Tony kuypers luminosity masks for photoshop richard. A variation on luminosity masks are the zonemasks that also have been developed by tony kuyper and are asymmetrical as they target only. They have allowed us to take greater control over our workflow, and produce stunningly clean images. This combo product is a complete luminosity mask resource that allows generating an infinite number of luminosity masks with many more ways to use them.
Luminosity masks interview with tony kuyper photography. So the discussion on tony kuypers actions, how they work, how to use them, and that they even are available on his website for free as an action, furthered what i already knew about luminosity masks and what i might do to improve on my images using ps, topaz, or whatever. Our cuttingedge luminosity mask technique in photoshop will forever change the way you combine exposures. Your tutorials were extremely helpful and insightful. Tony has a great tutorial and offers a number of masking actions which you can download for a small donation. From now on the luminosity mask action set is loaded and you dont need to repeat this step again when processing your photos. Tony kuyper pioneered the luminosity mask techniques that have become widely used by photographers for digital development in photoshop. Luminosity masking this is an exciting class that will present the theory and utilization of actions created by tony kuyper to do advanced luminosity masking. Tony describes how to create the various luminosity masks, but also has a downloadable action which can allow the user to. By signing up for our newsletter, youll receive a free download of our luminosity mask actions for. A lot of photographers ask me how they can use lumenzia or luminosity masks with software other than photoshop. Home post production photoshop an introduction to luminosity masks.
The intention of this article it to help you make better sense of luminosity masks. The tk7 panel is the newest release of the comprehensive panel for making luminosity masks and running photoshop. A luminosity mask is a fast and easy way to create a new mask based on the brightness of image pixels. How to use luminosity masks for landscape and cityscape. It also creates luminosity masks on the channels panel plus active luminosity. Photoshop tkactions lightroom sean bagshaw outdoor.
Luminosity mask techniques pioneered by tony kuyper provide the highest degree of control over creative image developing and have become an essential image developing tool for me and many top outdoor photographers world wide. Free panel to make 16bit luminosity masks june 4, 2015 august 24, 2019 tony kuyper lately ive been experimenting with several features that could make photoshop extension panels easier to install and use. Using luminosity masks is a way of making a selection based on the luminosity or brightness value of the pixels. An idiots guide to making sense of luminosity masks. Once all are selected, click your right mouse button on any of the selected masks and choose the delete channels option. Tony kuyper luminosity masks free download and i greatly appreciate that you took the trouble to code it for cs6, which i continue to use. Using tony kuypers luminosity masks already for some year, i already have learned a ton extra on how to use the luminosity masking technique more effective. Tony kuyper prepared a set of luminosity mask action for photoshop elements. For a thorough discussion of luminosity masking and to see some beautiful landscape images of the colorado plateau area check out tony kuyper s web site. They are created by taking the luminance value of each pixel and assigning it a specific grayscale value in the mask. Luminosity masks map the luminance of each pixel as a grayscale value in the mask. I had used tony kuper action sets before but never had a good idea on the luminosity aspect. Luminosity masks are selections that are made and live in the channels panel within photoshop.
There has been a surge in the number of tutorials on how to use luminosity masks since it was first published in 2006 by tony kuyper. Channel, color, saturation, and vibrance masks are created just as easily as luminosity masks, and entire spectrums of these pixelbased, selffeathering masks can. Then, visualize the masks in gradient map and lastly, see how it is applied as a layer mask. The tkactions v5 panel is meant transform the way we use luminosity masks. Tony kuyper luminosity masks luminanzmasken youtube. Complete guide to luminosity masks 2nd edition download. Similar to raya pro, it also includes several other adjustments and options that you might find beneficial in your workflow.
The main advantage of ilm over the traditional luminosity. Tony kuyper 7 a photoshop extension panel for making 16bit light, midtone, and dark luminosity masks. Quite a few years ago i learned about making luminosity selections from tony kuypers website, in fact, i wrote about luminosity selections, and tonys photoshop actions to make these selections, in some of my early ebooks on photoshop. San gabriel mountains landscape processed with tony kuypers luminosity masks for photoshop. The interactive luminosity mask ilm panel is a novel adobe photoshop extension for creating luminosity in a more efficient and user friendly way. Tony and i have been working on a german version of the tkactions and a set of videos for the past months and have recently released a 23part video series available at. Because they are based on pixellevel data, their tones perfectly match the. The tkactions basic panel is free and can be downloaded here. These video series are a long awated companion to tony kuypers luminosity masks tuts and action sets. Actions luminosity mask masks tony kuyper photoshp panel tk v4.
Download folder has versions that work in ps cc and cs6. Luminosity masks in photoshop made simple using lumenzia. In this tutorial, youll start off by learning how luminosity masks work. For a thorough discussion of luminosity masking and to see some beautiful landscape images of the colorado plateau area check out tony kuypers web site. A luminosity mask created for midtones is symmetrical as it is intended to exclude the highlights and shadows. Notice in the 2nd image how the color highlights in the clouds are blowing out which causes them to lose some detail and color. Tony kuyper s tk action panel is another popular panel for photoshop. The tkactions extension panel and vidoes make luminosity masks easy to use. That is an ideal situation to use the luminosity masks for the light tones. Tony kuypers tk action panel is another popular panel for photoshop. When selected, the command will fill the active layer with a mask based on the brightness of image pixels. I recently purchased tony kuypers great luminosity mask set but was having a difficult time fully understanding how to best use these amazing tools. Free photoshop action download for luminosity masks.
