This Could Be Lightroom's MOST POWERFUL Tool

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There are many powerful tools in Lightroom, but I'd argue that the most powerful one is also one of the least known: Intersect Masking. In this video, I share three ways Intersect Masking can seriously elevate your photo editing workflow. And the best part is that this works exactly the same in Lightroom Desktop AND Lightroom Classic!
Chapters:
00:00 - Lightroom’s adaptive masks are really powerful!
01:01 - Intersect using a Linear Gradient
05:13 - Intersect using a Color Range
09:49 - Improve your landscape editing workflow
10:27 - Intersect using a Luminance Range
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[@markcurry3997]

You're good at this Brian. Just found you and will definitely be doing some binge watching. I haven't yet figured out the magic of what makes your tutorials so much better than the others, but you get straight to the point, you are very direct, no "teasers", and every video I watch I come away with a new skill or piece of knowledge I didn't possess a half hour earlier. WOW! THANKS!!

[@davet3530]

Very, very, well explained Brian. Thank you. It’s so good to see the different ways you use the intersect mask and utilise its full potential. This takes it to another level. Can’t wait to try these techniques.

[@TC_Conner]

I never know I need to use another editing tool until you, Matt K, or Blake comes out with videos like this! Really interesting masking trick here Brian. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@brianmatiash]

Thank you very much for the kind words, my friend!

[@ralphpayne6259]

Yes, I know what intersect does but until I watched this video I hadn't thought of all the different ways I could use it. Time to revisit some of my edits!! Thank you for such a directional video!

[@brianmatiash]

Happy to help, Ralph!

[@WesGibson]

Very cool Brian. Reminds me of my days in a traditional darkroom making countless cardboard masks in order to dodge and burn an image. But with Lightroom, it's a lot simpler and more refined. Wish I had these tools in the film days.

[@coulteradams]

Fantastic explanation of a feature I'd no idea even existed -

[@brianmatiash]

Yes! That’s exactly why I love sharing these videos! Time to have some serious fun with Intersect Masking!

[@howardrankin7119]

Such well paced and clearly articulated guidance

[@pll66]

Great content and technique unpsckages with professional delivery!

[@angusmacdonald4672]

Excellent once again Brian! Thanks...your explanation is so clear.

[@yodawok]

Awesome... Concise Simple and on Point! Thank very much (love your approach and explanation).

[@brianmatiash]

My pleasure! 😊

[@JeffreyTadlockPhotography]

Great demonstration of intersecting and masks. Very helpful.

[@donjjcarroll2263]

Excellent presentation Brian. I love the tone of your voice, I can understand every word. Additionaly, I really love the pace of uour commentary, other instructors speak way too fast for me, I require a few seconds to let the comments sink in to my brain. I am going to view many more of your videos.

[@brianmatiash]

What a kind compliment, Don! Thank you so much! I'm grateful to have you here and hope you enjoy the other videos on my channel.

[@kvora1777]

Brian, thank you for a great video. I want to tell you what a great teacher you are. I have been using masks since they came out in Lightroom 2-3 years ago. But I have to confess I really did not understand ’intersect with’. I carried on thinking I know but I really rarely used them because frankly I did not understand them. My eyes suddenly opened today with your one sentence. You said “ think of it as refine mask within the mask “ Boom! It is all clear now, so thank you. Keep up the good work.

[@krishchandran4125]

This is brilliant !! Thank you !

[@danielbastos1885]

Excellent explanation of the intersect tool! Very helpful! Many thanks.

[@michaelcolacino8602]

Thanks!

[@ScottBaker1]

Great tips! Totally putting intersect masking to use going forward.

[@KevinRusso]

The balloon image really explains this well. Thanks.

[@stewartlogie]

Too bad the feature is absent from Lightroom on the iPad. There is a workaround for some intersections by using subtract and then invert, but it’s not the same.

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

Thank you for this.

[@johnborkovec1083]

Great job explaining this. Well done. And because of you, I'm not going to do the work I should do to check out some of your other vids! Thanks again.

[@TheSannaeriksson]

Excellent video thank you! 👍🙂

[@kathleencolbourn7587]

The best explanation of the intersect tool. I don't use Lightroom but I do use ACR which is similar. Thank you!

