Practical Photography - UK (2020-01)

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HILELUMINAR’S

powerfulartificial

in telligencesliders

will givegreatresults,the

editingsuitealsopacksa

hugerangeof toolsthat

al lowyouto takefullcontrol.

Thesethreeeverydayediting

essentialsareguaranteedto

add dramato yourshots.

You’lllearnhowto adjust

contrastwiththeCurves

filter,bringoutsummer

colourswiththeGolden

Hourfilterandaddmore

punchto yourcoloursand

cl aritywiththebrilliant

Dehazefilterto topit all off.

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1

AddcontrastwithCurves
Opena Curvesfilterandcreate
an S shape by dragging upon
th e right side and down on the left side.
This will create more contrast in yourshot
fo r a more arresting scene.

2

Bring out the sun

A RAW image doesn’t always

ca pture the full glow of a sunrise.

To bring it back to life, open the Golden

Hour filter and drag the Amount sliderright

fo r a pronounced effect. You can then

ev en increase the saturation to bringout

the summery colour.

3

AddpunchwithDehaze

Byaddingin theDehazefilter,

you can deepen skies and bring

in more natural contrast that may have

been lost when shooting into the light,

such as for a sunrise shot.

LUMINAR FILTERS SKYLUM LUMINAR

ADVERTISING FEATURE

AFTER

BEFORE

Left We love

the symmetry

in this long-

exposure shot,

but it lacks any

real punch or

vibrancy.

Far left After

three very quick

and simple

adjustments

using Luminar’s

filters, our shot

has sprung to life.

THREE STEPS TO

GREATER IMPACT