to push the color and texture without the image looking fake or processed.

Duotones
How to create duotone and tritone images as an effect or for print. Learn about channels and color libraries.

Auto Settings
How to use Auto settings and what each of the 4 different algorithms do, so you can choose the correct one.

Using Presets
How to create, save and load curves presets. (3 bonus presets included with the downloads).

outro
How to get more information and continue your learning journey

All instructors images included so you can follow along.

3 bonus Curves Presets included

PDF Table of Contents and Session notes included

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(For Photoshop 2020 works on newer versions too) - (16 lessons work for CS6)

If you have ever struggled with selections in Photoshop (we all have), this is the tutorial you have been searching for. These 19 lessons get straight to the point and teach you exactly what you need to know. All photos aren’t the same, and neither should be the way you select them.

Out of all the tasks in Photoshop. The #1 place where people struggle is with selections. Even simple cutout tasks can be challenging, hair has pieces missing, the edges are not clean, and it feels like you are spending too much time trying to cut things out. And the pen tool? How is it supposed to work again?

We get it! This can be very frustrating. Everyone hates wasting time with tools that don’t seem to work. Maybe you saw a tutorial, but it didn’t work on the photo you were using, or worse, it looked ok on a tiny screen, but didn’t hold up on close examination (AKA The real-world).

For 20 years, working with demanding clients from Hollywood to Silicon Valley, Colin Smith (Winner of 3 Guru awards + author of 20 books) has dealt with almost every selection challenge you can imagine. The trick is having multiple techniques in your “Photoshop toolbelt” and using the best tool for each job. Not just using the tools correctly, but also knowing the trade secrets. You know, the hidden modifiers and tips that make the tools work the way they should and how to combine the techniques for rapid cutouts.

Colin has figured out which tools work the best and which are a waste of time. (Hint, forget the magnetic lasso tool and background eraser). In a friendly, conversational manner, you will learn battle-tested selection and masking techniques, the same ones used by today’s top pros.

Learn how to tackle trees, hair, complex shapes and even transparency with confidence. Colin shows “brute force” techniques that will enable you to cut out anything, even with very busy and muddled backgrounds. Lots of insider tips and tricks are sprinkled throughout to make some tasks surprisingly easy and quick.

If you combine the techniques demonstrated in this almost 4 hour master class on selections, you will never have to fear a selection task again. This is suitable for beginners through advanced users. All the lesson files are included, so you can follow along step by step. This isn’t anything like sitting in a classroom, listening to a lecture, It’s more like sitting next to Colin in his studio and working with him.

ALL COLIN'S IMAGES ARE INCLUDED, SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG
BONUS: PDF GUIDE ON USING THE PEN TOOL IN PHOTOSHOP

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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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Tim Cooper has been travelling all over the world for several years, helping thousands of photographers hone their craft. As you watch, Tims’ plain English style will cause you to understand how to use your camera and accessories.

Running time: 4 hours. MAC/Windows (Videos can be copied over to mobile devices)

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Topics Covered:

5 Lights of Nature and how to use them
How composition effects the mood of images
Using color for emotion and eye control
The use of line and perspective in art
Developing rhythm and movement in images
How to identify and develop focal points
What retouching is supposed to look like
A visual guide for setting up Classical Portrait Lighting
How to view a face

Running Time Time: 65:23

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In this unique, information packed video, YOU get to be the fly on the wall. Watch over the shoulder of a leading fashion photographer. Experience multiple styles of lighting and modifier set ups. Learn how to create everything from a soft, dreamy look to a film noir inspired
shot. Lindsey will teach you the most valuable lighting setups being used in studios today. All delivered in a clear and direct, jargon free style. Soft boxes, flags, reflectors, bounce-cards, grids, beauty dishes and much more are covered in detail.

This video showcases a two day fashion shoot in a New York studio with professional models. Lindsay not only shows you all the lighting setups, but she also explains the thoughts behind each shot. Learn how to approach each shot with the correct lighting technique. All the lessons on this visually rich video can be applied to your portrait shoots. Make your photography stand out from the rest, add a fashion flair, you and your clients will love the
results.

