While hdr software will take all of the legwork out of it for you, luminosity masks require you to really think about your exposures and deepen your workflow. Train your brain through challenging games with lumosity for android. May 07, 2020 lumositys cognitive training program is a fun, interactive way to train your brain and learn about how your mind works. My photoshop actions for 14 and 34tone masks are not compatible with current versions of photoshop. As with all things photoshop, there are multiple ways to achieve the same result. It is essentially a method of making selections based on the luminosity value of the pixels the benefits of luminosity masks include its selffeathering nature and its ability to create a highly. His postprocessing skills always amazed me and the fact that he shares them with the rest of the community made him an even more respectful photographer to my eyes. The key being that the strength of the adjustment which it is applied is directly related to the luminosity or its inverse of the pixels it is being applied to. Free panel to make 16bit luminosity masks good light journal. Its a combination of playing around with the channels layers and keyboard.
Beside, the latest version of tony kuypers tkactions panel includes a superior tool for generating these masks. It is intended as a springboard for you to investigate more and hopefully find them useful especially in very difficult lighting conditions. They are created by taking the luminance value of each pixel and assigning it a specific grayscale value in the mask. Go to your actions panel, which looks like a play button on the toolbar. A rough and quick description of the essentials you could use to blend multiple exposures using tony kuypers luminosity masks. If you record the steps of creating a luminosity mask as an action, as well do in this movie, you wont have to go to the trouble of manually creating luminosity mask channels in other photos that you want to adjust. All you need to know is that luminosity masks are a selection tool which creates masks. Luminosity masks map the luminance of each pixel as a grayscale value in the mask. Tony kuyper prepared a set of luminosity mask action for photoshop elements. You will now see an option called generate luminance masks. Luminosity masks are selections that are made and live in the channels panel within photoshop.
Nov 02, 2014 tony kuyper prepared a set of luminosity mask action for photoshop elements. 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. Because they are based on pixellevel data, their tones perfectly match the. Jan 09, 2015 in this video, i start with the basics of selections and masks, then show the limitations of the magic wand tool, and then how luminosity masks can be used to overcome these limitations. One question how do i do luminosity masks of varying strengths for highlights shadows midtones in the ipad version. He published the original luminosity masks tutorial in november 2006. Lumosity is designed by neuroscientists to train memory, attention, and more. Luminosity masks in photoshop made simple using lumenzia. Luminosity masking using tony kuypers actions keith bauer.
Luminosity masks aims the aim of this tapas presentation is to show the very basics of luminosity masks, their usefulness and how to use them. The tk7 panel is the newest release of the comprehensive panel for making luminosity masks and running photoshop. For example, you can brighten your photo and then apply luminosity how to use luminosity masking in photoshop read more. Select it and press the play button at the bottom of the actions panel to begin the process. Tony kuyper luminosity masks you can sleep when youre dead.
An introduction to luminosity masks capturelandscapes. Every now and then youll come across an image where luminosity masks wont create a smooth blend between exposures. Luminosity masking using tony kuypers actions keith. For now, you can follow along with the video tutorial and make your own luminosity masks later, or you can download my 18point luminosity mask actions for free in my easy panel. The equivalent setup for calculations is shown below. Luminosity masking is a technique developed in the last 10 years or so primarily by american southwest landscape photographer tony kuyper over at. The tkactions extension panel and vidoes make luminosity masks easy to use. Oct 30, 2015 luminosity masks are a powerful trick available in photoshop. How can i turn sound on or off when playing lumosity games. The basics of luminosity masks in digital blending 500px. So youll need to understand the basics of photoshop masking and channels to get the most out of. Luminosity masks interview with tony kuyper photography. Brine stones by tony kuyper processed without luminosity masks. A message from tony kuyper complete guide to luminosity.
Jun 04, 2015 lately ive been experimenting with several features that could make photoshop extension panels easier to install and use. Luminosity masks target specific tones in the image during digital development. Luminosity masks are a postprocessing technique in photoshop that is commonly used by landscape photographers on a single raw image or to create a high dynamic range image with digital blending. Select it and press the play button at the bottom of. It includes all the features of the previous v6 panel plus many new ones.
Tony kuyper is a talented photographer located in arizonausa. I made a short tutorial video using the vlc app in itunes to transfer and play my. With foundations in the study of neuroplasticity, lumosity games are used in research, and have been incorporated into studies done by top scientists worldwide. Hello all, the latest update for photo on ipad has been great in terms of the raw support from photos and also better autosaving less crashing. The games adapt to how well youre doing, constantly offering a challenge or scaling back if youre having a hard time. You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the. Luminosity masksget ready to fly tony kuyper photography.
