![]() These come in really handy when you are working with layers and help you quickly make working with masks even easier. There are some additional features in the right click menu of your layers panel. Note that in Aurora, the masking brush defaults to 50% opacity, so you may want to adjust the brush opacity before you start brushing in your edits. The rest of the image (sections that you have NOT painted) remain just as they were on the bottom layer. So once again, you click on the brush tool to activate the masking brush, and you just paint it into the sky. But when you move sliders, it affects the entire image. So on this layer, you open up the HDR DeNoise menu and move the sliders until the sky appears the way you want it to appear. For example, you might have a layer created because you want to remove noise from the sky. The other way to use a masking brush is to selectively apply adjustments you made on your own, without the use of presets. You can add a layer for each and then just paint it into the photo where you want it. Maybe you like the details from one preset, but the smooth look from another preset. This lets you target different preset looks to different sections of the photo. Once you click that, it activates the masking brush which you can use to just paint over the portions of the photo where you want the preset to be applied. The brush is available by clicking on the brush tool at the top right of the toolbar. If you apply a preset, you can either apply it to the whole photo (and adjust the opacity by moving the opacity slider for that layer, if you would like) or you can add it selectively to the photo by using the brush. Once you create the new layer, you are generally either going to apply a preset to it or make selective edits using a brush. Let’s start with the most important and useful feature - masking. Once you have a layer created, you can do some pretty wonderful and creative things with your photo. ![]() From here you can add a preset or make any sort of adjustment to your photo. Then, give it a name that you will remember because it’s possible you will have multiple layers and specific names help you remember which processing steps you took on each one. ![]() ![]() It’s a key differentiator from other products out there.Īs you learned in a previous lesson, all you do to add a layer is hit the “+” button on the layers toolbar. While this has existed in Photoshop for some time (and if you have ever used PS then you will already understand this), the fact that it is available here in this application is incredible. It’s an incredibly powerful and useful aspect of Aurora, and it’s certainly one of our favorite features in the application. Probably the product feature that gets the most praise is the ability to work with layers. Now we are going to discuss some of the more advanced features of Aurora, so let’s get started! Layers We’ve spent the last 8 lessons showing you how to use the product and we’ve covered all the basics features of Aurora, while also sharing thoughts on how to get the most out of HDR photography. You can take your HDR creations from realistic to dramatic, and everywhere in between. It’s powerful, versatile, and fun all at the same time. There is just so much you can do with Aurora.
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