Use LIGHTROOM MASKS like a PRO - 15 TIPS & TRICKS!

Here are 15 Lightroom Masking tips, tricks and hacks I use daily when editing my landscape photos!
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0:00 Intro
0:09 1. Target Sky Relfection
0:44 2. Precise AI Masks
1:54 3. Intersect Shortcut
2:28 4. Select Landscape
2:53 5. Create Fog
4:06 6. Create Glow
5:58 7. Create Light
6:41 8. Mid-Tones Contrast
8:38 9. Fix Polarisation / Vignetting
9:48 10. Create Polarisation Effect
10:49 11. Dodging & Burning
12:35 12. Quick Radial Mask
12:58 13. Custom Vignetting
13:57 14. Layering Masks
15:06 15. Add Colors to Sky

[@londeweese1105]

Christian, that was the B E S T masking tutorial I have ever seen. Congratulations, quite an achievement!

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you so much for the kind comment! Very happy you like the video!

[@robinmackie2840]

This is one of the best, most informative videos i hsve seen. Thank you! 👍

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you so much!

[@scandinavianthinking1251]

Christian, These 15 Lightroom tips are like an intense brainstorm roaring over me, waking me up. I have to admit that I didn’t really catch up with you at the first time, so I am going to make a review once or twice later. I am focusing on all the beautiful photos that you captured in the sea, in the mountains and in nature, they are so breathtaking and spectacular. There cloud be some amazing stories behind them. My great thanks to you for your fantastic presentation, for your a lot work behind it, for your explicit and inspiring illustrations.

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you very, very much, means a lot to me! Hope the video will help you with editing your photos!

[@bosiefoobar]

Oida das. Idee is super. Wenn ich schon mal beim ersten tip „mindblown“ bin weiß ich das es `n Hammer Video is

[@radspanner]

this was so useful, i learnt so much from it. well done you.

[@uncle0eric]

These are great. I only knew a few of them before!

[@samelogio7441]

Another great lesson. As a long time Photoshop user, you are making me rethink that. The masking in Lightroom has really come a long way. I will be using Lightroom and ACR much more now based on your videos.

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Hey, thats awesome to hear! I'm sure adobe will make these masks even more powerful with future updates!

[@ChantalDeVos]

thank you Christian, I'm so happy to be able to follow you

[@wilsonmallmann4438]

Very useful tricks Christian. Thank you a lot!

[@FKnoph]

Another excellent tutorial! :)

[@petervanbremen]

I have put this one on my favorites bar , to be able to watch it a few more times again !

[@DrPankajMalukar]

Awesome ! thanks a ton for sharing.

[@KarenAJS]

Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@mariodallecarbonare8757]

Thank you very much Christian for sharing. I will save the video to my favorites so that I can refer back to it at any time.

[@michaellanoue9156]

Thank you Christian. This is another excellent video. Really good tips. Plus explanations and keyboard shortcuts is much appreciated. The tip on dodging and burning in LR without going to photoshop is my favorite.

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you very much!

[@darrenmjones1]

Very helpful tips Christian! Thank you very much!

[@adriannolan6711]

Another brilliant video. You are an amazing communicator and again, I’ve learned a lot from you. Thank you

[@johannwiendl5615]

Super Tips. Thank you.🥰

[@healinginfluence]

Thank you. I learned so much from your video.

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thats great to hear, thanks for commenting!

[@manajorymanajory7751]

Thanks so much Christian.... You're a great teacher!!

[@markusdietzschold2825]

Wie immer: Ein tolles und lehrreiches Video ! Danke !

[@juergenstrapko7159]

Eiei-da muss ich noch viel lernen, Danke fürs teaching

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Hoffe das Video hilft dabei! :-)

[@juergenstrapko7159]

@@ThePhlogPhotography unbedingt, deine Videos sind Spitze

[@manuh6269]

Very thanks !

[@pdodge3689]

OMG, I love your work and have incorporated it into my photography to bring it to the next level. Thank you for all your work and for teaching us your style.

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you so much, thats great to hear!

[@medianopol]

wow so many gems here can t wait to try them out !!!❤

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Hope they work as good for you as they work for my photos! :-)

[@reefhugger100]

Oh my brain just exploded! So many wonderful tips. I've saved this and will be practicing and using these examples for a long time. Thank you very much.

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you so much, hope you will have fun with these tricks!

[@norbertalexy8803]

viele sehr gute Hinweise, vor allem auch Kombinationen - danke, Christian!

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Vielen lieben Dank!

[@dougbraz5843]

Thank you Christian - all very good tips - so useful!

The BEST masking tutorial ever! Great job as always. Thanks!

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you so much!

[@janousekvladimir6217]

Concise, clear, useful. Thank you!!

[@yodawok]

Awesomely amazing ... I very much appreciate this valuable tutorial; straight to the point. Thank you.

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you very much!

[@mizachs]

Very good tips!

[@garyjones2299]

Hi Christain, great to see that you incorporated my reflection in water sky tip at the beginning. Another tip that I have never seen you use is uneven radial gradient, by holding the Alt key as you alter the size of the radial gradient it gives you an uneven ellipse. Wouldn’t it be nice to add or subtract an existing mask.

