This new feature is really awesome. Thanks for demonstrating it so nicely. I also recommend Scott Davenport's recent video on this subject. Well Done, Chris🥇🥇
Hi, Chris. This is another excellent video. Your explanation is really at an instructor's level, and I mean that, my dear friend. Now everyone who has seen this video should be able to work with it. I knew the depth mask from LR and have worked there quite a lot, But I am really happy that they have brought it into ON1. And the workflow is a lot easier than in LR. Is there already a new list of shortcuts from ON1? I have been looking but can't find one. And how do I put the tab sheet of masks in the column like yours? Thank you for this video. Antoine
Antoine, thank you for the note and the comments. This video is really just an introduction to many more techniques I plan to explore with it. ON1 does make it a lot easier than working with other software, so that is welcomed.
Chris: Here is a video of yours where I did not lean much and that is NOT your fault. I watched ON1's and other people's videos about depth mask and once On1 helped me get 2025 installed, I edited 20 or more portraits of my granddaughter. I used the depth mask on everyone, twice. As you already guessed, I used it traditionally to lighten her up and then I would make a second one to darken the background which would make her pop off of the scene. Next, I edit house pics I take in Galveston. I used depth masks on some, but far from all of them. The main reason I used it was on the houses that had white picket fences which sometimes might look beige or some cream color. I would use the depth mask to make the fence white and I would play with the sliders like you did in order to just block it from everything else. So I feel like it's the first tool I am confident in using. Your video will help many others. i just got a heads up on this one and had great interest in learning it. As always, thanks for all you do. I value you my friend.
Danny this is great news, and I am excited to hear that you already knew how to use this tool. The main reason I made this video was to help set the stage for for all of the techniques I plan to share on how this tool can be used on your images. The examples I gave were just the first ideas, but this one masking tool will help us with getting some truly unique looks.
@@FreeWillPhotos Chris: You are so right. This tool is ultra powerful and can be very useful on so many types of pics. I knew it would be handy when I first heard of it, but then it became real once I saw several videos on it. Using it on my granddaughter's portraits opened my eyes to how it can and did help me to edit so much faster. I can't wait to see what else you'll bring.
Nice video. What if you already have a depth mask created within a piece of 3D software, can that be used to to create the lens blur (DOF) effect within your image. Currently my workflow is to bring the rendered image and depth image into PS and use the lens blur filter there to pull this off. I'd like to permanently get off using PS but no other app does this other than complicated compositing software like Nuke or Fusion. It would be great if On1 Photo Raw could pull this off. Using the A.I. feature to create the depth mask is cool, but if your 3D software already created it and most likely more accurately, I'd like to just use that. Here you can see how I use PS to get DOF -- ruclips.net/video/d0sm-Rsm9ks/видео.html
Thanks for this comment and short answer is I am not aware of a way to import a depth mask into ON1 from another program. ON1 just introduced the depth mask tool in the 2025 version and to the best of my knowledge you can only create the mask in ON1 using the AI features built into the software. It sounds like you have a very specific use case in your workflow, and that is what PS is good for. It is designed for industry professionals and demanding workflows and that comes with the cost of doing business in the subscription model with Adobe. I would recommend Affinity Photo, but I am not sure that software would support the workflow you outlined either. To that end, I would suggest downloading a trial of ON1 2025 to see if it can create a depth mask that is permissible for your workflow.
Not the greatest image to explain the Depth Mask, I think. May have been better with a less cluttered image with clearly defined foreground and background. But thanks for trying to explain it.
That is a fair statement, I will take a look at the image selections in future videos. With that said, I think the idea of the depth mask was clear in this content for those looking how to use it in their own photos. Thanks for the comment.
Thanks for the Video really helpful .
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for the comment
This new feature is really awesome. Thanks for demonstrating it so nicely. I also recommend Scott Davenport's recent video on this subject. Well Done, Chris🥇🥇
Thank you for this message, and Scott’s video is really good I am sure. That is the challenge of being late to the party on these types of videos.
Hi, Chris.
This is another excellent video.
Your explanation is really at an instructor's level, and I mean that, my dear friend.
Now everyone who has seen this video should be able to work with it.
I knew the depth mask from LR and have worked there quite a lot,
But I am really happy that they have brought it into ON1.
And the workflow is a lot easier than in LR.
Is there already a new list of shortcuts from ON1?
I have been looking but can't find one.
And how do I put the tab sheet of masks in the column like yours?
Thank you for this video.
Antoine
Antoine, thank you for the note and the comments. This video is really just an introduction to many more techniques I plan to explore with it. ON1 does make it a lot easier than working with other software, so that is welcomed.
Chris: Here is a video of yours where I did not lean much and that is NOT your fault. I watched ON1's and other people's videos about depth mask and once On1 helped me get 2025 installed, I edited 20 or more portraits of my granddaughter. I used the depth mask on everyone, twice. As you already guessed, I used it traditionally to lighten her up and then I would make a second one to darken the background which would make her pop off of the scene.
Next, I edit house pics I take in Galveston. I used depth masks on some, but far from all of them. The main reason I used it was on the houses that had white picket fences which sometimes might look beige or some cream color. I would use the depth mask to make the fence white and I would play with the sliders like you did in order to just block it from everything else. So I feel like it's the first tool I am confident in using. Your video will help many others. i just got a heads up on this one and had great interest in learning it.
As always, thanks for all you do. I value you my friend.
Danny this is great news, and I am excited to hear that you already knew how to use this tool. The main reason I made this video was to help set the stage for for all of the techniques I plan to share on how this tool can be used on your images. The examples I gave were just the first ideas, but this one masking tool will help us with getting some truly unique looks.
@@FreeWillPhotos Chris: You are so right. This tool is ultra powerful and can be very useful on so many types of pics. I knew it would be handy when I first heard of it, but then it became real once I saw several videos on it. Using it on my granddaughter's portraits opened my eyes to how it can and did help me to edit so much faster. I can't wait to see what else you'll bring.
Nice video. What if you already have a depth mask created within a piece of 3D software, can that be used to to create the lens blur (DOF) effect within your image. Currently my workflow is to bring the rendered image and depth image into PS and use the lens blur filter there to pull this off. I'd like to permanently get off using PS but no other app does this other than complicated compositing software like Nuke or Fusion. It would be great if On1 Photo Raw could pull this off. Using the A.I. feature to create the depth mask is cool, but if your 3D software already created it and most likely more accurately, I'd like to just use that. Here you can see how I use PS to get DOF -- ruclips.net/video/d0sm-Rsm9ks/видео.html
Thanks for this comment and short answer is I am not aware of a way to import a depth mask into ON1 from another program. ON1 just introduced the depth mask tool in the 2025 version and to the best of my knowledge you can only create the mask in ON1 using the AI features built into the software.
It sounds like you have a very specific use case in your workflow, and that is what PS is good for. It is designed for industry professionals and demanding workflows and that comes with the cost of doing business in the subscription model with Adobe. I would recommend Affinity Photo, but I am not sure that software would support the workflow you outlined either. To that end, I would suggest downloading a trial of ON1 2025 to see if it can create a depth mask that is permissible for your workflow.
@@FreeWillPhotos Thanks for in depth reply!
Not the greatest image to explain the Depth Mask, I think. May have been better with a less cluttered image with clearly defined foreground and background. But thanks for trying to explain it.
That is a fair statement, I will take a look at the image selections in future videos. With that said, I think the idea of the depth mask was clear in this content for those looking how to use it in their own photos. Thanks for the comment.