A Simple But Effective Way to Create Luminosity Masks in Photoshop
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Create Luminosity Masks Visually! Without having to worry about selections, channels and all those complicated stuff in Photoshop. Learn how to use Luminosity Masks to not only target the exact area you want (For instance, sky) but also use the same to mold the light, apply some really dramatic effects and extract amazing details.
In this video, we will learn how to create Luminosity Masks using "Color Range" Feature under Select Menu in Photoshop and discover different ways of using the same, discussing its applications. Hope this video helps you. Thank you for watching!
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As a photoshop veteran I've watched hundreds if not thousands of hours of tutorials plus many live events. This is without a doubt one of the best. Thank you, sir. The alternative way to create luminosity masks is nothing less than brilliant & your explanation is clear & concise.
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Now I finally understand luminosity masking and a great way to create them. Thanks a bunch for this great tutorial (and all your other great tutorials). This is my go-to channel for learning photo processing.
Honestly, you have a better pronunciation than most other youtuber even with a slight accent, better way of teaching, patient, good tonality and very usefull tips and trick.... this is by far one of the best channel on youtube for photoshop !!!! Thanks a lot for doing what you do and helping me (and others) perfecting my art every day and makes money doing what I love !
Unmesh has gotta be one of the best tutorialists on the planet!! he makes sense of complex proceedures and always flips my creativity switch back on !! thanks man for another awesome tut
I agree, I'd love to see more critique videos. The learning from these is fantastic. Beautiful images submitted as you say. I love how humble you are, never taking away from others talents. You obviously have a great eye though to critique so well. Thank you for this learning. Any of your teachings are good, you explain so well.
You are an outstanding trainer, I congratulate you on your easy to follow training, you explain everything so well. Thank you
Another great tutorial. I did learn a trick to control how much is hidden in the mask. Select the mask and control the density in properties to control how much is hidden. You also hit Shift+Control/Command and click in the mask to select black section. Change the background color to 25% grey. Hit Control+Backspace (Command+Delete) to make the black 25% grey. You can now hit Control + I (Command+I) to invert your selection and change the color of the background color to another shade of grey and repeat the process. Now you have a dual grey mask. I like it because I can dim the shade of certain objects in my composite. I'm quite sure you knew this. Just thought I'd post it. Thanks again for another outstanding tutorial.
One of the best photoshop tutorials I've ever seen. I've recently been wanting to learn how to do luminosity masks and all the other videos were youtubers trying to get you to buy their luminosity panels. So frustrating because I want to know how to do them myself. You really laid out so much info here in a very digestible and learnable way. Well done.
I have searched numerous videos to explain luminosity masks. You have explained it the most accurate and simplest way. Well done. And thank you so much for your simple way of explaining this.
There are 2 photography channels I keep coming back to and this is one of them. The other has a much more philosophical bent so most of my photoshop learning comes from here. The more I learn the more I appreciate how good Unmesh is both technically and at serving that knowledge up to us. Many many thanks Unmesh!!
You're very articulate Unmesh, and then I remember that English is your second language. Mind blown.
This tutorial is simply brilliant. The use of Color Range to control your selection luminosity is so much simpler than the traditional Luminosity methods. You really should take out a patent on this method.
You are by far the best teacher on the web. You are so smart. Thank you so much for those incredible tutorials.
It was just now I understand your luminosity mask application. Been doing other methods and camera raw alone for quite sometime now, this one is an eye opener for mer. Not to mention this was uploaded since 2017. Thank you Unmesh. been learning PS CC thru your tutorials. I just need to continuously play those video of yours when I need them on an image I wanted to edit. Kudos to your teachings!
Love how he explains everything. This helps so much more than "just do this or just do that".
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Your method is MUCH more powerful and intuitive than ANY of the videos that I've seen on the subject.
I have been watching a lot of tutorials about photoshop, this guy's way of explanation is simply amazing! Can't believe it's free.
This is by far the best 32 minutes of my day. I hope you can post more videos on luminosity masking. Enthusiasm + knowledge = great tutorial.
Unmesh, you are the greatest!!! What a wonderful way of making Luminosity Masks!!! I do not know why others want to be so complicated. I am also enrolled in your wonderful Photoshop Easy course. THANK YOU!!
wow i’ve misclicked this video. not even had the intention to watch this kind of content. but end up watching the whole video. lol. i’ve learned something today. he’s a great teacher. crystal clear explanation. keep up the good work!
This is one of the most thorough and easy-to-understand PS tutorials that I've seen in a while! Very nice!
