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