Managing and Directing Light in Lightroom with Intersecting Masks

[@adammarchant5473]

Such a great patient teacher. I have watched photography tutorials for over 20 years and yours are amongst the very best. Cheers from Perth Australia 👍

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Thank you sir. I am glad I can bring a breath of fresh air to this topic! Thanks for your comment.

[@ninacleven7889]

Thanks for showing the possibilities available when using various masks. Very helpful videos.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

My pleasure! Glad it was helpful. Thanks for the comment!

[@gregscarcella519]

Another excellent thorough tutorial that is in depth where other YT videos fall short. Your videos are very useful because they show how to practically use ALL the features of a particular LR tool in advanced ways! This video is an excellent example.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Thanks you so much. I appreciate your thoughts on this important subject.

[@gregscarcella519]

@@easternshorephotoinstruction I just discovered your channel last week. I’ve been replaying while I work on my photos. Your videos are super useful and practical. You are teaching people how to salvage photos that we think are no good.

[@mustangshelby2740]

Thanks for the show - Very comprehensive tutorial and good tips on the short cut.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Glad it was helpful!. Thanks for the comment.

[@warrengh5647]

Many thanks as I have learn such a lot from your tutorial that others haven't high lighted

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Glad to hear that! I hope you keep watching. More to come. Thanks for the comment.

[@billymoellendick8285]

This is one of the best Tutorials I have yet to see!! Fantastic! Thank you.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Wow, thanks! I do love using intersecting masks. It just brings out the best light! Thanks for the comment.

[@lynfaulks4377]

Excellent explanation- have been using masks for a bit now but your videos show how to expertly change the lighting and depth of a scene. Will definitely be watching again and trying to put some of these methods into practice. Thank you so much for your time .😊

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Awesome, thank you! I always hope people see how these little masking tricks can bring depth to a photo. Thanks so much for your comments.

[@iqueque]

An excellent tutorial, thanks very much

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Thank you. Glad it helped out. Thanks for the comment.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Glad it was helpful!

[@martyzechman2793]

Very informative and useful. Thanks

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment!

[@jacobthomson9369]

Excellent tutorial.Thank you.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

You are welcome! Glad it was helpful. Thanks for the comment.

[@prabudhsharma1023]

Only you can teach us.very useful.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

It's my pleasure. Glad I could help out! Thanks for the comments.

[@uncle0eric]

Brilliant.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Glad the video helped you along. Once learning some of these masking techniques, it starts to get real fun! Thanks for the comments.

[@DavidJones-iq8hp]

2nd video I watched on Intersect from you...Absolutely the best. Again great examples, Also liked you adding the shortcut keys. There are parts of the video, where I ask myself what are you doing Why? But makes so much sense after. Simplest explanation I'm just going to ask and very much understand if you don't. Would you be willing to include the files to practice alongside as I re-watch? THANKS! greatly appreciate your efforts!!

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Thanks for your comments. I am working on the practice files. I just need to find some good one to share. Thanks for watching and for your comments.

[@KarenAJS]

Thank you. This was your most helpful video so far. A question: would you do a video that incorporates photoshop. I feel that the bandaid tool works better in photoshop but once I go there I loose my mask layers. Thank you again. You’re a great teacher.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

I can do one if you would like after my comment. When you take a photo into Photoshop, the photo has to be changed to a TIF or PSB file type. When that is done, all masking done in Lightroom is flattened and gone forever. You are correct that the new removal tool is MUCH better than anything in Lightroom. The Generative AI tool is even better for more complex removals. My suggestion is to start in LR, make basic exposure changes and then go to PS to clean up an image. Then pop back over to LR and finish up. Actually that would be a better work flow. I would rather clean up and make changes in PS first so when I start masking I don’t have to worry about how my masking might react to have things removed or cleaned up after the fact. If you still want a video on a process let me know. I would be glad to help you out. Mick

[@KarenAJS]

I will try the TIF or PSB file. I have been using either a GPR or large JPEG from a Gopro. I did start with photoshop and then into camera raw or LR for masking. But near the end of the process I saw a place that I missed with the remove tool. That is when I lost the masks. I am playing around with either working all in Lightroom or all in Photoshop with camera raw. The organizing is nice in LR, but I cannot find a reason to do most work in LR although all that I follow have gone to LR. Your tutorials are very beneficial. I appreciate your time. Thank you. Karen@@easternshorephotoinstruction

[@timking1964]

Helpful tutorial - thank you. I think it would be great if you could intersect or subtract an existing mask, rather than having to create a new one manually each time, e.g. having created a mask for the seagull, it ought to be possible to subtract that mask from any number of background masks you create.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Good point! Some of my subscribers came up with the same idea and I have highlighted those in this video's comments thread. I just kind of get wrapped up in the process when conducting the videos wanting to go over a process more than once. But it can get repetitive. I agree with your concepts of reusing a mask by either making several copies l of the same mask and inverting some to take care of future masking tasks. Good use of time and effort. Thanks so much for your comments. Keep them coming!

[@MrWitmis]

Absolutely brilliant explanation of this quite complex technique. I appreciate your work and effort very much. Do not you think it would be much easier to practice the technique if source files would be accessible? Thank you a lot for sharing your knowledge and experience.

[@easternshorephotoinstruction]

Great suggestion! I will have to start doing that. Honestly I never thought people would want them. But you are the second person to ask. So I guess IO should start including them. Thanks for the comment.