{"id":341467,"date":"2021-09-19T22:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T19:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-adjust-exposure-with-range-masks-in-lightroom\/"},"modified":"2021-09-19T22:00:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T19:00:56","slug":"how-to-adjust-exposure-with-range-masks-in-lightroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-adjust-exposure-with-range-masks-in-lightroom\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Adjust Exposure With Range Masks in Lightroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ca1c4dd4cb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ca1c4dd4cb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-adjust-exposure-with-range-masks-in-lightroom\/#Why_Adjust_Exposure_With_Range_Masks\" >Why Adjust Exposure With Range Masks?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-adjust-exposure-with-range-masks-in-lightroom\/#Creating_Your_Range_Mask\" >Creating Your Range Mask<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#How to Adjust Exposure With Range Masks in Lightroom&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-752551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/adobe-lightroom-app-smartphone.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/adobe-lightroom-app-smartphone.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/adobe-lightroom-app-smartphone.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Adobe Lightroom app shown in a tablet\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/adobe-lightroom-logo-shown-by-apple-1912302481\">Vladimka production\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the many uses of the gradient mask feature, a tool available in the\u00a0powerful\u00a0Adobe Lightroom, is adjusting the shadows or highlights of an image. We\u2019ll do that with a type of gradient filter called a range mask.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Adjust_Exposure_With_Range_Masks\"><\/span>Why Adjust Exposure With Range Masks?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Say you\u2019ve got a photo where the highlights are perfectly exposed, but you\u2019ve lost detail in the shadows. You could just raise the exposure slider, but that might blow out your highlights. Adjusting the shadow slider could also work, but it may flatten the contrast in your image if you have to crank it too high.<\/p>\n<p>Targeting the shadows with a range mask instead can allow you to raise those shadows without disturbing the rest of the image. The trick to doing this is making your gradient filter <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly to your entire image, then turning it into a luminance range mask.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_Your_Range_Mask\"><\/span>Creating Your Range Mask<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To create a new gradient and apply it to the entire image, click the gradient tool in the upper right-hand toolbar, right underneath the histogram readout. It looks like a rectangle with a solid, white border.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-752678 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-27-at-11.35.45-AM-1.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"197\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Create a new gradient outside of your photo by clicking and dragging in the grey area next to the image you\u2019re working on. It doesn\u2019t matter how wide it is, as long as it\u2019s outside the image. You can see the mask I created outside the border of my image here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-752017 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-27-at-11.36.04-AM-e1630431851470.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"500\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Since your gradient isn\u2019t placed over any area of the image, Lightroom will apply any adjustments you make in this gradient to the entire photo you\u2019re working on.<\/p>\n<p>After you\u2019ve done that, you\u2019ll want to make your gradient filter a range mask. To do that, find the Range Mask option at the bottom of the gradient settings panel. Change it from \u201cOff\u201d to \u201cLuminance.\u201d This will turn your gradient into a range mask that only affects the exposure of the image, not the color.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-752674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-31-at-11.22.48-AM.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"236\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve set the mask, you\u2019ll need to be able to see it so you can target which areas it will affect. To do that, click Show Luminance Mask. At first, the entire image will turn red, because the mask will be covering everything since the entire range of luminance is selected \u2014 everything from bright to dark.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-752019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-27-at-1.05.35-PM.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"121\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Adjusting this luminance range mask will let you target the highlights or shadows of your image, and it\u2019s super easy to dial in. Just go to the Range slider and bring one end or the other down until the mask (shown by the red overlay) is only covering the shadows or highlights.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-752671 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-31-at-11.10.08-AM-e1630431903650.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"649\" height=\"434\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image with a luminance range mask applied. \u201cShow mask\u201d is turned on, and no adjustments have been made yet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The right end of the slider is your highlight point, and the left end is your shadows. Moving either one of those points will change the range of luminance that the mask covers.<\/p>\n<p>So if you bring down the highlight point from the far right end of the slider, the mask will gradually begin to cover a darker range until it only covers the shadows. You can do the same thing for the highlights. To get a more natural transition between the masked area and the rest of the image, play with the Smoothness slider.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-752672 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-31-at-11.10.41-AM-e1630431932638.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here I\u2019ve adjusted the luminance mask to only apply to the deepest shadows, so only those areas are in red.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve got your mask adjusted the way you want it, you can use the other sliders to adjust the exposure, contrast, shadows, etc. as normal. You\u2019ll also be able to adjust parameters like clarity and white balance in the masked area. Toggle off the mask with the \u201cShow Luminance Mask\u201d switch (pictured above) to see adjustments happen in real-time, and toggle it back on again to make sure your mask is covering the right area.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll take a bit of practice, but eventually, range masks can be a powerful tool for targeted exposure adjustment in Lightroom. 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