Happiness is TK Friday! TK9 is TK8 on steroids. So many improvements. I will be watching all future TK Fridays you create. Sean’s Button by Button is excellent. Sean explains how a button works. You explain why you want to use each button. And how to combine buttons to create the results you want. Thanks Dave!!!
Once again Dave, you've helped me better understand how everything in the new BlendIf buttons works, and how to use them. in conjunction with each other. It's so much better having your in depth explanations and examples. Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to learning so much more. ❤💯👍
Great video!! Thanks for explaining the Blend If functions. This was very helpful. Idea for a future video, can you do something on how to remove halos from selection? Thanks.
Great new panel Dave. Tony send me a mail on release day with a 50% discount code for the panel and the instruction videos bevause i am an existing user. Love the new updates. For adding contrast i prefer using the old luminosity mid tone 3 mask over blend if. Way faster and still works fine.
Thanks Dave. This is just packed with many useful and practical how-to procedures. I will experiment with them a lot with the aim of applying them routinely and effectively with one hand tied behind my back.
It seems that I am going to enjoy this wonderful TK 9 with your amazing narration and in-depth description of the workflow. Life is going to be very easy with all the improvements in this version. Thanks so much for this video ❤❤❤
Really enjoying TK9, especially isolating areas with blend if - The thing I like most is that TK9 is a tool, it's not a cheat or an AI generating fake addition to a photo, it's a tool to speed up your workflow and make what Photoshop can do much more accessible and quicker.
Hi Dave, thank you for this video based on this new Blend IF tool and the calculator, I start to understand its use but it takes a lot of practice to master it, thank you pure all these tutorials.
Thanks Dave! It's really usefull video as many before! I do suuport the previous question related to the mask calculating, espessially to "what is intersecting with what?" Thank you in advance for future explanation. Greetings from Ukraine )
Hi Dave, thanks for this video explaining the newly added Blend-If tool. It gets a bit complicated for me though, as I've been using Blake Rudy's F64 Blend-If plugin for a while now, which has a slightly different approach and usually doesn't use luminance masks. Basically, Blend-If is a real gamechanger and I need to find out for myself which of the two tools fits better into my workflow. So I'm already very excited about your upcoming videos on this topic.
You may be able to think of Edit BlendIf as alternative to Blake's panel. Interface is slightly different and only deals with underlying layer, which is what is normally used in photography Photoshop. Only thing that can't do is move a set of BlendIf settings up or down tonal range maintaining spacing between settings. The two BlendIf panels in TK9 have tone picker which Blake's panel doesn't and more options for using colour channels as basis for creating BlendIf "mask" (or alternatively causing even greater mind blowing). If you are used to using BlendIf on layers then you can carry on with that using TK9 and ignore the fact that it can be used as the basis for creating a pixel mask, just don't use the mask modification options. I have created actions that add simple pixel masks that duplicate the Mask the Mask and Fill modifications to a layer created with BlendIf's. The nature of BlendIf masking means not really the need for Levels/Curves to adjust mask.
Agree completely with Andreask.....I love and often use the TK Panel but when it comes to Blend-If Blake Rudis's Plugin is easier. Why not simply use the TK Panel for Luminosity Masks? Moreover, an easier approach might be to simply eschew both Luminosity Masks and Blend-If and simply create a curves layer, adjust the luminance as envisioned, invert the mask, use an appropriate blend mode, and paint in the adjustment where desired.....adjust the opacity, or use the black brush to edit the edit....adjust the curves layer as needed....quick, simple, no panels needed.
Dave, thank you for all you are doing to explain the new features of TK9. A minor point, when reworking your full edits to really test the BlendIf features during beta testing I normally set up for Balance and Contrast etc by creating mask then shift-clicking Colour Grading before using Layer Mask Calculator to add sky etc masks and starting to colour grade. Same end result but avoids the need open colour grading interface twice. Edit BlendIf can then be used to tweak BlendIf settings if needed. Slight time saving but may add up over an editing session.
To learn the TK9 panel and how to use it for editing what course of action do you recommend other than Sean's Bagshaws Button by Button Guide and your upcoming TK Friday videos hightlighting the new panel? Would it still be a good idea to go over all of your older TK8 videos as well? Thanks! Great tutorial by the way!
The older TK8 Videos will still be relevant Mark. It is really easy to transition from TK8 to TK9. These panels are similar but TK9 has added improvements and features.
I still need to understand why and what I am calculating and what is intersecting with what. That’s where I fall behind. As others have said it will take practice to understand but I can see how this will speed up my workflow. At the moment, if I don’t want a vignette to affect a dark area, I just make the standard vignette in the raw editor’s Effects, and then dodge away the dark areas I don’t want.