Creating luminosity masks in photoshop using the color range. Its sort of like comparing spaghettios to your grandmothers homemade pasta. Used by over 100 million people worldwide, lumositys program consists of sciencebased games designed to exercise memory, attention, speed, flexibility and problemsolving. Tony provides extensive writing and information on luminosity masking and how to create luminosity masks. Ilm allows the interactive creation of custom luminosity masksselections with instantaneous visual feedback. My postprocessing time is generally limited to cleaning up the dust spots, making a few curves adjustments, sharpening, and more recently, tapping into tony kuypers awesome luminosity masks. And heres a short video showing the image before and after using luminosity masks to dodge and burn.
How to use luminosity masking in photoshop photoshop. In fact, i wrote about luminosity selections, and tonys photoshop actions to make these selections, in some of my early ebooks on photoshop. A message from tony kuyper complete guide to luminosity masks ii. You can learn more and purchase the panel on tonys site here. Download lumosity for pclumosity on pc andy android. Instead of a spatial selection where the marching ants enclose a specific area. Lumosity is a free app, designed by scientists and designers, which features games designed to improve your memory, cognitive abilities, and problemsolving skills, through a daily mental training program. On is red with the slider to the right, and off is gray with the slider to the left. Our subject this week is luminosity masking in photoshop. Dec 17, 2015 train your brain through challenging games with lumosity for android.
The selections are based on luminance, or the brightness or lightness of a color. Download folder has versions that work in ps cc and cs6. After years of experimentation tony has developed an intermediate post processing technique not based on the pixels that make up the image but rather the brightness levels or tones that make up the ima. 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. Apr 18, 2014 tony kuyper s pack can generate many grades of intercepted luminosity masks to pick out successively e.
Moving your lightroom photos to a new drive 7m 24s. You make a selection based on the luminosity of an image to make very precise selections. For example we can use luminosity masks to brighten up and add more drama to a milky way image. To test some of these new elements, ive created a minipanel image below focused on just making 16bit luminosity masks, like the downloadable actions that were available in the previous blog posts. User interface, workflow sections, core processor, and deployment options mirror the tk7 rapidmask module. Apr 08, 2014 we need to create our own, more advanced luminosity masks. In this photo retouching tutorial, well learn how to boost the contrast and color saturation of an image in photoshop using whats called a luminosity mask, a littleknown trick for selecting pixels in an image based on their luminosity, or lightness, values. Ilm allows the interactive creation of custom luminosity masks selections with instantaneous visual feedback. Note that prior to the before image, i had already done some minor retouching, color correction, vignetting, and sharpening for the canvas. They are called luminosity masks but in actuality they arent masks until they are used in the layers panel. You can toggle the background music and sound effects separately. Next questions these results are promising, but we need to do more research to determine the connection between improved assessment scores and everyday tasks in participants lives.
Since luminosity masks allow us to make selections based on brightness, we can be very creative in how we apply this to certain scenes. Tony kuypers luminosity masks kostas petrakis photography. 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. Luminosity masks are a very powerful tool for making selective adjustments in photoshop. Free braintraining program featuring fun and challenging games. Luminosity masks are photoshop tools which let you manually blend exposures together. I click the arrow next to that and an option that says generate luminance masks will appear. Make sure to update the app if you dont see this option. I go to my actions palette where it says jm luminance masks. Creating luminosity masks in photoshop using the color. Well see how to copy the luminosity mask to its own layer and combine it with one of photoshops layer blend modes to increase contrast. Open it up and go to the set called jm luminance masks. Below you can see a cropped image which shows before and after applying luminosity masks to the stars.
It described a process for creating selections and masks in photoshop based on the brightness values of the image. They are derived from the image data itself, and focused on a specific range of tonal values. With the new custom panel these same actions can now be run with a. Download lumosity for android download free software. Like its predecessor, the tk7 panel is modular, so users can configure it in whatever manner works best in their workspace. Oct 11, 2017 luminosity masks are a very powerful tool for making selective adjustments in photoshop. His captures are truly wonderful and always exhibit the finest in terms of capture, light and postprocessing. Over the years tony has refined his actions, and recently he produced a completely new photoshop action panel version 3. Editors note many npn members have found tony kuypers luminosity masks useful in their postexposure processing in photoshop. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
However, the way adobe implemented them is not so great. Choosing that option, i then press the play button and generate the luminosity masks. Luminosity masking is a term you may have heard of, but maybe youre not exactly sure what it is or how to do it. 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. Luminosity masks are not a built in part of photoshop like the paint brush, lasso, eraser, etc. Free panel to make 16bit luminosity masks good light. A luminosity mask panel for photoshop that makes 16bit luminosity masks using a realtime, mask based interface. Ive used his previous actions, but his latest panel is amazing. Judy, washington my maths efficiency has really improved so much since i have been playing every day. Once you have the selection you need, you can then apply any adjustments to it different kinds of tonal, color adjustments, sharpening, etc. 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. The advantage of it over other selection tools is its ability to produce highly targeted and customizable selection with seamless feathering. Luminosity masks are a fantastic way to make precise selections based on luminance values hence the name.
