![]() The latest tools to come to these local edits are the ability to select clothes and facial hair. It saves so much time compared to re-doing each mask by hand for every single image. This is a huge feature for me when editing hundreds of photos from a wedding day. For example, I can use the brush tool to whiten teeth and then apply those settings to a group of images with the AI automatically finding the teeth for me. The AI-powered options can also be used when batch editing very different photos. ![]() The program will differentiate between multiple people too. For portraits, you can select an entire person or parts such as eyes, skin, and hair. You can now select the subject, the background, or the sky easily. All of them immensely increase how simple it is to make adjustments that apply only to one part of the photo. While this used to only let you hand select an item or use a radial or gradient to apply local adjustments, the brush tool has seen major changes over the last few versions. Nestled among the tools like crop and healing are the brush tools. We’ve added the following to our Lightroom CC review: Smart Masks But, sadly, it’s a destructive edit that can’t easily be undone and isn’t compatible with batch editing. The April 2023 update also brings a Denoise tool that I think many photographers will like. And now, those tools have new masking options to select facial hair and clothing. Batch editing with local masks is an incredible time saver. Not only does the smart masking save time on individual photos, but it works remarkably well to apply the same effect across multiple images. The same applies for skin softening - I can soften the skin so it’s not distracting, yet it still has some texture. But, I can use the Select People, check the teeth box and ensure the warmth I added to the overall photograph doesn’t create distracting yellow teeth. For example, the whitening teeth adaptive preset goes overboard to a blinding toothpaste white. That’s because Lightroom Classic uses AI in the right way - it masks out specific areas but still allows me to retain control over the effect. It’s shaved hours off my editing time as a wedding and portrait photographer. The smart masking tools that Adobe has added to Lightroom over the last year have been a game-changer for my editing process. Both are powered by artificial intelligence. The April 2023 Lightroom Classic updates focus on two areas: reducing noise and smarter masking. That’s what Adobe is doing with its latest round of Lightroom Classic Updates. But, if there’s one way the technology can help rather than hurt artists, it’s this: making tedious, non-creative tasks drain less time and energy. Generative AI and the shady ethics of training software on copyrighted images have turned artificial intelligence into a curse word among many photography communities.
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