Advanced Masking in Lightroom and Sky replacement with Luminar Neo.

In this video, we explore Adobe Lightroom Classic's advanced masking features available with the current 13.2 update. Many of the new features include the AI functions and updates to "Deniose', we are also going to complete a sky replacement using Luminar Neo.
The location is the Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence, a wonderful and beautiful part of Italy.
If you would like to follow along with the video, you are more than welcome to download the RAW file and Sky jpeg here :- drive.google.com/drive/folder...
All I ask is that you respect my copyright, so if you wish to share your version of this image, please give create to myself for the original photograph with @jamiermathlin
If you are interested in purchasing Luminar Neo, feel free to use my discount code " JAMIE10 " , you can find the website here :- skylum.com/chk/luminar-s?utm_...
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best regards Jamie

[@FernandoJamesFX]

Hi Jamie !!! Thank You So Much Man !!! I Have Exactly the Same Photo Taken by Myself in 2010.... I Will Try My Best and Do What You Did ! I Hope One Day I Can Book One of Your Workshop! All The Best.Fernando.

[@jamiermathlin]

hey Fernando, thank you for your comment, it is very much appreciated, best regards Jamie 😀

[@markscutt7471]

another great video mate, great image from the RAW file, showing to think about taking the shot for editing.

[@jamiermathlin]

hey buddy 😀

[@Lessthanthreeedm]

Small nitpick - the artificial sun position with the existing reflections, shadows, lit parts on the scene don’t make much sense because the buildings are obviously lit from the left, not the centre. Also the reflection in the canal doesn’t match the new sky.

[@jamiermathlin]

thanks for the feedback 😀

[@MyStocko]

Hi Jamie, another masterpiece. I now have a better understanding of mask intersects. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent .

[@jamiermathlin]

You are very welcome David, I hope I explained things clearly 😀

[@ekstrod7132]

Another masterpiece. Neo certainly has come a long way since its inception. Thoroughly enjoyable tutorial and wonderful result. Fine Art at its best.

[@jamiermathlin]

thank you very much 😀

[@Mrjohnsondale]

Off to Florence a few weeks Jamie, Thanks for the video was another masterpeice looking even more forward to it now.

[@jamiermathlin]

It is a wondeful place, remember get up early (before dawn) and you will have the place to yourself, have a great time 😀

[@KimberlyHeising]

Holy Harry Potter! Once again another great tutorial. Intersect with a radial gradient...hmmm now you have me thinking 🤔

[@jamiermathlin]

Holy Harry Potter 😀you make laugh ! great to speak to you on Thursday !!

[@PeggySwords]

Jamie@. Another masterpiece!

[@jamiermathlin]

I saw that you had a wonderful time in Italy 😀

[@marlinsobbota9846]

Both beautiful and dramatic. Photographic Fine Art. Thanks again for teaching us so much.

[@jamiermathlin]

thank you Marlin 😀

[@healinginfluence]

Your post processing skills are superb and I learned a lot from you. To me this is no longer a photograph. It’s digital art.

[@jamiermathlin]

thank you 😀

[@dj_617]

I have never seen the sun in that spot in Florence ever.

[@jamiermathlin]

That is because I added it 😀

[@dj_617]

@@jamiermathlinI know. That is what makes the whole picture kitsch.

[@colinyoung9432]

Great video Jamie, thank you, Colin Devon....

[@jamiermathlin]

thank you Colin 😀

[@ASMPHOTO]

Thank You! Well done - learned a lot

[@jamiermathlin]

thank you for the comment 😀

[@randelltuttle143]

Is it possible to flip the new sky to reflect on the water? Too, is it possible to adjust the angle of the buildings reflections to match the angle of the new sky/sun?

[@user-hw6vz1dk7v]

Do you know how to overcome the dead spot just above the left side of the bridge? It’s the part where the sky did not fill in on top of the bridge. I seem to have a lot of trouble with that same issue.

[@Lessthanthreeedm]

Not sure why he didn’t show it, all you need to do is go to the masking of the sky and paint in the parts that auto detection failed to select.

[@jamiermathlin]

You saved me a reply :-)

[@cindysmith6842]

Which Neo are you using? Worth the lifetime addition? Right now a sale for $119.00 for two years. New to this product, so any guidance helpful.

[@jamiermathlin]

That is a great place to start Cindy, and very good value, if you use my affiliate code JAMIE10, I believe you can get a further 10% off as well. I use Neo mainly as a plug-in for lightroom and photoshop (it has a load option when you download it), but you can use it as a full software suite with Lightroom if you wish. best wishes Jamie

[@mannyroman6133]

Good editing skills, but overdone in my opinion

[@jamiermathlin]

thanks for the feedback Manny, it is very much appreciated 😀