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Adobe Photoshop CC Bootcamp

Lesson 118 of 118

Bonus: The Color Range Mask in ACR

 

Adobe Photoshop CC Bootcamp

Lesson 118 of 118

Bonus: The Color Range Mask in ACR

 

Lesson Info

Bonus: The Color Range Mask in ACR

One more tip here that we have, really good one here. If we go into our little grab bag here and we go to our image, I covered the luminance range mask pretty well in Adobe CameraRoll, but one of the things that I didn't cover was the color range mask. Okay, so I'm gonna press Control, Shift, and A to go into Adobe CameraRoll as a filter. Let me get this back to full screen. And I'm gonna go into my adjustment brush. So we talked a lot about the luminance range mask, and out of all the masks that I use in Adobe CameraRoll, the luminance range mask is typically gonna be my favorite. But let's just go ahead and reset these settings to just make our exposure a little bit darker, and I'm just gonna take my brush, I'm gonna turn AutoMask off. You can leave it on if you want. Just for the sake of this tutorial, I'm just gonna brush right here, okay? Turn my mask on to see what it is that I'm affecting. If I use the color range mask, though, the color range mask allows me to pick a color on t...

his image that I want to be affected within this brush, okay? So you brush on the area that you want to affect, but then you say, you know what, within this brush, only affect these colors that I select. So I brushed the whole image, or I brushed a big swatch of that image, and then within that brush, I said only affect this color. If I press and hold Shift, it'll accept another color, press and hold Shift, another color. Right here this color range is how much of those colors are being accepted within that range mask. So if I bring this up to about here, that means that that's what's gonna be affected there. You can still see that some of the background is being selected in here, too. It's very faint. Again, that's why I pull the opacity really high up on my masks in Adobe CameraRoll. By default, they're not set that high. This allows me to see that this is gonna be the most potent version, and I Look like I'm from the Magenta Man Group. (audience laughs) Not the Blue Man Group. (laughs) And then if I, I can further brush the area out if I wanted to, also, by clicking on here after I get out of my color picker. If I Alt or Option + click, Alt or Option + click is going to reduce the areas and just paint that away there. Okay, but the main thing that I was doing here was just trying to get the skin tone features that would be on my face. If I turn AutoMask on, paint away those areas, and now I pretty much just have my skin tone selected within that grouping. Notice how my arms aren't in there, though. Why are my arms not in there? 'Cause I didn't brush down there. If I brush down here now, because that skin tone is very much the same as the skin tone that's in my face, I'm now gonna get those arms in there. But it's not gonna get gray or any of the other colors around there because I'm restricting it to the color that would be most, be closest to my skin tone, especially my face. Make this a little bit smaller, Alt or Option, click on my hair. Don't want my hair to be magenta. And then if I turn that mask off, whoa. What is wrong? Oh. Make sure it's set to color. Go up to the top here. Add a little bit more of the magenta and yellow in there to bring it closer to a nice fake and bake sun tan. There we go. Oh yeah, tan Blake. (audience laughs) Dun-dun-dun. Heading to the beach. Okay. That's basically how I use the color range mask. You can use that, and that's really helpful for things like skies, too. If you just wanna affect the blue sky, you could select the, you could use a gradient tool for that, 'cause if you look at the gradient tool, the gradient tool also has your range masking in it. You can also use a radial filter. It also has your range mask in it, too. So that could be a color range mask or a luminance range mask. The one you see me use most often as I process is gonna be the luminance mask unless I really want a specific color to be the color that I select. In this case, it was skin tones, but on maybe a landscape, it would be the blue sky in the background, or maybe the green foliage or something like that. Just know that whatever you paint and then what, that, you have to paint first, then restrict. If you just try to select the color, it's not gonna work the same way. You have to paint first, then restrict. Press OK. The last and final thing that I have for you is we talked about opening Photoshop, but we didn't talk about closing Photoshop. So to properly close Photoshop and take a nap, click right here on the X and you're done.

Class Description

Adobe® Photoshop CC® is a valuable tool for photographers, but it can also be intimidating. In this all-inclusive 20 lesson course, you’ll go from opening the program for the first time to creating images that really stand out. Join Blake Rudis, Photoshop expert and founder of f64 Academy, as he shows you how to maximize your use of Photoshop. 

