Luminar 4: Using EVERY Type of Mask on 1 Image!

[@jer3006]

Jim, great demo of using all the masks. Surprised me at 12:40 on Layer 6 when you added the Vignette with Brush mask to the same Radial mask layer where you added the burst of exposure. Thought sure we would add a Layer 7 for the Vignette.

[@JimNix]

Thanks for watching Jer. That burst of exposure on Layer 6 was done with a radial mask on the Light filter, not on the entire layer. So I could still add the Vignette and it would apply across the whole photo. Make sense?

[@jer3006]

@@JimNix Makes sense, thanks. Masks are unique to the Filter set, not the Layer. Got to remember that! 😄

[@JimNix]

@@jer3006 haha there is a lot to remember 😄

[@berniemoskowitz1438]

Thank you for the number of tutorials on thedifferent masks. I now see your thinking and logic behind them and when and where to apply. Thanks

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching Bernie and glad it helps!

[@iraabramson3825]

One of your best.

[@JimNix]

thanks so much Ira!

[@iraabramson3825]

Helped me immensely. Had a wonderful image of an old Asian man in typical garb riding a bike. Taken in 2009 with my Canon G6 camera. Totally sharp, but the face needed lightening. Thank you Luminar face lightening.

[@avnerbenzvi8757]

thanks for your great tutorials

[@JimNix]

thanks much for watching!

[@halkahn5035]

So the red area of the mask designates the area to which the adjustment is being applied? The difference between the original and the finished image is amazing.

[@JimNix]

Yes the effects apply in the red area, and thanks much!

[@myraposner486]

This is a great review for me. I have watched many of your tutorials. I haven’t done much post-processing lately. I needed this! Thanks, Jim!

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching Myra and glad it helped!

[@Ilene1020]

A most helpful tutorial, Jim. Thanks!

[@JimNix]

thank you Ilene!

[@shirishpandey3503]

Thank you so much Jim. Your tutorials are excellent and so easy to understand plus they are in the TED talk zone of 18 minutes most of the time which makes them super easy to focus on and remember . thanks a ton

[@JimNix]

thanks much and yes I try to keep them around 15 minutes if I can, to make it more digestible so to speak - I appreciate you watching!

[@pederkristensen4691]

Great demo of a collection of masking on a single photo.

[@JimNix]

thanks so much Peder!

[@ulirhein4538]

Thanks Jim, your tutorials are really great. Greatings from Germany.

[@JimNix]

thank you so much, and I love Germany, such a beautiful country!

[@gpdoyon]

I really enjoy your videos, Jim. I learn so much. This was an especially good one for me as I was struggling with masks/layers in Luminar, my new photo editor of choice. I really love how much simpler Luminar is over Lightroom and Photoshop. Thanks!

[@JimNix]

thanks so much Gerry and glad the videos help!

[@jonrandall638]

sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know of a method to get back into an instagram account?? I was dumb forgot the account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!

[@kasonclark1459]

@Jon Randall Instablaster =)

[@michelangot5142]

Merci Jim, ça appel peindre avec la lumière !!! cette nouvelle vidéo démontre aussi la subtilité de Luminar même si on souhaitera toujours des améliorations Merci de votre travail

[@JimNix]

thank you so much Michel!

[@geoffreylitz1477]

I love your videos. I learn a great deal from watching them as you cover the subjects in such a way as to make them useful and understandable.

[@JimNix]

awesome, glad they help and thanks for watching!

[@drstevenbgoldstein]

Thank you so much. I am learning so much from you. You help make my pictures pop. 😁

[@JimNix]

awesome, glad to hear it and thanks for watching Steven!

[@008unbeliever]

Great tutorial Jim, thanks.

[@JimNix]

thanks so much!

[@annebowman4371]

Great scene Jim. Have really enjoyed all your masking videos and now for the archives and hopefully put life back into some old photos. Thanks again.

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching Anne and hope it helps!

[@nickbuchko7739]

Thanks Jim. Always learn something new watching ur videos. Never thought of using a Lumonisity mask on a Look. Like how that worked out.

[@JimNix]

thanks so much Nick!

[@mikegallagher301]

Thanks Jim, really useful and comprehensive exposition of masking and its possibilities to transform a photo.

[@JimNix]

thanks so much for watching Mike!

[@woeliemedia3691]

Thanks Jim, thanks to your video's I'm getting better at editing!!!

[@JimNix]

Fantastic news, that is exactly why I share these tips. Glad to hear it helps!

[@DaveReasonsSr]

Great timing on your video. I was just working on an image where I wanted to make areas lighter and darker. I'll now start over and use your suggestions on how to shape the light. Thanks for your time & effort to help us learn Luminar 4.

[@JimNix]

thanks so much for watching Dave and glad this one showed up at the right time for ya!

[@JB-xi5ek]

Hi Jim, An opinion: whilst appreciating that this is about different mask uses, there is a diagonal area of light that can take the view in to the yellow building or outward to the bicycle by the whitish wall, the bike has highlights. So once noticed could become the focal point, as in my opinion once registered is difficult to look elsewhere. If the photo was cropped to avoid the bike and wall, then the focal point seems to return to the yellow wall. Your skilful expertise with masking is really helpful in showing how they work and that they can all share the same posting. Thanks and regards.

[@JimNix]

thanks much JB and yes this was moreso a demo of how you can use all the various masking types, so there are definitely things that could be done differently - thanks for watching!

[@anvilcloud]

Clever work that gives me food for thought.

[@JimNix]

thanks much for watching!

[@dennishegdahl8616]

Thanks again... good stuff

[@JimNix]

thank you Dennis!

