@@Llama.7890 Simon has incredibly direct, detailed and useful content, which is one of the reasons why his channel has grown so much. Additionally Simon is very personable, and this comes across in his videos here on TH-cam.
An even quicker way of doing the same thing is to intersect the mask with another mask of the same type. For example, step 1. select sky, step 2. intersect with sky - gives you the same clean mask of the sky. It also works with other types of selections, not just the sky.
Holy crap, that "Select Sky" / "Subtract Sky" tip is wild. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent painstakingly cleaning up those small details by hand. THANK YOU
Just when you think you’re figuring out Lightroom and it’s tools then Simon comes along and opens your third eye on how to use Lightroom properly 😂 the best teacher on TH-cam by far!
Almost every other photography TH-cam: BUY MY PROSETS! BUY MY COURSE! Simon: Here's some cool tips! Now go practice editing! It's such a better way of doing things! It lets people create their own editing style and become much better at editing instead of using prosets to do a bunch of work for them
@@syllycatface Totally agree! I don't think lightroom presetes are necessarily a bad thing, but my photos WAY improved when I decided to start editing without presets because it caused me to develop a more unique style.
@@syllycatface Educators vs Grifters. Simon is an educator and wants to share knowledge. Those other people are grifters and want to sell you something.
I am from the south in the states. And I truly wish more people with think like you do. What I mean is, you giveaway secret tips freely, and yet you know that these tips will help others. The lack of selfishness in you is inspiring!! oh yeah, and your photography skills are absolutely inspiring!! Thank you, Simon
Until a few months ago I only watched Simon's camera settings and composition technique videos because my laptop didn't run processing software very well. Now I'm basically on a lightroom tutorial binge and these are just as good. Kudos, Simon.
I anticipated that the title was an exaggeration, but subtracting the mask from itself really doesn't sound like it should work, and yet it does! Great tip 👏
You’ve tapped into my favorite masking technique: intersect. A powerful tool. Great explainer as always and I love your enthusiasm for intersecting masks.
Thanks for the hack at the end. That masking problem with the intersection of sky and snow covered mountains has confounded me no end. I can’t tell you how much time I’ve spent brushing a sky mask out of snow. Merci Simon! You just earned yourself another subscriber. 😊
I am seriously speachless with that last trick. That will help enormously with processing :D THANK YOU Simon, as always. Great job and it is really appreciated.
This video reminded me of being back in school and having that ah-ha moment. This proves if you're not learning something you're missing out on the experience.
I'm going to have to watch this a few times, because there is SO much greatness here!! I was just trying to figure some of this out on an edit this week, so I'm so glad you made this! Thanks Simon!
That information is fantastic, your knowledge of LR editing is a great source!👍🏻 PS: Congratulations on reaching 500k followers…. You have a very high quality channel 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
good stuff. photos are a snapshot of a moment, the photo editing reflects the personal impression of that moment. it's such a fun combination of skill and art.
I use the last tip on my selection all the time. It's not always perfect, but it's normally better. You can take this a step further. I made presets for subjects, sky, and backgrounds using this technique. I usually click what preset I want instead of using the standard masking tool. It's another time saver. I always enjoy your videos.
Your videos and their content just go from strength to strength Simon and I really love the useful tips which always have some new knowledge to impart. Keep up the fine work and I can assure you that I for one will keep watching and liking. 😊
Good morning Simon, love your video’s, you have taught me so much about Wildlife photography. I got so excited yesterday, so I waited for an hr to get a picture of a Mother killdeer with her little fluffy baby just old enough to walk. I got down eye level and took about 30 shots, all in Raw so I can really edit them later. Thank you Simon for the knowledge that us beginners need, God bless
Love the sky minus sky trick! Similarly, treating the sky in two parts and dropping off the light on the land were simple but so effective and definitely techniques that i will use
Ok that last tip (and the variation suggested in the comments by @notdisclosed…) is pure black magic! Thank you! As a wildlife photographer I really struggle with selecting edges that have fur / feathers- anything that helps with that is gold!
Merci Simon! I'm used to try workarounds when the selection is not working as expected. One of them is starting with a contrary selection, especially for selecting skies with trees. But removing the sky from the sky is really something! Most people do not realize the potential of combining, intersecting, cloning and inverting masks. The next level is to create Adaptive presets with the AI-based masks: everything but the brush and object masks will be applicable on any other picture with the same type of photography.
