Luminar will open a remarkable creative outlet
that will transform your photography. And, as
I said, it’s very easy. The picture of Mt. Moran
in the Grand Teton National Park shown on this
page was the first image I did. Moydrum Castle
on page 13 was the second composite I tried.
Once the images were loaded into Luminar, the
composite took about 5 seconds to complete.
Really.
You can see promotional videos, download a tri-
al version, or purchase Luminar 4 at this website:
skylum.com.
Luminar 4 should be loaded into Photoshop (or
Lightroom) as a plugin. To do this, when Lumi-
nar 4 is open, go to the Luminar 4 pulldown tab
in the upper left corner and scroll down to Install
plugins. Once that is complete, you will be able
to open the plugin with this Photoshop pull-
down command: Filter > Skylum Software >
Luminar 4.
For replacing the sky, Luminar has a library of
stock skies you can use. However, I never use
photographs other photographers have taken.
If I don’t push the shutter button, the image
isn’t mine. If you are of the same mindset, you