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June 6, 2024
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P: Person Segment Masking in iPad/iPhone App

  • June 6, 2024
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Hello there!  Now that Apple has released the iPad Pro with the powerful M4 chip: Any update if you will add the more detailed masking options like hair, teeth etc. (similar to the desktop versions) to the iPad/iPhone app in the near future, too?!

 

Thanks!

 

Seb

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Participating Frequently
March 6, 2025

My point was more about the absolute mess the functionality has become.  I can't create them at all on the iPad, in any way. I can semi-automatically create them on my Android phone. Why is this not available on the iPad? But on the web, and the desktop version of LR, I can create the masks manually. Why? Just let us create them manually, on any device. 

 

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 5, 2025

Once created, these masks are simple bitmap masks. That is why you can use them on the iPhone and iPad. I'm not saying that it cannot be done on an iPhone or iPad, but the fact that you can use them when they are created on another device, doesn't mean that you could create them if only there was an interface.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Participating Frequently
February 28, 2025

Masking has become a mess. There are several options available in the desktop app, such as eyes, hair, clothing etc that are not able to be created in the iPad app at all. However, the iPad app recognises them if they are created in another version of LR, so basically there is no UI for these mask types. The app knows what they are and once created in another version, you can edit them on the iPad. I can't manually create these masks on the phone app, but I can use the retouching feature, which creates them and they can then be adjusted. This is, to put it mildly, a complete mess. 
Why cant we just create them manually from the masking menu, in all versions of the app? The current situation is a joke.