Everything You Need to Know About Masking in Lightroom Classic

Discover how to take your photographs to the next level using masking to enhance and adjust selective areas of an image. In this video, Julieanne Kost shares tips, tricks and techniques for making the most out of Lightroom Classic’s masking tools including new automated selections based on Adobe Sensei (Select Subject, Object, Sky, People, and Background), manual painting tools (brush, eraser, linear and radial gradients), and Range Masking (color, luminance, and depth). She also walks through Auto Sync, Copy/Paste, and using Adaptive Presets - all guaranteed to make your workflow more efficient.
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[@Delayen1]

The two best Lightroom tutors are Julianne Koste and Anthony Morganti. Both are brilliant and make you feel capable of attaining great skills. Also they speak clearly and not too quickly.

[@paulweber3339]

Amen to that. Who cares how much they know if they don't present it properly.

[@BackFocus11]

Been watching Julianne’s Adobe tutorials for years. She’s the best. Thanks for updating us on Lightroom!

[@slytrud0785]

You simply explain everything!!!! With simplicity, clarity, your not missing any details. Better watch one 30 min video and learning everything on a subject than watch many 2-3 min videos and still have questions not answered. Many thanks

[@foisonurlubu4303]

Dear Julieanne, I have been watching hundreds of photo tutorials on KZbin over the years and it is my pleasure to tell you that you without doubt #1 and #2 is far behind you… Merci Madame, from Belgium .

[@dhedc]

Superb video. You covered it all in a half hour. Thank you!

[@pamrandolph3694]

Thanks once again to Julianne Kost for teaching the new Lightroom and ACR tools for masking. Always an awesome instructor. Fantastic AI enhancements being made by Adobe.

[@Studio-37]

Thank you so much, I really love that you mention the keyboard shortcuts. That makes editing so much quicker. From now on your my go to channel for lightroom and photoshop.

[@sjsphotog]

This tutorial is TOP NOTCH Julieanne. This is a great example why you ARE the Yoda of Lightroom! Great stuff. This new update to LR is a GAME CHANGER for sure. so so good. Thanks to the Adobe team! Keep it up

[@Mimiclobster]

Thank you for another excellent masterclass Julianne.

[@lindasmalleysews]

The latest update for Lightroom helped my workflow tremendously!! I really enjoy your teaching. You explain things very clearly!

[@RHPIC]

Every time I review / study your in-depth tutorials, I lower my expertise self-evaluation a notch. Your tutorials are CLEAN, CLEAR & CONCISE helping me reach and remain in the Intermediate level. You and your work product are AMAZING. Thanks so much.

[@OSageify]

Just started using Lightroom and Photoshop. I have an image open and working through the commands on it as I watch and flick backwards and forwards in your tutorial. The best way to learn is doing it yourself whilst being instructed. Great job, Thank you!

[@mosheovadya]

No one covers EVERYTHING like you do. Thank you.

[@DickHoskins]

I love the way you just get to it without a lot of noise and non information. Also it is clear you really know how this stuff works which is more than some others should claim. Thank you!

[@jameskirkpatrick361]

Julieanne, a million thank you’s for this tutorial. As an amateur, with about 3 years of occasional LRC experience, and well over a hundred video tutorials watched, I had to write you to clap as loudly as possible. This is by far the clearest, most relevant, directly helpful LRC tutorial I’ve watched. Masking has been one of the most important areas that I knew I needed to better utilize, but never found a comprehensive tutorial like this that I could immediately apply. Thank you so much, you have a new subscriber who will soon be digging through your archived content. Kudos!

[@netdan55]

Best 30 minutes about masking in Lightroom Classic! Thank you.

[@edgardomanuel7524]

Julianne Kost is the best tutor of Lightroom. I always learn something new. Thank you for sharing Julianne.

[@carlosasilvas]

Julieanne Kost is the best at teaching lightroom, thank you from Portugal.

[@denniswillam371]

That was probably one of the best Lightroom videos I've ever seen. Although you "just" covered the topic of masking, I got the feeling this will change 90% of my photo editing workflow in LR. Thanks a lot!

[@stephanbuth8195]

...it´s not only everything about masking, it´s also everything about clearerst pronunciation. Great teacher.

[@gerardturnley1491]

The best tutorial about LrC masking 2023, thus far! Many thanks.

[@emeraldfrekles1]

Thank you Julieanne for such a great Lightroom tutorial. Clear, concise and easy to follow.

