Powerful Portrait Editing With Luminar Neo (But avoid THESE Tools!)

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Ай бұрын

The software Luminar Neo makes Editing portraits easy and fun. But while it may all seem foolproof there are still tools I think you should avoid.
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@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Don't have Neo yet? Skylum have just launched a summer sale bit.ly/NeoSale that saves up to a massive 82% off Luminar Neo AND in addition, you can ALSO use a coupon code they gave for my channel members AFF-T5C1C0 to save another 20% off the discounted amount. Whoop whoop! I really hope that helps you out! This should work for both the perpetual license and the subscription too. Enjoy😄

@jonnyroids1482 Ай бұрын

Another great video Anthony. Keep up the good work. Have a lovely week.

@gpdoyon Ай бұрын

Excellent video! Your obvious skill with the product is obvious. I really like that you don’t think that every option is amazing and can thoughtfully discourage use of certain features. Thanks!

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

I appreciate that! Thanks

@andrewmckinney3053 Ай бұрын

Loved to editing process, Anthony. I'm not a portrait photographer, but was able to appreciate other insights you covered. Thanks!!

@watsoncrawford5296 Ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial. Covered the basics but learned so many useful tips from tools I hadn’t used before. Many thanks indeed. Really looking forward to Barcelona.

@therealtour360 Ай бұрын

I got luminar neo because of you and really like it. Would love for you to do a video on hdr brackets and workflow for using both neo and Lightroom Classic.

@Johnvandenburg Ай бұрын

I just love your tutorials. Thank you for the time and work you put into this.

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@SaintGabriel111 14 күн бұрын

Excellent, Tony. Thank you!

@socalduck1 Ай бұрын

Darn man! You are really good! I've enjoyed all of your presentations and have learned so much from you. Still you keep knocking it out of the ballpark. Your presentations just keep getting belter and better. I can hardly wait until you give us your Barcelona update when you get it. Thank you.

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Thanks. Really appreciate that. Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing what Barcelona can do and sharing what I learn with you guys 😀

@ChrisDurrant-pj7ln Ай бұрын

Great tutorial as usual Anthony. I don’t do a lot of portraits, but have been doing more recently, so this was really useful.

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@TimMurphy-rk4py Ай бұрын

That was fab, chockful of useful info

@juliobarkan9529 Ай бұрын

Anthony, thank you for this tutorial. Fantastic explanation on what to do with protraits that could use adjustments. Your knowledge sharing is greatly appreciated. I have had Luminar Neo for months and never used it till recently due to your videos. You are the best!

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

🫡🙏 you're too kind. Thanks for the feedback 😀

@Rackmani Ай бұрын

Great video as ever Anthony - thank you kindly 🙏

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@jaumeolle3127 Ай бұрын

Great tutorial, Anthony. Thank you!

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

You're welcome 🙏

@davidmcc6666 Ай бұрын

Excellent again, mate.

@nigelchase2407 Ай бұрын

Great, very well done.

@AnthonyTurnham 19 күн бұрын

If portrait editing is something you do regularly you might want to check out Skylum's newly announced portrait editing software. It's aimed at professionals though so it's not going to be right for everyone. You can find out more here: bit.ly/ApertyPortrait Please note they've only got a limited number of pre-release licences available. I also did a video about it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ncuEbJqGnMCppIk.html

@idarPhotography Ай бұрын

brilliant, Anthony

@ypebanbung-michael8865 13 күн бұрын

you are a great educater

@chk3811 Ай бұрын

Excellent

@leonfisher Ай бұрын

Another terrific tutorial!

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Thanks Leon! 😊

@phlotographer Ай бұрын

just on the edit alone, perhaps it might be suggested to crop the image to a vertical or even rotate the image so the subject is on an angle -- not overly aggressive. This will get rid of the heavy amount of brightness of the background. Alternatively, keep in mind about selection of the background at the time of camera exposure. Move the subject in this situation to her left and that will change the background and also increase the contrast between highlight and shadow. Additionally, if one uses a feminine attitude which means to turn the subject beginning with a 2/3 body position and with the body facing to her left and then turn the head toward the light which results in a nice S curve shape to the subject. By turning the subject to a 2/3 facial view this gives a nice look to the subject. The 2/3 view contains the eye inside the orbit when the nose is rotated one direction or the other and the nose will not pass the inner edge of the eye toward which the nose turns. Next one can address the use of the hand. In this image, it appears that there is 2 & 1/2 fingers amputated and the back of the hand is showing and there also is a strong amount of highlight on part of the hand. It is a good idea to use the edge of the hand and also based upon the direction of the camera the posed hand or "show" hand generally looks best if it is the hand closest to the camera. Make the fingers long and tall with a slight curve to them. A good method of learning how to pose hands is to take a pen and place it between the thumb and the index finger and just let it rest there while holding it vertically while also bending the hand at the wrist back toward the forearm of yourself and then just translate that to the subject from her position. Keep in mind this idea is for females and men are posed somewhat differently. You are likely to find that women will say that they don't have nice hands and can't pose them very well. Assure then that with the technique you know and understand the use of, the subject will be pleasantly surprised at the result. Practice on yourself or a family member or friend. For older subjects, don't try to get too creative with hands and try to use a masculine pose rather than the feminine pose. As usual, AT does a nice job of showing how and why various tools available in NEO will assist the final result of a portrait.

