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Thank you! ON1 does have Line Mask tool (Shift P), though it doesn't let you adjust around curves like Photoshop's Pen tool. ON1 also gives you different options when Refining a selection. Instead of Hair/Branches, consider trying Hard Edges.

Thank you and I am happy that you were able to follow along! Yes, you can replace the preset. Once you select a new texture for the background, you can right-click on the preset and select Update Preset with Current Settings. Another option so that you don't overwrite the original preset, is once you change the background, go to Settings and select Save Settings as Preset. This will save it as a new preset.

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Glad you enjoyed it Jim!

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Awesome, thank you!

I agree, if you only do a few portraits, I would just stick with the tools within ON1, Luminar NEO or Photoshop. I specialize in portrait photography so Reblum makes perfect sense!

Yes, you can use Reblum as a stand-alone program. Just like I showed when using it for a batch of images, you can use it for a single image too. No need for Photoshop or a program like ON1.

@@TomCheswick I have On1 but was wondering if Reablum works as a stand alone plug-in for ON1? or just stand alone?

Thanks for the follow up question Jim, but I am not sure if I am understanding it. Stand alone programs and plugins are two separate types of programs. Stand alone means the program runs by itself and does not need a host program like photoshop or ON1. A plugin works within or is launched by a host program. Reblum can work either way. In the video, I used it as a plugin in ON1 when I was retouching individual images. ON1 launches Reblum and then Reblum automatically adds a new layer in ON1 with the retouching. Then I used Reblum as a Stand alone program when I did a group of photos to show the batch capabilities of Reblum. I hope this answer helps, but if not, let me know and I can try again.

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Thank you for the kind words!

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Thank you Ian for the tip! I am not a fan of the extra "crispness" either so I will try setting the micro contrast slider to zero.

That is a great question Schuey! Your way is much better, it is quicker and easier then going into the properties panel's blending tab. Thanks for pointing that out. I do a lot of masking where I will need to change the blending mode from Normal to something like Overlay, Softlight or Color. I just got in to the habit of changing the Opacity there too. In the future, when I am just adjusting Opacity, I will use your way. Thank you!

Thanks Jim, glad you liked it!

You got that right! Awesome!

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Thank you, I'm glad it was helpful!

Hey Carl, are you asking about the grey on the edge of her arm at 10:52 in the video? If so, the skin has a soft edge so there does appear to have a soft grey transition on the edge. Since I am replacing the background with a background that has a similar luminosity, the grey edge just goes away. It may show up if I was to make the new background white or black. I will have to make a more advanced masking tutorial on how to deal with halos or when the cutout isn't very clean. In the mean time, my best advice is if you know that you want to swap a background, select the background before the shoot. If it is really dark, shoot on a black or dark grey background. Be sure to have edge lights so there is good separation from you subject and background. If the new background is really light, shoot on a light grey background. And in this example, a medium grey background was the right choice. Hope this helps, but feel free to follow up if I didn't answer your question.

@@TomCheswick Thank you Tom for taking the time to answer my comment. I had not considered the connection with the background. It's nice that you can learn something new throughout your life, usually with the help of others. Thank you very much, I will continue to follow you and am already looking forward to your next "lessons".

You are welcome Carl!

Glad it was helpful!

@@TomCheswick does Click/Shift/Click work on straight lines when cleaning halo? I think it does but just forget. Oh also one can simply keep a folder of favorite backgrounds blurred ahead of time as basically one needs to do this all the time. Same thing can be done with skies using negative clarity.

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You are welcome Serg! I am not aware how to set a default profile other than the ON1Standard. What I did is made a preset with the camera profile that I like to use. Then I select all the images from a shoot and add that preset and edit from there. If you use ON1's File > Import from Device , you can have ON1 add the preset automatically while it is importing the images. Just select the preset under Photo Settings.

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Great suggestion when using the large WhiBal! I just got the one that is about 8x10" and also set custom white balance in camera.

I just tested out a gray muslin and had very good results. I then tested out a shoot that we used a pink roll of paper and that just gave ok results. I would have to retouch some of the new pink background to make it look good. ON1 is good about improving their software so hopefully Content Aware Cropping keeps getting better.

