Copy a mask to another image without any recalculation?

[tobsn]

Hi there,

I’m trying to mask certain areas in an image. I already created a perfect mask by editing a virtual copy of the photo. Now I want to apply this exact same mask to the original image – without any changes or recalculation.

I just want to copy the mask 1:1 from one image to another, without Lightroom re-analyzing or adjusting it.

Is there a way to do that? I’m getting really frustrated over this. Any help is much appreciated!

Also: Is it possible to convert an AI-generated mask into a “normal” mask once it’s created?

That would solve my problem, I guess.

Thanks!

[dj_paige]

Anthony Morganti explains how to do this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9jn1R1Uajw

Also if you want the mask to be copied and then pasted to more than one photo, you can do this in the Library Module, select the photo with the mask, then select other photos, then click on Copy Settings and select the mask. All of the other photos will have that mask pasted onto it. It doesn't work if you select the photos in the filmstrip, the mask will only be pasted onto one of the selected photos.

[tobsn]

Thanks, but unfortunately that’s not it. Maybe I didn’t explain it well, but I do NOT want the mask to be recalculated. I want to apply EXACTLY THE SAME MASK to another image – in the exact same position, even if there’s something completely different in that area.

Unfortunately, the video didn’t cover that – it actually explained the opposite of what I’m looking for. I already knew that part. Sadly.

[Bob Somrak]

You can use the "Copy Settings" plugin by John Ellis to do this.  See here

https://johnrellis.com/lightroom/copysettings.htm

Besides that, Copy Settings does what Copy/Paste, Sync etc does in LrC but FIXES a lot of the long standing bugs in the built in LrC tool and adds many extra functions. 

[tobsn]

Oh, that looks interesting – thanks! I’ve downloaded it and started testing. It already seems to work better than before.

However, I’ve run into a couple of issues:

1. When I create a mask using the brush with “auto mask” turned on and then copy it, the auto masking seems to be lost in the copied version.

2. If the target image was rotated, the copied mask appears with the wrong orientation.

Is there any way to fix these things?

Thanks again for the tip!

[tobsn]

[johnrellis]

@tobsn, both of the symptoms you report shouldn't happen with Copy Settings. Please contact me directly at the plugin support address, and we can resolve these issues:

https://johnrellis.com/lightroom/copysettings.htm#support