![]() If you’re feeling brave and have some knowledge about Luminar 4, this is a technique that’s best added through a mask. That’s going to look more distracting than appealing and will make the image look amateurish. The image after using the Glow ToolīUT don’t go all-out and apply this technique at a high amount. This tool introduces a nice soft glow to the image that can help give that much desired ‘dreamy’ atmosphere. By placing it here, Skylum has made it clear that this particular effect is mostly meant for portraits.įor other genres of photography, you can use the Glow Tool found in the Creative Tools Category. The Orton Effect tool is found in the Portrait Tools Category. This technique can easily be replicated in Luminar 4. ![]() Techniques such as the Orton Effect is loved by landscape photographers, and it’s a technique that’s been around since the 1980s (created by Michael Orton). It’s also a good idea to use the ‘Choose Subject’ button to set the midpoint of the vignette, it won’t always be in the middle! For example, if you’ve got a person standing to the left of the image and they’re the main subject, that should be the middle point. Don’t go to the extreme, as that will quickly make the vignette too obvious and distracting. I recommend using the Vignette tool with some caution too. That’s not quite the case in this image, but I do find that darkening the outer areas can help emphasize the setting sun.Īdding a vignette darkens the corners and puts the emphasis on more important aspects This is a particularly useful tool when the borders of an image are bright. Add a vignetteĪ vignette is commonly used to shift the focus of an image towards its more interesting parts by darkening the surroundings. The nice part about these tools is that they don’t add any unwanted noise or grain to the image. After applying AI Enhance and AI Structureįor this example, I applied them with the following settings:Īs you can see, these adjustments have made the sky and image ‘pop’ a little more than previously. But applied at a lower amount, they can add a lot to it. AI can have a place in photo editing.ĭon’t get me wrong – pulling too much in these sliders is going to make the image look overly edited. I’ve always been a skeptic of these types of automatic tools (I still have nightmares about the good ol’ Photomatix days), but these two have proved me wrong. Instead, they use Artificial Intelligence to ‘correct’ the image. Unlike the other tools, they don’t add or replace anything. Now, I said that you should only use AI tools when they’re absolutely needed, but the AI Enhance and AI Structure tools are the exceptions. Correct mistakes using AI Enhance and AI Structure After applying basic adjustmentsīy applying these few basic adjustments, we’ve introduced some more details in the shadows, increased the contrast, and warmed the image slightly. To enhance the warm sunset feel and give the image a little more contrast, I increased the Temperature and Tint, darkened the Exposure (as a result of the next adjustments), darkened the Highlights and increased the Shadows, Whites and Blacks. ![]() More specifically, I’m talking about the following sliders: The basic adjustments I’m talking about can be found in the Light Tools inside the Essentials Category. Playing with the various AI tools, adding sun rays, or dramatic effects can be fun, but don’t forget about the basic raw adjustments these are crucial for the image and will set the basis for further development. Reserve these tools for particular images only. Use the AI Augmented Reality Tool only when needed – it won’t always look goodįor example, using the AI Augmented Reality Tool to introduce a flock of birds or a rainbow in the image we’re working on in this article makes no sense. Most of the time, it ends up looking more distracting than attractive. Most images simply don’t need to be worked on in such a way. This can be fun and useful at times, but I strongly recommend that you avoid replacing the sky or introducing elements to it all the time. If you’ve got a boring blue sky, you can easily replace it with a more colorful or dramatic one. ![]() These types of composite tools are a very personal choice (there are many opinions on both sides of the discussion, but I don’t want to delve into that now), but there’s no secret that it’s an easy way to make a boring photo interesting. While Luminar 4 has become widely known due to its Artificial Intelligence tools such as the AI Sky Replacement Tool and AI Augmented Reality Tool, you should avoid using them for every image. Let’s get started and dive into these Luminar 4 tips: 1. To avoid making this too complicated, I’m going to avoid using layers and masks and instead show you a series of very basic tips that you can immediately implement into your workflow. The original raw file we’re going to work on
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