thank you sir, i finally understand how to use these tools. as a beginner who never edited photos. the instructions was simple an it was easy to follow along and the presentation was brilliant
I have always been baffled by masking. Your example with the blank sheet of paper is most helpful. I am going to try that blank sheet of paper example for myself to get used to the nuances of the various masks. Many thanks. Merry Christmas🇺🇸🚒🎅🌲⛄️🇺🇸👨🚒
Fantastic Jim!! That's best masking tutorial I've seen so far. I always been confused by masking , but this one really made the difference . Keep it up . Thanks
Jim, thank you very much for spending so much time to inform and teach about the Luminar AI functions! I certainly have learned a lot. I understand it will take even more time out of your work days but I hope you can find the time to go ahead and make the deep dives of many of the tools you have already touched upon. I look forward to more videos and to learn more about this software and your techniques! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
thanking you for all your tutorials, jim. can’t stress enough, you’re a wonder! have an awesome christmas with your family. be merry, be safe & be well!
Hi Jim...watching these 11 tutorials I was encouraged to buy Luminar AI and make the conversion from L4. The download and install all went well but the program does take some time to load on my i5 Win 10 machine; the dng files from my Huawei P30Pro weigh it at 79Mb and these take a full minute to load....yeah, ok, my machine is mediocre. The point of my post is to thank you for all that you do for us mere mortals of the photo editing world. Where else would we access such high quality instruction? Oh, by the way, I used your promo code for this (and Aurora HDR as well)...thanks for the discount and I hope Skylum give you some commission; I've popped a bit in your tip jar too....enjoy a taco, beer or whatever on me.
Excellent quick breakdown of the local masking Jim. looks a lot quicker and easier than layers. Having the option of up to 10 masks as well. I think they do need to add in the ability to name each mask though.
A great tutorial about masking. In the beta version Luminar AI version, there are 5-6 Edit Tools can be chosen under Local Mask. However there are only two Edit Tools (Basic, Texture) available under Local Mask. Do you know whether Skylum will provide more Edit Tool options for Local Mask in the future?
Thanks Mr. Jim for an excellent video. What is the difference in the LOCAL MASKING and the masking which is available with each tool except Basic ? Is it that local masking is the masking tool for the basic tab ? Also it is doing only the basic tab, so will it do ALMOST everything which layer does ?
Thanks Alok. Local masking has just a certain set of sliders, whereas the masking on each tool lets you add that feature selectively. So local masking is close to offering what the Light tool does, but it lets you mask it in multiple times. So yes it is somewhat like a masking tool for the Light adjustment, but not entirely. It's just a way to take common features and use them again and again. It does replace a lot of what layers can do but not everything. But I have not needed layers for my work since getting Luminar AI, so it has been fine for me. Thanks.
Hi Jim, thank you for all the tutorials - great introduction. A specific question about masking. If I’m masking HSL changes how to I use multiple masks for the different colours?
Hi Steve and thanks for watching. There is not a way to use multiple masks for the different colors. I have previously shared this same feedback with Skylum and my hope is that they add that to local masking in the future. Fingers crossed. 🙏🏻 Thanks!
Thanks Jim, great masking tutorial. I don't own Luminar AI yet but I was wondering as you were using the painting brush, is there support to use a pressure tablet such as Wacom? If not do you think it's necessary that Skylum does? Thanks again and have a Merry Christmas! P.S. I hope you have a special treat for your puppy!!
Thanks Jim. Excellent as always! Question - If you paint with 20% opacity, and you go back and forth over the same area, I assume it stays at 20%. If you release your finger then reapply more 20% over the original 20%, does it become 40%? Second question - off topic: What tools are you using to display your tutorials? How are you recordng your screen and does the same tool give you the fly-away PIP perspective? Thanks and Merry Christmas! Mark
Hi there and thanks much. Yes every time you release the mouse and start again in the same area, it increase in intensity. For these videos, I use Screenflow which is Mac only. It allows me to capture my screen, myself via my webcam, and my mic all in one app. Then I can edit etc from there. It works quite well. Thanks!
