Comments on: Fix Blown Out Highlights in ON1 Photo RAW Using Gradient Masks

By: Uli Benke

Uli Benke — Tue, 12 May 2026 14:26:38 +0000

…great tip

By: Joseph Apice

Joseph Apice — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:05:27 +0000

Excellent tuorial. Maybe the developers of ON1 might want to consider adding an option for Top or Bottome when using a gradient Mask. I know it’s not much work but a quick clik of the mouse might make it easier tan rotating the gradient and probable keep the mask straighter along the horizontal. Just a thought.

By: Phillip Burn

Phillip Burn — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:10:09 +0000

Another option would be to use Local adjustment, select sky and use that mask to do the same. I have been doing this to a lot of my photos with blown out highlights in the sky. I usually use the highlights slider and sometimes combined with exposure to get a very satisfactory result. Admittedly I sometimes have to brush out areas close to the horizon that the mask assumes is part of the sky.

By: Barry Cookson

Barry Cookson — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:41:04 +0000

More on daily tasks such as swapping faces between groups
Solving issues in portraits such as not being able to auto remove red eye.
Ability to add shapes eg arrows to photos.

By: Peter Bye

Peter Bye — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:28:37 +0000

Thanks. I have the same question as John Anderson. Why not just use the “sky” mask to select the sky. It may be necessary to adjust the mask a bit, especially where it meets the snow, but there would be no need to adjust for having darkened the mountains.

By: Inder Daftari

Inder Daftari — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:59:50 +0000

A great tip. Thanks a lot

By: John Anderson

John Anderson — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:51:14 +0000

Thanks, Dylan. I do forget to consider the gradient mask in some of these less obvious situations. But, why wouldn’t you just use the “Sky” mask to fix a blown-out sky?

By: LARRY FANSLER

LARRY FANSLER — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:43:59 +0000

Thank you!!! Please keep these tutorials coming, they really help.

By: Kathy Rodgers

Kathy Rodgers — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:22:14 +0000

Excellent tip – thank you!!

By: Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:38:21 +0000

I want regular tutorials like these. Please keep posting.