Luminar Neo: 5 Things You're Doing Wrong

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[@tomprzytula]

I tend to plan *everything* in other areas of my life, except my edits. This is now going to change now. Thanks Jim.

[@JimNix]

Thanks for watching Tom!

[@ChristiaanRoest79]

Nice video Jim! I like starting in Develop for global adjustments. After that i like using super contrast, HSL and also maybe accent ai.

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching Chris!

[@harrykitch9239]

Good advice. Especially having a plan! I’m always in a hurry to see what is in the photo but then have to go back and redo. Thanks

[@JimNix]

thanks Harry and I am super guilty of that myself!

[@leedonehower3112]

Love your term "clown vomit" in over-pushing the Color sliders in Neo!

[@JimNix]

haha it seems appropriate at times Lee, thanks for watching!

[@harrykitch9239]

Thanks for good advice. Especially having a plan.

[@JimNix]

thank you!

[@JohnWilliams-fc3xi]

that was excellent - thankyou!

[@JimNix]

you are welcome, thanks for watching!

[@cornfieldsdancing7622]

This is such good advice. Having watched many of your videos I'm learning to moderate colour and giving more thought to masking.

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching!

[@johnnyng2438]

Thanks you for the reminder Jim. I think we’re all guilty of rushing in our photo edit. I guess sometimes if we just slow down and enjoy the journey of the edit, we’ll end up learning more and resulting in a better photo.

[@JimNix]

thanks Johnny and that is a great way to describe this, thank you

[@williambrennan2526]

Thanks, Jim, for another very good tutorial. Slow down, think, plan before starting to edit. Excellent guidance.

[@JimNix]

thank you for watching!

[@mdbasarbd20]

Thanks so much, JIM, Fro your advice.

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching!

[@2009Mollydog]

Very nice job on five things I'm doing wrong with my edits. I was curious about your thoughts on setting the Camera Profile in Develop tool as also one of the first things to do with a RAW file. 🤔

[@JimNix]

Thanks and yes I do that on some images, depending on how the profiles look. I don't do i on every image. Thanks.

[@jean-francoisdamon4847]

merci Jim pour tous ces excellent conseils.

[@JimNix]

thank you for watching Jean-Francois!

[@bySterling]

Great advice indeed Jim 👍🏻

[@JimNix]

thank you 🙏🏻

[@lookforbeauty1964]

I like the potential of the light on this photo, Jim !! Cheers

[@JimNix]

thanks so much Jose!

[@segram3]

Thank you Jim !!

[@JimNix]

thank you for watching!

[@ImRedDOG]

Tks Jim: Next time you take to Luminar, how about asking them to add a text tool, like On1. tks

[@JimNix]

thanks David and yes I have mentioned that before but worth doing so again

[@hassanyassin4337]

Hi Jim, hope you doing well. my Luminar Neo keeps crashing and stopping while I'm editing my photos. could you give me tips on why, please? thanks

[@JimNix]

Hi there and sorry but I have no idea how to fix that. Your best bet is to email their support team for input. Thanks.

[@mikejohnston9113]

good advice. Thanks

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching Mike!

[@stephenwoodburn2970]

Great tips, Jim. I know I am guilty of all of these. Slowing down is certainly the key. Hope you are well, my friend.

[@JimNix]

Thanks Stephen and yep all is well here, just gearing up for another HOT summer. 😀Hope you are well too!

[@Centauri27]

Love it Jim! What NOT to do is nearly as important as what you should do. But if asked what's their goal for the photo, many people would just say, "I want this photo to pop more". And the answer to that would be: "Watch all of Jim's other Neo videos". 😄

[@JimNix]

haha thanks so much Carl, I appreciate that!

[@audiomitch7881]

New Neo user here. Extremely helpful video, thanks! But just as a side comment, it starts to look a lot like Photoshop when you advise us to dig in. I thought this was supposed to be a one slider editor! I guess there's no such thing as a free lunch. Thanks again, very helpful.

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching and Neo can totally be a single slider sort of thing - and it can work great like that, too - but of course a lot of folks want more control over the final outcome, in which case you can dig in a little and take control if you want to, but it's optional - lots of power and control in Neo if you want it, and lots of AI single slider things if you don't 😁

[@ivanfojan8859]

Keep em coming Jim :))

[@JimNix]

oh for sure, will do thanks Ivan!

[@danschreckengost6153]

Good advise, thanks

[@JimNix]

thanks Dan!

[@richardpowellTV]

Very useful Jim. Clown vomit? Ha! I love it!! Would you be able to do a quick video on using masking for the sky instead of a grad filter on camera. Many photographers have commented that they no longer use ND grads. I'd love to see your technique. Many thanks!

[@JimNix]

haha thanks Rick and yes I will look into that, makes perfect sense really

[@thegroove2000]

Thanks for this fella. Looking forward to the next updates that may resolve the performance issues felt by many users. I cant use it until then as its a pain.

[@JimNix]

Sorry to hear it hasn't worked well for you.

[@buzzbladz7142]

Thanks Jim, This was really helpful especially Accent AI as I've baked a few pics with rushing it. Also guilty of not using HSL, I'll definitely remember that one. Great tutorial.