Outstanding video and I’m seriously considering buying AI. During lockdown I’ve looked at tons of masking videos for light room only to be confused frustrated and becoming a complete failure. I was ready to give up until watching this. The masking ability here appears to produce the same results that the snobby pros take hours to produce. Thank you. One favor. Could you please enlarge areas of the panel you are working on? I view most things on the phone and my old eyes produce their own masks. Second...how about a simple video on the shot cut keys, organizing files and file export?
thanks for watching and glad this helped, and it is quite easy in Luminar AI for sure - and thanks for the feedback and suggestions too, will look into those thanks
I prefer the way they handled this in L4, to be honest. It was more straightforward, and there were layers. Having used Photoshop since 2000, I'm comfortable with layers and masking. Currently, I find myself switching back and forth between L4 and AI. I don't plan to ask for a refund, because I think they'll continue to improve AI, but on Windows anyway, it's not yet as good as L4.
@@kill4kid yeah there are times they are needed, although admittedly it has been less than I thought. But agreed it was a key feature of L4 that will be missed.
Great video Jim! I guess I see masking somewhat differently. Although some "masking" is soft-edged, meaning you create and work a mask based on circular or linear gradients, I see that workflow more as selectively applying a filter. True masking should allow one to define hard edges and change parameters, or something like luminosity. For example, I find myself trying to remove wires in an image with the erase or cloning tools. Sometimes it works well, and other times its a disaster by hand. What if you have a car you want to place against a plain background? Another workflow would be moving an object from one side of the image to another, ie a sailboat on the horizon. It seems Luminar is targeting basic magic and not professional techniques like they said.
can you not use the clone/stamp to move a sailboat? Because there are not layers there seems to be no way to do composites other than adding a texture and it is not overly moveable as there is no move tool/function. if you don't have the manual yet, you can get the html and the .pdf here manual.skylum.com/
@@phlotographer I tried clone and stamp. Couldn’t figure out how to make make the background transparent in the clone before stamping. #creativitysucks
@@jamesgerboc here is another Jim Nix video related to removal of objects via c/s ruclips.net/video/_wqgQoLH_yI/видео.html&feature=push-sd&attr_tag=V0idFlz7C-S8RC7R%3A6 Lets go back to the sailboat. Set the source being the sailboat. Decide where you want the sailboat to newly reside and begin to do the painting keeping the source on the sailboat. The sailboat should replace the water and now you have two sailboats. Only one the one? Seemed the the idea so use either erase or c/s and get rid of the unwanted sailboat. Keep in mind that this is not a selection so there is no means to resize so depending upon the image, relative size of the boat and its position is going to be relevant in where you place the stamped sailboat. I hope this will work. Now I know that JIm's tutorial was for the BETA so there may be an issue with how it does things in the release version but I don't know as I can't load the program as I try to offer info if possible without the program because of issues I have with it being different on a PC from the MAC version. Jim would likely be able to assist better than me as he is one of our gurus thankfully.
Hi James and thanks, and yes the masking in Luminar AI is pretty much for selectively applying a filter. It is not edge-aware or anything like that, so very specific selections can be a challenge. And there is not a way to remove a background and replace it, bc there are no layers. Similar thing for moving an object - you can't really cut it out and move it, bc there is no tool for selecting it etc. You can try the clone and stamp idea as @phlotographer kindly mentions, but I personally feel it would mostly frustrate you. It would have to be a relatively simple thing for that to work. Luminar is not really targeting these more advanced use cases. Thanks for watching!
Hey Jim, looking at masking in something like the Color tab under Essentials, I can't see how I could create 2 different masks for 2 different colors - eg a mask to change H/S/L of the blue of the water, and another mask to change the H/S/L yellow of the sand, and say another mask to change the H/S/L of a pink umbrella. Am I missing something on how to do this?
Hi Rod and you are correct, there is not a way to do this. My hope is that in a future update they include HSL in the local masking tool, which would solve this for us. But today you can't do that, sorry.
Hey Jim, I know that you don't use PScc. What editing software do you use if you want to do a serious composite bringing together parts of several images? Darryl, Calgary.
Skylum says that by combining the use of L4 or Aurora HDR, it is possible to work with their products to do layers. Also, Affinity Photo will do what is needed at a much reduced cost to PS unless you have, use and don't mind the expense. Another alternative which is freeware is GIMP or PhotoScape X (which also has a Pro option for a very modest fee). HTH
@@phlotographer Thanks for the info. I'm trying out PScc and Lr right now to see what sort of bang for the buck and I was curious as to what Jim would do in that case. Up until recently I had been happy with Photoshop Elements but it is missing some functions that I would like to have. I have Affinity Photo and LOVE IT except for one or two things. The first and the real show stopper for me is the Shadows/Highlights tool that in AP is Horrible - muddy and ugly. If they could fix that and perhaps make it work a bit better with L4 and/or work with LAi I would not even consider PScc. I love the live filters in AP - so slick and easy. Thanks again.
