Luminar Neo: Professional Tools...2 Filters, Unlimited Power

[@jean-francoisdamon4847]

merci pour cette façon de développer les photos et d'améliorer .

[@JimNix]

thank you for watching Jean-Francois!

[@buzzbladz7142]

Thanks Jim. Learning heaps, keep them coming 👍

[@JimNix]

Thanks for watching and more each week!

[@wheinrigs]

Hi Jim, I like your videos, greetings from Germany.

[@JimNix]

thank you so much Wolfgang, I appreciate you watching!

[@marclabro]

nice tuto. very helpful.

[@JimNix]

thank you Marc

[@leedonehower3112]

Living in Silicon Valley, it's nice to see that great software can come from other places around the globe. To me it says we truly are a global economy… if only the politicians could catch up to the world as it truly is today. I'm hoping Skylum can weather this tragic storm they're in and come out safely on the other side of it.

[@JimNix]

Yes agreed and I am sure they appreciate that. Thank you.

[@danahrens7314]

Thank you for the great video. I keep forgetting about those tools and this inspired me to go open a few of my favorite photos and tweak them a little more. They work beautifully. I'm awaiting your video on how to add a watermark in Neo. I didn't think it was possible in Luminar 4, then you did it with an image layer. It wasn't doable in Ai, then you did it through local masking with an overlay. Now here we are with Neo and I need you to lead the way again!

[@JimNix]

Thanks much Dan and for a watermark I would make it in Powerpoint/Keynote then overlay it in the Layers tool, which is basically a texture overlay. You would have to experiment with blend modes to get it right. Let me take a look at that one. Thanks.

[@Klingelong]

Verrrrrry useful! Thx (again) Jim

[@JimNix]

thank you for watching!

[@BrettOssman]

Today, II will try a complete Luminar plugin only workflow vs my current workflow. My current workflow consists of Topaz Denoise AI, Lightroom, Photoshop, Luminar AI, Camera Raw and Topaz Sharpen AI. Much quicker than it sounds. :-) I also may throw in Nik Color Efex Pro or Nil Silver Efex Pro. These Neo tutorials definitely helped and may revisit as I do this.

[@JimNix]

Have fun with it Brett! Yes that is a lot of tools but those are good ones too. Enjoy your editing and thanks for watching!

[@fjperras]

In other of your videos, you had already sold me on super contrast. Color harmony will take me a bit more to get use to it but nicely presented here. Thanks for sharing.

[@JimNix]

thanks much Frederic and I do love Color Harmony, so much power and control over color - thank you for watching!

[@mdbasarbd20]

Thanks a lot for the video.

[@JimNix]

thanks for watching

[@cynical1952]

Thanks again Jim for another excellent video. You have convinced me to try portraits, now I have to try landscapes 😄 I would rather wait for my updates and know that the Skylum team are safe.

[@JimNix]

haha thanks Steve, and yes I agree about Skylum, their safety is #1

[@rogerjakko]

Excellent. Just gives so much latitude over how you want to present a photo. As you say, professional is all about experimentation. By the way, you always make me smile with your addiction to Magenta .... mind you, I seem to have caught the Magenta Bug too. Take care.

[@JimNix]

haha thanks Roger and yes I do love me some magenta haha it just works so well a lot of the time 😀

[@kenalexander8714]

Thanks once again for this refresher on the Professional Tools. I've not really used these but your video gives very some helpful instruction. Recently received an email from Skylum about what to expect in the first real update. However, clearly they are in a very precariuos position in the Ukraine and there safety is number 1. We wish them all the best and hope they stay safe.

[@JimNix]

thanks much Ken and yes for sure they are in a dire situation, thanks for watching

[@williamschone9358]

Great video Jim. While I would guess within reason we all understand highlights, mid tones & shadows, short of simply pushing sliders to determine what the software considers highlights, mid tones & shadows, is there a method to see what the system considers in each of those categories. Assumably not or you would have shown it, but I thought I’d ask. Maybe it’s not a big deal, like it’s tough just to see the effect. Again great video & example of use.

[@JimNix]

Hi William and thanks. I guess you could mess around in Develop, or with Curves, to see what these 3 are being defined as. But yeah I just usually do what I did here - move things around, see what changes, and use that as my basis for adjusting to my tastes. Thank you for watching!

[@customer7903]

Another great video Jim, many thanks for your easy to understand explanations videos. My thoughts are now always with the people of Ukraine and the guys at Skylum.

[@JimNix]

Thanks for watching and yes I am thinking of them too, and I am sure they appreciate your thoughts and prayers.

[@JoeB_BSc]

Very useful analysis, Jim. Plenty of options. It's good to see what the various settings do. If working on individual photos, presumably reflections etc can be done in Luminar AI, saved and then worked on in Luminar Neo 1.0.2? I look forwards to more videos on Neo. Regards, JB.

[@JimNix]

Hi JB and thanks for watching. You can for sure edit in AI, save it and export, then edit in Neo (but your masks etc do not come over). But you could work on reflections in Neo just as you could in AI, so unless you are in AI for something else, you could just use Neo in this case. Thanks.

[@JoeB_BSc]

@Jim Nix Thanks for you reply. It will be most helpful if you consider showing how reflections can be achieved in Luminar Neo 1.0.2; perhaps one similar to the river scene that you had both reflections and bank shadows or a similar one. Your commentaries are always erudite yet easy to follow. Regards, JB

[@JimNix]

@@JoeB_BSc maybe I misunderstood, but in Neo the sky replacement and reflections is the same as it is in AI. Are you referring to a different feature? Or you just mean how to get the most out of them and make them look good?

