Anyone have a simple/quick method for building a contract mask? I have a photo that included a near-completely blownout sky, and tree branches in the blownout sky area. I want to replace the sky, but the selection tools couldn't differentiate between branches and sky in most instances.
The Lighten / Darken tool helped (is that synonymous with dining / burning?) but didn't take the lights and darks to 0 and 255.
Coming from Ps, and made the break - didn't renew my subscription. This is one of only a few remaining workflows that I'm trying to replicate in Pixelmator Pro. Great piece of software IMO
Thx
Contrast masking
2024-01-19 19:08:38
2024-01-22 15:43:40
Can we see the image?
P.S. It's a good idea to poof read [
] before posting. (re: contract/contrast/dining)
P.S. It's a good idea to poof read [
] before posting. (re: contract/contrast/dining)2024-01-23 16:20:07
Trying to upload, but when I Paste, a link is pasted, not the image. What's the best way to get the image to you?
Thx
Thx
2024-01-23 16:58:51
Well, there are many ways. The simplest for me has been using the Mac screencopy mechanism to capture the image area [ ⇧⌘4 ] to the desktop then used the (above) "image" to place the file here. If you want to send the actual image - probably not needed - you could use the pixelmator upload utility https://upload.pixelmator.com and post the linked result here. like https://upload-cdn.pixelmator.com/Scree ... .12-AM.jpg
2024-01-23 18:46:12
Here's the Before
Here's the After - sloppy, but it was a test for me to mask something that requires fine masking in PPro
Here's the After - sloppy, but it was a test for me to mask something that requires fine masking in PPro
2024-01-24 16:55:28
Such a noisy photo with what must be snow (?) - I can think of nothing - Hopefully someone else may have an idea. Can PS do anything like this?? Are you just trying to replace the sky or what?
2024-01-24 17:02:20
Yeah, snow. Just trying to replace the sky. In Ps, one or two of the RGB channels (combined) would often show more contrast, which then could be dodged and burned to a very accurate mask.
Anyways, thx for having a look
Anyways, thx for having a look
2024-01-26 10:55:34
For just a sky replacement Luminar Neo is easy:
2024-01-27 17:41:17
This is my feeble attempt - no masking. I isolated the trees above the house, selected (copied) and used threshold to remove the lighter color from the new layer. 
Got some Iowa sky/clouds inserted and placed below all. Took original tree copy and selected and removed the light background, 
I'm not sure I described that exactly right, but this is what I ended up with.
I remember I did have to lighten the branches and enhance my sky a bit.
Got some Iowa sky/clouds inserted and placed below all. Took original tree copy and selected and removed the light background, 
I'm not sure I described that exactly right, but this is what I ended up with.
I remember I did have to lighten the branches and enhance my sky a bit.