Simon you are a great presentor and your entusiasm and joy in your work really helps in wanting me to watch even more video's. Again thanks for the great tips, tricks and explanations on how to get the best out of my pictures with lightroom.
Loved the video Simon! The bonus tip at the end was super helpful! I was having trouble with the over / under selection with trees just like you pointed out in my own photos. This will be a huge help with future photo editing! Thank you!
For the bonus tip, have you tried selecting the sky, then intersecting the mask with select sky again? I think it yields similar results with one less click.
Another great video on masking. I liked how you built on the skills of the last one. I also like the community the follow you and offer some of their ideas on their hack tips on intersecting.masks. It's a great youtube channel!!! Thanks
Love that bonus tip! I had this exact scenario with snowy mountains last week in NZ and was using the brush to painstakingly tweak the mask. Can’t wait to put this tip to the test - thanks Simon!
One cool trick I like to use to darken the skies is to reduce the luminance (and saturation if it doesnt look natiural) of blues. This works best when there's some clouds because the darkening only applies to the blue part of the sky similar to a polarizing filter.
Wow, Congratulations. I saw today you had gone over 500k subscribers. The quality of your videos, advice and teaching is just outstanding, many Thanks for all the help you’ve given.
Hello Simon! Woow that video came at the excellent moment I've been needed, this past weekend i was at the mountain doing some milkyway photography with my friends, and that video will improve my abilities editing. Thank you for your help!
Merci Simon! A fantastic video as always. The hack at the end was great, Adobe should throw you a sponsorship for that at the very least, I'm sure that's going to help them improve their products!
I used the tips in the last video quite a lot for my last photoshoot, looks like i'm gonna have even more to do on my next one! Keep them coming Simon, loving the way you teach!
Great video, as ever. When you inverted, in the hack at the end, you are inverting sky2, rather than the whole mask or sky1, and I'm not sure if the audio is clear on which of the three you invert; by following the visuals, it is clear, however. A similar tightening effect can be had by selecting the sky and then intersecting with the sky; it may be that the two routes are identical, behind the scenes. I have also found that a sharp edge, as in your image, shows better results than if the, say, skyline is soft. And if the skyline is soft, then each time one intersects with the sky, there is a marginal gain (one of my images took a dozen iterations before the skyline was clear of red!). Once again, than you for your excellent output. [Edit - just seen someone else talk about the intersect thing!]
Simon I have enjoyed watching your editing tips. I was fortunate to be introduced to you when you appeared on Gavin Hardcastle’s channel a while back. Since then I have been following your work and I have picked up a number of expert tips in using LR. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Excellent content as always, Simon!! Really like your bs-free videos, just 10 minutes of useful information and excellent examples. I realized how much potential Lr has that i never used and that many badly edited photos have relatively easy fix. Cheers
My only worry about the last tip about subtracting the sky from the sky is that this seems like a bug, which means that Adobe could fix the bug and thus end up breaking this fix. Until then, we can all enjoy this weird behavior. Thanks for bringing it up.
I love these videos because it teaches me so much about photography. I don’t use photoshop or Lightroom and I would love to see a video for people who just use jpeg on their camera.
Interesting on the sky mask. I had the same thing happen to me. I selected “subtract” and chose “object” (I think) and removed the unwanted areas manually. Your method is much easier. I look forward to trying it.
That last tip is a good one, as I generally shoot a lot of landscapes and have run into this issue where trees are not masked correctly. Even if it is a "bug" this is one time we can maybe legitimately call it a "feature".
Your videos are always well done an informative. I have been using masks for as long as they have been around in LR. That last trick was new to me, and I will definitely be using that!
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After getting your course I feel like your videos taught more
@@Llama.7890 Simon has incredibly direct, detailed and useful content, which is one of the reasons why his channel has grown so much. Additionally Simon is very personable, and this comes across in his videos here on TH-cam.
An even quicker way of doing the same thing is to intersect the mask with another mask of the same type. For example, step 1. select sky, step 2. intersect with sky - gives you the same clean mask of the sky. It also works with other types of selections, not just the sky.
Thanks for the tip. I'll try it both ways. Amazing what one can find out when willing to play around with PP.
Holy wow thank you for this tip
tru nuf
Thanks for this tip too - I’ll give it a go!
Why would you intersect sky with sky?
