Unpacking the New Masking Features in Lightroom 2021

Join Scott Kelby for a deep dive into the brand new Masking feature added to Lightroom Classic, Camera Raw, and the cloud-based Lightroom! Masking has taken a giant leap forward into a cool new world of precision control over editing your photos. Don’t worry though, you haven’t lost any of the old tools! They’ve just been taken to the next level and given features and functions that you’re going to love. Scott starts off the class with five important things you need to know first before taking a closer look at each aspect of what’s included in Masking. Scott wraps up the class with a quick look at some updates to the Metadata panel of Lightroom Classic.

By the end of the class you’ll be prepared to get the most out of these tools while making your photos look fantastic.

Tune in for this class!

Class Outline

  1. Five Things You Need to Know
  2. Select Subject
  3. Select Sky
  4. Inverting a Mask
  5. Adding or Subtracting
  6. Color Range
  7. Luminance Range
  8. Brushing on a Mask
  9. What to Do When Select Subject Needs Help
  10. Skin Retouching
  11. Intersect Mask
  12. Masking on Mobile
  13. Metadata Panel Updates

Follow along with Scott Kelby in his brand new class—right here!

Scott Kelby

Scott is the President and CEO of KelbyOne, is also the original “Photoshop Guy”, is the editor and publisher of Photoshop User Magazine, Conference Technical Chair for the Photoshop World Conference, Training Director and instructor for KelbyOne Live Seminars, and author of a string of bestselling technology and photography books.