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MASTERING Wildlife Photo Editing with Luminar Neo Like a PRO!

8 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment of the tutorial, the presenter walks through the practical steps for fine‑tuning a wildlife portrait in Luminar Neo’s Develop mode. She selects a camera profile (choosing Adobe Standard when the native profile is unavailable), then reduces the highlights to temper the overly bright blonde coat of the subject, slightly lifts the shadows to recover detail, and optionally tweaks the highlights again. The workflow concludes with a before‑and‑after comparison to confirm the improvement. The instruction is concise, demonstrative, and focused on achieving balanced exposure for light‑colored fur.

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The next thing you do is you jump into the develop mode and you go down here to camera profile. And my particular camera's not in there, so I'm just gonna choose Adobe Standard. And then we're gonna go and we are going to reduce the highlights just a little bit, 'cause her blonde coat, she was very blonde, even though there was no sun out, she's still a little bit white. Bring up the shadows just a little bit, maybe bring the highlights down just a little bit more. Go for a before and after. Oh yeah, that's good.