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LANDSCAPE Edit with LUMINAR NEO

26 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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In this short tutorial, the presenter walks through a landscape photo edit using Luminar Neo’s Develop module. They begin by entering the Develop workspace, then reduce the highlights to prevent sky overexposure, lift the shadows to avoid a heavy silhouette, and apply the Smart Contrast tool to bring out sky detail. The changes are shown side‑by‑side with a before‑and‑after comparison, demonstrating a quick workflow for enhancing sky and water in a landscape image.

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So we're gonna jump over into the Edit Modular, and we, we're working from the original as you can see. Alright, so jump into Develop, 'cause remember, you always start in Develop so you can control your light. So we're gonna take the highlights down so we can kinda accent that sky and water a little bit. We're gonna open up the shadows just a little bit, make it not so much of a silhouette. There we go. See what the Smart Contrast does. Yeah, that brings out the sky a bunch. There's There's before, there's after. Well, that's looking pretty good.