Windows Help & Advice - UK (2019-12)

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Layers

Splits your image

into slices that

blend vertically

intooneanother.

Looks

Luminar’s term for

one-shot filters.

You can define your

own, or get more

fromthewebsite.

Masks

Painted or otherwise

defined areas that a

Look or Edit only

applies to. A bit like

selections in

Photoshop.

EYE/SPLIT VIEW
Use the Eye button
to see your original,
untouched image.
The split view
shows before and
after edits.

LAYERS

Build up an effect

using Looks and

Edits on layers,

and blend them

together using a full

list of blend modes.

TOOLS

Click here for the

cropping, erasing,

cloning tools.

Erase works much

like Photoshop’s

Content-Aware Fill.

EDITS

Edits are more

hands-on than

Looks, and are

divided into sets

down the right-hand

side of the interface.

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9 AI Sky Replacement

One of our favourite features of Luminar 4. This recognises

the sky in your images, replaces it with a new one, then adjusts

the colour balance of the image to match. Find it in the Creative

set of Edits, and flick through the included images until you find

one you like, or add one of your own. Use it to cheer up a drab

beach photo, or to add drama to any image with a sky in.

10 Exporting

Exporting your edited image is as simple as clicking on the

Export button that’s to the right of centre along the top. Choose

Export to Image, and you’ll get a pop-up with all the usual

options, such as where yo save your image, what format, how

large you’d like it to be and whether you’d like sharpening

applied. Hit Export, and you’ll have an image to share. Q

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