Topics covered will include:

  • Class Introduction & Bridge, Adobe Camera Raw, Setup Interface, Cropping and Layers
  • Layer Tools, Masks, Selections, Clean-Up Tools and Shapes & Text
  • Smart Objects, Transforming, Actions, Filters, and Editing Video
  • Custom Creative Effects, Natural Retouching, Portrait Workflow, Landscape Workflow, and Composite Workflow

Don’t let the many aspects of Photoshop prevent you from maximizing your use of this amazing app. Blake will help you develop the confidence to use your imagination and create the images that you will be proud to share with your clients.


SOFTWARE USED:

Adobe Photoshop CC 2018

Lessons

  1. Bootcamp Introduction
  2. The Bridge Interface
  3. Setting up Bridge
  4. Overview of Bridge
  5. Practical Application of Bridge
  6. Introduction to Raw Editing
  7. Setting up ACR Preferences & Interface
  8. Global Tools Part 1
  9. Global Tools Part 2
  10. Local Tools
  11. Introduction to the Photoshop Interface
  12. Toolbars, Menus and Windows
  13. Setup and Interface
  14. Adobe Libraries
  15. Saving Files
  16. Introduction to Cropping
  17. Cropping for Composition in ACR
  18. Cropping for Composition in Photoshop
  19. Cropping for the Subject in Post
  20. Cropping for Print
  21. Perspective Cropping in Photoshop
  22. Introduction to Layers
  23. Vector & Raster Layers Basics
  24. Adjustment Layers in Photoshop
  25. Organizing and Managing Layers
  26. Introduction to Layer Tools and Blend Modes
  27. Screen and Multiply and Overlay
  28. Soft Light Blend Mode
  29. Color and Luminosity Blend Modes
  30. Color Burn and Color Dodge Blend Modes
  31. Introduction to Layer Styles
  32. Practical Application: Layer Tools
  33. Introduction to Masks and Brushes
  34. Brush Basics
  35. Custom Brushes
  36. Brush Mask: Vignettes
  37. Brush Mask: Curves Dodge & Burn
  38. Brush Mask: Hue & Saturation
  39. Mask Groups
  40. Clipping Masks
  41. Masking in Adobe Camera Raw
  42. Practical Applications: Masks
  43. Introduction to Selections
  44. Basic Selection Tools
  45. The Pen Tool
  46. Masks from Selections
  47. Selecting Subjects and Masking
  48. Color Range Mask
  49. Luminosity Masks Basics
  50. Introduction to Cleanup Tools
  51. Adobe Camera Raw
  52. Healing and Spot Healing Brush
  53. The Clone Stamp Tool
  54. The Patch Tool
  55. Content Aware Move Tool
  56. Content Aware Fill
  57. Custom Cleanup Selections
  58. Introduction to Shapes and Text
  59. Text Basics
  60. Shape Basics
  61. Adding Text to Pictures
  62. Custom Water Marks
  63. Introduction to Smart Objects
  64. Smart Object Basics
  65. Smart Objects and Filters
  66. Smart Objects and Image Transformation
  67. Smart Objects and Album Layouts
  68. Smart Objects and Composites
  69. Introduction to Image Transforming
  70. ACR and Lens Correction
  71. Photoshop and Lens Correction
  72. The Warp Tool
  73. Perspective Transformations
  74. Introduction to Actions in Photoshop
  75. Introduction to the Actions Panel Interface
  76. Making Your First Action
  77. Modifying Actions After You Record Them
  78. Adding Stops to Actions
  79. Conditional Actions
  80. Actions that Communicate
  81. Introduction to Filters
  82. ACR as a Filter
  83. Helpful Artistic Filters
  84. Helpful Practical Filters
  85. Sharpening with Filters
  86. Rendering Trees
  87. The Oil Paint and Add Noise Filters
  88. Introduction to Editing Video
  89. Timeline for Video
  90. Cropping Video
  91. Adjustment Layers and Video
  92. Building Lookup Tables
  93. Layers, Masking Video & Working with Type
  94. ACR to Edit Video
  95. Animated Gifs
  96. Introduction to Creative Effects
  97. Black, White, and Monochrome
  98. Matte and Cinematic Effects
  99. Gradient Maps and Solid Color Grades
  100. Gradients
  101. Glow and Haze
  102. Introduction to Natural Retouching
  103. Brightening Teeth
  104. Clean Up with the Clone Stamp Tool
  105. Cleaning and Brightening Eyes
  106. Advanced Clean Up Techniques
  107. Introduction to Portrait Workflow & Bridge Organization
  108. ACR for Portraits Pre-Edits
  109. Portrait Workflow Techniques
  110. Introduction to Landscape Workflow & Bridge Organization
  111. Landscape Workflow Techniques
  112. Introduction to Compositing & Bridge
  113. Composite Workflow Techniques
  114. Landscape Composite Projects
  115. Bonus: Rothko and Workspace
  116. Bonus: Adding Textures to Photos
  117. Bonus: The Mask (Extras)
  118. Bonus: The Color Range Mask in ACR