@@vonkske53 In simple masks you can get the same result by subtracting, for example applying a Mids-3 mask to sky by creating the Mids-3 mask and then subtracting the foreground. Intersecting comes into play when creating more complex combination of masks where you need to create a mask based on what is only in all of two or more other masks. For example creating a mask that only targets a subset of tonal range inside an existing colour based mask.
Hi Dave, I recently purchased TK9. Super excited as I am relatively new to PS. Overwhelming but fun! Anyway, regarding Blend If. One of the cool features that I have learned in this function is the ability to hold down the option button on my Mac in the Blend If settings and feather in the blend if tonal adjustments so there is less of a harsh edge. It essentially splits the adjustment in two so the transition may be less noticeable. Does TK9 have this functionality or would I need to go into the settings and manually do this? Either way is ok. Love it all. Please keep it coming.
Hi Dave. So glad you're doing these tutorials, as they're helping me so much with my own editing in TK8 and now TK9. I have Sean Bagshaw's button by button videos which are also making things easier to understand. I must admit that Blend If is something that has always confused me, but it's becoming clearer now with your video. I guess I'm still a little confused though as to the difference/benefit of using Blend If for the masks you generated in this edit as opposed to the way we did them in TK8. Maybe you could comment here? Thanks again for your videos.
Thanks. They can make your file sizes smaller because you aren’t using a pixel based mask. Another benefit is, you can readjust them on the fly and see the results live.
I have the Same type of question Dave that guitarman70 has, which is in terms of the “quality of an edit” why is blend if any better, I know you said using blend if can allow for a more refined edit and I assume that is the main reason for using the blend if approach. And coupled with the fact that you can readjustment them on the fly and see the results live dove tails into making a more refined a higher quality edit, but are there other circumstances / reasons for using blend if versus the standard or prior why of making. Thanks Mario
@@mariolombardi4766 I remain convinced that luminosity masks offer distinct advantages over Blend If Masks. However, when considering Zone Masks, Blend IF-especially when employing the picker tool-might prove to be superior or at least comparable in effectiveness. Concerning my initial Balance and Contrast technique, I believe that utilizing a Blend If Mids 3 on the Color Grading layer could lead to faster application with satisfactory outcomes. The distinction between this approach and a luminosity Mids 3 would likely be imperceptible. This swifter workflow undeniably presents an advantage, enhanced by the ability to fine-tune the Blend If settings on the layer as needed. When aiming for utmost precision in luminosity masking, I would still opt for luminosity masks over Blend If Luminosity Masking.
Dave, I have watched this video a couple times. Thanks. Question: why do you hold down the shift key when intersecting with the mask calculator. What does the shift key do? Thanks. Larry
You don't have to hold down the shift key to intersect with the mask. After you choose what you want to intersect by clicking on a name (mask or active selection) then click the X button to make the intersection. However, if you want to keep the Combo or CX Panel mask calculator open, hold down the command or CTRL key and Click on the Mask Calculator Button, this will keep it open. You will then need to Click on the X at the bottom of the Mask Calculator to close it, when you are done using it.
Hi Dave, i still dont understand the use of Blendif. Do i have to use blendif to protect highlights and shadows? Can i just use the normal luminosity mask and select midtone? thanks
A year later.. and still just as excellent! Great great tutorial on more than just blend-if!
I especially appreciate the PDF step by step guide included. Thanks...
Happiness is TK Friday! TK9 is TK8 on steroids. So many improvements. I will be watching all future TK Fridays you create.
Sean’s Button by Button is excellent. Sean explains how a button works. You explain why you want to use each button. And how to combine buttons to create the results you want. Thanks Dave!!!
This new Blend IF tool and the calculator will bring my edits to a whole new level. Thank you very much for all your efforts.
Once again Dave, you've helped me better understand how everything in the new BlendIf buttons works, and how to use them. in conjunction with each other. It's so much better having your in depth explanations and examples. Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to learning so much more. ❤💯👍
Great to hear!
Great product update. Great training.
Great video Dave, thank you!
Thank you for your TK Fridays.
Great Dave. Very clear. Just what users need.
Thanks Keith.
Man, this one was so helpful. Can't wait to play with Blend if!
Great video!! Thanks for explaining the Blend If functions. This was very helpful. Idea for a future video, can you do something on how to remove halos from selection? Thanks.
