Using masks will transform your photos. ON1 Photo RAW has a built-in range of masking tools you can use to develop your photos and bring your vision to life. In this video, discover some expert tips on how to enhance your images using masks and the best techniques for cleaning them up inside ON1 Photo RAW.
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On February 9, 2023 at 3:32 pm Wayne Munce wrote:
would be great if all the videos could be available as download, for the times when you don’t have web access and enjoying a cocktail by the beach
On February 15, 2023 at 8:12 pm Dylan Kotecki replied:
Hey Wayne! I added the video into the downloads, cheers!
On February 11, 2023 at 4:10 am Andrea Duri Bertogg wrote:
one of the best tutorial i have ever seen! Thank you.
On February 15, 2023 at 8:13 pm Dylan Kotecki replied:
thank you for watching Andrea and for the kind words 🙂
On February 11, 2023 at 7:24 am Timothy Palmer-Benson wrote:
I agree. Almost too much to take in! In one view. Thank he has covered everything!!!
On February 15, 2023 at 8:14 pm Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thanks for watching Timothy I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
On February 11, 2023 at 7:39 am Gary Levine wrote:
Thanks Dylan. Really good tips.
On February 15, 2023 at 8:14 pm Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thanks for watching Gary!
On February 11, 2023 at 8:59 am Gordon Lewin wrote:
Hey Dylan, This is a very clear and informative video. It looks like the screen is magnified so that the butttons you are clicking on can be identified far better than prior. It certainly makes learning much easier for me. Keep on ticking, you’re doing great. Thanks.
On February 15, 2023 at 8:15 pm Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thanks for watching, Gordon! I’m glad you enjoy the lessons 🙂
On February 11, 2023 at 10:03 am eric jones wrote:
Really useful, the double click trick could save a lot of time.
Thanks !
On February 15, 2023 at 8:16 pm Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thanks for watching, Eric! Stay tuned for more tips!
On February 11, 2023 at 12:07 pm peter odehnal wrote:
An excellent video tutorial that increases the value of On1 within my toolset. The removal of the “halo effect” was especially useful. I have one problem remaining. I have some portraits with a green screen background and the green is relecting on to a light colored shirt. This is a bigger halo effect, so chiselling the edges does not work. How can I remove the green reflection or glow on the lighth grey shirt and even on the subject’s skin?
On February 16, 2023 at 9:14 am Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thank you for watching Peter 🙂 you could use the perfect brush and target the green color if the chisel tool isn’t working they way you want it to
On February 11, 2023 at 2:14 pm Rick Sammartino wrote:
Great video, but I think one tip was missed. When using the shift-click to draw straight lines, you don’t have to have the brush the same size on both ends. It can be small on one end and large on the other to allow painting triangular shapes in one step.
On February 16, 2023 at 9:15 am Dylan Kotecki replied:
Great tip Rick! I showed this one in the latest Plus course where we discuss brushing. Thanks for mentioning it 🙂
On February 11, 2023 at 3:38 pm Len wrote:
Wonderful. Great tips, really well presented. Mastering masking techniques is surely a key skill in making realistic creative edits, and this tutorial goes a long way. Thank you!
On February 16, 2023 at 9:16 am Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thank you Len! Glad you got something out of it 🙂 masking sometimes just takes a lot of practice and playing around with different techniques
On February 11, 2023 at 7:37 pm Adam Rubinstein wrote:
Did I miss something or did the hair isolation look terrible in the first/second images? Dylan, did you need to make more adjustments to the settings or was something else at work?
On February 16, 2023 at 9:18 am Dylan Kotecki replied:
Hey Adam, you could always do more tweaking to fine-tune if needed! Thanks for watching!
On February 12, 2023 at 3:24 am Paul Melnyczuk wrote:
Thanks Dylan. The most helpful video to date for making the most of ON1’s new masking capabilities.