[@elisabethlafontaine8979]

Julieanne thank you for a wonderful tutorial on LRClassic. You make it easy to understand, speak clearly and never rush the instruction. You are simply the best!

[@MarcoMoreno5757]

Thank you! I have just had time to watch, and learning all these new tools was great.

[@wildpatagoniafilms16]

Julieanne is by far the best teacher when it comes to Adobe!!!! besides being an open book in knowledge... the pace and fashion she teaches with is unmatchable!!!! Thank you!!!

[@itaylorm]

Thank you this explained the detail of masking really well. I was having trough trying to figure out the overlays and the ability to erase unwanted mask areas

[@thomasriggs2914]

Incredibly useful training Julieanne - thank you! You speak clearly with a concise message and a beautiful voice. This video like all your others is well planned and moves quickly. I review it several times, take notes, and apply the techniques to my own samples until I have it down. Thanks so much!

[@BubblesPothowari]

The Best Trainer she is !!! Not a word can be added or edited.

[@bobpilz1021]

Julianne Koste’s tutorials always rock! This one very helpful.

[@CostaMesaPhotography]

Another brilliant video tutorial--thank very much for sharing your knowledge and expertise!

[@nancycaldwell8860]

Awesome LR training on masking tools! Thank you!

[@erimate.grafixs.pixels]

your are the best lightroom tutor i have seen so far. much love

[@AJDigital82]

should close the videos with a bell, I feel like I just got out of class. Thank You for your efforts, I will likely have to come back to this video a few times cus ADHD but I learned a lot I had no idea masking was so strong in Lightroom.

[@SteveFulemule]

By far, yours are the best LR tutorials. Thanks JK!

[@jimcarmellini8294]

Wow- fantastic! Love staying up to date with all the new changes coming out...especially AI...it's getting crazy! Thanks for all the excellent content.

[@kbqvist]

Great new features! and great tutorial!

[@sueday2017]

Thank you for this comprehensive lesson, I always learn something new from Julieanne Kost!

[@norbertalexy8803]

Excellent, Julianne. Thank you very much for this very complete but nevertheless easy to understand explanation! And all that concise, with no "uh's". Compliments, I will come back...

[@reneerpelding4361]

You are the best to explain and show. Thamks

[@peterhamilton8913]

Thank you for this excellent tutorial. Clear, concise and well paced.

[@JohanSchmidt]

Best instructor on KZbin by a mile!

[@enricopascucci4802]

Great tutorial. All the explanations are very clear and presented at the right pace.

[@lfavila50]

Top! Nice and complete class!😊

[@alisoheil8989]

Absolutely love your delivery ! thanks for everything

[@Kurtations]

Outstanding Julieanne, thank you very much!

[@chrispennarts4085]

Great what a super explanation again. It is so clear and easy to understand. You show it. And that is the beauty also of photography show it. Awesome. I am following you from day 1. I hope you can keep doing it for many many many years to come. And the shortcuts tips are great too. I hope there will be one for objects too. Greetings from Chris.

[@dnaphotography6218]

The GOAT...thank you Julieanne!

[@KnightsandWeekends]

One of the best tutorials I've seen. Thanks!

[@danlavorgna7645]

Thanks, Julianne! Thanks for all of your brilliant videos!

[@douglass69]

You are my Queen. Thanks for clearing up so many things I needed to learn.

[@downtown9508]

exactly the video I was looking for. thank you

[@snehajayatheertha]

Incredibly useful tutorial. Very well explained with amazing clarity. Thank you very much!

[@RastusMcbride]

Wow. Talk about a no nonsense instructional video, nice job.

[@dipakgadekar]

Very very useful video. Thanks for sharing.

[@johnmcnaughton6808]

Great video Julieanne and thank you. Loving the new masking updates in Lightroom I'm hoping that there will be another update to add Ai sharpness and no-noise. I was editing a dog, thought I would try out the masking I clicked on masking and selected subject, and it picked and masked the whole of the dog even though it was in grassland and trees. I was really surprised when I clicked on the custom drop down and it actually had in the drop down, dog eyes

[@pieterdhaeze]

Amazing video. Every time I learn from you! Thanks.

[@esjovold6572]

Great video. Thank you. This will save me a lot of time in photoshop, and allow me to keep my images as a DNG file. Also being totally nondestructive is great if you really mess up.

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Great summary. Thank you.

