Start EVERY EDIT with THIS PRESET in Luminar Neo

[@kenhaley5450]

I’ve just returned to using Luminar, this video and the resulting preset is such a huge help to creating a good starting point to ensure consistent results. Thanks Anthony👏🏻

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Glad to hear it's helping you get consistent results 👍Awesome

[@GazBarton]

I've watched this so many times since the video hit youtube but only today have I actually tried it out and wow. I've learnt a lot about watching your videos and this one is one of my favourites. It is much appreciated. I've always wanted to create my own presets, and anymore videos like this would be brilliant.

[@alexc2231]

Great content as always. Thx Anthony! Will need to revisit this from time to time.

[@matthewisaacs4537]

I didn't know about the ability to sync presets to a bunch of photos at once. That's a great time saver. Keep up the great videos!

[@cecilfuqua3630]

Thanks!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Thank you Cecil 🙏 Your kindness is appreciated!

[@scherge]

You probably won't believe how helpful this actually was to me. Thank you so much. Will have to watch it again because of all the information provided and my brain being slow, but that's the nice thing about YT tutorials. Especially yours have proven to be super helpful. Again, thanks a lot and have a good one! :)

[@RangeRoad.Photography]

Nice and simple, i didn't know about the select all feature to applying the preset, I learn something every time a watch one of your videos. 👍

[@andrewphillips2992]

I have learnt so much watching your tutorials. My post processing skills in Luminar Neo have gone from 0 to 100 in a matter if weeks. You have a gift for teaching. Thank you and keep up the great work.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Thanks 🙏😀

[@marshalloneill]

Anthony this video is great. Such a useful feature

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Great to hear. Thanks

[@cdoug-1]

Works VERY well. Love the results. It immediately gives practically everything I throw at it a great starting point. Thanks for the tip!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

You're welcome!

[@doctor1one]

It''s abundantly clear that the brilliant minds at Skylum Software have locked up the ultimate photo correction coding inside of Luminar Neo, but, you sir, have given us all the key to unlock it's FULL potential. You make them tremendously more valuable. They should be paying you handsomely in my opinion!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

I wish they were 😂

[@newellchappell5250]

Thanks, I really like your teaching style, I've learned so much from you.

[@philrougier5533]

Fantastic guide. I just bought Luminar Neo at a very good price with loads of extras. Your excellent tuition will help me to bring out the best in my photos. Thank you and keep up the good work 🙏

[@johnpisani1769]

Thank you Sir. Very helpful tips. Regards all the way from Malta

[@desti22action]

thank you, great explanation and tips. from malaysia, just looking way to speed up the adjustment process and found your video

[@mariannebranch8585]

Absolutely loved this!! This will make my workflow go so fast!!! Thank you!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

You're so welcome!

[@arpearce4416]

Great! Maybe on another photo could you show how you use this preset and then develop the photo more creatively say portrait or wildlife?

[@stevencarletti2111]

This video has been very helpful. What a time saver!! Thanks.

[@JosephStalin01]

that was amazing . . . thank you. I have been using Luminar over 3 of its incarnations [obviously now on Neo] but I never thought of this, absolutely excellent 👍👍👍

[@davidsandison482]

Thanks Anthony, another great video. I will certainly develop this preset and apply it to my photos, great time saver.

[@berdugosocials9854]

Thank you! I’ve been looking for that Save preset button for a few months now 😅

[@flyfishnfoto]

Many thanks for this useful video; will certainly give it a try.

[@overseastom]

That Ctrl-A, then Sync Adjustments tip was handy. I'm new to the software, and was wondering if there was a "batch edit" function!

[@robertmeyerson1618]

Brilliant, Tony. Thanks!!

[@NoDoSwLa]

Thank you! I did one. Just bought Luminar and this just makes sense, since the first steps are almost always the same 😁

[@MWTH37]

Very Helpful and Thank You for sharing

[@Greg_Ashley]

Very informative, as usual. Keep up the good work!

