Luminar Neo: THIS Will Transform Your Monochromes

[@RonaldBrown59]

I need to work with monochrome more, thanks for the tutorial.

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching Ron!

[@AdrianEvansPhotography]

Nice one Jim thanks for sharing

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching Adrian!

[@habigscrapbooks]

Appreciate this on black and white. Glad to know there is a better option than just using the black and white tool.

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching!

[@markflanagan521]

At last a B@W video I was wishing for😎. Stack and subtract another neath touch thrown in as well😉 Superb result Jim. I tend to stay in colour after initial raw edit and use the colour tool selectively too create the contrasts between the tones, knowing that I am converting to B@W later, so thanks for an alternative , will definitely be trying out this technique. All the best. Mark

[@JimNix]

thanks so much Mark and I hope it helps!

[@DigitalPhotoMentor]

I use your method as well, provides more control over different color tones. For Jim's image here it's mostly blue tones so it may not apply.

[@cornfieldsdancing7622]

This is a really helpful explanation. Many thanks Jim.

[@JimNix]

Thank you for watching!

[@twistoflime]

Jim, it's always a pleasure to see how you use Luminar Neo for processing. I use a combination of Capture One Pro, Photoshop, and Luminar Neo for all color work. But, I can't seem to get past using Silver Efex for B&W. Maybe someday.

[@JimNix]

Thanks much and yes I get that, Silver Efex Pro is a great product. I used to use it for monochromes but rarely use it anymore. But I recall it is quite a nice product.

[@vincepalmer9518]

Enjoyed the edit. While watching I was thinking that using the Curves tool at the start would also work.

[@JimNix]

Thanks Vince and yes there are lots of options for sure, and Curves is a good one.

[@hepgeoff]

Always enjoy your videos, Jim. Appreciate the tips here. Unfortunately, Neo still doesn't recognize my Fuji raw files, so no camera profiles come up. I can edit Fuji raw files, but no camera profiles. By the way, beautiful photo!

[@JimNix]

Thanks for watching Geoff and sorry to hear that about your raw files. Hopefully they will address that soon!

[@xuaculopez8371]

❤❤❤ Great tricks . Thanks for share.

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching!

[@DigitalPhotoMentor]

Hey Jim, FYI the camera monochrome profiles are just like applying a color filter when shooting b/w. For example a yellow filter will darken the sky, etc. So when you use the b/w tool just use the color sliders and you can do the same thing. For this image I'd also suggest boosting the white slider or curve so that you have some pure white (touching the edge of the histogram) and adding more black as well. That is where you'll get punch.

[@JimNix]

Yeah I use that too and understand how it works, was just demonstrating the use of profiles etc as an alternative.

[@DigitalPhotoMentor]

@@JimNix Gotcha!

[@mrodrie027]

Agree, for some pictures where I have a very blue sky and fluffy white clouds sometimes I prefer to use the blue slider down to create a dramatic contrast between the blue sky and the white clouds, similar to using a yellow/red filter in the old days of B&W film (yes I revealed my age with that comment, but I used those 😂 ) In many cases I end using combinations of sliders in the B&W to control luminance of some colors and masking to control light and contrast of areas. However, I have not played with the camera profiles, so thanks Jim for giving me yet another tool to play with.

[@JimNix]

@@mrodrie027 yeah I love to take the blue luminance down and make a black sky - super dramatic and interesting for sure. Thanks for watching.

[@phlotographer]

as you know Jim, I still do my image editing in PSX but decided to just have a play with an image actually taken by a friend in color of course but decided to try some of your techniques. The major thing I did differently was to use single image HDR and along with some other adjustments including some masking and other adjustments came up with something that works although unfortunately because PSX does not have a history function I can't repeat the exact process again. I could have saved as a project for something similar to history but each step is not individually editable. The tips and ideas were great though. Thanks!

[@JimNix]

glad you enjoyed the tips, thanks!

[@pedrocosta6342]

Jim Nix, has a video on how to edit real estate photos in Luminar Neo, where at the end of editing, a second layer is created so that, for example, in an interior photo, this layer (negative exposure) is applied to the window areas and can you see the outside perfectly? There are loads of videos like these with Lightroom. From Luminar Neo, not even fleeces. Therefore, many real estate photographers ignore Luminar Neo because they are not sure whether or not it can be done.

[@Teddy-ne3gd]

Thank you, very helpful.

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching!

[@Lysander-Spooner]

Great tips. I use DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro to work on B&W images. It is dedicated to monochrome.

[@JimNix]

Thanks and yes I have used Silver Efex Pro a lot in the past but rarely open any of the DXO products any more. But they are good!

[@Lysander-Spooner]

@@JimNix Why do you not use DxO products these days?

[@JimNix]

@@Lysander-Spooner I just don't have enough time to cover them along with other things that I already cover and like better. They are fine products, just not in my top favorites.

[@danbbrawner]

Hi Jim, Can you use a color checker in Luminar Neo?

[@theFrostySurvivor]

Did you take this image with the intention of editing it in B&W?

[@JimNix]

Good question and not really. I kinda/sorta think about it at times but not always. But on days like this one (overcast, etc) it definitely comes into mind while shooting.

[@MarcBossYT]

Cool

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching!