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.

Think that oddly named Effects filter is new? It might just be one of your old favorites in disguise.

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.

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.

Use these 3 quick tips to add a clean, natural-looking sunshine accent to your photos.

Whatever editing tool you use - Lightroom, ON1 Photo RAW, Luminar Neo - you have a dehaze slider. It’s immensely useful for architecture and cityscape images.

Stop wasting time with complex selections or manual brushing. Get your masks done faster by leveraging all the features of ON1 masking. That includes the often overlooked Density slider.

Got 3 minutes? I’ll show you why I use Luminar Neo to finish off my black & white images.

Here’s another dodge and burn technique you can use with curves. In this video, I show the technique using ON1 Effects, although you can do this in any photo editing tool with a maskable curves tool.

A tight crop in photography removes distractions and directs the viewer’s attention straight to the most important part of the image. By eliminating unnecessary elements, a close crop enhances emotion, detail, and storytelling.

Dodge and burn with precision using the power of ON1 masking tools. I have an easy recipe for you to target just the areas of your photo you want affected.

Supercharge your dodging and burning by intersecting a luminance range mask with a brush. Get professional-grade results with minimal effort.