[@christopherhusband]

That was a good one, Anthony, thanks a lot!

[@jamesmonfregola8149]

Super helpful 🎉 Thank you !!!!

[@teresababer5310]

Very helpful - thanks so much Anthony👍

[@tomphilpott3659]

Irrelevant to your great content, but it’s nice to see how much you care for your family while I’m learning from you!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

I appreciate that. Thanks

[@carlocapussotti9768]

Really helpful! - Thanks!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

You're welcome!

[@linadimichele1420]

Thank you Anthony really appreciate your time and commitment you make it look so easy I'll will try it. Been having trouble adjusting my photo and printing them, will love to see how to print all these amazing photos can't find good programs to print them.

[@garnettburk6126]

😅I’m being watching your videos Aside from a talented photographer Your a great teacher

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Centauri27]

This is a great tip Anthony! Although I knew you could create your own presets in Neo, it never occurred to me to build a starter preset. I'm usually too busy poring over all the other presets from my Luminar X subscription. 😄

[@yaihtchd2]

Thank you for the wonderful video.... it really works like magic ..I now use my preset 99% of the time...

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Great to hear! 😀

[@mohammedmushtaq1786]

Thank you for an excellent tutorial. Can you please do a tutorial for Luminar Neo for removing light stands from the the photo where you have to take a template short before (or after) without the light and then you add your subject and light. Greatly appreciate if you could make a video for this. Thanks

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi. I did one a while back that may be useful to you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGPNqKtqft-Bd80

[@willbrink]

Another great vid. Will save me a lot of time with my own custom preset. Thanx!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

You're welcome

[@vaschro]

Thank you an extremely useful video .

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hannahmountry5030]

Another brilliant video, thank you. It's a really sensible approach and worked a treat on those examples you showed at the end! Also THANK YOU for the discount code, that's a really good saving.

[@Glennysworld]

This is going to save me so much time, thank you!

[@davidpowell3302]

Antony, great video and very helpful. I'm in the process of scanning a whole bunch of family slides from the 60s my only option is to save the scanned images as a Tiff or JPEG. I've gone for the Tiff option will these pre-sent guides work just as well compared to a RAW image. Thank you in advance.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi Davd, there's definitely a benefit to having a preset ready to apply, but it depends on the starting state of your tiffs. Raw photos are by nature often very flat and need more processing to bring the best out in them. You photos may already be looking closer to how you'd want the finished look so you may need to dial back how far you push the tools in your preset.

[@californiamusic]

Awesome channel mate !

[@paulmclinden2859]

Totally off the wall here, but is it possible for you to produce a video showing just how to recreate an image in the same style/ colour cast as Dan Winters using luminar software.? Now there's a challenge! Keep up the great work 💪

[@jeanbrown8295]

Very helpful,I am going to try this

[@irvdonaldson4137]

Thanks, It was a time saver. I had figured the sync one previously, but with your preset routine it is more user friendly.

[@fransstaal1757]

Wow. Making your own presets. I didn't even know this was possible. 👌👋👍

[@vicenteduarte6494]

Hey there I'm really into car editing and darker setting with lights something like a cool 7/11 gas station setting, would you be able to make a video of something like that?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Since creating this video Luminar Neo has been updated and improved. You can get the newest version on sale here: bit.ly/NeoSale and maybe save more with coupon: ATNEO10 (sometimes Skylum de-activate the code if there's already a promotion running but worth giving a go!)

[@gossedejong9248]

brilliant, thank you!!

[@richbottarini86]

Outstanding. This comment is meant for Skylum. Anthony did a superb analysis, now why can’t we bypass having to preset after import and not during import. Sorry, Lightroom allows this.