[@1964ilovebears]

Thanks so much for the clear explanation, Brian !!. I love the way you teach

[@alanplatt888]

Awesome ! nicely done, easy enough for me to follow along. Really useful, thank you.

[@sueiversen3159]

Excellent video easy to follow

[@markcasebeer8273]

Another great video. Masking is so powerful and using subtract, add and intersect you can refine masks. In the first example of masking the sky I think you could have used a simpler approach by creating a gradient and just used subtract subject. Thanks

[@silverclifflightshow]

Indeed, very powerful great video. Thank you.

[@thomascoulton]

I have been using the "secret" sky selection you found since that video came out, works amazing. Another great video - I really should start watching the Landscape course stuff, got it, just have not had the time to start watching it yet.

[@EDW3700]

Easy explained and easy to understand and use. But oops the second image, this is not Reine but Hamnøy. I think all the photographers who have visited Lofoten have stood on the same bridge to take this picture? But when you're there, you want your own photo for the wall, don't you?

[@richardcrawford27]

As with so much in Lightroom, I really wish we had this level of masking available in the iPad app

[@anothersaabstory1237]

You do have them though, just different layout to get there. For the balloon one, select subject mask, inverse it, then use the minus under the same mask and use a linear gradient to subract from the mask. Works just the same. Luminance etc is also there.

[@Dejan_23Unlimited]

Like it 👍

[@davidmccarthy3069]

Brian ...great explanation of Intersecting Masks! One question, what is the overall importance of the Luminance Map? The masking overlay seems to show a larger area being mapped? Could you please share your guideline?

[@lrtdale]

I am a Timelapse photographer and I use LRTimelapse and LRC to edit key frames equally selected, such as 20 key frames out of 1,000 images, total. LRC only affects the key frames, LRTimelapse will transition those edits to the remaining 980 images. If I want to use LRC intersect, do I need to sync those changes to all images, or can I just use Intersect on the key frames?

[@johngrant765]

I can establish on intersect but once done it won’t edit. What am I missing? Also if I’m working with any mask I can’t find a zoom in function, what’s the trick there? Thank you.

[@andreas.farsch]

To zoom in with an active mask, press and hold the space bar.

[@johngrant765]

@@andreas.farsch Thank you

[@ktbffh4115]

what version of LR is this?

[@f3m467]

you said overley yellow. 7:41. But i see green :) :) weird.

[@apeel2008]

He mentioned he was color blind near the beginning. As far as I know, I am not color blind, so I can not understand what he must have to deal with. What I often wonder about is if someone sees green as yellow, then how do they even know what green looks like? So do they see grass as predominately yellow in the real world? And if he edits a photo so that it simulates what he sees, then will it not end up looking correct for everyone, even those that are not color blind? Or even others who are color blind, but blind to other colors? Every time I hear of color blindness, I wonder about this ?

[@f3m467]

@@apeel2008 tks my english is not very good and not understand this .:(

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

​@@f3m467in simple terms his eyes don't see all the colors. So he sees green as yellow.

[@andreas.farsch]

@@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision It's still interesting, though. Usually people don't know that they are color blind. That's why these test sheets with many dots of mixed colors are there for, I remember those from biology classes. People who are color blind usually know quite well which color they see, they kind of - hmm - just have a different 'color tag' in their mind. Think of car traffic: a color blind person won't start at a red light and stop at a green light. Yes, in this example there also is the position of the traffic light (above and below), but exactly the same thing happened in the video: Brian had the color picker of the mask color open, which is basically a flat version of the color wheel. So he had a reference of the color positions in the color theory right in front of him. Of course I am happy that he still isn't discouraged to make these helpful videos.

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

@@andreas.farsch interesting indeed. It must be tough to do photography and be color blind. I am short/near (not sure which is which) sighted and sucks when I can't read things that are far or fail to recognise people.

[@Stone1108]

Adobe, another name for lifelong learning. Thanks Brian, it’s great discovering new tools to improve my editing skills and knowledge. 🫶

[@veselinvasilev9362]

Thanks!