Holy crap, that "Select Sky" / "Subtract Sky" tip is wild. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent painstakingly cleaning up those small details by hand. THANK YOU
Glad it helped!
FOR REAL!!
The best Photography channel here in TH-cam. Full Stop
I completely agree!
Just when you think you’re figuring out Lightroom and it’s tools then Simon comes along and opens your third eye on how to use Lightroom properly 😂 the best teacher on TH-cam by far!
It really feels bizarre to get this much free high quality educational content from any single place.
Almost every other photography TH-cam: BUY MY PROSETS! BUY MY COURSE!
Simon: Here's some cool tips! Now go practice editing!
It's such a better way of doing things! It lets people create their own editing style and become much better at editing instead of using prosets to do a bunch of work for them
@@syllycatface Totally agree! I don't think lightroom presetes are necessarily a bad thing, but my photos WAY improved when I decided to start editing without presets because it caused me to develop a more unique style.
@@syllycatface Educators vs Grifters. Simon is an educator and wants to share knowledge. Those other people are grifters and want to sell you something.
I am from the south in the states. And I truly wish more people with think like you do. What I mean is, you giveaway secret tips freely, and yet you know that these tips will help others. The lack of selfishness in you is inspiring!! oh yeah, and your photography skills are absolutely inspiring!! Thank you, Simon
I’m a simple man.
I see a new Simón video
I click
I stay all the way down to the end for the bonus tip
I like
Until a few months ago I only watched Simon's camera settings and composition technique videos because my laptop didn't run processing software very well. Now I'm basically on a lightroom tutorial binge and these are just as good. Kudos, Simon.
Would be fun to see a video of you spending a day outside getting wildlife photos.
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I anticipated that the title was an exaggeration, but subtracting the mask from itself really doesn't sound like it should work, and yet it does! Great tip 👏
Mate - that extra tip is nuts - fiddling about with the brush and eraser tools to tidy things up must add up to hours of my life. Game changer!
You’ve tapped into my favorite masking technique: intersect. A powerful tool.
Great explainer as always and I love your enthusiasm for intersecting masks.
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks for the hack at the end. That masking problem with the intersection of sky and snow covered mountains has confounded me no end. I can’t tell you how much time I’ve spent brushing a sky mask out of snow. Merci Simon! You just earned yourself another subscriber. 😊
Dear Simon, the last two bonus tips are not tricks but epiphanies. Much better than going to church.
I am seriously speachless with that last trick. That will help enormously with processing :D THANK YOU Simon, as always. Great job and it is really appreciated.
This video reminded me of being back in school and having that ah-ha moment. This proves if you're not learning something you're missing out on the experience.
I'm going to have to watch this a few times, because there is SO much greatness here!! I was just trying to figure some of this out on an edit this week, so I'm so glad you made this! Thanks Simon!
Glad it was helpful!
That information is fantastic, your knowledge of LR editing is a great source!👍🏻
PS: Congratulations on reaching 500k followers…. You have a very high quality channel 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Mind was blown when you put a linear gradient on the lower part of the sky!! I've needed to do that forever! Thanks.
That last tip just solved one of my biggest problems ! 😂 Thank you so much 🙏
I would have never thought about separate sky adjustment let alone masking and subtracting sky 😂😂 That was wayy too cool
Deserving is an understatement for this video.
good stuff. photos are a snapshot of a moment, the photo editing reflects the personal impression of that moment. it's such a fun combination of skill and art.
That last masking tip was worth the whole video. Thanks!
Yeah, that subtract mask feature is pretty cool. I saw another guy do it a few months ago. That's really handy.
Brian Mattish channel. But as others pointed out sky intersect sky is easier
I use the last tip on my selection all the time. It's not always perfect, but it's normally better. You can take this a step further. I made presets for subjects, sky, and backgrounds using this technique. I usually click what preset I want instead of using the standard masking tool. It's another time saver. I always enjoy your videos.
great idea!
Your videos and their content just go from strength to strength Simon and I really love the useful tips which always have some new knowledge to impart. Keep up the fine work and I can assure you that I for one will keep watching and liking. 😊
Much appreciated
Good morning Simon, love your video’s, you have taught me so much about Wildlife photography. I got so excited yesterday, so I waited for an hr to get a picture of a Mother killdeer with her little fluffy baby just old enough to walk. I got down eye level and took about 30 shots, all in Raw so I can really edit them later. Thank you Simon for the knowledge that us beginners need, God bless
Love the sky minus sky trick! Similarly, treating the sky in two parts and dropping off the light on the land were simple but so effective and definitely techniques that i will use
Good stuff!
