BlendIf Luminosity Masking in Photoshop with Lumenzia

[@johnfoehl6783]

Greg, have been playing with the new 3.0 panel. This update is tremendous, especially with all of the added simplicity you have built in. Thanks again for all of your work on the tool.

[@gregbenzphotography]

Thanks!

[@williamdavid4617]

Just WOW! Fantastic tool.

[@gregbenzphotography]

Thank you!

[@darthgzuz]

amazing update, indeed an exciting update ... u simplify everything and explain with such ease ... thanks for sharing ...

[@gregbenzphotography]

Thanks!

[@chriseb70]

It took a few follow alongs for my aging brain to grasp, but this is awesome, Greg! Thanks for the tutorial! Keep'em coming!

[@gregbenzphotography]

Glad you enjoyed it, will do!

[@patrick1210]

Thanks for the big updates ! I've been using it for years. It helps a lot ! Thanks for the great work !

[@gregbenzphotography]

You're welcome, have fun!

[@2canvandamm]

Greg - keep up the fantastic work, great update, thank you

[@gregbenzphotography]

Ross Kelser thanks!

[@dr.lopuckdds2603]

Wow, yes.... this is going to absolutely essential with these mega pixel sensors and reasonable file size management.

[@TheZoRLT]

Amazing! you're a genius for thinking of this stuff, not to mention make it available to us..

[@gregbenzphotography]

The Zo aww shucks, you're making me blush... :)

[@edgardorubenbrandan6813]

Excelente tutorial y muy buen plug-in ! saludos desde Argentina!

[@M31glow]

great update !!

[@warguych8491]

Greg your new panel is awesome 😍👌

[@jensvielmann7662]

Sounds great! ... but I really need to find the reason why I always end up with a -100 contrast image when blending multiple exposure with limo masks. Maybe I am overdoing it at some stage. But I tried as little as possible while still eliminating all burned areas in a high contrast scene. Still I have to crank up the contrast really really high afterwards in order to have a half way decent result. Any tips?

[@erfut]

Thank you Greg for this wonderfull software and the recent upgrade. I wish to ask you in this video at the 5.11 mark once you clik the enter key the the ajusting layer is swith on as it was with the green mask on. When I do that I have to swith on manually the ajeting laye and the if box to see the result, any help is appreciated. Thanks

[@gregbenzphotography]

erfut I'm not sure I understand your question. I had the "If:under" visualization on and used the "if:under" picker to retarget the layer (clicking enter was just confirming my choice for the picker). It automatically updates, as the "If:under" visualization updates automatically. If you are using "If:this" type of BlendIf, the visualization is static and must be updated by double-clicking the "If" button.

[@erfut]

Greg, once you upgrade your mask with the colour picker and you hit OK, it seems that the layer mask is update automatically including the mask, I have to thick on the layer mask and then hit the IF button to have the mask update. It is no big deal, so not to worry about, I asked asked.

[@gregbenzphotography]

erfut if you use"if:under" and clicked the "if" visualization previously, the green mask overlay will continue to update as you try different "if:under" masks. The only reason you would need to click "If" later would be either because it wasn't previously turned on, or you are using an "If:this" mask.

[@erfut]

Thank you Greg for your time.

[@rachelederossi6334]

HI Greg thanks for the beautiful video! lumenzia 3 is amazing may i ask you 2 questions? 1) i have installed on cc 2015 and cs6 but under cs6 i have not the red,yellow,green,cyan,blue and magenta button ,is it normal? 2) i see you are using 2017 , may i ask you which do you think it's better in performance? once you did suggest me cc 2014 thanks again for the video and lumenzia 3!

[@gregbenzphotography]

Rachele Derossi the CS6 panel is different due to the design of CS6 itself. Please see the written manual and shortcut list in the ZIP download to take advantage of color masking via key. CC2017 is great. Refine edge is different, but available with a tricky shortcut (search for refine edge on my blog). I think 2017 is great. I would install and open the advanced options to prevent the update from uninstalling 2015, then you can try and use which ever version you prefer. Most users have jumped to 2017.

[@rachelederossi6334]

hi thanks Greg , i haven't found photoshop 2017 refine edge on your blog ,even i have used the search feature cheers

[@gregbenzphotography]

Rachele Derossi it's here: gregbenzphotography.com/photography-tips/master-the-refine-edge-tool-in-photoshop But I was mistaken, I didn't list the shortcut. I think you hold while clicking Select / Select and Mask

[@rachelederossi6334]

Hi Thanks Greg!

[@yathribbani5756]

Love you greg😉👈😎

[@gregbenzphotography]

LOL!

[@bklmonty]

Hi Greg, i love watching your video's, do you ever have Lumenzia on sale ? am disabled and only receive benefits, would love to buy it but money is so tight. If not i understand Many Thanks . Monty

[@gregbenzphotography]

Hi Monty- Rarely, because it is already priced to be a steal. I have offered one sale in the past three years.

[@bklmonty]

hi greg , how do i buy this? do you have a link please somewhere?

[@gregbenzphotography]

You can get Lumenzia here: gregbenzphotography.com/lumenzia/

[@spookysandwich1355]

Hi Greg is there a version that will work with Elements 13 ?

[@gregbenzphotography]

Camera Phill no, Elements does not have the capabilities required. My free panel includes actions which might work (not sure).

[@spookysandwich1355]

Hi Greg thanks for the response il give it ago probably wont work but no harm in trying :) At the mo im using Tony Kuypers actions for Elements which works really well but its the bare bones Heres a link to my Flickr page most of the shots you see have had luminosity treatment hope you like them :) www.flickr.com/photos/155067484@N04 thanks again

[@spookysandwich1355]

Hi Greg thanks for the response il give it ago probably wont work but no harm in trying :) At the mo im using Tony Kuypers actions for Elements which works really well but its the bare bones Heres a link to my Flickr page most of the shots you see have had luminosity treatment hope you like them :) www.flickr.com/photos/155067484@N04 thanks again

[@spookysandwich1355]

firestarter

[@achimoetzel7567]

As you probably know, there are some quite different luminosity-panels on the market, but concerning quality, range, simplicity, layout, optimizing filesize & history-states, ... - in every aspect YOU RULE THEM ALL !!! With the 3.0-update you are even more avantgarde to your competitores, I'm sorry, but can't afford, NOT buying your panel - THANX !