@@Llama.7890 Simon has incredibly direct, detailed and useful content, which is one of the reasons why his channel has grown so much. Additionally Simon is very personable, and this comes across in his videos here on RU-vid.
An even quicker way of doing the same thing is to intersect the mask with another mask of the same type. For example, step 1. select sky, step 2. intersect with sky - gives you the same clean mask of the sky. It also works with other types of selections, not just the sky.
Holy crap, that "Select Sky" / "Subtract Sky" tip is wild. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent painstakingly cleaning up those small details by hand. THANK YOU
Just when you think you’re figuring out Lightroom and it’s tools then Simon comes along and opens your third eye on how to use Lightroom properly 😂 the best teacher on RU-vid by far!
Almost every other photography RU-vid: BUY MY PROSETS! BUY MY COURSE! Simon: Here's some cool tips! Now go practice editing! It's such a better way of doing things! It lets people create their own editing style and become much better at editing instead of using prosets to do a bunch of work for them
@@syllycatface Totally agree! I don't think lightroom presetes are necessarily a bad thing, but my photos WAY improved when I decided to start editing without presets because it caused me to develop a more unique style.
@@syllycatface Educators vs Grifters. Simon is an educator and wants to share knowledge. Those other people are grifters and want to sell you something.
I am from the south in the states. And I truly wish more people with think like you do. What I mean is, you giveaway secret tips freely, and yet you know that these tips will help others. The lack of selfishness in you is inspiring!! oh yeah, and your photography skills are absolutely inspiring!! Thank you, Simon
Until a few months ago I only watched Simon's camera settings and composition technique videos because my laptop didn't run processing software very well. Now I'm basically on a lightroom tutorial binge and these are just as good. Kudos, Simon.
I anticipated that the title was an exaggeration, but subtracting the mask from itself really doesn't sound like it should work, and yet it does! Great tip 👏
You’ve tapped into my favorite masking technique: intersect. A powerful tool. Great explainer as always and I love your enthusiasm for intersecting masks.
Thanks for the hack at the end. That masking problem with the intersection of sky and snow covered mountains has confounded me no end. I can’t tell you how much time I’ve spent brushing a sky mask out of snow. Merci Simon! You just earned yourself another subscriber. 😊
I am seriously speachless with that last trick. That will help enormously with processing :D THANK YOU Simon, as always. Great job and it is really appreciated.
This video reminded me of being back in school and having that ah-ha moment. This proves if you're not learning something you're missing out on the experience.
I'm going to have to watch this a few times, because there is SO much greatness here!! I was just trying to figure some of this out on an edit this week, so I'm so glad you made this! Thanks Simon!
That information is fantastic, your knowledge of LR editing is a great source!👍🏻 PS: Congratulations on reaching 500k followers…. You have a very high quality channel 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
good stuff. photos are a snapshot of a moment, the photo editing reflects the personal impression of that moment. it's such a fun combination of skill and art.
I use the last tip on my selection all the time. It's not always perfect, but it's normally better. You can take this a step further. I made presets for subjects, sky, and backgrounds using this technique. I usually click what preset I want instead of using the standard masking tool. It's another time saver. I always enjoy your videos.
Your videos and their content just go from strength to strength Simon and I really love the useful tips which always have some new knowledge to impart. Keep up the fine work and I can assure you that I for one will keep watching and liking. 😊
Good morning Simon, love your video’s, you have taught me so much about Wildlife photography. I got so excited yesterday, so I waited for an hr to get a picture of a Mother killdeer with her little fluffy baby just old enough to walk. I got down eye level and took about 30 shots, all in Raw so I can really edit them later. Thank you Simon for the knowledge that us beginners need, God bless
Love the sky minus sky trick! Similarly, treating the sky in two parts and dropping off the light on the land were simple but so effective and definitely techniques that i will use
Ok that last tip (and the variation suggested in the comments by @notdisclosed…) is pure black magic! Thank you! As a wildlife photographer I really struggle with selecting edges that have fur / feathers- anything that helps with that is gold!
