When you edit a picture, your main task is to guide the eye. You are choosing whether it is worth noting and should step back quietly. Cameras do not see light and color the way you do, so editing is the place where you bring that vision back to life.
Coming from you Matt CloscovskiThis shows practical videos how to use Literoom classic and Adobe Camera Raw to control the focus in a scene. Closcovski displays a fast way to isolate parts of an image with landscape masking, then refine the mask with brushing and intersection functions. By combining these devices with a radial shield, he shows how to mimic the natural collapse of light and pay attention to the subject. This approach gives you more control than a simple vignette and keeps editing flexible. What it creates is the balance between simplicity and precision: it is easy to follow the steps but the result looks polished.
The video also states how the intersection mask converts your control to light. Instead of manually brushing and applying wings, you can cut two masks so that they work together. It makes it possible to add texture, heat, or vice versa, where you want it while leaving other areas untouched. For example, Closcovski shows how to illuminate a part of rocks while holding water back around them, which would be difficult to do with a mask alone. This creates separation in the selective editing frame and makes light feel more natural.
It is worth noting here how new adobe features change the speed of this process. Landscape Masking automatically detects elements such as mountains, sky and ground, which used to choose careful manuals. By connecting these automated masks with intercepting and inverting, you can push the form of your images in subtle or dramatic ways. The technique works best with photos that already have strong light, as it increases what is instead of invention. Closcovsky also shows how to avoid common problems such as Halos on the edge of the grains and provide small improvements to keep editing clean. Watch the video above for full randon.