[@JoeB_BSc]

@Jim Nix Hi Jim, the latter, making them look good and realistic. You have a mastery of Skylum software in my opinion hence my and other subscribers' following your KZbin for your shared knowledge and enthusiasm. Thanks and Regards JB

[@JimNix]

@@JoeB_BSc ah ok, thanks JB and let me take a look at that.

[@finnolufnyquist]

Nice and informative video. It's a pity thatafter 3 days I am still unable to download Neo to my one year old Dell desktop. No help from Neo support.

[@JimNix]

Thanks and glad you found it informative. I am sorry it hasn't worked for you though. I know that can be frustrating. Regarding their support, note that they are based in Ukraine so it wouldn't surprise me if you didn't hear back soon, unless you already have and it didn't work?

[@finnolufnyquist]

@@JimNix Thank you for taking your time and clarifying the situation. I did not know that the company is located in Ukraine. They ceartainly have enough to worry about for the time and I will not try to solve my problems elsewhere. Finn Oluf

[@finnolufnyquist]

I will try to solve my problems elsewhere. (Correcting my last sentence)

[@JimNix]

@@finnolufnyquist ok no worries, they do have a customer forum on their site that may be helpful

[@walterreil4001]

Thank you for your continued instruction videos on Neo. Will Neo no longer be updated due to the grotesque war in the Ukraine?

[@JimNix]

thanks much Walter and yes they will continue to update it, but just not sure on timing - they have staff and offices elsewhere but at this time it's not clear on what we can expect - as soon as I learn more I will share - thank you

[@walterreil4001]

@@JimNix Thanks, Jim. Such a terrible situation for the world.

[@JimNix]

@@walterreil4001 yeah it is terrible

[@twoherbs]

Thanks. this was helpful.... I know that NEO and AI can both use dual monitors, but I cannot figure out how to set it up. Any help?

[@JimNix]

Thanks for watching. So I am not sure about dual monitors. Are you wanting the app to show on both? Or something else? I have a Macbook Pro and also an external monitor. When I open Neo, I just drag the app to the external monitor and use it there. But I don't think this is what you are asking. Can you clarify?

[@twoherbs]

@@JimNix What I would really like, is to view on one monitor, and edit on another. Lightroom, PS, etc., do this.

[@JimNix]

@@twoherbs View what on the first monitor? I get wanting to edit on a 2nd monitor, but what are you viewing on the first one? I apologize if I am misunderstanding what you are saying.

[@twoherbs]

@@JimNix I want to view either the original pic or as it's edited. I can do this in LR.

[@JimNix]

@@twoherbs ah ok. Sorry, I am not sure how that gets set up. I haven't tried it.

[@NegativeCompensation]

Crazy times. Just read that Skylum programers are mainly based in Kiev and that they have understandably stopped development for future upgrades because of the circumstances. Sad day for them and for the community. If these news are accurate, I can only wish them the best luck and hope that they are all safe.

[@JimNix]

thanks much Eric and yes they are based in Kiev although they have people and offices elsewhere, but right now it's not clear what impact this will have on updates to the product - thank you

[@geertsoetens4063]

Hello Jim, great video again!! Thanks. In the beginning of this video you mention, shortly, your lens distortion edit. I have big problem in Neo in restoring lens distortion. In Luminar 4 i could restore this easily. But not in Neo. Each time I start with a raw-file i get 4 round black corners and i can't remove these. Do you have any advice. Thanks a lot!

[@JimNix]

Hi Geert and I would guess that Luminar Neo does not recognize your lens (no lens profile in Neo for it). Just a guess though. You can go into Develop and under Optics try "Auto Distortion Corrections", or move the Lens Distortion slider. You can also try moving the Devignette slider. Between those, that ought to fix it. Thanks.

[@Lysander-Spooner]

Thanks for the great tutorial. Have you heard from any of your friends at Skylum? I hope they have found safety or even been able to leave the country.

[@JimNix]

Thanks for watching Lysander and I have had a couple of emails but not much. I know some of them are out of Ukraine but not clear on lots of things still, unfortunately.

[@behramcooper3691]

Unfortunately, Skylum still hasn't fixed the copy/paste adjustments/mask issue. I am wondering if they will ever fix it.

[@JimNix]

Yes, I do expect them to issue an update that fixes a number of things like that, but they are based in Ukraine as you may know, so they are dealing with bigger things right now, sadly.

[@behramcooper3691]

@@JimNixI fully understand their plight. Oh and another thing Jim: when I watched this video, I was using my phone in the landscape mode. The controls that you were talking about, were mostly and on occasions completely hidden behind the red "Subscribe" graphic. While I could follow your tutorial, a newcomer to Luminar might have found it a bit difficult.

[@JimNix]

@@behramcooper3691 good to know, thank you

[@reillybt]

hi thanks for sharing that but it is the same in Luminar Ai

[@JimNix]

Yes these two tools are the same as in AI, no changes. I am making a number of videos that are for those new to Neo, bc there are a lot of folks who didn't have AI. Thank you for watching.

[@brotell1950]

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[@JimNix]

thanks for watching Terry

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[@Carthee1014]

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