Reviews

a Creativelive Student
 

Amazing course, but don't be fooled into thinking this is a beginner's course for photographers. The problem isn't Blake's explanations; they're top. The problem is the vast scope of this course and the order in which the topics are presented. Take layers for example. When I was first learning Photoshop (back when we learned from books), I found I learned little or nothing from, for example, books that covered layers before they covered how to improve/process photographs. These books taught me how to organize, move, and link layers before they showed me what a layer was actually for. Those books tended to teach me everything there is to know about layers (types of layers, how to organize them, how to move them, how to move them two at a time, how to move them two at a time even if there are other layers between the two you're interested in, useful troubleshooting tips, etc. ) all before I even know (from a photographer's point of view) what it is the things actually do. The examples of organizing, linking, and moving mean everything for graphic designers from Day One, but for photographers not so much. Blake does the same thing as those books. Topics he covers extremely early demand a lot of theoretical imagination for a photographer who doesn't already know quite a bit about what he is talking about. Learning about abstract things first and concrete things later only makes PS that much harder to understand. If you AREN'T a beginner, however, this course is amazing. I thought it would be like an Army Bootcamp, taking you from zero and building you into a fit, competent Photoshop grunt. Now I think it's more like Army Bootcamp for high school varsity jocks. It isn't going to take you from the beginning, but the amount you'll get out of it is nonetheless more than your brain can imagine. I've been using PS for years to improve my photographs, and even to create the odd artistic composite or two. The amount I've learned in the first week is amazing, and every day I learn something -- more like many things -- which I immediately implement to improve my productivity and/or widen the horizons of what I can achieve. If you ARE a photographer who's a Photoshop beginner, I'd take very seriously the advice Blake gives in the introduction: Watch one lesson, and practice the skills and principles you learn in that one lesson for two weeks. THEN watch the next lesson. You can't do that of course without buying the course, so it's up to you to decide whether you'd like to learn Photoshop and master Photoshop all from the same course. Learning it first and mastering it later will cost more money, but I think you'll understand everything better and have a much more enjoyable ride in the process. As for me? I'm going to have to find the money to buy this course. There is simply way too much content in each lesson for me to try to take on all at once, but on the other hand I don't want to miss anything at all that he has to share.

Esther Gambrell
 

WOW!!! I've been purchasing CL classes for several years now and have watched HOURS of "How-To Photoshop" classes, but this is the first one I've actually purchased because of the AWESOME BONUS content!!! SERIOUSLY??!!?!? A PLUG-IN??? But not only that, Blake is SO easy to understand, and he breaks down concepts in different ways to connect with different people's learning styles. I REALLY appreciated this approach because I am a LEFT-BRAINED creative that has an engineering background, so I really connected to what Blake was saying. THANK YOU FOR THAT! There are TONS of Photoshop courses out there, but I found this one to be the most helpful in they way Blake teaches concepts so that you know WHY you're doing what your doing. I feel like he taught me how to fish with Photoshop to feed me for a lifetime instead of just giving me a fish to feed me for one day. This is the BEST overall PS course out there!!! Thank you!!!!

Sonya Messier
 

I'm been using Bridge, Adobe Raw and Photoshop for 12 years. I thought I knew those programs until I started to follow Blake and do this Photoshop CC Bootcamp. This course is AMAZING. I love the way Blake teach, brakes down concepts and tools... excellent teaching qualities! I'm half way in this course and I change all my workflow already. Much better results and better use of what Adobe offer me. This course is an investment! When I will be done, I will listen it again. Great job and congratulations on your success Blake!