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New users often find "Control Lines" less intuitive than Lightroom’s linear gradients. Expect to watch 30 minutes of YouTube tutorials to master masking.

Unlike Photoshop layers or Lightroom masks, DxO uses Control Lines/Points. You click on an object (e.g., "the sky" or "a face"), and the AI selects only that object without bleeding. For Build 434, the magnetic edge detection is notably better than version 7.