Started creating mask using channel but then switched to tony kuypers action panel tk panel as it was so much quicker to use, and in the tk panels he has also place pretty much all the adjustments i would normally use. All items are provided via a download link sent to the email address you enter. Asymmetrical luminosity masks for more accurate editing in. For photoshop elements and precs6 versions of photoshop, there is a set of actions that can be downloaded and installed to make all the masks in this tutorial. Read more about the tk basic v6 panel by downloading the instructions pdf. November 11, 20 getting around in gimp luminosity masks revisited brorfelde landscape by stig nygaard cb after adding an aggressive curve along with a midtone luminosity mask i had previously written about adapting tony kuypers luminosity masks for gimp. I have implemented and extended them in this gimp plugin. Complete guide to luminosity masks 2nd edition sean. There are many ways to use luminosity masks when developing images in.
Photoshop action sets downloads luminosity masks bwvision. Have complete control with your luminosity tones with this free luminosity panel from the tony kuyper web site. A luminosity mask panel for photoshop that makes 16bit luminosity masks using a realtime, mask based interface. Most of these focus on landscape photographs and havent really extended its application beyond that. Ilm allows the interactive creation of custom luminosity masksselections with instantaneous visual feedback.
It may take a few minutes for the creative cloud application to download the panel and install it. Recently, i revisited the creation of these luminosity masks using channels in gimp to more closely mimic the original tutorial by tony kuyper for photoshop. This is a free panel was created by tony kuyper, who is well known as the father of luminosity masks since he is widely credited for introducing this technique to mainstream landscape photography. Smaller, smarter, faster, and more fun to use, it is the ultimate resource to understand, access, and add luminosity masks to a creative workflow.
I wanted to thank you very much for the wonderful video tutorials you developed on luminosity masks and associated techniques. While luminosity masking support can be very valuable in all sorts of applications raw conversion, hdr processing, etc, there is no substitute for creating luminosity masks in photoshop. I use adobe photoshop, dont worry if you use other software. I have received direct permission from tony to teach this class and his intellectual property. How to use luminosity masks with any photography software. Those who have begun the journey into luminosity mask mastery know that it can be a challenging learning curve. Ive been using luminosity masking for nr, sharpening and local contrast and colour enhancement in pse but the process of creating the masks was quite convoluted so i wouldnt use this technique too often. Luminosity masks belgian landscape photographer nature.
The equivalent setup for calculations is shown below. I recently came across the work of tony kuyper whose blog instructs the reader on a post processing technique for photoshop users. Join professional photographer and breakthrough photography team pro, joseph roybal for luminosity masks unmasked. The new tkactions basic v6 panel is free and provides an easy way to add luminosity masks to the photoshop workflow. Download the sample images and assets at the top of the page. Luminosity masks have been revolutionary for many photographers in recent years. Luminosity masks are one of the most powerful processing techniques in photoshop for landscape photographersbut can be a challenge to learn. If you simply choose a dark luminosity mask and apply tonal adjustment to brighten the shadows, it will make your image lose contrast and appear flat.
How to enhance urban night photographs using luminosity. Tony kuyper describes a great way to manage tones in photoshop that he calls luminosity masks. Luminosity masks target specific tones in the image during digital development. Joseph roybal is excited to offer this photoshop postprocessing workflow course. Added a zone picker to automatically generate a narrowrange luminosity selection that includes a tone selected from the image with photoshops color picker tool. At first, luminosity masks seem complex and sometimes daunting, but in truth, this whole workflow took less than 5 minutes. Screenshot is from the free video lesson on luminosity masks, which you can download by clicking here. If you want to run the action set then all you need to do is to go to the action panel again and either stand on the main luminosity masks folder and then hit the play button or create the light, dark and midgrey luminosity masks separately by standing on either one. Complete guide to luminosity masks 2nd edition file size 2. Luminosity masking using tony kuypers actions keith. The tk7 panel is much more than just a luminosity mask panel. The transparency for the layer is directly related to the brightness of the pixels.
I had previously written about using luminosity masks in gimp, but had generated the masks in a cumbersome way. How to use luminosity masks for landscape and cityscape image editing. Lately ive been experimenting with several features that could make photoshop extension panels easier to install and use. Illuminate your photos using topaz and luminosity masks. Luminosity masks need to be fast and intuitive in order to become a standard part of the workflow. Also contains instructions pdf, installation guides, best practices for color management, and training videos by sean bagshaw. In this indepth guide, we take a deep dive into the magnificent world of luminosity masks in simple steps so you can start mastering them today. Free panel to make 16bit luminosity masks good light. Luminosity mask support in other applications may serve some very useful purposes for offering a simple way to do simple tasks in those applications. Luminosity masks are not a built in part of photoshop like the paint brush, lasso, eraser, etc. Luminosity masksget ready to fly tony kuyper photography.
Also use the masks provided by gregg benzs luminosity panel. The tk7 panel for photoshop makes luminosity masks fast, easy, and fun. This is a perfect opportunity to use luminosity masks to combine the best parts of. In many cases, a 3rd party filter might make part of an image better while making other parts worse off. This week a free downloadable luminosity mask action set. Photoshop workflow on saturday, march 7, 2020, 9am 4pm at the the lone tree hub, 8827 lone tree parkway, lone tree, co. I wont rehash all of the details and theory here just head back over to that post and brush up on them there, but rather i. Edit a stunning sunsetsunrise in photoshop with luminosity masks without hdr duration. One of the earliest articles detailing how luminosity masks works was published by tony kuyper.
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