Windows Help & Advice - UK (2019-12)

1
Openinganimage
TherearetwowaysofgettingyourimagesintoLuminar.
Thefirstis topointtheapplicationatexistingfoldersfullofimage
filesandallowit tobuilda catalogue.Thisway,yougettoscroll
throughyourcollection,andeditthosethatstandouttoyou.The
otheris toopena singleimageinQuickEditmode,which
replacesthecatalogueontheleftwiththelonefileyou’vechosen.

2

Looks

Luminar’sLooksareitsone-shotfilters.Theyliveatthe

bottomoftheinterface,andcovereverythingfromsimpleimage

enhancementtoB&Wconversiontosupersharpnessora soft,

airyblur.Touseone,justclickonit.Therewillbea shortperiodof

processing,thenthealteredimagewillsnapin.Thebeforeand

afterviewmakesseeingexactlywhathaschangedeasy.

3 AIImageEnhancer
OneofourfavouriteLooksis theAIImageEnhancer,the
firstintheEssentialsgrouping.It analysestheimageand
improvescontrast,sharpnessandexposure.AswithallLooks,
there’sa slideronthethumbnailthat’sgeneratedalongthe
bottomoftheinterfacethatallowsyoutotonedowntheeffect
if it’stoostrong.

4 Layers

If you change the Look, you completely overwrite the

previous one. To build up an edit from Looks, you need to put

each one on a layer. Click the Layers button at the top right, and

add a new Adjustment Layer using the ‘+’ button. On this new

layer, you can add a new Look, and blend it with the layer beneath

using the opacity slider and drop-down menu of blend modes.

Edit photos in Luminar 4

“Asit gearsupfor thereleaseof a major new version,

here’sthebasicsonSkylum’slatestcleverimage-editingapp”

uminar is one of those apps that
deserves to be better known.
Luminar 4, which will be released
onNovember 18th, improves on previous
versionswith new features, including
some clever ‘AI’ tools. There’s also a full
houseofone-shot‘Looks’totransform

your images quickly, along with a layer-

and-mask-based editing suite to really get

the best out of a photograph. The app

works on just about any image you import

into it, including JPEGS and raw files.

A free trial of Luminar can be obtained

from http://skylum.com/luminar (drop

down the Luminar menu at the top) where

you’ll also find a full beginner’s guide. We

produced this tutorial using a pre-release

version of Luminar 4, and while the basic

functionality will be the same, some

interface features may look different on

the final public release version.

Step-by-step Edit in Luminar 4

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