delineated sky in your original shot.
Click on Sky Selection and you will see that a
list of skies becomes available. These are the
stock images that come loaded with the soft-
ware. If you want to upload your own sky, it
should be the same size as the original capture,
and as I mentioned previously, it needs to be
saved as a tif or jpeg file.
At the bottom of the list of pre-loaded skies,
click Load Custom Sky Image. Browse on your
computer for the tif or jpeg image you want for
the background, and as soon as you make the
selection, it automatically is imported into Lu-
minar and composited behind the subject. In
most cases, the conjoining of the two images
is absolutely perfect. The edges where the two
photos meet are believable and realistic even
when the subject has feathers, vegetation, fur,
and hair. Of course there will be images that
require additional touch-up in Photoshop, but
despite this, Luminar is the easiest way to re-
place a sky. I’ve seen nothing like it.
With the composite complete, you can further
tweak the image using the many tools in theplugin if you want. When finished, click Ap-
ply in the upper left corner of the main dialog
box. The photo opens in Photoshop, and at this
point you can save the picture using any file
format you want.There are a number of tutorials on youtube.com
that demonstrate and explain all of the nuances
of Luminar 4. I suggest you go through these
to gain a full understanding of the capabili-ties of this plugin. I know many of my clients
have been unhappy with the composites they’ve
tried, especially when it comes to replacing a
sky. This software will be transformative for
you, and it will enable you to look at subjectsand scenes very differently. Now, literally, the
sky is the limit. §