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March 30, 2024
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Lightroom Masking and selection people

  • March 30, 2024
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Hi everybody.
I have a question regarding masking in Lightroom. I have a few class pictures that need to replace the background. Lightroom does a great job of masking and selecting people. So I need to export them in PSD format to continue in Photoshop by adding some text and a new background. I couldn't find any help on YouTube or other sites. Is there any way I can make that happen?
BTW Lightroom makes a better selection than Photoshop.

 

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Conrad_C
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March 30, 2024

There isn’t a built-in way, but there are a couple of workarounds.

 

You can install a Lightroom Classic plug-in called Copy Settings that can extract the mask.

 

You can use a manual method to transfer the mask, but it takes several steps. Other people have talked about this issue in another thread here, working out how to do this:

(Masking) How do I make the mask available in Photoshop?