Stop Darkening Your Entire Sky: The Capture One Luma Range Trick That Changed How I Edit

Stop Darkening Your Entire Sky: The Capture One Luma Range Trick That Changed How I Edit

There’s a specific kind of editing frustration I’ve felt more times than I’d like to admit. You pull a radial gradient over a blown-out sky, drop the exposure, and then watch in mild horror as the adjustment also swallows half the mountain range you were trying to protect. You either live with it, or you spend the next 45 minutes painting a mask by hand like it’s 2009. Neither option is great when you’re billing hourly and your coffee is going cold.