[@JimNix]

thanks so much for watching!

[@JoeB_BSc]

Hi Jim, a positive way of avoiding such errors is to initially follow commentators like yourself to find out ways of processing for best results; I currently follow about 4 regular commentators for Luminar Neo; initially putting their uploads in publication date order, then checking each day for additions on new updates to Luminar Neo and commentators explanations of how to use new benefits. Once a grounding has been obtained, experimenting whilst bearing in mind the errors you have outlined brings in a fun element. My main suggestion is always work on a copy, not the original. Many thanks Jim for highlighting these 5 errors. Regards JB

[@JimNix]

thanks much for watching JB!

[@phlotographer]

I try to follow all the creators and recently there are a few new folks and some folks that have departed from doing tutorials.

[@Mr09260]

Thanks Jim >> I am about to ditch a lifetime with P Shop and Luminar Neo I will go with

[@JimNix]

thanks Peter and have fun with it!

[@noriller]

Develop Raw or Lightroom/similars? Do you think it's worth doing the base development in Luminar?

[@JimNix]

I mostly edit in Luminar Neo or On1 and either one is a worthy raw editor in my opinion.

[@javier-bf3lf]

Thanks for your videos. Teachers like you should remaind. from time to time, as you do, that "the tools" are only a way to achieve an objective, and we do not need to use every single tool each time. As you say we sholud look for the picture we want to have. Sorry for my english.

[@JimNix]

Thanks for watching Javier, and yes I agree, just use what you need to get the job done. And your English is very clear!

[@petesuchon7340]

Thanks for the video. Just out of curiosity, where in your workflow do you suggest cropping? I usually crop first, before even develop, but I could be wrong.

[@JimNix]

Hi Pete and thanks. I tend to crop first, but I think it's really personal preference. I know many folks like to crop at the end. But I feel like I already know what I want to crop like when I get started, so I do it first. I don't usually need to see the edit to make that decision. Thanks.

[@phlotographer]

@@JimNix me too so that I only have to concern my edit with what I want to show. Once in awhile I might hit an image that I think looks nice and then after all is done decide that a bit tighter crop would work better. I give it a look and then decide if my eye was not seeing what looked the best and decide upon the final crop but generally, crop and straighten first -- actually better to straighten and then make the crop.

[@JimNix]

@@phlotographer yep agreed, although once in a blue moon I change my crop at the end, but that's pretty rare - but for sure straighten first, then crop

[@gregallenphoto]

My Neo is running very slowly. IT was fine when it was booted 5 images later it slows down. Any help appreciated.

[@mundermine6173]

it's really Slow on my computer ,speacaly when editing or zooming

[@JimNix]

It might be worth emailing their support team in case they have some performance ideas that could help.

[@marcrjacobs]

Hi Jim; Marc from Houston again. I'm preparing some wall art with a new workflow and have a question. I've used Topaz Gigapixel AI to enlarge my image to 24" x 36" at 300 dpi (10800px x 7200px) and saved that as a DNG. I loaded the result into Luminar Neo and got a great set of edits. I exported to JPEG and got exactly what I wanted, however... How do I need to save/export to retain my edits if I want to re-edit (non-destructive) later in Neo? Any ideas?

[@JimNix]

Hi Marc and if you use the catalog in Luminar it will hold your edits for you. So maybe set up a folder for this stuff, add the pics to it, and edit from there. Thanks.

[@marcrjacobs]

@@JimNix That was the trick, Jim. Thank you so much!

[@JimNix]

@@marcrjacobs awesome, and you are welcome

[@sureshhs2775]

Super🙏🙏 sir

[@JimNix]

thank you

[@stockholmgrapher]

In real life, using Neo, it is just impossible to edit that fast. 😅

[@JimNix]

Haha, well it runs well for me most of the time, tho I do have a lot of RAM.

[@stockholmgrapher]

@@JimNix I understand it. I have required configuration and it is still really bad. It should not be like that.

[@JimNix]

@@stockholmgrapher you could contact support in case they have some ideas for you.

[@cainmh]

Clown vomit. I like that term.

[@JimNix]

haha yeah, it's appropriate at times for me, for sure!

[@gordonhawtin2181]

Talk about repeating yourself five times. The thing I did wrong was too watch this video

[@JimNix]

LOL that literally made me laugh

[@pedrferreira]

Adios Jim 👍

[@JimNix]

haha gracias Pedro! 🙏🏻

[@pedrferreira]

@@JimNix Obrigado, i am from Portugal

[@JimNix]

@@pedrferreira oh nice, Portugal looks beautiful someday I hope to visit!

[@thegroove2000]

Sometimes photos dont even need to be edited. I sometimes over do it and then resort back to the original.

[@JimNix]

Yes that is true, they aren't always in need of fixing.

[@youtubedavidprice]

Thanks for reminding me Jim. This clown has vomited just about everywhere!

[@JimNix]

haha, this clown has done the same! 🤣

[@douglay2073]

Very repetitive. I stopped viewing.

[@JimNix]

No worries.