I shoot on a Canon R6. I bought and downloaded Luminar Ai and for some reason when I load my Raw images my photos look weird. Looks like ALL images I load are an ugly dark green color. Does Luminar Ai support RAW images from Canon R6? Is this the reason why my photos are loaded weird or is it something else? Please help me figure this out because I would like to keep Luminar Ai but if its going to be more of a pain than a time saver ill just have to get my money back.
Dear Jim, I am using a fairly mid spec Dell laptop with Windows 10. I am very disappointed with Luminar 4 and asked my money back for Luminar AI. Raw conversion and exports take literally hours for 25 to 45 photographs. Adjustments are slow and doesn't happen while you move the slider, adjustments happen seconds after the slider has been moved. I thought there is a problem with my laptop and installed On1 Photo Raw....it works perfectly. I then installed Acdsee Ultimate 2021 and it works perfectly. I even experimented with GIMP....all is well, but not with Luminar. Luminar's software, and the hype around it, looked like the perfect solution to me as I am craving a easier less complex editing workflow. For now On1 seems to be my solution, it is just a pity that there doesn't seem to be the same amount of Videos and tutorials for On1 than for the Luminar flop.
Hi Paul and sorry to hear it is running slow on your computer. That obviously impacts how you feel about using the product. I am not sure why that is occurring, but for modern apps (esp AI ones) the more RAM you have, the better. On1 is a great all around product, and one that I have done some videos on as well, and will do more. On1 also has a membership (One1 Plus, I think) that gives you access to more content, etc. Maybe check that out. Thanks much and hope you have fun editing.
@@JimNix Thanks for coming back Jim. I am a great fan of yours and eagerly devour every video you produce. I highly regard your opinion and the knowledge you share with us.
Correct, there is no LM in Luminar AI. There is not really a way to do it, so if you have L4 and really need a LM then I suggest doing it in L4 and then finishing in Luminar AI. Thanks.
@@JimNix unfortunately, if I am now wrong, you can't work on a raw file in L4 and then in AI, you'd have to export it as jpg and then work on it, which does not seem very good to me. Am I missing anything?
@@kill4kid you can export as a TIFF which is a better format than JPG and in my view I rarely see much of a quality difference, but admittedly I am not a big time pixel peeper
It is much easier and more flexible to export the finished photo to the LM4 and continue working with an additional mask, as before ... This approach is insufficient for me. I should be able to place the logo very precisely.
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I can not thank you enough; this makes AI worth it big time
Awesome, glad this helped!
Another great video Jim!!
thank you Lamar, I appreciate that!
Super simple but super explanatory. Great video Jim👍
thanks much and glad it helps!
thank you sir, i finally understand how to use these tools. as a beginner who never edited photos. the instructions was simple an it was easy to follow along and the presentation was brilliant
thanks so much Don, glad this helped!
Thank you Jim! Masking has been a major weakness of mine, now I am finally putting it into perspective and learning how to use it.
thanks for watching and glad it helps!
You do a terrific job of explaining the basic operation of the tools with great examples, I don't see anyone else doing it as well as you.
thanks so much Dan, I appreciate that and hope it helps!
Awesome, good help!
glad to hear that!
I like the little dog in the sofa.
haha thanks, that is Zoe, she's a good dog!
Great Jim. You really are an excellent educator. Love that doggie.
thanks so much Anne, and that is Zoe, she's a real sweetie 😀
I have always been baffled by masking. Your example with the blank sheet of paper is most helpful. I am going to try that blank sheet of paper example for myself to get used to the nuances of the various masks. Many thanks. Merry Christmas🇺🇸🚒🎅🌲⛄️🇺🇸👨🚒
thanks much and glad this was helpful, and Merry Christmas to you as well!
Thanks for this whole series Jim. Very informative and as always your style is comfortable and engaging. Happy Holidays to you and yours and be safe .
thanks for watching Harry and Happy Holidays to you and yours as well!
Thank you again for all your videos! 😊
thanks for watching Al!
Thanks Jim, nice job at explaining the different features of masking 👍👍
thanks for watching!
Fantastic Jim!! That's best masking tutorial I've seen so far. I always been confused by masking , but this one really made the difference . Keep it up . Thanks
thanks so much, I really appreciate it!
Natural and enjoyable learning Jim Thank you. Happy New year .
thanks for watching Malc and Happy New Year to you as well!