[@massimilianomolinari7846]

Thank you very much Antony for this interesting video. I’m using Luminar Neo since 2 months until now, but there is a lot to learn to use it at best!!! What preset or suggestion can you give me for portraits? Thank 🙏 you again and have a wonderful day. Max 😁

[@billcockerham3263]

Thank you!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

The current best deal for Luminar Neo can be found here bit.ly/Luminar-NEO. You can try code ATNEO10 for an additional discount.

[@bobhampt]

Another great video.

[@kevinw7044]

Helpful? Definitely. A great tutorial.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Great to hear Kevin! 👍 thanks for commenting 😀

[@danielcothran1700]

This was very helpful and informative. Thank you! BTW, I had seen this earlier to be able to take advantage of the discount. Well, hopefully next time. :)

[@JF3World_]

Great video thanks for the help

[@narlenga]

Question: Is there a straightforward way to end "Develop RAW" and switch to regular Develop? The reason might be to use Mask AI, or to be able to undo Develop edits without affecting the RAW-edits made by the preset. In one video, you happened(?) to achieve this by making a Clone edit. Since then, Clone is my go-to action for ending Develop RAW :). But, maybe there is quicker/smarter action?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

I mean really you could just do something menial in dev raw like bump the sharpening a small amount, or pop denoise to +1 for example. Any change, doesn't matter. Close it down. Next time you access the tool it'll be develop only. You could save that change as a preset too.

[@UnlockSoh]

@1:43 boost up the whites and bring down the blacks was a crazy bar

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Haha, yeah that certainly doesn't sound right when taken out of the context of the photo editing workflow 😆

[@OmarHernandez-Lopez]

Are these presets better suited for raw photos (unedited) or may it work for photos that already have a preset from Lightroom? Awesome video by the way!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Best on raw.

[@digitalvictory8266]

Dang, man... Your wife is catchin' strays at the 4:16 mark! That was uncalled for !! LOLOL 😂😅😂

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Haha 😄 yeah! Now I just gotta hope she never watches the vid 🤞🤣

[@rands_animated-ed8gx]

Hi Anthony, thank you for another super helpful video!!! You are amazing. I truly cherish your input. I have a question: is Camera FLAT profile same as Camera FL?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi. Thank you! 🙏 Probably slightly different as all cam manufacturers have a different set of profiles to interpret the data on the sensor and then render it out. But, sounds like it's probably a close equivalent.

[@beaver-man]

Hi Anthony, thank you a lot for making and sharing your very useful videos with all of us. I love your very useful information, and your work is highly appreciated by all of us for sure! But now I'd like to make a little suggestion: Do you think that it would be possible in the future to show the release and the version of the Luminar program that was used to create a certain video? This would be very useful for anybody to find fast a corresponding video for the release and version one has installed on her/his device. As the makers of Luminar are improving, expanding and thus changing their program from time to time they sometimes do change the menus and even some behaviour of the program as well. And the use of a tutorial that does not match the installed program seems to me to be an unnecessary waste of time (my humble opinion) ;-)

[@AnthonyTurnham]

That's a great suggestion. Very practical. I'll try to remember to add the version to the description in future. Thanks

[@AnthonyTurnham]

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

[@emro7519]

So they owe you 1%?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

​@emro7519 haha, yeah 😅No, just for clarification the 20% off code is 20% off the discounted price. Not the original total. I should have been clearer with my wording 😊 ​

[@colinyoung9432]

Great Video Anthony, well done. Will try some presets. Colin Devon.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hey guys, New to Luminar NEO? Skylum reached out to me with a temporary discount code you can use in conjunction with their Summer sale. bit.ly/Luminar-NEO use code AFS-YtXN8E

[@revjimclarke]

Can you help? Have you any ideas? I have taken some portraits against a green screen. When I use Luminar Noe to remove the background, it leaves a green haze around the subject. It took a long time to get rid of the green, and the only way to do it is by using the clone tool, which is unsatisfactory. Is there a better way? Help, please. Jim

[@ccphototx]

Great info, but where does one find the specific camera profile to upload to the develop raw module?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Here's a video I did on the subject: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXupm3mvpNl7pqc hope that helps

[@phlotographer]

Have you tried to do a one image HDR and then create this as a preset to see how much difference it might benefit or detract your the method shown in the video? Just a thought.

