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Edit
Once you’ve selected an image that you want to adjust,
click on the ‘Edit’ button in the top right corner of the
screen to open it in the Edit area. This arranges
thumbnails of your images in a column to the left of a
larger preview of the selected shot.
At the top of the screen there’s a bar with a small
collection of tools including a zoom control to magnify
the image and a crop tool that lets you level the horizon
as well as adjust the composition of the image. There’s
also an icon to reveal the Luminar ‘Looks’ and buttons to
switch between the single image and gallery view.
The Editing panel sits over on the right side of the
screen. The controls are arranged by category: ‘Layers’,
‘Canvas’, ‘Essentials’, ‘Creative’, ‘Portrait’, ‘Pro’ and
‘Legacy’. Clicking on the appropriate icon reveals the
tools in the adjacent column. There’s also a clock icon
that reveals the editing history. The Layer control lets you
combine images, adjustments and textures, use blending
modes and apply masks.
Get the look
When the ‘Looks’ option is activated,
Luminar shows a series of thumbnail
previews under the main image. These
are the one-click treatments that can be
applied to your image.
By default the Essentials collection is
displayed, but if you click on the up arrow
next to the word ‘Essentials’, you’ll find
more. This area also enables you to
download more from the Skylum
website. Just click on a preview you like
the look of to apply the preset to your
image. You then have the option to
reduce the strength of the effect. The
Looks are also a good starting point for
making further adjustments using the
controls in the edit panel.
Convert to
black & white
It’s possible to make a
one-click black & white
conversion of a colour
image using Luminar’s
Looks, but if you want to
take control you need to
head to the Essentials
section of the Edit panel
and select ‘B&W
Conversion’. Next, click on
the ‘Convert to B&W’
button to switch the
image to monochrome.
Now use the sliding
controls to adjust the
Luminance of each of the
six colour channels.
‘Skylum Luminar can be used as a standalone
program or as a plug-in for Adobe software’
Impressive black &
white conversions are
just a few clicks away
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