On February 16, 2023 at 9:18 am Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thanks Paul I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching 🙂
On February 12, 2023 at 8:23 am Mark Young wrote:
ON1 sent out a questionnaire a couple of weeks ago that I filled out. This video, didn’t exactly, teach what I was looking for or asked for, but it showed ways to accomplish similarities that I was needing. Thanks, ON1 for continuing to think of what your clients need.
On February 16, 2023 at 9:20 am Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thanks for watching Mark! More lessons to come and we’ll cover a vast array of topics! 🙂
On February 12, 2023 at 9:58 am Hans Rehfeld wrote:
Hi Dylan,
thank you for your phantastic video.
Is there a chance to download the pictures you worked with, so me as a newbee could repeat the steps one by one?
On February 17, 2023 at 10:25 am Dylan Kotecki replied:
Hi Hans! I’m glad you enjoyed the video – I’ve added the practice files into the downloads so you can follow along with them 🙂
On February 12, 2023 at 11:51 am Merle Becker wrote:
Dylan – I have always enjoyed your educational videos, but I must say that your presentation style, content and pace have definitely improved over time!! Wow, this is a great example and video well worth watching time & again. Many Thanks!!
On February 17, 2023 at 10:26 am Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thank you Merle! I appreciate the kind words 🙂 that’s very nice of you to say. I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos. See you in the next lesson!
On February 12, 2023 at 11:03 pm Cynthia Witney wrote:
Thank you Dylan. You are a great teacher. This video will be very helpful to me.
On February 17, 2023 at 10:27 am Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thank you Cynthia 🙂 and thanks for watching!
On February 13, 2023 at 4:28 am Mark Haskell Cooper wrote:
Thanks Dylan – this was a great video – especially the double click.
On February 17, 2023 at 10:28 am Dylan Kotecki replied:
Thanks for watching Mark! 🙂 If you’re looking to learn a bit more about the process of masking itself, check out our latest Plus course – https://www.on1.com/videos/learning-masking-and-local-adjustments/
On February 18, 2023 at 8:33 am Michelle Pujols wrote:
I always love your videos. They always either show me something I didn’t know or remind me of something I forgot I could do. Thanks
On February 25, 2023 at 8:53 am Robert Rakowicz wrote:
@Dylan – one from your really best videos. Great and thank you so much
On February 28, 2023 at 5:50 pm Wink Jones wrote:
Like many, I greatly enjoyed the video. I especially enjoyed seeing the chisel brush and double click. I use it a lot. I also enjoyed the blur on the Cat Hair. It fixed the awkward yet did not remove the effect from the cat.
I will have to watch thid video at least one more time to pick up more of the tips…
On April 11, 2023 at 1:33 pm Jay Sax wrote:
This seems like a great video on cleaning up masks. It was clear and easy to follow.
I’ve used Photoshop since v3.5. Not a complete stranger to these things.
Pardon my ignorance – I’m a brand new user, 1st day, trying to follow along.
Crashing and burning repeatedly. I picked one image and have masked, remasked, perfect masked, refined, and who knows what else, till I’m exhausted. Odd exception areas (like the one next to the arm of your model in the white dress; or like the hair near the head) don’t go away no matter which approach I use. And I’ve used all the ones described here, except for the blur brush.
My goal in these first few days is to decide if ON1 will work for me. I’m not a forums user, since apparently that requires further costs, which I’d prefer to avoid if I’m not going to use this product which looks lovely enough, but has me stymied.
Sorry to drag things off topic, if that is what I am doing. Feel free to delete this comment if so. If not, read on! I’ve already had several crashes and reported them all, and gotten a nice response from support for these known problems (not confidence building, I’ve got to say – five crashes or more in the first hour of use?). Saying sorry is great, but not creating a strong impression.
I say this only to indicate that I’m not shy about asking, but I’ve already posted a detailed trouble ticket and I figure this isn’t exactly a tech support issue.
I’d like to like your software. It’s not happening yet. I’ll happily provide the test image I’m working with, or whatever else you might like from me, but right now the eval is not going as well as it might.