Great new panel Dave. Tony send me a mail on release day with a 50% discount code for the panel and the instruction videos bevause i am an existing user. Love the new updates. For adding contrast i prefer using the old luminosity mid tone 3 mask over blend if. Way faster and still works fine.
great one, again, Dave..... just keep them coming.... ;-)
Well done Dave. Spot on!!!!
An excellent tutorial! I learned so much here. Many thanks!
HI, Dave.
This is an excellent video, my friend.
I will for sure use this tool a lot.
Thanks, man.
Antoine.
Thanks Dave. This is just packed with many useful and practical how-to procedures. I will experiment with them a lot with the aim of applying them routinely and effectively with one hand tied behind my back.
Thanks!
Thanks for the Super Thanks!
It seems that I am going to enjoy this wonderful TK 9 with your amazing narration and in-depth description of the workflow. Life is going to be very easy with all the improvements in this version. Thanks so much for this video ❤❤❤
The new blend if slider is great for electing areas for dodging and burning too…👍 keep ‘em coming Dave…😊
Really enjoying TK9, especially isolating areas with blend if - The thing I like most is that TK9 is a tool, it's not a cheat or an AI generating fake addition to a photo, it's a tool to speed up your workflow and make what Photoshop can do much more accessible and quicker.
I totally agree!
Yes, i am a professional photoshop user and can edit without the panel, but this speeds up the proces a lot.
Wow. TK9 is going to be fun. Thank you for your excellent videos in explaining the incredible uses. Looking forward to future episodes. Thank you.
This is really interesting... Thanks Dave 😊
Hi Dave, thank you for this video based on this new Blend IF tool and the calculator, I start to understand its use but it takes a lot of practice to master it, thank you pure all these tutorials.
Great info. This will be my new go to for initial masking attempts
Great lesson Dave! You and Tony and Sean are a dream team of TK skills.
Thanks Dave! It's really usefull video as many before! I do suuport the previous question related to the mask calculating, espessially to "what is intersecting with what?" Thank you in advance for future explanation. Greetings from Ukraine )
Hi Dave,
thanks for this video explaining the newly added Blend-If tool. It gets a bit complicated for me though, as I've been using Blake Rudy's F64 Blend-If plugin for a while now, which has a slightly different approach and usually doesn't use luminance masks.
Basically, Blend-If is a real gamechanger and I need to find out for myself which of the two tools fits better into my workflow. So I'm already very excited about your upcoming videos on this topic.
You may be able to think of Edit BlendIf as alternative to Blake's panel. Interface is slightly different and only deals with underlying layer, which is what is normally used in photography Photoshop. Only thing that can't do is move a set of BlendIf settings up or down tonal range maintaining spacing between settings. The two BlendIf panels in TK9 have tone picker which Blake's panel doesn't and more options for using colour channels as basis for creating BlendIf "mask" (or alternatively causing even greater mind blowing).
If you are used to using BlendIf on layers then you can carry on with that using TK9 and ignore the fact that it can be used as the basis for creating a pixel mask, just don't use the mask modification options. I have created actions that add simple pixel masks that duplicate the Mask the Mask and Fill modifications to a layer created with BlendIf's. The nature of BlendIf masking means not really the need for Levels/Curves to adjust mask.
Agree completely with Andreask.....I love and often use the TK Panel but when it comes to Blend-If Blake Rudis's Plugin is easier. Why not simply use the TK Panel for Luminosity Masks? Moreover, an easier approach might be to simply eschew both Luminosity Masks and Blend-If and simply create a curves layer, adjust the luminance as envisioned, invert the mask, use an appropriate blend mode, and paint in the adjustment where desired.....adjust the opacity, or use the black brush to edit the edit....adjust the curves layer as needed....quick, simple, no panels needed.
What a start for TK Fridays! We're all going to have tons of fun watching Dave teach us how to use the new TK9 plugin for Photoshop.
Thanks
Thanks,that was very helpful!
Dave, thank you for all you are doing to explain the new features of TK9. A minor point, when reworking your full edits to really test the BlendIf features during beta testing I normally set up for Balance and Contrast etc by creating mask then shift-clicking Colour Grading before using Layer Mask Calculator to add sky etc masks and starting to colour grade. Same end result but avoids the need open colour grading interface twice. Edit BlendIf can then be used to tweak BlendIf settings if needed. Slight time saving but may add up over an editing session.
David that is a great tip and a time saver. Thank you.
Just got tk9 will have to learn how to use it. Just subbed
Yes, thanks.
