SIMPLE LUMINOSITY MASKING WITH COLOR RANGE
Use precise masks to target your landscape’s shadow or highlight ranges – without the faff of channel masking
Luminosity Masking is an popular but fairly advanced editing technique for isolating specific parts of the tonal range, which then allows you to alter the brightness or colors in these areas. Traditionally it often involves complex channel selections – but for newcomers to the technique, there’s a far simpler method that lets you zero in on different ranges of luminosity with minimal fuss. Let ’s take a look…