Mask AI In ON1 Photo RAW 2023 - A Deeper Look

[@catherinetremerryn]

Have been having such trouble with tree lines and halos - this has really helped, brill and ma y thanks.

[@hepgeoff]

Thanks for showing Mask AI with layers. Very helpful!

[@ScottDavenport]

You're very welcome!

[@davidh1206]

THIS is why I follow you - I've never heard Dan nor Dylan at ON1 mention the hold trick for adding an adjustment directly to an AI-selected region! Small shortcut, but handy!

[@ScottDavenport]

Glad to help, David.

[@branchau]

Very clear and useful Scott. Thank you very much.

[@ScottDavenport]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@1964ilovebears]

Thanks Scott !!!. Very useful. It would be great to see more examples of tack sharp Ai and both using layers.

[@ScottDavenport]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching, Jose.

[@ThePNWRiderWA]

Masking is the most important thing I do. I like This as it’s the easiest way to make things pop or add, reduce light or color.

[@ScottDavenport]

Agreed! Selective adjustments is how to make a good photo great.

[@robertmartin2898]

YES the code worked even for the upgrade, thanks! Waiting for Fuji XH2, hope they'll support it rapidly

[@ScottDavenport]

Great! Thanks for the support, Robert.

[@RSV9]

Great video ! Thanks

[@ScottDavenport]

Thanks for watching!

[@DannyFyffe]

I've got to learn a whole new workflow. When I do, this will be great.

[@ScottDavenport]

Or, use the workflow you have, and augment with Mask AI after applying filters. The end result is the same, and you don't (necessarily) need to retrain yourself.

[@martineudall]

On1 gets better and better

[@ScottDavenport]

Agreed!

[@bgovan64]

Great Video. Downloaded the trial of 2023. Using Neo currently and On1 seems much more stable, refined and has the finer details of editing that Neo does not. What’s your honest opinion? There must be one you prefer over the other?

[@ScottDavenport]

I use both, depends on the work I do. I use Effects more than I use Neo in my editing.

[@jayeshtopiwala3219]

Hi Scott, Dan from on 1 showed us adaptive preset, now you can shows us in detail will be great,

[@ScottDavenport]

I've seen Dan's example, too. Eagerly awaiting my next drop of the app.

[@thomaskauffman983]

What about in your example if for whatever reason you want to mature a the lose hair in the mask. How do you go back to add them to the mask?

[@ScottDavenport]

Once Mask AI is done, you can use any of the masking tools to further refine the mask. Mask AI gets you a mask quickly... after that, it's "just a mask".

[@drip3084]

I just want to take out the background and add my own background later... How do you. do that?

[@ScottDavenport]

Hi Don, that’s a layered workflow. Do the masking to isolate your subject with a layer mask. Then add another layer with your background.

[@colintucker1418]

Thanks Scott, watched a couple of times and now have 2023 myself. I have a flower head with a plain off-white background, hoping that mask AI would provide a pretty good mask around the flower as I want to texturise the background. I am finding the masking is not very accurate, by either selecting the background or the flower. Even the flora option does not see the flower. I am wondering if there is a sensitive setting so that AI sees the edges better, or perhaps I am not using it correctly.

[@lawrencecohen3860]

I did this action with raw 2022- using masking with AI and using the brushes to remove surrounding of flower and keeping the flower- could easily refine it

[@colintucker7140]

@@lawrencecohen3860 Thanks for your help. I was doing something similar with my 2022 version. I was hoping that the new AI might help with the masking process, to perhaps make that part of post processing quicker. However still learning its functions though.

[@ScottDavenport]

Hi Colin ... there isn't a sensitivity setting I've found. Assuming the flower is not an off-white color, I'm surprised it wouldn't pick up on that. If there is a strong enough color differential, you may try a color range mask instead. Super Select is very cool, but not always the answer (I continue to turn to luminosity masks for my landscapes often)

[@edwardkillesteyn1479]

With Mask AI and super super select AI is there a way to feather the mask. This would seem to be important to avoid hard edges. Thanks.

[@ScottDavenport]

Absolutely. Once you've made a mask with Mask AI or Super Select AI, you can open the masking options in the Effects filter/Local Adjustment/Layer and use all of the Masking Options. The Feather slider will add a softness to the edges everywhere. You can also use any of the other masking tools (brushes, refine tools) to fine tune the mask.

[@birdie399]

Is compositing a possibility with this software?

[@ScottDavenport]

Yes. Photo RAW supports layers, blending modes, layer masks, etc.

[@tadeuszcynkowski2197]

Everything looks very exciting but what worries me most is precision of the masks. I watched practically all videos on On1 2023 so far and in most cases quality of the masks is very poor. I hope they will improve that in release version.

[@ScottDavenport]

Do keep in mind the initial red/blue overlays with Mask AI and Super Select AI are "rough". When the change is committed, the masks are generally more precise. I do still use the other masking tools to clean things up... nevertheless, my workflow is faster leveraging the object-aware masking.

[@victorcolon3222]

Good afternoon. I am a portrait photographer. Can you explain to me if this is worth the portrait IA ?

[@ScottDavenport]

Hi Victor ... As I'm not a portrait photographer by trade, I'm not the very best suited to answer this question. I think Portrait AI is quite good and I use it. I'll suggest this ... download a trial of the standalone Portrait AI 2022. The Portrait AI tools are not changing significantly in Photo RAW 2023. If you like what you see in the product today, you can consider getting all of Photo RAW, or just the Portrait AI standalone/plugin. Hope that helps.

[@donaldround7271]

On1 should replace Dylan and Hudson for their courses with you.

[@ScottDavenport]

Thanks for the vote of confidence :) I have done some courses with ON1 in the past - hope to return for more in the future.

[@chrizzbenyon3993]

Why does everyone do a portrait for this type of effect? Its very too specific.

[@ScottDavenport]

What kind of photo would you like to see with Mask AI?

[@mrfearless1947]

Q

[@Whatsamattau2]

Helpful but please - no offense intended - less video of you and more of the On1 screen; your voice is sufficient.

[@ScottDavenport]

Face for radio, huh :)