Tony has a great tutorial and offers a number of masking actions which you can download for a small donation. Instead of a spatial selection where the marching ants enclose a specific area or element in an image, luminosity selections are to. Also contains instructions pdf, installation guides, best practices for color management, and training videos by sean bagshaw. Luminosity masking lets you make a layer visible according to the brightness value of your photo. How to use luminosity masks for landscape and cityscape. Lately ive been experimenting with several features that could make photoshop extension panels easier to install and use. You can mute the game background music and sound effects. If you look at the channel mask from any of the luminosity masks weve created above, you can see exactly which parts of the image will be affected when you apply that mask to an adjustment layer. Sean bagshaws complete guide to luminosity masks 2nd edition video series is available at. There are several ways you can activate and use a luminosity mask but lets keep this as easy as possible and look only at the most basic method. This new tutorial on luminosity painting builds on the masking techniques described in that tutorial.
Tony kuyper pioneered the luminosity mask techniques that have become widely used by photographers for digital development in photoshop. Illuminate your photos using topaz and luminosity masks. 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. Aug 23, 2010 tony kuypers luminosity masks i am sure that most of us who postprocess images in photoshop are familiar with masks. Im going to try to simplify that for you, but this is a pro technique. All items are provided via a download link sent to the email address you enter. Youll create luminosity masks as channels in your channels panel. Lumositys web and mobile games are designed by scientists to challenge core cognitive abilities. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading mastering luminosity masks. While originally developed to simplify working with luminosity masks. Once photoshop has finished working, i go to the channels panel.
Luminosity masks are basically layer masks that are built around specific tones in an image. I havent seen it discussed in the retouching forum so here comes a headsup. Tony kuyper luminosity masks luminanzmasken youtube. Tony kuypers pack can generate many grades of intercepted luminosity masks to pick out successively e. You can view and download the table of contents here. Honestly, its a lot quicker and more intuitive with the tk panel to create masks of a specific range, especially if you have the infinity mask plugin. Interactive luminosity masks the interactive luminosity mask ilm panel is a novel adobe photoshop extension for creating luminosity in a more efficient and user friendly way.
Luminosity masks are a powerful trick available in photoshop. The benefit of using these types of masks is that when targeting tonal ranges the mask itself is selffeathering, helping to avoid problems with blending and. Ive learned a lot from lumosity about how my mind works depending on how much sleep ive had, how much exercise i get, and how much my mood affects my mental functions. The difference is in how the panels are laid out and how intuitive they are to actually use in practice. After 10 weeks, the lumosity group improved more than the crosswords group on an aggregate assessment of cognition. Launch the game and you can now play lumosity on pc using a mouse or your keyboard and even your touchscreen, you can use the control button to emulate the pinch function to zoom in and out. The tk panel also generates 16bit masks by default, which is nice. Aug 07, 2017 luminosity masks are a fantastic way to make precise selections based on luminance values hence the name.
Instead of a spatial selection where the marching ants enclose a specific area or element in an image, luminosity selections are tonebased. I have received direct permission from tony to teach this class and his intellectual property. How to use luminosity masks in photoshop to transform your. Begin with a free 10minute fit test to set your baseline scores and see how you compare with. Luminosity masks versus hdr software for creating natural. Most subscriptions purchased on lumosity are set to autorenew. How to make 16bit luminosity masks good light journal. But actually selecting that specific area can be extremely difficult, especially if there are fine, overlapping details, trying to use the standard selection. There are many ways to use luminosity masks when developing images in. I would much prefer to spend that time playing outside and perfecting the image in the field rather than photoshopping it later. A photoshop users guide kindle edition by odell, jason. While both can create great images, luminosity masks give you the ability to customize and refine your image, often yielding more realistic results. Lumositys cognitive training program is a fun, interactive way to train your brain and learn about how your mind works.
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