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Layered Sky Masks to Avoid Banding (Hard Selection + Soft Gradient Overlay)

When pushing a strong color/tone adjustment into a sky selection in Lightroom Mobile, a single hard-edged mask (e.g. auto Select Sky) can produce visible banding/grating at the mask edge once the adjustment is strong. Fix: split the adjustment across two layered masks instead of pushing one mask harder.

1. Auto Select Sky mask — apply the primary adjustment (e.g. cool the temperature to add blue, nudge tint toward magenta) to contrast against a warm global grade.
2. A second, softer Linear Gradient mask drawn over the top of the frame, dragged further down for a gentle transition — layered on top of the Select Sky mask to feather the same adjustment and smooth out the edge, avoiding banding. Add a touch of highlight recovery and warmth back into the transition zone.

Pairs with Simulated Sun / Light Source via Radial Gradient + Negative Dehaze — cooling the sky while warming a fabricated light source lower in the frame builds a deliberate top-to-bottom color gradient.

Из тем: Lightroom Mobile: Masking, Sliders & Simulated Light