Here’s a summary of the video: Title: Improve a Sky Mask in Lightroom with Tree Branches in Front of the SkyAuthor/Channel: Anthony Morganti / Anthony MorgantiURL: [The video’s URL is not provided in the transcript, but based on the name, it would be found on Anthony Morganti’s YouTube channel or website:
**Summary:**In this video, Anthony Morganti demonstrates an advanced technique to improve sky masks in Lightroom Classic, especially useful when tree branches or other complex foreground elements are in front of the sky, leading to haloing or incomplete selections. The process involves:
- Starting with a Color Range Mask: Select the sky using the Color Range tool and refine the selection. This initial mask often includes parts of the water or other blue/white elements and may still miss details around branches.
- Intersecting with a Brush: Intersect the Color Range mask with a brush tool (with Auto Mask turned off). This allows the user to manually paint over the desired sky areas, focusing on those previously missed or problematic spots around the branches. Since it’s an intersection, only areas covered by both the Color Range mask and the brush stroke will be selected, effectively removing water or unwanted elements not in the initial color range.
- Adding a Sky Mask: Finally, add a “Select Sky” mask to the combined Color Range + Brush mask. This leverages Lightroom’s AI to refine the overall sky selection further, often capturing finer details around the complex edges of branches that were hard to get with just the Color Range and brush.
Anthony shows examples of how this multi-step masking approach significantly improves the accuracy of the sky selection compared to just using the “Select Sky” tool alone, allowing for more precise adjustments to the sky. He also mentions the ability to add to the Color Range mask by holding the Shift key and sampling additional colors.