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Glad you love the tip!

Thank you Mark! Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for subscribing! I am not aware of a way to selectively use Tack Sharp AI without using a 2nd layer of the image. Hopefully someone will chime in if they know of a way. If you want to keep to just the original layer, you could try adding an Effects filter like Dynamic Contrast and mask that in. That does a very good job with sharpening.

Glad it was helpful! Great question! Either way will work. I merged the layers because I know I wasn't going to re-edit either layer and was only going to work on the newly merged layer. This practice dates back to my early days with photoshop and merging layers to save disk space. Old habits!

I just noticed that too when opening some folders that I had images that I had worked on. It seems to be a problem when Browse module. When I open the images in Develop, I can quickly scroll through the images again. I went to Preferences > System and Empty Browse Cache and then it reloaded the folder and it is fast again.

Hi Brenda! Glad it was helpful!

Thank you Jim!

Thank you! Hopefully it is not so peaceful that it puts you to sleep. 😊

Glad it was helpful!

I'm sorry that the playback sounded weird. I just played the video and the audio seemed fine.

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.

@@TomCheswick is there a way to bring in a JPG background to replace the adaptive preset? The preset does a great job of removing background in the hair. But if I try to bring in a background on a layer, and use a refine brush, the results are terrible. I want to use the preset to prepare the image for a background of my choosing. Any ideas?

I import my backgrounds in the Textures filter under Effects. I then mask out my subject and then set the Mode to Replace and set the Opacity to 100. Hope this helps!

Happy to help!

Glad you enjoyed it Jim!

You are welcome!

Glad you liked it!

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.

Glad it was helpful!

Sorry, I am not familiar with Mylio. Hopefully someone else will reply with an answer.

Thank you for the kind words!

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You're welcome!

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!

You're welcome!

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!

Glad you liked it!

You're welcome

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.

Glad it was helpful!

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!