Running time: 2.5 hours of live footage
MAC/Windows (Transfer videos to mobile devices)
control over playback, full-screen and more.

Recreate your favorite looks!

Light Modifiers
Light Intensity and Angle
Beauty Dish - Beauty Box
Beauty Dish - Clamshell
Soft Boxes
Ring Light
1940’s Glam
Rigging Kino-Flo Lights
Silver Reflector- Shadows
Silver Reflector- Dramatic
Create a Silhouette
Rim Lighting
Lighting for “Faux” HDR
Low Contrast Feminine Lighting
Lighting with Gels
UV Light strobe
Ghosting Effect
Lens Flares

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Learn how to shoot great photos!
This video will change the way you use your camera! Understanding the zone system is essential for capturing great photos. Ones’ that look the way you always wanted. If you just leave metering to the camera, your photos will look dull and flat. Start getting your exposures right and your photographs will be crisp and full of detail and depth. Become a better photographer... a much better photographer, in just over an hour! You can even use your cameras built in meter. Tim makes it so easy, you’ll laugh.

The Zone System changes everything

Find out how the original zone system is the forerunner of modern exposure and discover why you need to learn how to meter

• • Learn the difference between Incident and Reflected Meters
  • See what a meter actually does, and why it does it
  • Understand the phrase “Meter for your midtones, and check your highlights”
  • Find out what type of Metering Patterns your camera has and how to use them
  • Learn the original zones and what they represent
  • Discover the usable zones of today’s digital cameras
  • Determine why you would want to use Manual vs. Aperture or Shutter Priority Exposure Modes
  • Realize the similarities between a Zone and Stop
  • Demystify the histogram and see how it relates to the Zone System
  • Discover how to visualize tones in your photograph
  • Find out how to meter in difficult situations
  • Learn what to do with difficult subjects
  • Become skilled at reading available light
  • Learn how to meter for fill flash
  • Learn how to determine which Split Neutral Density Filter to choose
  • Determine the exposures for blending images together in Photoshop
  • Discover how to meter your scenes to create the proper images for the Merge to HDR function in Photoshop

What you will learn

PART 1

Introduction to the Zone System, where we came from and we are going.

PART 2

Answers to your questions of why you would want to learn about the System, plus an overview of what you will be learning in the following sections.

PART 3

This section covers the different types of meters, metering patterns, and how they operate.

PART 4

Understanding the Zone Scale and how it relates to your digital camera. The sensors ?Latitude? defined.

PART 5

This section teaches how common colors and objects line up on the zone scale, and shows you how to place them correctly for good exposure.

PART 6

An in depth description of the histogram, why and how you would use it, and how it directly relates to the Zone scale

PART 7

This section teaches you how to use the Zone System when metering scenes for Split Neutral Density Filters, Fill Flash, and creating exposures for blending or the Merge to HDR function in Photoshop.
Get an Introduction to the original Zone System by Ansel Adams

The Author

Tim Cooper began his career as a commercial and assignment photographer working with clients such as The North Face, Vasque boots, 3M and The International Heart Institute. His editorial and commercial photographs have appeared in Travel & Leisure, New York Times Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, Fly Rod & Reel, Northern Lights and Private Clubs as covers, advertising, art and editorial illustration.

In addition to commercial work, Tim has also been involved with the Rocky Mountain School of Photography since 1993. He has taught workshops, classes, seminars, as well as held the position of Director of Education,
Director of the Black and White Program and Director of Digital Imaging. Tim currently teaches various workshops, classes and seminars for the school in addition to consulting on both photographic and digital technologies. Tim is co-author of the book Complete PhotoshopCS3 for Digital Photographers.

Tim Cooper has been traveling all over the nation for several years, helping thousands of photographers hone their craft. A huge crowd favorite has always been his sessions on the Zone System for Digital Photographers. For the first time ever, Tim sat down in his studio and captured the magic on this video. As you watch, Tims’ plain English style will cause you to understand light and exposure.

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