Your enthusiasm is contagious and I feel that when you are sharing tips that i have been given trade secrets. Going to rewatch and take notes.🤓
Ok that last tip (and the variation suggested in the comments by @notdisclosed…) is pure black magic! Thank you!
As a wildlife photographer I really struggle with selecting edges that have fur / feathers- anything that helps with that is gold!
Your explanation of how to use "Intersect Mask" is the best that I have found. Thank you!
I like this episode a lot. The trick at the end is pretty awesome, too.
This is a really cool thing to do in lightroom which is not in many of the recent guides to lightroom. Thank you for the tip!
Merci Simon!
I'm used to try workarounds when the selection is not working as expected. One of them is starting with a contrary selection, especially for selecting skies with trees. But removing the sky from the sky is really something!
Most people do not realize the potential of combining, intersecting, cloning and inverting masks.
The next level is to create Adaptive presets with the AI-based masks: everything but the brush and object masks will be applicable on any other picture with the same type of photography.
Simon you are a great presentor and your entusiasm and joy in your work really helps in wanting me to watch even more video's. Again thanks for the great tips, tricks and explanations on how to get the best out of my pictures with lightroom.
You cant just leave us on a cliffhanger like that Simon, may singlehandedly be the best Bonus Tip ever!
This is worth watching over and over again!
The Bonus Tip is an absolute Gold Nugget!
Loved the video Simon! The bonus tip at the end was super helpful! I was having trouble with the over / under selection with trees just like you pointed out in my own photos. This will be a huge help with future photo editing! Thank you!
Every video you make, make me a better photographer. You doing it with charm and passion. Thank you 🙏
For the bonus tip, have you tried selecting the sky, then intersecting the mask with select sky again? I think it yields similar results with one less click.
Another great video on masking. I liked how you built on the skills of the last one. I also like the community the follow you and offer some of their ideas on their hack tips on intersecting.masks. It's a great youtube channel!!! Thanks
I've been doing the equivalent with 'add', 'subtract' to a mask, but didn't know about 'intersect', which seems easier. Thanks!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I always learn something new from this channel.
Love that bonus tip! I had this exact scenario with snowy mountains last week in NZ and was using the brush to painstakingly tweak the mask. Can’t wait to put this tip to the test - thanks Simon!
Simon, your podcasts are truly helpful and enjoyable. Many thanks.
One cool trick I like to use to darken the skies is to reduce the luminance (and saturation if it doesnt look natiural) of blues. This works best when there's some clouds because the darkening only applies to the blue part of the sky similar to a polarizing filter.
Mind blown on the bonus tip, thank you Simon!
My pleasure!
Wow, Congratulations. I saw today you had gone over 500k subscribers. The quality of your videos, advice and teaching is just outstanding, many Thanks for all the help you’ve given.
Your bonus tip may be the solution that I have been trying to work out for ages. Thank you for posting.
Brilliant Simon, thanks for the bonus tip, I've been using the intersect option for a while but will definitely be giving this tip a go 👏
Just reviewed a photo of the British musium using these tips. Omg totally different and more closely resembling the image I had in mind. Thank you!
Yeah, I agree with Sergiob - you have a great channel going here. Looking forward to all future content. Cheers!
After watching previous video i tried it and my concern was intersecting mask ..... thank god you posted it 😅 you are a great teacher sir ...
Best tips ever!!! I did not know you could do intersect. Thank you!
Hello Simon! Woow that video came at the excellent moment I've been needed, this past weekend i was at the mountain doing some milkyway photography with my friends, and that video will improve my abilities editing. Thank you for your help!
Dear Simon, im learning so much from you, that me being a very bad photographer doesnt even matter anymore. Thank you hahahah
That bonus tip is amazing, definitely going to be making use of that.
Great final tip!!! That bit has irked me and im glad for your solution!
Glad it helped!
Merci Simon! A fantastic video as always. The hack at the end was great, Adobe should throw you a sponsorship for that at the very least, I'm sure that's going to help them improve their products!
Even today you taught something. This is great.
I'll have to try that bonus tip! I've been doing subtract with the brush. I'm always looking forward to seeing your next video. Thanks!