[@wrightbytes]

Some handy tips

[@TomTom-ve9hv]

Most interesting part of the video would be started at end of this video for me :) What would be happened when apply a preset on 20-50 pics then need to do some minor modifications or adjustments? Until the pics are not adjusted (manually or presets does not matter) the loading is quite fast and can start the work on them imediatelly... but after any adjustment... Neo becomes slow and slower. Especially if you applied extensions (supersharp, noiseless...) From the beginning performance of Neo getting better and better. Now I can say good... until you have several adjusted photoes in the catalog and need to do some minor modification, any of them Did you noticed this kind of slowing-down? Thanks!

[@gordonsimpson1020]

Thanks for the advice but I’m wondering what preset I should use for my canon R5. Standard, faithful, neutral or like for Lightroom Landscape? I do predominantly shoot landscapes.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Whichever one tends to "unlock" the most dynamic range (often this gives a flatter appearance for starting the edit.

[@altonblodgett6944]

I purchased Luminar Neo yesterday. I was following the instructions in the video and when I came to the last step in the second preset I discovered that Enhance AI is now missing from the edit section. What do I do now? Thanks!

[@michaelhayward6097]

Thank you for another great video - as someone new to photo editing - I think my edits are fantastic 🙂 BUT my wife says I tend to over cooked the photo's - my question is are there any general rules of thump you use/learnt on how reduce the risk of over cooking photos?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

No real rules, as at the end of the day, it's your vision for the edit. No one elses. One person's "over cooked" is another person's "barely getting started". Personally I'll usually tame back my final edit as it is very easy to get carried away. Generally, for a more refined approach do less. Over the top processing usually looks amateurish.

[@grahamtowers5513]

How do you have your histogram at the top of your screen?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

In the menu, go to view, show histogram (last option in the list)

[@speecher1959]

Am I correct in assuming that if anything other than the DevelopRAW Tool is used in the preset, one would then need to use the Edits history to make any changes to the original RAW file?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Yes any tools applied to a photo, even in a preset, create a stack in the edits menu.

[@AdamTV]

After applying the preset I assume you are no longer working in RAW. Might this not be a drawback if you have to make a large exposure correction etc?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

If you need to adjust the exposure you just do it in the develop raw tool so you're still talking to the raw data at this point.

[@oriath73]

Another great video, thank you. If I go back to develop raw to, for example, work on the histogram via edit ribbon do I loose all the other edits after finishing?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

No, you can jump back in the history of the edit stack, make a change, and all tools applied afterwards will just update accordingly.

[@jimgernon7452]

I plan on creating my own preset. Seems I always do this at the start of every photo.

[@vincentsoul2soulphotography]

Hey Anthony on which PC are you working? I have a M1 iMac and Luminar Neo and the performance of the iMac is terrible, most of the time not responding at all

[@highland-oldgit]

Failed immediately @ 00:58 Only Luminar Default profile showing.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

No probs. Just use the Luminar default profile and carry on from there. Also, this video on installing more profiles may help kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXupm3mvpNl7pqc

[@cemccrea]

Where did you go with the Noise Luminosity? It didn't show on screen. Thanks

[@AnthonyTurnham]

It didn't? Oh sorry about that. Not sure what happened there then. I usually set it to a safe 10-15% as built in to a generic preset. Low enough not to give that plastic look but high enough to take care of higher ISOs probably up to about ISO1600 on my D850. A higher amount or the dedicated denoise AI tool would be recommended for higher ISO (3200 etc. but it depends on your camera model and how it behaves with low light and ISO values).

