Lightroom Classic Masking Workflow

This is a tutorial on how to use Lightroom Classic to do a wildlife image edit using masking and brushes. Also, how to speed up your workflow by learning how to MAKE YOUR OWN BRUSHES in Lightroom Classic.
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[@TheTennfisher]

Thank you Terry, I probably wouldn't have ever tackled Lightroom and Photoshop without your tutorials. They are much appreciated.

[@tv510]

Great to hear! It’s fun stuff to shoot knowing you have a plan on how it will end up.

[@iansempowski]

seems so much easierand faster and more precise to make the masks manually each time rather than sorting through a huge list of preset brushes…

[@tv510]

All kinds of ways to do similar tasks. Great to find what works best for you. Thanks for watching.

[@neilcallender4455]

Thank you for such a good Video, I'm using Lightroom and was struggling with it, but your easy to follow videos are making it so much easier as you explane every step in a easy, clear way.

[@tv510]

Glad it helped Neil.

[@debbie9180]

I love the way he explains everything. Very good tutorial. Thank you.

[@tv510]

Thanks Debbie! I appreciate you watching.

[@justinryan1488]

This has been a super helpful video thank you!

[@tv510]

Excellent! Thank YOU for watching.

[@vanessawilliams5100]

This is awesome! I never would have thought of masking in Lightroom and making your own brushes!!! Dude, you ledgit!❤

[@tv510]

Glad you like it Vanessa!

[@seanmeiner1723]

Terry, thank you for making Lightroom Classic so much more useful. I have a ton of pics from African Safari that I shot in Raw format and 1 year later am finally able to start to process them. Also, I appreciate the brushes as this made my bird pics amazing.

[@tv510]

Oh perfect. I often go back to images I shot even years ago, to see if new technology can improve them. Usually that is case. Enjoy your project and thanks for watching.

[@robertallan21]

Wow that’s different methods.. perfect always good to learn new things. thank you Sir.

[@tv510]

My pleasure Robert, thanks for watching.

[@leighdavis5586]

I had never considered custom brushes. Now I see the advantages. Thank you.

[@tv510]

You’re welcome 😊

[@akhileshverma3801]

Wonderfully explained as usual

[@tv510]

Glad you liked it, I appreciate you watching.

[@raylo1017]

Thank you for the great tutorial. I would have never thought of custom brushes, but I've built a few of my own with the help from you as I followed along. Thank you Terry!

[@tv510]

You are welcome, glad they are working for you.

[@robingrussling7795]

Thanks for showing how to use a brush. Love wildlife photography. Love taking birds in flight. I use Lightroom Classic also with Topaz program. What are your thought on Topaz. Love the idea on custom Brushes. I am using a D500.

[@tv510]

Me too! I also use Topaz and I plan on doing a video on how I use Topaz coming up.

[@heelfan78]

Thank you, Terry. Just a request. This video would be immeasurably more helpful with time stamps. Thank you.

[@tv510]

I'm going to look into how to do that, thanks for the nudge.

[@foucheburgers9765]

Create video. I have learned a lot. I see you use brushes for almost everything. Do you ever use an object mask to make general changes (e.g. Exposure, contrast, texture, clarity) to the complete object? If not, why not?

[@tv510]

Yes, I use Select Subject and other masks for different tasks. For instance, in this video, I show how I use Select subject to mask the entire bird. I use Sky and Object select as well. However, when I want precision, and speed - I just grab the appropriate brush. When I don't have such a brush, I simply make a new one and save it to my list of other brushes. Thanks for watching.

[@davepastern]

interesting workflow. I rarely crop in Lightroom, preferring to leave that until later in Photoshop. I typically denoise as my very first step in Lightroom. edit: I tend to make masking adjustments for highlights/shadows etc in Photoshop rather than Lightroom (example, lightening the eye/iris). For sharpening, try holding down the alt key when moving the sharpness slider - it'll help you define which edges get sharpened. Also, imho, and this is something that I learned from Jan Wegener, getting your WB right seems to help make the image look sharper (I put it down to it enhancing the micro contrast on the edges).

[@tv510]

Thanks for sharing Dave. I do my sharpening in Photoshop but I will expand to show EXACTLY how I sharpen in LRC one day. I don't do DeNoise until the end. I think that possibly a crop or heavy processing might change the noise visibility. So I wait to do it last.

[@davepastern]

@@tv510 processing the image adds noise to the already existing noise...you are far better to do the noise as your first step imho...

[@tv510]

@@davepastern thanks, good to know. Maybe I’ll do a test one of these days and try it out.

[@keithmacdonald4805]

I watched your video and got lots of great info, so much that I ordered your brush presets. I have been trying to install for over an hour and nothing works. I tried watching the video on Vimeo but it is very outdated from the current Lightroom Classic. I tried emailing from your website but that doesn't work either. Please advise where I can get some proper instructions on how to install the presets on the latest Lightroom classic. I wouldn't normally ask on one of your video but there doesn't seem to be any other way to contact your.

[@keithmacdonald4805]

I finally got it after lots of searching on the internet, the brushes are great. Thanks.

[@tv510]

Well I am glad it works. I just updated the install video a month or two ago, so it should be up to date. You can always reach me at [e-mail] if you need help.

[@colinheyward5035]

Hi Terry, I love your YT Videos...my name is Colin and I live in Wales UK. Can you please help me I require a keyboard short cut list for photoshop and lightroom classic..can you please help. Maybe a link to where I can download them. Thank you Take Care Colin H

[@tv510]

I am making them myself. I'll have them for download soon.

[@huilingchin8549]

Terry, how can I purchase brushes? Thanks!

[@tv510]

Sure, here is the link imagelight.com/lightroom-brushes

[@lorrainegordon7272]

Do your brushes work in ACR

[@tv510]

I mostly use Lightroom Classic, so I had to go back and see if they would load, and no, they do not load in ACR. Sorry.

[@akhileshverma3801]

How to create own brushes preset for working on eyes ?

[@tv510]

I think you can set up anyway you want, either exposure or curves, then save it as a preset brush like the video shows.