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Radial mask

A tool in Lightroom and some other photo editing applications. The centre of the gradient area is left unedited, and the editing adjustment you make are blended in progressively towards the edges of the picture. You can change the size of the gradient, its position and how progressively the adjustments are blended in. The gradient can also be inverted so that your adjustments are applied in the centre and areas outside the gradient area are unaltered.

Selections and masks: what do they do, what’s the difference?

April 22, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Selections and masks are subtly different, and the ‘parametric’ masks in non-destructive editors give more flexibility than ever.

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, FeaturedTagged With: Adjustment brush, Adjustment layer, Brush, Feathering, Gradient mask, Lasso tool, Luminance mask, Magic wand, Magnetic Lasso, Masks, Polygonal lasso, Radial mask, Selection, Selection brush

Local adjustments explained

March 10, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Local adjustments

‘Local adjustments’ is a bit of a catch-all term. It means picking out an area of an image for adjustment while leaving the rest unchanged. So how do local adjustments work and which software does them best?

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, Featured, GeneralTagged With: Adjustment brush, Adjustment layer, Brush, Burning in, Control point, Dodging and burning, Feathering, Gradient mask, Local adjustments, Luminance mask, Masks, Non-destructive editing, Radial mask, Selection brush, Sensei (Adobe), Subject recognition

Edit History: Battery Point Lighthouse in Lightroom Classic

September 12, 2021 by Life after Photoshop

Battery Point lighthouse. Using Lightroom Classic’s Profiles, Color Grading, Post Crop Vignetting and Radial Filter tools to create a strong black and white image.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Black and white, Profiles, Radial mask, Split toning, Toning, Vignette

Icelandic sea stacks in Capture One

October 4, 2020 by Rod Lawton

The radial filter tool in Capture One, Lightroom and other image editors is great for ‘relighting’ scenes to add drama and depth.

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, TutorialsTagged With: Clarity, Radial mask, White balance

How to relight a scene in Lightroom

August 30, 2017 by Rod Lawton

Relight an image with the Lightroom Radial Filter

In photography, things don’t always come together as you’d want them to. Sometimes you get wonderful lighting but there’s no effective subject in front of the camera for bringing it out, and sometimes you’ve got a good subject but the lighting isn’t right. This is one of those situations. I thought the couple walking a […]

Filed Under: Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Dehaze, Radial mask, Vignette

Change the mood with the Lightroom Radial Filter tool

November 26, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Lightroom Radial Filter tool

The Radial Filter tool is new in Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC and it can quickly transform the appearance of your pictures. You use it to create an elliptical shape which protects the centre of the image and changes the appearance of the outer areas. It might sound like a glorified vignette tool for drawing attention to […]

Filed Under: Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Radial mask, Vignette

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