@TomCheswick thanks for checking it out. I've tried it on a Mac and PC with various backgrounds (mudlin, paper etc. ) and it 99% of the time gives unusable results that have to be worked a lot, to be usable. I agree with you, I hope they improve the feature. I bring it up to hopefully draw attention to the fact that it's unusable as it currently is. That's the only way the company will know that the feature is woefully bad and unusable.

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Thanks for the question! You are right, it is confusing. Luminar Neo has masking capabilities built in to the main program. Under Layer Properties > Masking, you have options for Brush, Linear Gradient, Radial Gradient, Mask AI and Portrait Background. Everything that I showed in this video could be done with the Portrait Background mask. Neo also has extensions that you can add to the main program. There is one called Background Removal AI. It looks like it has a lot more features, and you can learn more about it here. skylum.com/luminar/background-removal-ai It looks good, but I have not tried it yet. Again, for what I showed in this video, you could use Luminar Neo without any extensions. Here is a 30% discount referral if you want Luminar Neo. skylum.com/c/p4utzcmaxf

@@TomCheswick thank you for taking the time to respond I greatly appreciate it.

Thanks for the suggestion and I am happy that you like the video. Most of the time, you get halos when trying to replace a dark background with a light one or replacing a white background with a darker one. It is best to replace a background with a another background with a similar brightness. If that is not an option, then you are going to either feather the mask's edge, use the Chisel Brush or the Masking Brush to manually remove the halo. Another way is under the Masking Global Settings is to slide the Levels buttons. I find sliding the middle button left or right works well for me.

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!

Thank you Carlos!

I am happy that you enjoyed the tutorial! Also, thanks for the suggestion on a tutorial on removing the background, I will be sure to make one soon.

Hey Regina! Here is your video: th-cam.com/video/kqyqM7QLsHA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=d9aAdRGWS20gYrNH

Thank you Andrew, I appreciate your kind words!

You are correct, thanks for pointing that out!

Great to hear!

I'm happy you enjoyed the video!

You make a excellent point! I do sometimes have to make exposure adjustments after applying a LUT so I understand why others would choose to apply a LUT in the beginning. If I had a clear vision of the finished version, I would do that too. I find that when I do use a LUT it is because I am near the end of my editing process, and want to explore additional looks to see if I like them any better or if I still prefer the colors that I am getting using the camera profile that I selected in the beginning of my process. Great question and hope that my explanation better helps you to understand my thought process.

@@TomCheswick Thanks Tom!

Cool, thanks!

Sorry, I don't. Hopefully, someone else will leave a comment with the answer. I would also contact the support team at ON1. They have always been super helpful answering my questions.

thank you Tom but I have been working with On1 since the beta. They say they are working on it but right now On1 doesn’t handle ProRaw images well. Camera Raw and Lightroom Classic have only 2 profiles - one is simply ProRaw and the other is ProRaw BW. I have even contacted Adobe to see if there is a way to export them in a DCP format but never got a reply. The camera profiles for the phones don’t seem to be camera-related but rather lens-related in any case when I copied them in the camera profile folder they did show up in On1 but did freaky things to the images so I deleted them out of the folder. What I am hoping is someone made their own DCP for the iPhone 14p Pro. I do not have the equipment to do that. @@TomCheswick

on further research, the ProRaw profile in Camera Raw is an XMP format based on right-clicking on it to see the information. So it is an XMP which I am not sure if On1 could even process IF I can find its location. @@TomCheswick

Thank you Luis, I appreciate that you used my promo code!

I am happy that you enjoyed the videos! It is actually a camera stand that I have had for almost 30 years. It is a Regal/Arkay Regalite-Six. You might be able to find them used, as they last almost forever. Then there is an inexpensive ball head attached to it, the Manfrotto 486RC2. The ball head is not really made for commercial photography but works well for my studio portrait shoots.

Thank you Richard!

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the tip, I did not know that you can change the brush size with the MouseScroll wheel. I do use it alone to to scroll up and down and Option/Alt MouseScroll wheel to Zoom in and out.

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At the 9 minute mark I show how I use my own logo as a watermark. th-cam.com/video/kUK00nYEgRs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0QfszMktFfQ2vrSe&t=534 Did you need help with making your own logo using ON1?