[@robertmeyerson1618]

Excellent !!!!

[@JimNix]

thanks so much Robert!

[@fenraven]

Fabulous video. :) Love what you did here.

[@JimNix]

thanks much Theo!

[@sandracashes4255]

Excellent! Thank you for the tutorial!

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching Sandra!

[@nigelchase2407]

Very well done.

[@JimNix]

thanks so much Nigel!

[@ChetMitchell]

Thanks Jim - This was extremely helpful!

[@JimNix]

awesome, glad to hear that and thanks for watching!

[@patrickshepherd3262]

Thanks for another great tutorial on masks. After watching this video, I tried an inverted luminosity mask in my Comet Neowise Astro-Landscape photo to Denoise the sky but maintain the stars. I found you have to poke holes (erase) in the mask for the dimmer stars to keep them, too. Thanks for all you do to educate us in Luminar and in what it takes to make a photo better.

[@JimNix]

glad this helped and thanks much for watching!

[@iAlfaEric]

Sir Jim, great video Sir

[@JimNix]

thank you so much!

[@midisax]

Amazing!

[@JimNix]

thank you Peter!

[@Allison011501]

This was excellent but I wish you would leave a pdf of the instructions that we could print out. IT's a lot to take in as a beginner.

[@JimNix]

I'm glad you liked it but sorry I don't have time to write out instructions for my videos too. They will remain here so you can rewatch them anytime. It can be a lot at first but definitely gets easier. Thanks for watching and hope it helps.

[@Rafaga777]

Thanks a lor for this masking tutorial. As always very useful and instructive. And of course the end result is very beautiful although I would have erased the litter in the street which in my humble opinion is a little bit too prominently present...:-)

[@JimNix]

thanks so much and yeah I was torn about removing the litter, but hey I can always go back and do that later (and it wasn't really part of this demo)

[@danschreckengost6153]

Great video

[@JimNix]

thank you Dan!

[@JulesVids]

Great tutorial!!! Very interesting and helpful. I'm just starting out with Luminar 4, so, I'm still overwhelmed by its possibilities. ;) One question: Do you mind sharing the location of that picture? It looks strangely familiar... ;)

[@JimNix]

thanks so much, glad the video helped and there are plenty more here if you want to check them out - and this is some side street that I wandered down in Copenhagen, which is a beautiful city

[@JulesVids]

@@JimNix Thanks for replying! I've already watched loads of your tutorials, great stuff! :) And as for the city, I thought it could've been Lübeck in Germany, our streets here look basically the same. LOL Very beautiful medieval town, if you're interested. :)

[@mirceateglas]

No chance to have a Luminar for iPad?

[@JimNix]

Good question and I do not know, haven't heard anything about it.

[@mirceateglas]

@@JimNix I own the Luminar 3, but using it very light, because of the ease to edit my photos on LR on my IPad pro! If they will launch an iPad version, I'll be the first one who will switch from paying an enoing monthly subscription to Adobe!

[@JimNix]

@@mirceateglas I hope they do release an iOS version at some point, that would be awesome

[@larryfitzpatrick4673]

Good Video, thank you, I notice that when you use the brush mask, the opacity level defaults to 100%. Mine defaults to 50%, I would rather have it default to 100%. How do I change that?

[@fenraven]

I'd like to know the same thing!

[@JimNix]

Hmm, well I am not sure, will have to look into that and see if I can figure out why.

[@vincepalmer9518]

I’m still having freeze up problems when doing several layers of edits or sometimes heavy edits on one layer when I try to export a photo. I’m using a basic iMac. Probably doesn’t have the processing power your computer has. Hopefully the next update of Luminar will rectify the problem.

[@JimNix]

hmm, sorry to hear that Vince and yes hoping the next update helps - more RAM is probably a good thing but not sure - I have 16gb but when I get a new system I am going with 64gb I think just to future-proof it

[@vincepalmer9518]

Thanks Jim. I don't know why but masking is the most difficult edit for me to remember. What kind of computer do you use?

[@JimNix]

thanks Vince and I work on a MacBook Pro that is ~4 yrs old

[@WanderFeetChronicles]

Jim, hi mate. Look, I’m sorry to hijack this mask video - but I need to ask a question. If I’ve edited an image, and I’m happy with it - but I want to overlay a texture of folded paper - to make it look like a poster (portrait or landscape) can I use Luminar to achieve that look easily? Have you done something like that before and I’ve missed it perhaps? Thanks mate. Hope you’re well.

[@JimNix]

Hey mate and good question. Yes you can add a texture on top of your edited photo, really easily in fact. Here is a video I did about the Texture Overlay tool: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXyygX-od85_pZY and hope that helps!

[@WanderFeetChronicles]

Jim Nix Thank you so much Jim! Appreciate the reply and link!

[@JimNix]

@@WanderFeetChronicles you bet and hope it helps!

[@myraposner486]

Now to get creative!

[@JimNix]

haha have fun Myra!

[@myraposner486]

Found your PayPal link!

[@JimNix]

thanks Myra for the very kind donation, I appreciate that!

[@guy3206]

light engeneering :-))

[@JimNix]

haha good way of describing this!

[@jean-francoisdamon4847]

un vrai travail d'orfèvre!

[@JimNix]

Thank you so much Jean-Francois, you are very kind!

[@HankMiner]

Like the final image...very colorful. Know its a street scene but IMHO I would have removed the trash from the street in the foreground. Very distracting. I know has nothing to do with gradient masking as you were demonstrating. Especially the left one that looks like a banana peel.

[@JimNix]

thanks Hank and yep it's a good suggestion, I was torn about leaving there and ultimately decided to keep it, but I get your point