Merci Simon! I'm used to try workarounds when the selection is not working as expected. One of them is starting with a contrary selection, especially for selecting skies with trees. But removing the sky from the sky is really something! Most people do not realize the potential of combining, intersecting, cloning and inverting masks. The next level is to create Adaptive presets with the AI-based masks: everything but the brush and object masks will be applicable on any other picture with the same type of photography.
Simon you are a great presentor and your entusiasm and joy in your work really helps in wanting me to watch even more video's. Again thanks for the great tips, tricks and explanations on how to get the best out of my pictures with lightroom.
Loved the video Simon! The bonus tip at the end was super helpful! I was having trouble with the over / under selection with trees just like you pointed out in my own photos. This will be a huge help with future photo editing! Thank you!
For the bonus tip, have you tried selecting the sky, then intersecting the mask with select sky again? I think it yields similar results with one less click.
Another great video on masking. I liked how you built on the skills of the last one. I also like the community the follow you and offer some of their ideas on their hack tips on intersecting.masks. It's a great youtube channel!!! Thanks
Love that bonus tip! I had this exact scenario with snowy mountains last week in NZ and was using the brush to painstakingly tweak the mask. Can’t wait to put this tip to the test - thanks Simon!
One cool trick I like to use to darken the skies is to reduce the luminance (and saturation if it doesnt look natiural) of blues. This works best when there's some clouds because the darkening only applies to the blue part of the sky similar to a polarizing filter.
Wow, Congratulations. I saw today you had gone over 500k subscribers. The quality of your videos, advice and teaching is just outstanding, many Thanks for all the help you’ve given.
Hello Simon! Woow that video came at the excellent moment I've been needed, this past weekend i was at the mountain doing some milkyway photography with my friends, and that video will improve my abilities editing. Thank you for your help!
Merci Simon! A fantastic video as always. The hack at the end was great, Adobe should throw you a sponsorship for that at the very least, I'm sure that's going to help them improve their products!
I used the tips in the last video quite a lot for my last photoshoot, looks like i'm gonna have even more to do on my next one! Keep them coming Simon, loving the way you teach!
Great video, as ever. When you inverted, in the hack at the end, you are inverting sky2, rather than the whole mask or sky1, and I'm not sure if the audio is clear on which of the three you invert; by following the visuals, it is clear, however. A similar tightening effect can be had by selecting the sky and then intersecting with the sky; it may be that the two routes are identical, behind the scenes. I have also found that a sharp edge, as in your image, shows better results than if the, say, skyline is soft. And if the skyline is soft, then each time one intersects with the sky, there is a marginal gain (one of my images took a dozen iterations before the skyline was clear of red!). Once again, than you for your excellent output. [Edit - just seen someone else talk about the intersect thing!]
Simon I have enjoyed watching your editing tips. I was fortunate to be introduced to you when you appeared on Gavin Hardcastle’s channel a while back. Since then I have been following your work and I have picked up a number of expert tips in using LR. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Excellent content as always, Simon!! Really like your bs-free videos, just 10 minutes of useful information and excellent examples. I realized how much potential Lr has that i never used and that many badly edited photos have relatively easy fix. Cheers
My only worry about the last tip about subtracting the sky from the sky is that this seems like a bug, which means that Adobe could fix the bug and thus end up breaking this fix. Until then, we can all enjoy this weird behavior. Thanks for bringing it up.
I love these videos because it teaches me so much about photography. I don’t use photoshop or Lightroom and I would love to see a video for people who just use jpeg on their camera.
Interesting on the sky mask. I had the same thing happen to me. I selected “subtract” and chose “object” (I think) and removed the unwanted areas manually. Your method is much easier. I look forward to trying it.
That last tip is a good one, as I generally shoot a lot of landscapes and have run into this issue where trees are not masked correctly. Even if it is a "bug" this is one time we can maybe legitimately call it a "feature".
Your videos are always well done an informative. I have been using masks for as long as they have been around in LR. That last trick was new to me, and I will definitely be using that!
