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Lightroom Classic: Single-Click Automated AI Mask Presets for Landscape and People

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Lightroom Classic: Single-Click Automated AI Mask Presets for Landscape

and People Clip title: Lightroom Classic Trick: Multiple Masks in One Click Author / channel: Julieanne Kost URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCV0VmoZnw

Summary

This video by Julianne Kost introduces two time-saving presets for Adobe Lightroom Classic that allow users to add multiple AI-powered masks to images with a single click. These “No Adjustments” presets are designed to automatically detect and create masks for various elements within a photograph, streamlining the editing workflow by eliminating the need to manually select each area. The video guides viewers on how to download and import these presets into Lightroom Classic.

The first demonstration focuses on a landscape image, showcasing the “Landscape Masks - No Adjustments” preset. Upon application, Lightroom Classic analyzes the image and automatically generates eight distinct masks for elements such as the sky, mountains, water, vegetation, artificial ground, natural ground, buildings, and snow. The presenter then illustrates how easy it is to select any of these generated masks individually and apply specific adjustments, like changing the sky’s temperature or dehazing the water. Empty masks, which appear if a certain element isn’t present in the image, can be conveniently deleted to maintain a clean workspace.

Next, the video shifts to portrait photography, applying the “People Masks

  • No Adjustments” preset to a portrait. This preset creates a comprehensive set of masks for a person, including the entire person, combined body and facial skin, separate masks for body skin and facial skin, iris & pupil, eye sclera, teeth, facial hair, hair, eyebrows, and clothes. It also includes a mask for the background. Julianne demonstrates making targeted adjustments to the iris and pupil for increased exposure and dehaze, and to the eye sclera for brightening and reduced saturation. A key takeaway is the ability for users to make their preferred adjustments to these generated masks and then save them as new, personalized presets, establishing a custom starting point for future edits.

Finally, Julianne provides three important considerations. Firstly, applying these presets adds new masks to an image, rather than replacing any existing ones. Secondly, she explains that the comprehensive landscape preset itself was created by merging masks from several different images to ensure all eight categories could be captured. This highlights the flexibility of the masking tool. Thirdly, users who frequently photograph groups can build multi-person masks and save them as presets, significantly enhancing productivity by automating the initial masking process for complex group shots. Overall, the video clearly demonstrates how these “no adjustment” masking presets can be powerful tools for photographers looking to save time and increase efficiency in Lightroom Classic.

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