Jim, thank you very much for spending so much time to inform and teach about the Luminar AI functions! I certainly have learned a lot. I understand it will take even more time out of your work days but I hope you can find the time to go ahead and make the deep dives of many of the tools you have already touched upon. I look forward to more videos and to learn more about this software and your techniques! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
thank you for watching Martin!
That was a great demo of how the three different types of masking works. And how to find them in AI, as opposed to Luminar 4.
thank you Ron!
thanking you for all your tutorials, jim. can’t stress enough, you’re a wonder!
have an awesome christmas with your family. be merry, be safe & be well!
thanks so much Ninth, I appreciate it and have a great holiday as well!
Another amazing tutorial simplifying the hows of masking. Well done.
thanks much Albert!
youve Got a new subscriber here...:-)..Thanks Jim:-)
thanks for watching!
Hi Jim...watching these 11 tutorials I was encouraged to buy Luminar AI and make the conversion from L4. The download and install all went well but the program does take some time to load on my i5 Win 10 machine; the dng files from my Huawei P30Pro weigh it at 79Mb and these take a full minute to load....yeah, ok, my machine is mediocre. The point of my post is to thank you for all that you do for us mere mortals of the photo editing world. Where else would we access such high quality instruction? Oh, by the way, I used your promo code for this (and Aurora HDR as well)...thanks for the discount and I hope Skylum give you some commission; I've popped a bit in your tip jar too....enjoy a taco, beer or whatever on me.
thanks so much John, that is very kind and I appreciate it so much! glad you enjoy the videos, too, and more coming every week! 🙏🏻
Facile comme d'habitude !!!!! Très bonnes fêtes de Noël !! j'espère malgré le Covid
thanks so much Michel and Happy Holidays to you!
Excellent quick breakdown of the local masking Jim. looks a lot quicker and easier than layers. Having the option of up to 10 masks as well. I think they do need to add in
the ability to name each mask though.
thanks much Ken and yes it would be great to be able to rename them, maybe someday 👍🏻
Jim you really do make it so easy to understand, very much appreciated. Best wishes for Christmas for you and your family and be safe.
thanks so much, I appreciate that and have a wonderful holiday season as well!
Thanks for that Jim great insight into masking.
thanks Andrew!
@@JimNix no problem.. I am looking towards you're vlogs because they work when I copy them. Cool stuff keep it coming...
@@andrewhillphotosvideos2909 more soon for sure!
Thanks again Jim... cheers.
thanks for watching Dennis!
Thanks Jim super helpful at my level LuminarAI is just fine.
thanks Nick and glad you are liking Luminar!
A great tutorial about masking.
In the beta version Luminar AI version, there are 5-6 Edit Tools can be chosen under Local Mask. However there are only two Edit Tools (Basic, Texture) available under Local Mask. Do you know whether Skylum will provide more Edit Tool options for Local Mask in the future?
Thanks for watching. I suspect there will be more added to local masking in the future but not sure yet what the plans are for it.
Thanks Mr. Jim for an excellent video. What is the difference in the LOCAL MASKING and the masking which is available with each tool except Basic ? Is it that local masking is the masking tool for the basic tab ?
Also it is doing only the basic tab, so will it do ALMOST everything which layer does ?
Thanks Alok. Local masking has just a certain set of sliders, whereas the masking on each tool lets you add that feature selectively. So local masking is close to offering what the Light tool does, but it lets you mask it in multiple times. So yes it is somewhat like a masking tool for the Light adjustment, but not entirely. It's just a way to take common features and use them again and again. It does replace a lot of what layers can do but not everything. But I have not needed layers for my work since getting Luminar AI, so it has been fine for me. Thanks.
Hi Jim, thank you for all the tutorials - great introduction. A specific question about masking. If I’m masking HSL changes how to I use multiple masks for the different colours?
Hi Steve and thanks for watching. There is not a way to use multiple masks for the different colors. I have previously shared this same feedback with Skylum and my hope is that they add that to local masking in the future. Fingers crossed. 🙏🏻 Thanks!
@@JimNix Hi Jim, thanks for the reply, it saves me trying to find something that isn’t there. Happy Christmas. Steve
@@stevepears2145 you are welcome and Happy Christmas to you too!
