Review: Nick Page - Mastering luminosity masks

Sunday 14 October 2018, 13:13 by Michelle Peeters | 4,576 views | 0 comments

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One of the online courses included in the 5DayDeal bundle is Mastering Luminosity Masks by Nick Page. In this online course, Nick teaches you how to create, use and master luminosity masks.

With luminosity masks, you can create a selection in Photoshop based on brightness in no time at all, and combine differently exposed photos. It's a bit like HDR, but without the actual HDR effect.

If the contrast is too great for a single photo, you can use HDR to create a new composite image from differently exposed photos. You can also do this using a technique called luminosity masks.

A luminosity mask is basically just a selection made based on the brightness levels within a photo. This selection is particularly quick and easy to create. These masks are also very useful if you want to edit the shadows or highlights of a single exposure.

What luminosity masks are and how to create them;
Recommended creation tools;
Exposure blending with luminosity masks;
Adding selective contrast with luminosity masks;
Targeted adjustments with luminosity masks;
Bringing out dimension and three-dimensionality in dark foregrounds;
Controlled Dodging and Burning using luminosity masks.

The course consists of four video sets, with a combined running time of around 1.5 hours. The RAW files from the videos are also included in this package for you to practise with.

What did I think?

Nick explains the subject clearly and calmly. You still need to pay close attention to see everything he does on the computer. It helps if you have already read up a little on the subject.

But the advantage of an online course is, of course, that you can play it back and watch it again if it goes too quickly and/or if you missed something.

Order it now

Until next Tuesday, 16 October 2018, you can order the Mastering Luminosity Masks course for 89 dollars as part of the 5DayDeal bundle. Alongside this course, the bundle contains dozens of other video courses, ebooks, presets and even software packages.

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Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.

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