Refine Mask Tool for Beautiful Trees when Blending Exposures

Refine Edge can work magic on mask edges for skylines, trees, hair - almost anything where the edge of a layer looks rough. In this video I show how to use the Photoshop's Refine Mask tool to manually blend exposures for a sunset, and also go into great detail on how the various options in the Refine Mask tool work. Please see the timeline below to quickly jump to the segments most relevant to you.

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Key segments:
0:00 Intro
1:33 Quick select vs luminosity mask for the sky
2:02 Creating a custom luminosity mask with Lumenzia
3:46 Preview of issues at the edge of the mask
4:30 Overview of Refine Edge (Refine Mask)
5:52 View Modes
6:53 Edge Detection: radius, smart radius
10:59 Edge Detection: Using a small radius and the brush ("refine edge tool")
15:39 Adjust Edge: Smooth
16:16 Adjust Edge: Feather (soften the edge)
18:20 Adjust Edge: Contrast (sharpen the edge)
18:44 Adjust Edge: Shift Edge
19:16 Output: Decontaminate
20:45 Review before/after Refine Edge
21:44 Overview of the editing process to create the final image