In this tutorial, I want to highlight how to use the new masking tools in Adobe Lightroom Classic! After the last update to Lightroom, many of us including myself got a little confused as to where our masking tools disappeared! It took a little getting used to but have finally understood how it works and how much more control we now have over masks in Lightroom Classic.

I’ll show you where the masking tools have moved and how they work. Check out the video below and learn more about the new Masking features and all about masking in Lightroom Classic!

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The new Masking tools are far more intuitive with two new additions:

1. Select Subject
2. Select Sky

The interface has also been improved and gives you all the masking tools in one place as you can see in the image below.

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