{"id":43499,"date":"2023-05-11T06:36:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T11:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=43499"},"modified":"2023-05-10T15:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:22:12","slug":"masking-curves-in-lightroom-acr-is-more-important-than-you-might-realize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/43499\/masking-curves-in-lightroom-acr-is-more-important-than-you-might-realize\/","title":{"rendered":"Masking Curves In Lightroom &#038; ACR Is More Important Than You Might Realize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskCurvesLR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskCurvesLR.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskCurvesLR-425x230.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MaskCurvesLR-700x379.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/Yh3akcrGf6w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Finally, we get curves in masks in Lightroom. 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