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Hey, I wanted to give you a shout out, but I couldn't find the comment anymore :( That was such a great trick, thanks for pointing that out!!

[@alainphilibert1768]

Thank you very much Christian for sharing your knowledge about Lightroom, I thought I knew Lightroom, but I learned a lot by watching your videos. Although I don't speak English, your videos are very well done and still understandable.

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thats so great to hear, thank you very, very much!

[@davidmccarthy3069]

Christian, these are some of the BEST tips I have seen ...thanks

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you!

[@EricGross]

Brilliant!

[@thanosbistolas6903]

Very useful tips Christian, thanks for sharing!!

[@maxbiho]

thank you!

[@travelbug_usa]

Thank you ❤

[@GusMcCrae01]

Excellent video Christian.

[@NghiaKTS]

Wow you great!

[@kostasdalis5951]

Some gems inside this. Thank you

[@andreachierici5745]

Very useful tricks Christian. Many thanks!

[@richardzelinka9411]

Excellent tutorial and great tips. One note, I believe you are sometimes saying "subject" when you are hitting the "subtract" button.

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Oh haha, I was VERY tired when recording and editing the video, I totally missed that :(

[@allisterfraser2307]

Another great video - thanks Christian

[@philipmastman1098]

Thank you for these very useful tips!

[@doneagle8]

Thanks so much!!! I really appreciate these tips

[@bigbigsquid]

Excellent!

[@henrikholvid9860]

Mr Lightroom GOAT!!

[@DR-fy7qy]

Learned some important tips, especially Tip #1. Thanks!

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thats awesome!

[@jxie2513]

Thanks!

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Hey, thank you so much for the support!

[@ravidevre4997]

Amazing video, mate. Thanks

[@k.yaswanthsai4397]

Need tutorials on cinematic colour grading techniques Sir..!

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

I have a bunch of color grading tutorials online, but there will be more coming in the future! :-)

[@svetlanagrobman3476]

Perfect! Christian, u are the best! ☺️

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you so much!

[@martinddudypicture7737]

Geile Tipps!

[@steveking6204]

great set of tricks

[@davidfoster3246]

Thanks

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you so much for your support, that means a lot to me!

[@kapilbhallafoto]

Very useful, great learning👌

[@HartponderJr]

Wow! Bravo!

[@carolelabrecque2799]

Danke Schon! ❤ Das ist wunderbar 👍

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Herzlichen Dank!

[@foisonurlubu4303]

Bravo, danke!

[@mikemalling9031]

Great video, thank you - I learn something new with every video you make. :) I have a question! I have a couple of photos from San Francisco and what SF is known for is fog and a lot of it - have you made a video on how to do masking with a lot of fog to bring out the subjects, I have tried dehaze as a an option when masking but does not do the trick - any tips? I would like to see how you would solve it? :)

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Thank you for commenting! I actually never worked on an image like that where fog covers the subject, but that would be an interessting thing to test! I will look out for opportunities and will upload a video if I find something useful!

[@mikemalling9031]

@@ThePhlogPhotography If you find it a interesting Challenge, I can share the “troublemaker” photo with you? 😁

[@lukelucis]

Tipp 1 so gut 😃🫶

[@paulineengelberts7276]

probably silly question: but eg at Target Sky reflection, you instruct to: right click on the picture and then transform.. I have LR CC, (incl mobile) but it doesn't have that option. Do I need another LR version?

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Hey, thanks for the question! Unfortunately, I haven't used Lightroom CC in a while, but in the mobile version once you clip on the crop icon, there should be two icons for flip horizontally and flip vertically. Let me know if that helps!

[@michellamontagne]

Wow! They were all great Christian. Two specialy interests me: 8. Mid-Tones Contrast and 11. Dodging & Burning. I would love you to help me in another way. And if you can be simple and concise as you always do. Other videos didn't help me. It's about exporting. I have a Benq monitor. I use Soft Proofing and I simulate Paper & Ink for printing. I'm using Adobe RGB display. When I export the photo, of course it looks flat on an S RGB screen. Is there a way for the pictures to look about the same on both screens? PLEAAAASE!!! I'M DESPERATE

[@ThePhlogPhotography]

Hey, thanks for the comment! Ohhh I hate everything that has to do with color calibrations on different screens haha :D So by activating soft proving it simulates how the image will looked like when printed - this will make the photo look more flat and colorless. Have you tried exporting without soft proving active? Also I always confuse these things, but the common color space for digital stuff is sRGB I hope I was able to help you a bit here :(

[@michellamontagne]

@@ThePhlogPhotography I'm not surprise that you hate this stuff Christian! Thanks for taking the time for me! I'm gonna try your suggestion. What I'm actually trying is to do everything in sRGB now... Continue your great work! 👏

[@dariofagotto095]

🙏🙏🙏

[@sveneezy2059]

Looking at these tips I'm definitely not using masks enough lol.

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[@craigcompoliphotography1235]

Excellent!