[@brettyg76]

I’ve recently finally upgraded to Neo from Luminar Ai... still getting my head around it all. The only thing missing from Neo that I used in Ai, was the intensity slider at the bottom of Luminar Ai... if I wanted to lessen the intensity of the final edit (of the photo), I could easily just use the slider at the bottom. Do you think Neo will incorporate that feature in the future?, or is it there and I haven’t noticed it?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi Brett. Yeah that was a great slider. I miss it too. I did a vid on a workaround method you can use though. Don't have the link to hand though, sorry.

[@kimraymond2749]

Wow! why didn't I think about that? A universal preset. I make individual presets for a block of photos but didn't know how to apply them across the group. So I was doing it one by one. I haven't understood catalogue at all. I only recently found if I moved an image or deleted it from the folder it was accessed from, then it (and all its edits) would disappear from Catalogue.😢 Again An informative video. Is there a way to make my own sky's.? I have been doing it through a clunky replace background method.

[@phlotographer]

I assume you mean to have skies that are to be used as a replacement as "clunky replace background method" did not trigger my thought process. Might simply that I misunderstand the nomenclature. Anyway, the simplest method I have found for having your own skies available is to grab your camera, go outdoors on one or more days and look up and out and see what the sky is doing that day. Take photos of the sky during different parts of the day or choose to go out on more than one day. Next is to make sure you have skies photographed with the direction of light affecting the clouds at different times of the day including sunrise and sunset. Separate the results into folders and name each set of image inside the folder based upon the direction of light. One thing that can spoil a sky replacement image is to have the light on the sky and the light on the subject not coming from the same direction. I also notice that some will make this mistake when doing light beams. Next is then letting NEO use Ai to finish the task. Focus -- either find something that the camera can focus - even a soft sky is not a problem as some tutorial creator suggest using negative structure on the sky anyway. Alternatively, use manual focus at infinity. Just don't forget to reset your camera for auto focus.

[@edwardkillesteyn1479]

I was a bit confused - do you use both presets on each photo or select between the two depending on the photo?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi Edward. Only the last version I created. The first preset is just a step along the way to test that we're getting the effect we hoped for. If there's anything amiss it's easier to spot it and isolate it to the develop raw tool rather than having the Accent Ai and Structure AI. But the final preset with all tools is the one that we use. Disregard the first preset. That's just for testing :)

[@martinbreslow1401]

The Clear and Sharp Preset in the Scenery Collection isn't bad. Subtle is another preset that is almost the same as Clear and Sharp.

[@may788]

Hi Anthony can I swap a face to another photo in my neo software bril and educational vids.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

You could do this with layers and masking in the replacement face.

[@jer3006]

Lovely: Create yourself an individualized starting point that is probably 80% of the work you need to do on all of your photos anyway! Thanks for sharing a huge editing time-saver. 💥💥

[@ianday1470]

Can a 'Default' preset be added to say a specific camera when importing?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

There's nor an apply on import command, so you need to just click the one you want and then sync it to that camera.

[@lynnfischer1174]

Any way you can list the steps? I know I can go back and take notes just wondering if you have a quick list!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

I don't I'm afraid. It's notes on your side for now 😀

[@ncc1701BB]

Anthony - How well will this preset work with portraits?????

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi William, yes it should do. You'll need to find the right settings for your camera but one thing I'd also consider doing is add any of the AI portrait tools that you'd usually be applying. I don't go too nuts with these but a little tickle of Skin AI may work well too.

[@ncc1701BB]

@@AnthonyTurnham - Thank you very much for the reply. I have been following you for quite some time. Your videos have helped me go to the next level in my photography. Keep them coming! Bill

[@21Virtues]

On the optics tools on Luminar new, I only seem to have auto defringe. Any ideas? I am on a mac

[@AnthonyTurnham]

are you working on raw files? Possibly not if the other options aren't there. Or if the dev raw isn't the first tool applied it then becomes develop only ie not raw and then those options also aren't there.

