Master the tone curve to shape light, enhance contrast, and bring intentional depth to your black and white photos.
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The new Distraction Removal tool in Lightroom is a nice addition and a great timesaver for a lot of images - but not all of them. I have a few tips for you to get the most out of removing people from your photos and recognizing when you’ll want to guide generative AI with your own hand.
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Bring your night cityscapes to life with targeted masking in ON1 Effects. Learn how to highlight the glow, sharpen the details, and tell a stronger visual story after dark.
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Give me 3 minutes and I’ll show you 3 filters you need for more powerful black & white edits in ON1 Effects.
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When you find yourself wresting with a crop and the composition isn’t falling into place, think about generative expand. It can correct field mistakes - and it’s easy to use.
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ON1 Effects makes it easy to edit complex landscape scenes. Leverage it’s masking tools for quick and powerful edits.
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ON1 turns 20 years old in June of 2025. Do photographers get older… nah, we just gain more depth of field.
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Ready to take your ON1 editing skills to the next level? I’m thrilled to announce ON1 Masking Mastery, a deep-dive course for photographers who want full creative control over every element in their frame.
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It’s not about which photo editor you use—it’s about how well you know its masking tools. Learn how to select exactly what you want, no matter the software.
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Think that oddly named Effects filter is new? It might just be one of your old favorites in disguise.
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When Lightroom's Select Landscape misses the mark, don't give up—use it as a starting point, then layer in tools like Brush, Duplicate, and Invert to take full control of your mask.
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The April 2025 release of Lightroom introduced a significant enhancement to its AI masking capabilities with the new Select Landscape feature. This tool intelligently identifies and creates separate masks for various landscape elements within a photo, such as sky, vegetation, water, mountains, natural ground, artificial ground, and architecture.
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