Thanks Jim, great masking tutorial. I don't own Luminar AI yet but I was wondering as you were using the painting brush, is there support to use a pressure tablet such as Wacom? If not do you think it's necessary that Skylum does? Thanks again and have a Merry Christmas! P.S. I hope you have a special treat for your puppy!!
thanks much Frank and yes it does support a tablet if you want to use one - and yes lots of treats for my dog 😁
Thanks Jim. Excellent as always! Question - If you paint with 20% opacity, and you go back and forth over the same area, I assume it stays at 20%. If you release your finger then reapply more 20% over the original 20%, does it become 40%? Second question - off topic: What tools are you using to display your tutorials? How are you recordng your screen and does the same tool give you the fly-away PIP perspective? Thanks and Merry Christmas! Mark
Hi there and thanks much. Yes every time you release the mouse and start again in the same area, it increase in intensity. For these videos, I use Screenflow which is Mac only. It allows me to capture my screen, myself via my webcam, and my mic all in one app. Then I can edit etc from there. It works quite well. Thanks!
Outstanding video and I’m seriously considering buying AI. During lockdown I’ve looked at tons of masking videos for light room only to be confused frustrated and becoming a complete failure. I was ready to give up until watching this. The masking ability here appears to produce the same results that the snobby pros take hours to produce. Thank you. One favor. Could you please enlarge areas of the panel you are working on? I view most things on the phone and my old eyes produce their own masks. Second...how about a simple video on the shot cut keys, organizing files and file export?
thanks for watching and glad this helped, and it is quite easy in Luminar AI for sure - and thanks for the feedback and suggestions too, will look into those thanks
I prefer the way they handled this in L4, to be honest. It was more straightforward, and there were layers. Having used Photoshop since 2000, I'm comfortable with layers and masking. Currently, I find myself switching back and forth between L4 and AI. I don't plan to ask for a refund, because I think they'll continue to improve AI, but on Windows anyway, it's not yet as good as L4.
Thanks for the feedback Theo and I get that, and glad to hear that you are planning to stick with Luminar AI. Happy Holidays!
@@JimNix Same to you.
@@fenraven thanks!
Dumping layers is the biggest mistake they made with AI, I can't really get it.
@@kill4kid yeah there are times they are needed, although admittedly it has been less than I thought. But agreed it was a key feature of L4 that will be missed.
Great video Jim! I guess I see masking somewhat differently. Although some "masking" is soft-edged, meaning you create and work a mask based on circular or linear gradients, I see that workflow more as selectively applying a filter. True masking should allow one to define hard edges and change parameters, or something like luminosity. For example, I find myself trying to remove wires in an image with the erase or cloning tools. Sometimes it works well, and other times its a disaster by hand. What if you have a car you want to place against a plain background? Another workflow would be moving an object from one side of the image to another, ie a sailboat on the horizon. It seems Luminar is targeting basic magic and not professional techniques like they said.
can you not use the clone/stamp to move a sailboat? Because there are not layers there seems to be no way to do composites other than adding a texture and it is not overly moveable as there is no move tool/function.
if you don't have the manual yet, you can get the html and the .pdf here manual.skylum.com/
@@phlotographer I tried clone and stamp. Couldn’t figure out how to make make the background transparent in the clone before stamping. #creativitysucks
@@jamesgerboc here is another Jim Nix video related to removal of objects via c/s ruclips.net/video/_wqgQoLH_yI/видео.html&feature=push-sd&attr_tag=V0idFlz7C-S8RC7R%3A6
Lets go back to the sailboat. Set the source being the sailboat. Decide where you want the sailboat to newly reside and begin to do the painting keeping the source on the sailboat. The sailboat should replace the water and now you have two sailboats. Only one the one? Seemed the the idea so use either erase or c/s and get rid of the unwanted sailboat. Keep in mind that this is not a selection so there is no means to resize so depending upon the image, relative size of the boat and its position is going to be relevant in where you place the stamped sailboat. I hope this will work.
Now I know that JIm's tutorial was for the BETA so there may be an issue with how it does things in the release version but I don't know as I can't load the program as I try to offer info if possible without the program because of issues I have with it being different on a PC from the MAC version. Jim would likely be able to assist better than me as he is one of our gurus thankfully.
Hi James and thanks, and yes the masking in Luminar AI is pretty much for selectively applying a filter. It is not edge-aware or anything like that, so very specific selections can be a challenge. And there is not a way to remove a background and replace it, bc there are no layers. Similar thing for moving an object - you can't really cut it out and move it, bc there is no tool for selecting it etc. You can try the clone and stamp idea as @phlotographer kindly mentions, but I personally feel it would mostly frustrate you. It would have to be a relatively simple thing for that to work. Luminar is not really targeting these more advanced use cases. Thanks for watching!
