Create Perfect Exposure Blends in Luminar Neo Using Luminosity Masks

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2 ай бұрын

Save your highlights and restore details in the shadows - without using HDR. How to combine differently exposed photos to Luminar Neo's latest update 1.19. With luminosity masks we can now create exposure blends for a full dynamic range ! You can get Luminar Neo discounted here: bit.ly/Luminar-NEO Using code ATNEO10
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@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

BIG NEWS! Skylum has just launched a summer sale where you can save a massive 81% off Luminar Neo here bit.ly/NeoSale But the cool thing is in addition to that they've given me a coupon code to share with you so you get to save ANOTHER 20% (use code AFF-T5C1C0 ) I really hope that helps you out! It should work for both the perpetual licence and the subscription too. Enjoy😄 Best wishes, Anthony

@macsprotte1436 Ай бұрын

By far the best and most consistent Luminar teacher on this planet!

@ChasWG Ай бұрын

I always learn something new from these videos! Thank You! I love my Luminar Neo! Now I need to go shoot some bracketed exposure scenes to try this!

@williamschone9358 2 ай бұрын

Anthony, thank you so much for that detailed explanation! It’s going to require me to view it a few more times to get on top of the technique, but the results you uncovered are amazing! Again thank you for your willingness to share your talents, very sincerely appreciated.

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

Thanks William. No trouble at all. Glad it's useful to you.

@Centauri27 Ай бұрын

This is an excellent intermediate/advanced tip, Anthony! Thanks for sharing the info that'll help us level up our editing game. And please do more of the "doing it wrong" tips! I learn so much that way.

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Cheers for your comment and feedback as always! 🙏

@bretteortiz 2 ай бұрын

As I watched this video, I was that guy saying OUT LOUD "why not just do a linear gradient from the bottom up?" well sir... you got me. Touché brother. You humbled me. Great video and tutorial. Now you need to pay me rent for living in my head cause it's like you already know what I'm going to say and have answered it. 😅 You're the man Anthony!

@jonnyroids1482 2 ай бұрын

Another great tutorial Anthony, well done.

@stephenmann9911 2 ай бұрын

Excellent Anthony

@davidbinks817 26 күн бұрын

Fantastic advice thanks 📸

@AnthonyTurnham 21 күн бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for the tip 😀 I actually just sent you a link to this vid on a different comment before I'd seen this. Cheers David 🙏

@ericdavis293 2 ай бұрын

Great explanation compared to the HDR merge. This is exactly what I was looking for.

@gossedejong9248 Ай бұрын

brilliant, thank you!!

@uwes.2008 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic tutorial - as always! That is sooo helpful!

@John-Shutterlyphotos 2 ай бұрын

Great tutorial! Thank you, Anthony!

@whamni 2 ай бұрын

Excellent Antthony

@mauriceprokaziuk337 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate this one. Good idea on the tiff file.

@stulav844 2 ай бұрын

Great explanation thanks, time to try.

@fenraven 2 ай бұрын

👍 Well done! Thanks

@timrosenburgh8597 2 ай бұрын

Another great tutorial Anthony. You always explain the video so that everyone can understand, so thank you for that. Look forward to the next one.

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thanks for your kind words

@gregorychard 2 ай бұрын

G'day Anthony Another amazing tutorial. I have not used the luminosity mask before, but I'll use it now. Brilliant work, mate. Greg from over the ditch.

@Prismavision_tech_outpost 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, mate! What I wished for! 🤩👍 I hope though you will do one for real estate/architecture indoors with window pulling! 🎉

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

I'm sure I'll cover that in the future too.

@nigelchase2407 2 ай бұрын

Very well done

@johncameron6853 2 ай бұрын

Spot on Anthony, thank you very much. The way you tutor us is excellent, you make it so easy to follow what you're doing and make us believe we can do it just as well as you. Stay loose mate👍😎

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

I will indeed stay loose! 🫡😎

@MagicBiscuitShow 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@chk3811 2 ай бұрын

👍Thank you.

@uwes.2008 2 ай бұрын

Danke!

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

@hughellins1422 2 ай бұрын

Still on form thanks

@RodrigoPereira-hu2nx 2 ай бұрын

You’re a brilliant teacher, Anthony. Calm soothing voice, no fussing about and a fountain of knowledge. Keep up the brilliant work 👍 One question, in case you can answer in the future: I’ve tried automatically blending 360º HDR photos in Luminar and they do not work correctly afterwards when viewed in 360º software, where the photo joins there is always a clear line which breaks the immersion. Lightroom on the other hand blends them perfectly and looks seamless. Any tips to resolve that issue in Luminar? Thanks

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

Hi Rodrigo, I'm sorry that's not something I've played around with before.

@edwardkillesteyn1479 2 ай бұрын

Thx Anthony. What if you wanted to use a full set of (say) 5 bracketed images. Presumably you would have to repeat the process another 3 times. HDR is certainly easier.

