Make Amazing Selections with the Lightroom Brush Tool

[@bysoniamerabet]

Thank you so much for this instructive video, plus the perfectly spoken british accent ! :)

[@RobinWhalley]

You're very welcome and I'm pleased you like my accent.

[@howardpearson6281]

This is the second video I have watch of yours in the last 10mins, I have learnt more in this last 10mins than god knows how many hours I have
spent listening to other people . Content great, british accent out of this world, some one I can listen to at last

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you. I really appreciate your support and great to know you like the content.

[@TerryStoa]

I'm right there with Howard and am anxious to try this tomorrow!

[@brucekraft744]

I have never put all those brush options together before, so this was very instructive. I always learn something from your videos (and book that I'm reading now). Thanks!

[@RobinWhalley]

Brilliant. Thank you

[@colinmelhuish1254]

Great tutorial, so well explained at the right pace. Clear and concise. Thanks.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you for the great feedback. Much appreciated.

[@JohnArnoldPhotography]

Excellent tutorial Robin - and I find the speed of your presentation perfect - thank you.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks for the feedback John. It's good to know I'm getting the presentation right.

[@EricBier]

I was very excited to learn this approach to creating masks with Lightroom. Somehow, I never learned that using 0 Feather and 100% Flow is the key to making effective complex selections. I am finding that I can stay in Lightroom and avoid the far more tedious task of creating masks in Photoshop when I use your approach. I have combined this with the great techniques that I learned from your books: The Photographers Guide to Image Sharpening in Lightroom and Mastering Photoshop Masks. After years of using and studying Lightroom and Photoshop, I have found your teaching to be an awakening! Thank you.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you. This is wonderful feedback and most appreciated.

[@WeiChong]

Thanks, Robin. Taught me a few suble techniques I didn't know about in masking.

[@CallumWarrenArt]

Very helpful video!

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you. I produced a few of these videos at the time showing different Lightroom selection tricks that are often overlooked.

[@Yewbzee]

Thanks Robin, very good tutorial. Great tip about making the initial brush much larger, I had been going the other way and making it smaller!

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks. I hope you can put it to good use. There are limits to what can be done in Lightroom but the tools are more flexible than they first appear.

[@leoneelizabeth]

That was incredibly helpful. Thanks! Clear and well paced instructions that did not run ahead of my understanding.

[@RobinWhalley]

Great to hear! Thank you.

[@srhphoto1]

Another superb video. I’ve always thought of the adjustment brush in LR as a bit of a blunt instrument. However your videos show this isn’t necessarily the case.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks Simon. I wouldn't say the brush is as precise as what can be achieved with Photoshop but it's certainly quicker and and easier.

[@andreas.farsch]

Really great video, Robin. You created an extremely useful little assortment of Lightroom Range Mask tutorials and I'm glad I discovered it. Cheers!

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks Andreas. I'm pleased you found the videoshelpful.

[@andreas.farsch]

By the way, just a little tip: as with almost every other slider in Lightroom, if you hold down the ALT key while making adjustments with the Lightroom Range Mask sliders, you will see a Photoshop-like b+w mask which is way more precise than the standard red overlay mask of Lightroom.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks for adding the information.

[@andymangibbs]

Perfect!!! Thank you very much!

[@RobinWhalley]

You're welcome! Thank you.

[@deemat100]

A very helpful video, Robin. Many thanks!

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks David. Good to know you found it helpful.

[@davidroby8493]

Excellent, as always!

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you

[@harshitmehta1344]

Very useful tutorial.

[@RobinWhalley]

Thank you very much.

[@gerarddonovan8678]

Excellent 😄

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks

[@joshyianni2819]

Great video! Is this possible on the iPhone app?

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks. NO I don't think you can do this with the Mobile apps.

[@estherdiskin3968]

Really great video. One question I must be doing something wrong as the change is affecting the whole image not what I selected. Thank you Robert

[@RobinWhalley]

I think you may have scrolled down too far after making your selection and are using the global adjustment controls rather than the selective adjustment controls.

[@estherdiskin3968]

Thank you Robin will check that.

[@andychattaway1361]

Brilliant!

[@RobinWhalley]

Thanks Andy

[@dalmatdevelopment7821]

Thanks! The mask "on/off" switch under the histogram is quite confusing - so it is a circle with this slider sort of thing to the right O-------, does it actually do anything or is it just a switch? It looks like a slider but it is not as far as I can see. EDIT: It seems it is just a large brush icon, lol.

[@RobinWhalley]

I think you are refring to the Brush but it's hard for me to know. The interface has also changed a lot in recent years and all the selection tools are now in under a Masking icon.

[@dalmatdevelopment7821]

Yes it seems so. The whole thing is a switch to turn the mask function on, but it resembles a slider, so it was strange to me why does it not "work."@@RobinWhalley