{"id":11729,"date":"2020-07-02T09:26:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T09:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11729"},"modified":"2020-07-02T09:27:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T09:27:01","slug":"free-luminosity-mask-extension-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/free-luminosity-mask-extension-in-photoshop","title":{"rendered":"FREE Luminosity Mask Extension in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"
Photoshop now comes with lots of “extensions” you can install – either paid or for free – you get to them from this menu item<\/div>\n
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That opens up a web browser – you need to be logged in to your Adobe account if you’re not on Creative Cloud this may not work. <\/div>\n
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So if type in “luminosity mask” like I’ve done in the screen shot – it’ll do a search… the results are like this:-<\/div>\n
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The one I’ve got is – Luminosity Masking Panel by Greg Benz<\/div>\n
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You click on that and can install it – I can’t do to screenshot it as it’s already installed, but here’s the extension info page. \"\"<\/div>\n
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Once you’ve got it installed – to use it you need to click the following menu item:-\"\"<\/div>\n
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And a small box will open up with just a few buttons – you click on “create masks” to start.<\/div>\n
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then open your CHANNELS panel to find about 20 new channels all named “lights”, “darks” and “midtones”. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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To select a dark area, hold down your CTRL key and click on one of the dark channels – you’ll get that mask selected as you can just about see here<\/div>\n
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\"\"Now you can open up any Adjustment layer you like and the mask will be automatically applied – so if you wanted to make the “darks” darker, you can use curves\/exposure\/levels, for example. Look at the Curves 1 layer, the mask is a black and white representation of the selection. So if you do anything with the layer, the effect will only happen to the white parts, leaving the black alone. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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That’s how to install and use it. <\/div>\n
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For example, if you wanted to lighten the mid-tones a bring out some detail, then you can control-click on the mid-tone channel, create a curved line and then pull the curve up in the middle of a little bit. You’ll see just the mids changing – the lights and darks stay the same. <\/div>\n
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It’s really useful and something you can’t really do so well with Lightroom. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photoshop now comes with lots of “extensions” you can install – either paid or for free – you get to them from this menu item     That opens up a web browser – you need to be logged in to your Adobe account if you’re not on Creative Cloud this may not work.    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