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

It's unlikely you'd need to use 5. If I shoot 5 or even 7 I'll just choose the most appropriate base exposure, one for the highlights and one for the shadows and just discard the others.

@edwardkillesteyn1479 Ай бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnham Thx for taking the time to reply Anthony.

@DigitalPhotoMentor 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for that! I have a weird unrelated question - which model of microphone is that? I'm looking at upgrading to a Shure but I was told that you have to be no more than 6" away from it to pick up voice. I see you're not that close and your sound is good so I'm wondering which mic this is?

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

Hi Darlene, I'm overseas at the moment (pre-recorded this one) so I can't double check. But I'll look into it and let you know. It's the all in one shure (ie no hardware booster needed). Tbh, I've had to set up a bit of a process in Adobe Audition to clean the audio and it does sound way better up close. I used to use the rode nt USB but I never quite figured out a setting I liked. This is definitely an improvement.

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

Okay, I got my wife to check. It's the Shure MV7 I still think I'll boom arm it at some point

@DigitalPhotoMentor 2 ай бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnham Thanks I have the Rode now and it picks up too much room noise. Sounds like the Shure is more work though. Also looking at the Rode lavalier mic so direction isn't an issue

@jurgendekeyser288 Ай бұрын

Looks like a terrific tool. I am going to take some nature pictures so I can practice 🙂 But... I have a question... Is it OK to change the focus in the different pictures that you want to merge together?

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Not a good idea. Keep the focus set between exposures.

@dpoon73 2 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial. As a beginner, can you tell us when we should use this technique and when we should use the HDR merge tool.

@MagicBiscuitShow 2 ай бұрын

Super as always, Anthony. Could we use this type of layering for "Flambient" photos with real estate interiors? Thanks, Chuck (NE Florida - USA)

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

Yes, absolutely

@2020Decoder Ай бұрын

Total newbie question Anthony - how are you getting 3/4 different exposure pics of exactly the same scene to work with? Is this done inside the camera at the point of shooting, e.g. it'll give you the same still shot and split that out x3 or x4 with different exposure settings automatically, or are you taking the one image then using LN or another app to over or under-expose the 3 or 4 versions so you can then layer them? Sorry about my ineptitude here....Many thanks!

@AnthonyTurnham Ай бұрын

Yeah good question. It's done in camera. It's called exposure bracketing. Most cameras have that function.

@davidbinks817 26 күн бұрын

Hi Anthony I was not no aware you can bracket moving scenes like waterfall successfully. I have long exposure waterfall shot can I use this technique with only a single shot using layer blend modes? Or some other way thanks David

@AnthonyTurnham 21 күн бұрын

Sure. Use the luminosity mask to select the bright parts of the water and then use a develop tool adjustment to reduce the highlights, either with that slider or pulling down the curves, or a mixture of both. :)

@manicproject 2 ай бұрын

Hi Anthony. Thank you for providing such great, educational content. Appreciate what you do! Question for you: In my workflow up to this point i've been loading my images and sorting them in Lightroom. Then i'll work on them in photoshop. How do you get multiple images to show up in Luminar Neo? And do your Luminar edits get automatically saved in Lightroom? Thanks so much.

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

If you're enjoying your lightroom workflow for culling and raw editing you could always run an export of your selected photos to a separate folder. Then if you point Neo to that folder of, say tiffs for maximum quality, then you can continue to edit and play with those photos in Luminar without ruining the original. Neo works similar to LR in that nothing actually changes to the original file and you only get access to the edited work outside of Neo if you export it. Your Neo edits are only saved in Neo as a set of instructions in the database (same as LR) If you want LR to load the new versions you'd need to export them from Neo and load those new files into LR.

@manicproject 2 ай бұрын

I see. Sounds like it’s kind of one or the other… I take it you prefer Luminar over Lightroom? Thank you for your reply Anthony!

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

@manicproject tbh I like them both. LR is brilliant for cataloguing and organization, also a great raw editor. But Luminar has the edge with more creative edits as its toolset is more comprehensive. Luminar is my go-to these days

@morgonensson1947 2 ай бұрын

They did make one of the best updates, but the expected that was the hdr in batch, it makes a mess between the images. It would be nice if it had an option to put the image quality to the HDR merge, 3 or 7 for example . Do you have any solutions for this?

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

No solution at the moment other than dragging and dropping the photos if they get inadvertently shuffled. I'm going to message Skylum about it and see if they can get on to improving that part of it.

@nigelself4464 2 ай бұрын

Hi Anthony, an off topic question which I hope you can help me with please? I use Luminar AI with Lumix G9 and am able to process RAW images. I have purchased a Lumix G9 MK2 and am unable to process RAW files. If I upgrade to Neo will I be able to process RAW images? Hope you can help Thanks very much

@AnthonyTurnham 2 ай бұрын

I'm travelling at the moment, so can't check I'm afraid. Try Skylum support.