@maureent.1141 Ай бұрын

Anthony, love your channel! Any chance you can do a fine art portrait/painterly tutorial for Neo? I cannot find one just for portraits and would appreciate it!

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Hmmm, possibly. I do have a few requests from my channel supporters I'll need to prioritise. But I'll see what I can do. Do you have any inspiration? Artists/photographers whose work you admire?

@Centauri27 Ай бұрын

Excellent comprehensive masterclass on portrait editing, Anthony! Many good tips--I never thought of using the Tilt-shift blur this way. One comment: it seems the masking for the portrait bokeh AI is "backwards" in this case. Normally the red mask indicates *where* the effect is applied, but here it indicates where the effect is *excluded*.

@mickypunjabi429 Ай бұрын

YOUR A LEGEND...

@felixthecat1882 Ай бұрын

Hi Anthony, new portrait AI technology on the way! Can't wait! 😸 Regards from, Felix the Cat. 😺

@ChemaPhoto Ай бұрын

Umpa lumpa hahaha love the tutorial!!

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Thanks man! 😁

@TheGreenHouseNetwork101 Ай бұрын

Great walk-through as usual. I noticed that you didn't touch on shine removal though. I was hoping you may have some tips and tricks with this as I struggle with getting the tool to actually work on portraits that obviously have shine that could be reduced. Its pretty hit or miss with whether the tool decides to work or not on any given portrait. Either way, enjoy the content and looking forward to your next one.

@sigurdrille9693 Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Thanks for your support!

@mcdull9663 Ай бұрын

Fabulous tutorial as always. Appreciate if you can provide the link on how to add own camera profile to Neo. Thanks

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbB2namq1NqsoHk.html

@thierryhoornaert9950 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for the nive video, Anthony. Have you ever tried Face AI with people in shadows people having a darker/browner or asian skin? I had an issue with it yesterday with pictures from Thailand. Luminar Neo finds the body but not the face. I even had issues with Studio Light AI. I don't understand why Skylum does not adapt their features (or create new tools) for pets and other animals, wildlife etc. Maybe you could have a word with Skylum about that? I would love people to prove me wrong...

@mauriciolee7349 24 күн бұрын

This is one of the BEST Luminar portrait edting videos I’ve ever seen. It’s so COMPREHENSIVE. One question plase, can I create a mask for the eyes & adjust the sharpness of this area only? Thank Anthony for such an Excellent job!

@AnthonyTurnham 20 күн бұрын

Absolutely you can Mauricio. Just apply the sharpening tool and set it to the amount that you feel looks right and then just use a brush to mask it in over the eyes. Easy peasy!

@mauriciolee7349 20 күн бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnham Thanks again

@popoypinoyvlogs Ай бұрын

Thanks for this video really helpful. I saw one of your older video about working on layers and because Neo has no merge layer option, you exported a photo to Neo itself. How did you do that? I asked Skylum about it but they were not helpful. Appreciate it if you could help me with that? thank you.

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Hmmm yeah, a merge layers option. That's the dream right there. I actually spoke with the CEO and put in a personal request for this feature. Anyway, what I do currently is export as a 16bit tiff to a folder that Neo already has loaded into its library. The photo is then in a flattened state and imported immediately.

@Zebrajellyfishphoto Ай бұрын

I'm not sure the before/after of the hair, for example, on her forehead looks very good. I think this is one of the many reasons I've moved away from Neo to Evoto for portraits/headshots. Evoto is much more intuitive with these types of photos. Evoto is faster and cleaner in so many areas of touch up. Photoshop of course does this better too, albeit slower at times. Thanks for your wonderful work.

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Yeah, To be fair I put the forehead hair removal squarely on me rather than the software. I didn't do a great job and rather than re-recording that bit and doing it correctly I just ploughed straight through. But, yeah, totally get where you're coming from. I think Luminar Neo does an OK job with protraits but it isn't portrait specific like some other more targeted programs. I think that's why Skylum are developing their new portrait app (Project Barcelona - pretty sure that name will get a revamp b4 launch!)

