By Doug Nelson (doug) on Saturday, May 19, 2001 - 11:08 pm:

We have our first original tutorial submission. It's on luminosity masking and sepia toning. Let me know what you think.

And let me know if YOU have a tutorial you'd like me to publish.

By Doug Nelson (doug) on Saturday, July 28, 2001 - 08:56 am:


Two new tutorials, both quite excellent. One is by Mig from a couple of weeks back (sorry I didn't announce it here then, Mig) and one posted just this morning by Jigal van Hemert

"Luminosity mask" is one of those terms that can confound the brain by its mere sound. But here's an easy explanation: A luminosity mask uses the brightness values in an image as a mask. If you've ever copied a grayscale image into a channel, and then loaded the channel as a selection, you've done luminosity masking. [details (http://www.retouchpro.com/tutorials/index.php?m=show&id=8)]