Luminar 4
BY JULIE POWELL
One touch sky replacement in Luminar 4
TUTORIALS TO GET YOU STARTED
Portrait Tips: Ruin the color for better black and whites
When you make a picture with a digital camera, even if the camera is set to black and white, it records the picture in color and then converts it to…
Portrait Tips: The solution to the Cuteness Zone
“1200 pictures??? How is that even possible …?” You’ve said that to yourself after a shoot, right? There’s a certain sense of dread associated with it. “She’s a newborn; she…
Let it snow with textures and blend modes
As the snow begins to fall (like it is as I’m typing this), I always like to go back and look at my past winter photographs. Not because I love…
Editing a portrait in Luminar 4
Luminar 4 has many powerful tools to edit and enhance portraits. In this video, you will learn how to apply a combination of tools to creatively edit a portrait and…
Elevate your skies with this sky replacement pack from Matt Suess
If you’ve tried out Luminar 4, you know one of the powerful new features is AI Sky Replacement. With this tool, you can easily replace skies with just the click…
Using Luminar 4 as a Photos for macOS extension
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How to use Luminar 4 as a Lightroom Classic plugin
Luminar is so easy to use that it allows your editing to be the least of your worries. One of the coolest features about Luminar is that it can be…
Quick and easy portraits in Luminar 4
As someone who works on a lot of creative portraits, I was fairly keen to try out the new Luminar 4. I had been asked to review this program, which…
Using AI to recover an underexposed landscape
So, I arrived before sunrise at this beautiful old farmstead out in the country. I’m using multiple lenses, multiple ND filters and as I shoot the photographs, I’m continuously checking…
Save time doing skin smoothing on a large portrait session
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To the woods: Luminar 4 AI Sky Replacement
I’ve heard about the AI Sky Replacement feature in Luminar 4 for quite a while. ‘Ho hum,’ I thought. Many disappointments over the years from software makers saying this is…
Great looking eyes in less than 60 seconds
Here’s how to use a combination of Luminar 4 tools — AI Accent, Photo Filter and the new Portrait Enhancer tool — to quickly enhance eyes in less than 60…
Post processing a photographic portrait
You can use post-processing software to take an image to a new level. We don’t always have the opportunity to get everything lit exactly as we like when we come…
Pimp your Photoshop workflow with AI technology
I’ve been a long time Photoshop user and I gotta say I have become quite efficient with my workflow. Perhaps you feel the same. We know where our tools are…
Three steps to understanding skin retouching
For me and my photography understanding, skin retouching is a huge step in the process of getting to my final image. As a beauty photographer, I pride myself on showing…
Two tips to create and constantly reproduce your signature look
As a photographer, we have two major cards to play to make our work stand out from the crowd: The way we take our pictures and the way we edit…
"What do I like about this picture?" Photographing and finishing with purpose
The first thing you should do when you start to make a landscape photo is to ask yourself, “What do I like about this picture?” The answer will guide you…
A FIRST LOOK AT LUMINAR 4
VIDEO TUTORIALS
Enhancing an environmental portrait
How to whiten teeth in Luminar 4
Removing acne with Luminar 4 and AI Skin Enhancer
How to edit amazing eyes with Luminar 4
Luminar 4 + Photoshop Liquify tag team retouch
Advanced skin retouching with Adjustment Layers
FREE LOOKS FOR LUMINAR 4
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