The Photographer's Guide to Luminar 4. Jeff Carlson

       Remove the Person

       Before and After

       4Portrait Walkthrough

       Evaluate the First Photo

       Edit Tone and Color

       Enhance the Skin

       Enhance the Face

       Apply Spot Touch-Ups

       First Photo Before and After

       Evaluate the Second Photo

       Let Luminar Do (Much of) the Work

       Enhance the Skin and Face

       Brighten the Subject

       Correct Skin Tones

       Fix the Eye Reflection and Apply Touch-ups

       Second Photo Before and After

       5Editing Tools

       Editing Tool Fundamentals

       Understand the Histogram

       Essentials Tools

       Creative Tools

       Portrait Tools

       Professional Tools

       Deprecated Tools

       6Canvas Tools

       Crop & Rotate

       Erase

       Clone & Stamp

       Lens & Geometry

       7Luminar Looks

       Apply Looks

       Create Your Own Looks

       Export and Import Looks

       8Layers

       Layers Fundamentals

       Work with Layers

       Blend Modes

       Layer Transform

       Blend Modes and Layer Transform: Add a Watermark

       9Advanced Editing

       Masking

       Layer Compositing

       Sync Adjustments

       Deal with Sky Reflections in AI Sky Replacement

       Automating with Photoshop Actions

       Strategies for Speeding Up Luminar

       10Luminar Library

       Use Library Shortcuts

       Rate and Flag Photos

       Sort Photos

       Filter Photos

       Work with Albums

       Remove Photos from the Library

       Locate Missing Folders and Edits

       Back Up and Restore the Catalog

       Work with Multiple Catalogs

       11Sharing Photos

       Export to Image

       Share to Services

       Open in Other Applications (macOS)

       Batch Process Multiple Photos

       Introduction

      This doesn’t seem like something one would say in polite company, but let’s get the truth out of the way: a lot of people came to Luminar from Lightroom or Photoshop as a result of Adobe switching to a subscription pricing model. Perhaps they didn’t think the ongoing cost was worth the switch, or maybe they object to subscriptions in general. Heaven knows we all have more than enough subscriptions now, from music streaming to video services to cloud storage.

      But moving to a different photo application, and paying for it outright, isn’t something