4/4/2024 0 Comments Luminar 2018 update downloadWe can pick one of its many presets to apply a strong ‘look’ with a single click. So now we’re right back in Luminar’s home territory. This will let us add a new effect to the two image layers we’ve just combined. To get this, we need to add a new layer, but this time an Adjustment Layer. So with the masking done, the new sky is now blended in with our start image quite effectively – but we don’t yet have the final ‘look’ we’re after. This can make it easier to see where you need to Paint or Erase the mask to follow object outlines more closely. When you do this, all the areas where the new layer will be visible are shown with a red overlay, while all the areas you’ve protected will be clear and you’ll be able to see the image layer below. If you right-click on this mask thumbnail, a drop-down menu gives you the option to Show Mask. When you create a mask, which you do simply by using the masking tools, it appears as a small thumbnail image next to the layer it’s applied to. It’s not always easy to see where you need to Paint or Erase the mask, especially if you’ve used a blend mode as we have. If you select the Paint option you can now start brushing over the areas where you want to hide the new layer. When you do that, you’ll see the top toolbar has options to Paint or Erase the mask and a drop-down panel for changing the brush properties. We want to mask an irregular area so we’ll choose the brush. If you click on the Mask (brush) icon alongside the layer you’ll get a drop-down menu where you can choose from a brush, gradient mask or radial mask. But Luminar offers masking tools for ‘masking’ the areas of the new layer that you want to hide. 04 Luminar’s masking toolsĬhanging the blend mode has got us some of the way towards our finished look, but having the clouds superimposed over the chateau and the water gives them a mottled, darkened effect. You get a net darkening effect which still allows the underlying photo to show through, and this gives a nice result which also makes the masking a little easier, as we’ll see. Here, we’ve selected Multiply mode, which adds the tones in the new layer on top of the ones below. That’s because it’s set to the default Normal blend mode – but you can change the way the new layer interacts with the one below by changing the blend mode via this drop-down menu. When you first add a new image layer, the new layer completely covers the existing one at first. It’s the default Fill option you’re likely to want in most instances since it expands or contracts the new layer to match the image size without leaving any blank edges if the aspect ratio is different. There are three choices here – Fill, Scale to Fit or Fit. You can change this if you want by right-clicking the layer in the Layers panel and choosing Image Mapping from the drop-down menu. In fact, Luminar automatically ‘maps’, or scales, the new image to match the size of the one you’re adding it too. You’ll see that by sheer coincidence the new sky image is exactly the same size as the one below. Before that, though, it’s worth pointing out one of Luminar’s neat little features. As you’ll see, it completely covers up the image below, but we’ll get on to that shortly. So here’s our ‘sky’ image imported as a new layer. You’re now prompted to chooser the image file you want to add from your computer. You’ll get a drop-down menu with three choices, and we want the second one – Add New Image Layer. So let’s start by adding in a new sky, and to do this, you need to click the ‘ +’ button at the top of the Layers panel just below the histogram in the top right corner of the screen. So here’s our start shot, already open in Luminar, and it’s fine as far as it goes but that blank blue sky is a bit boring, and it’s just a straightforward ‘record’ shot. I’ll finish off by adding a preset effect using a new Adjustment layer. I’m going to start with a perfectly pleasant lakeside travel shot and give it a more dramatic Game of Thrones look by adding in a new sky as a new Image layer, change the blend mode to change the look (and make the masking easier) and then use Luminar’s masking tools to stop the sky appearing over the main parts of the picture. This has since been superseded by Luminar AI (no layers) and now Luminar Neo (layers reinstated but in a different form)! This version of Luminar has been superseded replaced by Luminar 4.
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