[@21Virtues]

@@AnthonyTurnham I imported into photos and selected the use as raw and not jpg, then i edit in luminar neo and it always opens as tiff.

[@Zebrajellyfishphoto]

Isn't there a way to have adjustments as a Preset? I saw instructions on Luminars site for an Action button at the bottom of the edit screen but i don't see it ANYWHERE. I cannot save Presets and it's driving me crazy

[@AnthonyTurnham]

In Luminar Neo (bit.ly/Luminar-NEO) you save you edit as a preset via the circle with three dots inside which is at the bottom left of the screen in the Edit view. Just to the right of the star ratings. Click that and choose "save as preset"

[@applerunner1184]

Thanks for this information - I am going to give it a go. Your procedure lost me at the end though. You setup the first preset with the premise that it would be used as a starting point for all photos, but then didn’t apply it. You just applied the second one. Wouldn’t you just apply both to all photos?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

? Now I'm confused ? I do apply it to all photos (thats when i show, ctrl a, sync). During the early part of the video we're still at the building stage and checking what we're doing looks good on other photos.

[@applerunner1184]

@@AnthonyTurnham yes, but you did it after applying the second preset. Don’t you apply the first preset to a different photo?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

@AppleRunner in this video we're only building one preset. The first bits are just testing steps along the way to our final preset. The one that holds the three tools, dev raw, accent ai and structure ai. This is the finished preset that will be applied to all photos. As shown towards the end of the vid.

[@richbottarini86]

Apple runner. There is a logic to the video. He does not use advanced AI tools in the first preset, which is where people usually stop. The second preset uses AI. Normally, I would stop with the first preset (I might still), but he give a great example of what AI can do with a preset. He is expanding our options

[@applerunner1184]

@@AnthonyTurnham Ah, thanks - that was the information that I was missing - the first preset was just for testing purposes and the second preset incorporated all of the changes…

[@rickconklin]

Anthony, I just tried to purchase a Luminar New extension (Supersharp AI) using your ANT30 codes. I tried multiple times and it says "Wrong Activation Code". Its Monday May 29th. Seems like its still within the 3 day timeline. Can you help me with that discount? thx

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi Rick. From the info I was given around the code and how it would work there shouldn't have been a problem. I'll reach out to Skylum and try to get some clarification... worst case is you can use ATNEO which is a lesser discount but it'll still save you.

[@billyholic]

Where do you get camera profiles??

[@AnthonyTurnham]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXupm3mvpNl7pqc

[@Mayaman67]

This was great but I fell at the first hurdle. When I click on develop button, I don't get those presets - flat camera etc. It just goes straight into light.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Are you definitely working on a raw file?

[@Mayaman67]

@@AnthonyTurnham Actually I wasn't . My bad. When I open a raw it's all vignetted. Anyway , your bids are excellent. improved my photos already in a day. Cheers

[@Mayaman67]

@@AnthonyTurnham I wasn't but I loaded one to see. Don't have the same feature. I have a Sony RX100 M6. When I load it I get a lot of vignetting. I have tried other software and it's the same. Only software that can deal with it is the Sony software but it's not user friendly.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

@@Mayaman67 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXupm3mvpNl7pqc try this video I mad all about bringing in profiles to Luminar. The vignetting you see is probably the natural raw from the camera (ie the lens itself is darker towards the edges) but you don't normally know it's there because the sony software - either in-camera or on your computer will apply the appropriate correction. We just need to set up your chosen editor - Neo or whatever with a preset that also does that. Getting camera matching profiles is a great start... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXupm3mvpNl7pqc

[@Mayaman67]

@@AnthonyTurnham Appreciate the help. Tried this but still the vignette. Would a company do this to force you to use their software? Not much point though because it's free. I spent so much time on this before, I just started using JPG. Questions on Sony forums about it but no answers.

[@KGTv123]

I don’t see a camera flat profile