@rather-reverend Ай бұрын

Wow. That was VERY instructive. (Among other things: I've FINALLY understood the difference between saturation and vibrance!) I'm curious: Would the results have been much different if you'd used the separate sharpening and noise reduction tools? Also: The AI erase tool? BTW, I'm not in love with the studio light. It's results tend to be ... interesting. I can sometimes get something I like, but it doesn't seem like the engine does a terrific job of creating a 3d model.

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Hi, thanks 😊 If I'd used the AI for noise reduction it wouldn't have done too much, as it was shot with a low iso. The AI sharpening would have helped with the facial features.

@shondaharvey6668 Ай бұрын

@anthony turnham How do I get Develop Raw? I only have Develop. I have purchased all extensions

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

@shondaharvey6668 silly question, but are you developing a raw photo? If you're working on a jpeg then the tool can't be developRaw and will default to develop.

@Kit2Canada Ай бұрын

Superb demo, thanks. I have lens question/opinion: Given that tele-lenses tend the flatten a subject and compress - and wide tend to do the opposite and enlarge features that are close to the camera - what are your go-to portrait lenses or “mm” if using a zoom lens?

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Hmmm.... I don't have a go to as such. For example this was shot on a 50mm but I usually prefer between 85-150mm as a portrait sweet spot. 105 prime is a particular fav focal length but unfortunately my version doesn't focus as quickly as I'd like.

@bullwaves6681 22 күн бұрын

A long video like that should be named each section.

@AnthonyTurnham 21 күн бұрын

Okay. Thanks for the feedback.

@terryhopkins8059 24 күн бұрын

Hello Anthony, Do you Mainly/only edit with Neo? I'm guessing you use to use Lightroom and moved to Neo? Main reason for leaving Lightroom?

@AnthonyTurnham 20 күн бұрын

Hi Terry. I still use and love Lightroom. I also use photoshop and Topaz. However I find myself using Neo more and more as it's feature set has evolved and it's become a very stable platform. My main reason though is that it's kinda like LR + PS. The dev raw in neo is akin to what you can do in lightroom and then all of the creative extras are more like the effects and finishing touches I'd do in photoshop. If you're a LR user and thinking of trying Neo they're currently in the closing stages of a summer sale bit.ly/NeoSale and they gave me a coupon code (AFF-T5C1C0) that save even more. Hope that helps if you're looking at switching 😀

@ChemaPhoto Ай бұрын

New camera and new lens it is, the money truck is coming! 😂

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Hahaha! You know it! 🤑

@greenvgx96 18 күн бұрын

I have Luminar Neo version 1.20.0 (17855). What version do you have? I'm trying to follow this tutorial and my version is different from yours. I don't see a section for camera profiles.

@AnthonyTurnham 16 күн бұрын

You're shooting raw? and you're in the develop raw tool? Not just the develop tool? You may need this video... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbB2namq1NqsoHk.html

@junotfranco7197 4 күн бұрын

Profiles

@DigitalPhotoMentor Күн бұрын

That's Yasia! When did you photograph her? Were you at one of the Skylum tours?

@AnthonyTurnham 17 сағат бұрын

Good spotting Darlene! Yes, I had the pleasure of meeting Yasia and few others from Skylum in the Azores. Turns out Yasia, Sabina and Thomas were all awesome willing models, which was great as the weather really wasn't up to much on the days we were going to shoot landscapes. So I decided to do some portraits instead...

@DigitalPhotoMentor 16 сағат бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnhamnice! I met her in Madeira last year with Ivan and other team members.

@ncc1701BB Ай бұрын

Profiles please.

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbB2namq1NqsoHk.html

@igorgoga7985 Ай бұрын

profiles

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbB2namq1NqsoHk.html

@johnashburn4654 Ай бұрын

really screwed up the hair removal.

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

😆 yeah, not my finest work on that bit. Give me cloning any day 😜

@igorgoga7985 Ай бұрын

For the love of me, I can't fully understand masking concept. Sometimes you apply a change and go to the mask and I don't quite understand what the mask is painting with....

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

It's painting in whatever change you saw me make initially. So for example initially all colours shifted throughout the photo and then I masked it in to show only in the hair. I'll see about a dedicated masking video...

@igorgoga7985 Ай бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnham I would be so happy about a video like this as everyone takes it for granted when they explain other things, such is "to which state does the mask refer to in a particular situation", you mask to already enabled settings or to settings that you are about to enable kind of thing

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

@@igorgoga7985 Sure thing. I get it. I'll see what I can do in a future vid.

@igorgoga7985 Ай бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnham Another video topic Anthony: no one mentioned it anywhere in any editing video of any program. What is the "safest way" to edit if you have slight colour blindness. Imagine, 20% of the male population has it and many like photography......

@mickypunjabi429 Ай бұрын

PROFILES...

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbB2namq1NqsoHk.html