[@rickgray6960]

Fabulous!! 10,000 thank yous! So clearly delivered as always.

[@anatolepapafilippou7967]

Amazing tutorial, thank you.

[@rj934]

Good video. It answered several of my questions.

[@davecustance3423]

Great tutorial many thanks very helpful

[@madamekanon]

Thanks for a very good tutorial about masks

[@johnmaughan1799]

Excellent video, thank you

[@goldfinch2283]

Excellent. Nobody makes better tutorials than you!

[@weekenddistractions]

Best video I've seen on the new masking tools.

[@UncleJaxx]

Very comprehensive and concise. Well done.

[@jostelnyc6539]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@caseywalker86]

Excellent coverage!

[@luisurbina5115]

Excellent tutorial, Julianne. As always

[@michaelschmitt5413]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@gyalbobhutia2825]

Thanks for the concise but very informative video.

[@goldenpassenger5135]

how nice explained!

[@drandrewclarke]

absolutely brilliant instructional video

[@GeoffGrant2010]

Thank you Julieanne! Wonderful! I’m saving it to go over agai!

[@trevorwright6165]

wow what a great lesson thank you so much i loved watching cheers from trev in the uk

[@CrustyClad]

I don't see the adjustment handles when using the radial or linear gradient, just the feathered color. I tried every menu, key, etc I could think of. Any suggestions?

[@davidgrover2665]

So many good tips - Thank you!

[@keithpinn152]

Hi Julianne: As always, your videos are so well done and your teaching style instills at great deal of confidence for the viewer. Great explanations on the new features and congratulations to the team at Adobe for hitting another home run. My only wish would be if Adobe allowed you to change the colour of the brush outline so that it appears more noticeably for the user. My eyesight isn't what it used to be. Cheers, Keith

[@richardryder3031]

Excellent. I don't use Lightroom Classic but do use ACR and most of these techniques can be applied there.😀

[@class_a]

As always, great presentation Julieanne! I no longer use Lightroom due to the subscription-only model, but it was great to catch up with what LR is capable of in terms of masking. I wish Capture One would not force one to rasterise parametric masks before they can be combined with brushed masks and that it would support the mask operations LR supports (joining, subtracting, and intersecting).

[@gabrieleriva2199]

Very helpful, thank you so much!

[@tonyb2760]

Very useful and informative.

[@duncanwilson5170]

Superb tutorial!

[@magezimagezi]

That was informative, thank you!

[@robertcorlet512]

Got it! Thank you.

[@keithsimpson8676]

Excellent.

[@petervandenplas5500]

Hello Julieanne, thanks for this educative post. I wondered with what shortcut you increased the brush size at 17.14 once you clicked to create a lightray to highlight a zone.

[@imprintedmind4487]

Thanks for explaining LRC masking tools and procedures. My computer is loaded with LRC 2022 and I used to edit photographs. For the past few days, I have noticed that both manual and AI-based masking tools are not working. If a porting of the image is masked with any of the masking tools and edited locally, instead global adjust is taken place. Do you think the software is corrupted and I need to reload the same? If I need to reload the software what will be the status of my catalogues and edited images? Can I restore my photo catalogues and edited /preferred photographs?

[@elmono3939]

All I know about PS and LR is from J. Kost. Thank you !

[@bobnkb174]

The new masking tools are great, although as a real estate photographer it would be very helpful if adobe would include a tool within the masking section to easily mask windows with possibly a polygon or pen tool, please.

[@EmileVerhijden]

Great tutorial!

[@jasonlacey5979]

Brilliant..

[@DarkStoneCastle]

Damn, that was good!

[@LJR.YouTube]

Thank you ✨

[@landscapeandlight]

Excellent

[@marieschaller4560]

Another great video Julieanne, thank you. Is there a way to unselect a portion of the mask? The background mask has for some reason included part of my model's body. Is there a way to removed that part from the rest of the background mask?

[@colinhutchison7834]

Great Video but when you refer to increasing shadows what you mean is lighten, in effect decreasing the darkness of the shadows.

[@MarsViolet]

The luminance range seems to be relative from image to image, like a percentage rather than absolute values, e.g. a luminance value of 40 in one image can be dark, but much brighter in another. Is there a trick to make the range absolute?

[@carlosbuitrago3080]

Very useful information. Thank you! Is it possible to save the mask from Lightroom, like an alpha channel? or, is it possible to save the image as a png format and a the mask as the transparent background?