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of sky photos ready for purchase and download. Some packs are

free, but most cost around $40. There are clear days, night skies,

northern lights, and more on offer.

>> Back to the photo editing, and once you’ve chosen your sky

you can move it around and even flip it using the sliders in the

Sky Orientation panel. Mask refinement comes next, allowing

you to fine-tune the sky around trees and bits of mountain on the

horizon. Then comes the good stuff—scene relighting.

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>> This changes the brightness and color of the rest of

the image to more closely match the sky. It’s extremely

clever and while it’s not quite up to turning a daytime

image into one that looks like it was taken at night, even if

you substitute a sky with the Milky Way arching across it,

the landscape takes on the hues of a sunset, or a different

white balance, informed by the sky replacement. You

can change its strength and saturation.

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1 MENUS

Here’s the dropdown menu that

replaces the usual menus at the top

of the interface.

2 CATALOG

Click here to find all the folders and

individual images you’ve added to

Luminar, ready to edit

3 EDIT

The editing interface is where you

will spend most of your time.

4 TOOLS

A list of tools. Click on each to expand

the sliders and add the effect to your

image. Advanced options can be

uncovered too.

5 EDITS

A list of edits you’ve applied to the image.

You can go back and further alter them,

or remove them altogether.

6 ZOOM AND UNDO

No Ctrl+Z here, so use the Eye to view

the image, the zoom menu to change

magnification, and Actions to undo.

THE LUMINAR NEO INTERFACE GUIDE

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