The Easiest Way To Use Luminosity Masks in Photoshop

For years, luminosity masks in a retouching workflow have been utilized by countless retouchers and editors, and for good reason. Many elaborate Photoshop Actions have been scripted and sold for the purposes of luminosity mask creation over the years, several involving “storing” dozens of masks in the Channels palette, to be called on as needed. Some users opt to create a luminosity mask as needed, when needed, using any number of methods.  Regardless of your preferred approach, the creation of luminosity masks has traditionally been clunky at best, and tedious no matter what.