Luminar 4: Layers, Looks & Masking

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[pederkristensen]

Thanks Jim, yet again a great demo of layers and masks. The speed in Luminar 4.3 has improved 🤗

[vincepalmer]

Yes...now I understand how layers are so important when using masks.

[star]

As usual, excellent tutorial. Especially in that it was all done in the Essentials section.

[MrMoonpie]

Hey Jim great videos, would be lost without you!!!! This really opens up the power of Lum 4 for me! Different areas need different touches and this masking/inverting/ copying are the easiest ways to do it!!! Keep up the good work, I am having great results, I use a workflow of PSE/Elements + (plug in gives you about 100 additional functions than PS)/Luminar 4 or Aurora HDR. Aurora is quite a program, most impressive is you can process one RAW photo and get the same or better results than you would get with photo stacking!!!! Quite amazing!!! Thank you again for everything you do!

Moonpie

[hibeesal]

Hi Jim, another interesting work through, I always pick up tips keep up the good work. One point of note was the quite obvious and frustrating time lag when using the luminosity erase tool in some ways I'm glad it's not just me that experiences that problem. Hope Skylum addresses soon.

[ChanchalBose-MostlyLinux]

Liked your presentation style. What software do you use for screen recording?

[brotell]

another great vid Jim a question for you can you do panoramas with luminar 4 or must i use my affinity photo

[stephenwoodburn]

Very nice edit, Jim. I hope you and yours are doing well, my friend.

[lowellherr]

Jim - Another wonderful tutorial. I would clone or remove that "dirty cloud" in the center of the sky.

[jer]

Ahh, a "new" trick from our old Photoshop days: Duplicate a layer for added intensity. Great tip for L4 — Thanks! BTW, loved what you showed of the Street Pack Looks pkg so I checked in my L4 and did a Google search with no results. Sigh! Brings up a question... Search returned many available Looks pkgs indicated as Luminar 3 pkgs — are those compatible with L4? Say, I've learned you like images soft and dreamy, would I be out of line here to apply some Details > Sharpening to the buildings on that layer where you masked them? 😉 Thanks for another great lesson. ⭐*5

[myraposner]

I like the duplicate layer lesson. I will definitely try that. I thought I understood the gradient mask. I am using it, but on this video, I don’t understand why the gradient affected the bottom portion (the water) and not the top portion. I do know or look at the mask and see where it is covering so I think I would figure out how to change it. Thanks for all of your help!

[fenraven]

What is that strange shape in the sky at the midpoint? I keep looking at it, wondering what it is! Heh. Think I would have cloned that out. Terrific edit, though. I learn something new every time.

[PalmFronds]

Hi Jim, it looks great. I think, for my taste though, I would reduce the saturation a bit on the red neon signs. I find them a bit distracting, Just my opinion. Love your tutorials!

[TC_Conner]

Nice edit Jim. But I’m wondering if you could accomplish the same look without adding layers?

[jagoss]

Maybe I'm missing something, but is there a way to move the image around when zoomed in like when brushing in a mask? Is there a way to switch between the hand and the brush?