This is the most mind blowing edit education video I've ever seen! You sir are a CHAMPION of your craft!
This is hands down the BEST method of creating those luminosity masks! Thanks man!
The man is a great teacher,one of "if not the best"on youtube
Another awesome tutorial Unmesh. You usually teach about something I already know how to do but then you go to the next level and show how to improve upon it. I love your teaching method of really breaking stuff down and showing us not just how something works but why it works. Thanks.
I wish you could do a video on selecting a tree with leaves on it that is so difficult that using multiple methods is necessary to make a good clean selection. And then, knowing that no selection is perfect show us how to get rid of the fringing and what ever else is wrong in order to get the best possible selection. This is the one thing in Photoshop that I just can't seem to do very well. I believe if someone can select trees than they'll be able to make the most difficult selections of hair.
I've tried really hard to understand channels and alpha channels and it seemed like a lot of work for something I didn't get noo matter how hard I tried. This tutorial is awesome. I've tried it out and am very pleased with how effective it is. Many thanks - I'm going to keep watching your tutorials
The best luminosity mask tutorial ever. Beat anything I have viewed so far... Thumbs up!
There is no other better person on the internet, who can teach editing with photography, You also teach the core basics of photography with your tutorials..You are great Sir..
Such a creative innovative approach which is the order of the day with PiXimperfect. This guy plays Photoshop like a violin.
Absolutely brilliant. Best teacher on youtube.
Thanks!
The best luminosity masks tutorial I've seen!
I love all the info you provided! I had to stop and backup several times just to try to absorb everything! You are just an amazing teacher!
Your enthusiasm really makes it easy to watch your videos. I learn so much by watching them and it's painless because you can see you are having fun explaining all the details and nuances so eloquently. Great channel!
the fact that you go into in-depth detail about each aspect sets you apart (& above) the rest.
your awesomeness knows no bounds :D
Great tutorial, I understand luminosity masking better now. But I may have to go back and look at it again. SO much information to absorb!
I love the way you recap the whole work at the end of your videos ! What a great channel !
Ι love this guy. He have his way to explain it perfect so you can understand it. Now i understand the color range and luminocity masks together). Thank you
Teaching advanced stuff like this to amateurs like us... Bless you buddy!!
You are the best and my only teacher in Photoshop. Watching your video and then at the end just say wow.
Some of the best Photoshop tutorials on TH-cam! You explain it so well! Great work!
I love the way you explained all stuff within this video. Overall, and as you are a foreigner to english, your language is very but very clear! I am a foreigner too, and I truly appreciate that detail! :) Thank you . Regards from Uruguay.
You always find great informations to share.
your motivation about photography is shinning on the screen...No one can"t be bored by watching you.
Great job dude !!!
This is amazing! Thank you so much. Your videos are some of the most helpful I have ever viewed. Your explanations are very much appreciated.
Thank you. Have been looking forward so long for you to teach about LM. Traditional method is really difficult .. your method using curve & color range make it easy. Hope for more tutorial on landscape photo processing for a change!
The breadth of possibilities within this concept are overwhelming. I have scores of landscapes from this past summer and am incessantly editing them. Thanks for your help!
Another excellent tutorial which avoids creating the rigid percentage selections of other tools.
Hey, man, that is much more better than an HDR generated image from 3 shots with different exposure. Grest. Your lessons sound like music to me, thanks!
This video just took my work up 10 levels!!! Thank you!!
You're doing great job :) teaching people in a very logical way! The only thing I would add - when I do luminosity masks, I change the blending mode to "luminosity" to affect only light, and take care of colors separately later :).
Oh man that color range tool is a time saver!
Unmesh, you are a high talented natural teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
What’s up man! I’m from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and I want you to know I watch all of your videos! You’ve been ridiculously helpful man.
GENIUS! Thank you!! And BTW, I love when you said "quantize your selections" being the limitation of the old way. Such a perfect description of the issue, in one word--instant "aha!"
Your depth of knowledge is truly admirable. I like the way you explain complicated topics.
Very complex subject expained in a great and deep way...
Cool video, as usual with your channel...
Thanks a lot...!!!
Have a great day...!
I watch your tutorials in bed so as to give me ideas of what I can mess with in Photoshop the following day. The problem is I get so engrossed that I can't wait until the next day and sometimes get up to work on the lesson till the early hours of the morning 👍.
Thanks so much for taking my PS skills to another level. When I'm back to work I'm defiantly going to contribute 😉
Glad I’m not the only one. Excellent videos Unmesh, very impressed with all of them. Excellent knowledge, excellent teacher. And those often don’t happen together in my experience! I see from looking at an Adobe site that you are a ‘Trusted Partner’. Well deserved.