To learn the TK9 panel and how to use it for editing what course of action do you recommend other than Sean's Bagshaws Button by Button Guide and your upcoming TK Friday videos hightlighting the new panel? Would it still be a good idea to go over all of your older TK8 videos as well? Thanks! Great tutorial by the way!
The older TK8 Videos will still be relevant Mark. It is really easy to transition from TK8 to TK9. These panels are similar but TK9 has added improvements and features.
I still need to understand why and what I am calculating and what is intersecting with what. That’s where I fall behind. As others have said it will take practice to understand but I can see how this will speed up my workflow. At the moment, if I don’t want a vignette to affect a dark area, I just make the standard vignette in the raw editor’s Effects, and then dodge away the dark areas I don’t want.
I will be diving deeper in future episodes.
Same problem here. It looks like it's easy but I don't understand the difference between substracting and intersecting.
@@vonkske53 I think I will devote a video to the Combo/CX Calculator.
@@vonkske53 In simple masks you can get the same result by subtracting, for example applying a Mids-3 mask to sky by creating the Mids-3 mask and then subtracting the foreground. Intersecting comes into play when creating more complex combination of masks where you need to create a mask based on what is only in all of two or more other masks. For example creating a mask that only targets a subset of tonal range inside an existing colour based mask.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly That would be a big help !
Dave can you use the same method in your video for PS workspace with TK9 as with TK8? Thanks for everything!
Hi Dave, I recently purchased TK9. Super excited as I am relatively new to PS. Overwhelming but fun! Anyway, regarding Blend If. One of the cool features that I have learned in this function is the ability to hold down the option button on my Mac in the Blend If settings and feather in the blend if tonal adjustments so there is less of a harsh edge. It essentially splits the adjustment in two so the transition may be less noticeable. Does TK9 have this functionality or would I need to go into the settings and manually do this? Either way is ok. Love it all. Please keep it coming.
Hi Dave. So glad you're doing these tutorials, as they're helping me so much with my own editing in TK8 and now TK9. I have Sean Bagshaw's button by button videos which are also making things easier to understand. I must admit that Blend If is something that has always confused me, but it's becoming clearer now with your video. I guess I'm still a little confused though as to the difference/benefit of using Blend If for the masks you generated in this edit as opposed to the way we did them in TK8. Maybe you could comment here? Thanks again for your videos.
Thanks. They can make your file sizes smaller because you aren’t using a pixel based mask. Another benefit is, you can readjust them on the fly and see the results live.
I have the Same type of question Dave that guitarman70 has, which is in terms of the “quality of an edit” why is blend if any better, I know you said using blend if can allow for a more refined edit and I assume that is the main reason for using the blend if approach. And coupled with the fact that you can readjustment them on the fly and see the results live dove tails into making a more refined a higher quality edit, but are there other circumstances / reasons for using blend if versus the standard or prior why of making. Thanks Mario
@@mariolombardi4766 I remain convinced that luminosity masks offer distinct advantages over Blend If Masks. However, when considering Zone Masks, Blend IF-especially when employing the picker tool-might prove to be superior or at least comparable in effectiveness. Concerning my initial Balance and Contrast technique, I believe that utilizing a Blend If Mids 3 on the Color Grading layer could lead to faster application with satisfactory outcomes. The distinction between this approach and a luminosity Mids 3 would likely be imperceptible. This swifter workflow undeniably presents an advantage, enhanced by the ability to fine-tune the Blend If settings on the layer as needed. When aiming for utmost precision in luminosity masking, I would still opt for luminosity masks over Blend If Luminosity Masking.
@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly - Thanks Dave that helped give me a better perspective. Appreciate the prompt detailed reply.
Dave, I have watched this video a couple times. Thanks. Question: why do you hold down the shift key when intersecting with the mask calculator. What does the shift key do?
Thanks. Larry
You don't have to hold down the shift key to intersect with the mask. After you choose what you want to intersect by clicking on a name (mask or active selection) then click the X button to make the intersection. However, if you want to keep the Combo or CX Panel mask calculator open, hold down the command or CTRL key and Click on the Mask Calculator Button, this will keep it open. You will then need to Click on the X at the bottom of the Mask Calculator to close it, when you are done using it.
Hi Dave, i still dont understand the use of Blendif. Do i have to use blendif to protect highlights and shadows? Can i just use the normal luminosity mask and select midtone? thanks
No you don't have to use Blend If. You can use a Mid 3 Luminosity Mask.
Sorry - no matter how hard I try I just cant keep up. I'll keep trying!!
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Thanks so much for the Super Thanks!
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Thanks so much for the Super Thanks Steve!
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Thank you very much for the Super Thanks!