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Luminar (Skylum)

Luminar is a comparatively new image-editing software that offers instant effects presets made with a range of different filters and tools which you can combine and adjust manually. It offers easily-customised ‘workspaces’ which contain only the tools you need and which makes the interface as straightforward as possible.

The best image-editing software: what to look for, where to find out more

November 2, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Choosing the best image editing software is complicated, not just because there are so many alternatives, but because they all do different things. It all depends on what you look for most in your photo editing software. Here are ten programs with ten different approaches.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Affinity Photo, Capture One, Cataloguing software, DxO PhotoLab, Exposure X, Lightroom, Luminar, Nik Collection, ON1 Photo RAW, Photoshop, RAW processing

Best image cataloguing software: tools to keep your images organised

July 21, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Best photo cataloguing and browsing software

What is the best image cataloguing software right now? Lightroom? Not necessarily. Here are six different programs which offer six distinctly different approaches to image organisation.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Capture One, Cataloguing software, Exposure X, Lightroom, Luminar, ON1 Photo RAW

Skylum Luminar 4.3 review

July 20, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Verdict: 4.5 stars Luminar 4 is an unusual and constantly evolving program. Increasingly, it’s specialising in altered, enhanced and augmented reality effects – and these are exceptionally effective. Luminar also has a full selection of basic photo editing tools like curves, cropping, layers and retouching. It’s a very versatile and effective photo editor.

Filed Under: Featured, Luminar, Reviews Tagged With: AI (artificial intelligence), Luminar, RAW processing

Lightroom alternatives: which is best?

June 23, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Lightroom alternatives

Lightroom is probably the automatic go-to program for enthusiasts and experts looking for an all-in-one photo organising and editing program, but it’s not necessarily the best and it’s not popular with everyone, so many will be looking for Lightroom alternatives.

Filed Under: Capture One, Exposure X, Lightroom, Luminar, ON1 Photo RAW Tagged With: Alien Skin Exposure X, Lightroom, Luminar, ON1 Photo RAW

How to carry out Single Image Edits in Luminar 4

June 22, 2020 by Rod Lawton

You can open and edit single images in Luminar, and you don’t have to import the entire folder they are stored in first. It’s still important to understand what Luminar is doing, though.

Filed Under: Featured, Luminar, Tutorials Tagged With: Luminar

How to use masks in Luminar

June 8, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Often you want to apply an effect or adjustment to a whole picture, but not always. Sometimes you only want to apply it to part of the picture, and this is where the Luminar mask tools become really useful.

Filed Under: Featured, Luminar, Tutorials Tagged With: Adjustment layer, Brush, Luminar, Masks

Luminar tips: where to find key tools, how to use them better

May 21, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Luminar tips

Luminar is one of the most exciting image editors on the market. It’s also one of the fastest changing and quirkiest, so it’s not always easy to keep up with what’s new, what’s changed and where to find the tools and settings you need and why this list of Luminar tips could prove useful, both […]

Filed Under: Featured, Luminar Tagged With: Luminar

Luminar 4 cheat sheet: How to find your way around the Luminar 4 Library window

April 22, 2020 by Rod Lawton

The Luminar 4 Library window is where you do all of your image opening, importing and organizing. You select the Library view using the first of three buttons (6) at the top of the tools panel on the right. The second button (7) is for the Edit view. The third Info view (8) simply displays […]

Filed Under: Featured, Luminar Tagged With: Cataloguing software, Luminar

Luminar 4.2 Augmented Skies: is this photography or illustration?

March 30, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Luminar Augmented Sky

I’m in two minds about this feature. The AI Augmented Sky filter in Luminar 4.2 is spectacularly effective at blending in all sorts of other-worldly objects into regular outdoor skies, even supplying a range of ready-made objects like these twin planets via a drop-down menu. The AI technology merges these objects with your sky so […]

Filed Under: Featured, Luminar, Tutorials Tagged With: AI (artificial intelligence), Augmented Sky, Luminar, Presets

Coming soon: how the Luminar 4 AI Sky Replacement tool can change your skies

July 23, 2019 by Rod Lawton

Luminar 4 will bring an AI Sky Replacement tool that needs no manual masking and will even relight your scene to match the sky.

Filed Under: Featured, Luminar, News Tagged With: Luminar, Skylum

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