Great tutorial and you make me think of using this method for sky replacement and you know what, this is probably the best and fastest way to do it. Thank you
Unmesh, you are a nice guy because you love what you do. you are talented dedicated and unselfish. Thank you for all your detailed great videos
Always very clear and enthusiastic, Unmesh - great job and great tips!
I'm very glad that I have found your videos. You do an outstanding job of explaining things. Thank you!
Thank you so much till today i was confused with what the heck this luminosity masks are and how to use it effectively. you made it man. wish you all the best young gun. cheers
This was amazing Unmesh! I never had thought about this method. I can get a grasp on how these masks work. This beats the old method of doing them. You should do a series of tutorials on how to understand this methodology in relation to the Luminosity Panels like Lumienza, TK8 etc. Panels like those really take this to another level. By tying this demonstration to those panels, folks who have invested in them can really get a grasp of the concept. Thanks again. Truly great stuff you've shown here.
Absolutely ripper. I learned photoshop like Topsy, so its was just out with the basic layer mask and brush away vivid and wild as best we could. Sometimes the colour selections, again Topsy. I had never used luminosity masks. By the way starting from scratch over colour, brightness, and masking is so good. Making defined and understood terms caters for all of us at any level. Very pleasing.
You are an amazing teacher man. Thank you for all the time and effort you put in your videos!
Thanks for all the great tuts. After a little test, comparing mask of this method and "traditional" method, I find in this method there're many black or white areas in the mask,instead of all kinds of gray. This is the difference. I recommend: in mask properties, increase feather and immensely lower density. Or obvious edge will occur often when adjusting.
I have just started mastering photoshop by watching your channel. You are amazing my dear friend.
This guy just explained exactly what I was looking for.
A creative genius and an inspiring tutor
It is cool, really, thanks Umesh! two things you might consider:
it‘s a video - I can rewind a thousand times - no need to repeat everything important.
it could be really shorter - the essence of this video xan easily be shown in under 3 minutes.
You are as useful as my Wacom tablet! Thank you for doing the teaching videos!
You have a gift on explaining stuff in a very simple way. I agree with @Nandish, this guy deserves a million subscriber.
I can´t believe this is free.. this is top quality lesson dude!! thanks!
Thanks for your simple, effective and very informative tutorial.
Your backdrop is really better by far. Thanks for the knowledge, Sir.
Clear, full of useful tricks (including besides the main subject)... Good job Sir!... Learning a lot...
Excellent tutorial. He took his time and explained everything very well.
I wish, my phiscs teacher taught us like this, with the very basics.....😃
You're the best teacher for Photoshop 😍
Amazing Bro i've been watching a lot of tuto about luminosity mask and so far your technique kick ass !!
Thank you for taking the time to describe luminosity masking. This was very helpful to me.
Outstanding😃
So much easier and better than other complicated tutorials I've watched about masks,thanks a million,10/10👏🏻👍🏻
Very good job Sir. Personally I'm using TK V5 panel and I modify my luminosity masks on camera raw until I get exactly what I want but the technique you explained is perfect for regular projects. Your channel should have more subscribers. I will talk about you to my contacts even if... they are French and don't speak that well English. Again, very good job!
'Maths cannot counter art' - I like your style!
Never close my eyes for more than 30 minutes.. so interesting! Thanks so much, and yeah you should have a million subscribers by the way
You are simply awesome and you have some great presentation skills! All the best to you and keep doing the good work.
i have seen a lot of lum mask videos. your method really rocks! well done!
Thank you for sharing all your knowledge! I love this and I am learning so much!
Wow! Your great explanations and examples blew my mind away. This is absolutely amazing as all of your other video tutorials are too. Thanks so much for sharing!
16:29 I ❤ you bro... U r so caring for us for even small thing that can be neglected, u repeat 4 us... So lovely😊... You teach us a lot for free... U can put some ads in your video in the middle of the video, we ll not get bored, its just my opinion.. 🌹🌹🌹
Awesome... trust me ur channel gonna most very famous.... all the small details and short cut makes ur videos unique
is he a god or something ?? i mean i professional Photoshop artist and this something new for me man you are genius
Hi, you are great! So many options for creating and applying masks , all comes together.
Your explanation is very thorough. Thank you for this excellent tutorial.
The flexible method is brilliant. Many thanks Unmesh
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Great tutorial, best approach I have seen so far, great hands on method to getting a precise selection. Keep up the exellent work