Basic Landscape Exposure Blending with GIMP and G'MIC

Tue, 09 Jun 2015 10:34:49 -0500

Photographer Ian Hex had previously explored the topic of exposure blending with us by using luminosity masks in darktable . For his first video tutorial he’s revisiting the subject entirely in GIMP and G’MIC .

Have a look and let him know what you think in the forum. He’s promised more if he gets a good response from people - so let’s give him some encouragement!

Luminosity Masking in darktable

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:41:08 -0500

Luminosity Masking, the ability to create selections of your image based on its specific tones for ultra-targeted editing, is a relatively recent concept favoured by landscape photographers the world over. In this article, we will explore how to create and use Luminosity Masks in the F/OSS RAW editor darktable , so that you can make adjustments on your RAW files to isolated tones.

What is Luminosity Masking?

Luminosity Masking is a technique developed in the last 10 years or so primarily by American Southwest landscape photographer Tony Kuyper over at goodlight.us . Tony provides extensive writing and information on Luminosity Masking and how to create Luminosity Masks; in this article I’ll be primarily focusing and creating and using the masks in darktable, but if you want to really understand the basics I highly recommend giving Tony’s guide a good read over first.

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Basic Landscape Exposure Blending with GIMP and G'MIC

Luminosity Masking in darktable

What is Luminosity Masking?