🌅 FIRST LIGHT — Free Lightroom Masking Toolkit

Shape light. Create depth. Bring your subject forward.

FIRST LIGHT is a free collection of six Lightroom masking tools designed to help you guide attention and give your photos a natural sense of depth.

Lift your subject, soften the surroundings or add a gentle background glow. Use each tool on its own or combine them to suit your image.

Six tools to shape your edit

Spotlight · Subject Boost — Bring attention to your subject.

Grounded · Foreground Shade — Tone down a distracting foreground.

Light Bloom · Background Glow — Add a gentle glow to your background.

Counterlight · Opposite Side Shade — Introduce shade to shape the light.

Soft Surround · Background Softness — Give your surroundings a softer feel.

Subject Lift · Shadow Recovery — Recover detail in your subject’s shadows.

What’s included

Six Lightroom masking presets in XMP format

A PDF quick guide

A video tutorial covering installation, individual tools and combinations

Requirements

A paid Lightroom subscription is required to use the masking tools in FIRST LIGHT. These tools are not supported in the free version of Lightroom.

Make it your own

Start with your exposure and white balance, then apply a tool and fine-tune its strength. Check each mask and adjust it to your photo — every scene needs a different balance.

Download FIRST LIGHT for free and explore what a little light can change.

Watch the installation and editing tutorial

See you in the wild,
Pierre Gavarry