Brilliant teaching and content Simon. Thank you ever so much.
Glad you enjoyed it
I moved from Luninar Neo to lightroom because of intersecting mask function. Fantastic feature!!!
I used the tips in the last video quite a lot for my last photoshoot, looks like i'm gonna have even more to do on my next one! Keep them coming Simon, loving the way you teach!
Outstanding tips. Can't wait to try these.
Have fun!
OMG Simon. This is a game changer. Thank you so much for all the knowledge you give to us all. Namaste S R Garrett Photography
Thank you Simon, well explained it makes things a lot easier.
Glad it helped
Whoa.... that bonus tip will be a game changer for my wildlife and landscape shots. I appreciate that!
Great video, as ever. When you inverted, in the hack at the end, you are inverting sky2, rather than the whole mask or sky1, and I'm not sure if the audio is clear on which of the three you invert; by following the visuals, it is clear, however. A similar tightening effect can be had by selecting the sky and then intersecting with the sky; it may be that the two routes are identical, behind the scenes. I have also found that a sharp edge, as in your image, shows better results than if the, say, skyline is soft. And if the skyline is soft, then each time one intersects with the sky, there is a marginal gain (one of my images took a dozen iterations before the skyline was clear of red!). Once again, than you for your excellent output. [Edit - just seen someone else talk about the intersect thing!]
Thank you Simon! These are excellent tips!
My pleasure!
Thank you, Simon, for sharing these great LrC tips!
Many thanks Simon for your help, its really made my photos look stunning with small adjustments
Very welcome
Glitches are your friend! All you have to do is be able to recognize - and exploit - their potential.
Great video as usual, Simon!
REAL tips!! Bravo!!
Cool, I saved this so I can watch it again. I did know several the tricks but missed the intersect mask.
Glad I could help!
Another brilliant video. Thanks so much! Love these editing tutorials! I’m sure they’ll be some of your most popular.
Not a LR user (darktable), and yet Simon still imparts editing ideas that can be applied regardless. Thanks!
Yet another bookmark video! Yes, the last hack was weird. I'll give it a go though. Thank you Simon!
Aaahaha, I always wanted to do that, and everytime i tried combining masks, brush etc. Awesome feature I didn't know of. Thanks a lot!
The elephant made me say "witchcraft" out loud. Bravo
Simon I have enjoyed watching your editing tips. I was fortunate to be introduced to you when you appeared on Gavin Hardcastle’s channel a while back. Since then I have been following your work and I have picked up a number of expert tips in using LR. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Thanks for that!
Brilliant... thank you, Simon. 😊
Thank you! Video saved for latter edits 😊
Excellent content as always, Simon!! Really like your bs-free videos, just 10 minutes of useful information and excellent examples. I realized how much potential Lr has that i never used and that many badly edited photos have relatively easy fix. Cheers
Great to hear!
Thank you I will definitely be using these tips from now on!
Many thanks for another great video, especially the hack at the end, I'll try that on my next batch of landscape shots
That bonus tip was awesome! 😀
Glad you liked it!
Thank you so much! I learned a lot on your channel
My only worry about the last tip about subtracting the sky from the sky is that this seems like a bug, which means that Adobe could fix the bug and thus end up breaking this fix. Until then, we can all enjoy this weird behavior. Thanks for bringing it up.
I appreciate this video so much. Thanks mate
I love these videos because it teaches me so much about photography. I don’t use photoshop or Lightroom and I would love to see a video for people who just use jpeg on their camera.
Brilliant Simon , especially that last "hack " as you call it , one that I shall have to go and have a play around with , thank you
I have saved this one to follow along when I need multiple masks. Thank you for this!
You're so welcome!
I will be doing this tomorrow, cool.
Interesting on the sky mask. I had the same thing happen to me. I selected “subtract” and chose “object” (I think) and removed the unwanted areas manually. Your method is much easier. I look forward to trying it.
Interesting!
That last tip is a good one, as I generally shoot a lot of landscapes and have run into this issue where trees are not masked correctly. Even if it is a "bug" this is one time we can maybe legitimately call it a "feature".
Your videos are always well done an informative. I have been using masks for as long as they have been around in LR. That last trick was new to me, and I will definitely be using that!
Great to hear!
Amazing video!! OMG that bonus hack is gonna help me sooo much!!