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Embrace the lights: Creating a balanced long exposure

Embrace the lights. Something we photographers do quite often. A few years back, I was tasked to photograph various large-scale art installations for ArtPrize Project 1. Historically, ArtPrize has been the organizer of the world’s largest public art competition, taking place in my hometown of Grand Rapids, MI. This year

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Automating your editing with custom Looks in Luminar Flex

With Luminar Flex, you can speed up your creative workflow by building Looks. Things that are repetitive can be automated. Looks are a way to save a preset number of filters and their changes. If you find yourself creating the same type of image this could be quite a time-saver.

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Add a workspace in Luminar Flex

With Luminar Flex, you can speed up your creative workflow by using and creating workspaces. If you use the same set of filters regularly but often change the settings you can set up a workspace with just those filters available at the click of a mouse rather than sorting through

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Adding depth and creativity with a Glow

Sometimes an image needs just a bit more ‘POP.’ While I regularly use Photoshop for my editing, I often bring my images into Luminar Flex, which has some great options to help with that process. Luminar Flex Glow There are many ways to enhance an image. I try to keep

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From blah to beautiful with Accent AI

To become proficient at editing, you have to practice being efficient. The easiest way to accomplish this is to analyze your editing workflow. When you catch yourself repeating the same task over and over again, stop and think about how you can get the same effect by cutting down steps.

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Enhancing event images taken at dusk

Just last Friday, I was tasked with capturing Movies on Monroe, a series of events hosted by one of my regular clients, Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc. The event starts early evening and goes until it’s dark outside. It showcases two movies. So you can imagine that sometimes, depending on the

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Skylum releases Luminar FLEX 1.1, with Accent AI upgrade

This morning, Skylum software released its first update of the Luminar FLEX plugin. With the FLEX plugin, photographers and other creatives can use programs like Photoshop, Lightroom Classic and Photos for Mac and still take advantage of timesaving tools and new creative options. Accent AI 2.0 The FLEX 1.1 update

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Pairing Aurora HDR and Luminar Flex

We have all heard that the best time of day to photo is sunrise and sunset. This is quite true as the sunlight passing through the atmosphere softens the light giving our environment more dimension and a warm glow. But what do you do the rest of the day? Alternatives

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Photo: Cuma Cevik

What’s the difference between Luminar 3.1.0 & Luminar Flex?

The photo above shows that Luminar is a great photo editing solution. It is fast and has AI-driven image enhancements for pros and amateurs alike. Luminar 3.1.0 or Luminar Flex? What is the difference anyway? Standalone version or plugin? The biggest difference between these two amazing photo editing packages is

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Free webinar on Luminar Flex

We’re partnering with the great folks in the Photoshop and Photography Facebook community to bring you a great event.  Join Richard Harrington, publisher of Photofocus as he unlocks new workflows for Photoshop and Lightroom users with Luminar Flex. Boosting Photoshop and Lightroom with AI and Luminar Flex Signup Here Live Video

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