@@JimNix You taught me a lot using old versions of Luminar re masks, layers, filters, etc. I got very creative. What to use now for those things?
Hey Jim, looking at masking in something like the Color tab under Essentials, I can't see how I could create 2 different masks for 2 different colors - eg a mask to change H/S/L of the blue of the water, and another mask to change the H/S/L yellow of the sand, and say another mask to change the H/S/L of a pink umbrella. Am I missing something on how to do this?
Hi Rod and you are correct, there is not a way to do this. My hope is that in a future update they include HSL in the local masking tool, which would solve this for us. But today you can't do that, sorry.
Hey Jim, I know that you don't use PScc. What editing software do you use if you want to do a serious composite bringing together parts of several images? Darryl, Calgary.
Hi Darryl and truthfully I never do composites like that, but if I wanted to, I would just do it in Photoshop. Thanks!
Skylum says that by combining the use of L4 or Aurora HDR, it is possible to work with their products to do layers. Also, Affinity Photo will do what is needed at a much reduced cost to PS unless you have, use and don't mind the expense. Another alternative which is freeware is GIMP or PhotoScape X (which also has a Pro option for a very modest fee). HTH
@@phlotographer Thanks for the info. I'm trying out PScc and Lr right now to see what sort of bang for the buck and I was curious as to what Jim would do in that case. Up until recently I had been happy with Photoshop Elements but it is missing some functions that I would like to have. I have Affinity Photo and LOVE IT except for one or two things. The first and the real show stopper for me is the Shadows/Highlights tool that in AP is Horrible - muddy and ugly. If they could fix that and perhaps make it work a bit better with L4 and/or work with LAi I would not even consider PScc. I love the live filters in AP - so slick and easy. Thanks again.
So what is the deal with Luminosity mask which I loved it in previous versions. Where did it go?
They removed luminosity masking from Luminar AI.
Question: Can you combine mask types within one mask? IOW, start with a gradient and then add to it with the brush?
Yes you can do that. Thanks Tom.
Grazie Jim! I tuoi video sono sempre di grande aiuto per imparare. Dimmi una curiosità: che computer usi? Cpu, Gpu e ram? Grazie ancora!
Thanks Massimo! I have a Macbook Pro with 64GB RAM, 4TB hard drive, 8 core Intel i9, and 8GB AMD video card.
Praticamente un razzo 😀
@@MassimoVivarelli 🤣🤣🤣it is pretty fast!
I shoot on a Canon R6. I bought and downloaded Luminar Ai and for some reason when I load my Raw images my photos look weird. Looks like ALL images I load are an ugly dark green color. Does Luminar Ai support RAW images from Canon R6? Is this the reason why my photos are loaded weird or is it something else? Please help me figure this out because I would like to keep Luminar Ai but if its going to be more of a pain than a time saver ill just have to get my money back.
Per my other comment, please check here: manual.skylum.com/4/en/topic/supported-file-types
Dear Jim,
I am using a fairly mid spec Dell laptop with Windows 10. I am very disappointed with Luminar 4 and asked my money back for Luminar AI.
Raw conversion and exports take literally hours for 25 to 45 photographs.
Adjustments are slow and doesn't happen while you move the slider, adjustments happen seconds after the slider has been moved.
I thought there is a problem with my laptop and installed On1 Photo Raw....it works perfectly.
I then installed Acdsee Ultimate 2021 and it works perfectly. I even experimented with GIMP....all is well, but not with Luminar.
Luminar's software, and the hype around it, looked like the perfect solution to me as I am craving a easier less complex editing workflow.
For now On1 seems to be my solution, it is just a pity that there doesn't seem to be the same amount of Videos and tutorials for On1 than for the Luminar flop.
ON1 used to have quite a few employees doing tutorials but that may have changed. Most of the tutorials for Luminar are not employees.
Hi Paul and sorry to hear it is running slow on your computer. That obviously impacts how you feel about using the product. I am not sure why that is occurring, but for modern apps (esp AI ones) the more RAM you have, the better. On1 is a great all around product, and one that I have done some videos on as well, and will do more. On1 also has a membership (One1 Plus, I think) that gives you access to more content, etc. Maybe check that out. Thanks much and hope you have fun editing.
@@JimNix Thanks for coming back Jim.
I am a great fan of yours and eagerly devour every video you produce.
I highly regard your opinion and the knowledge you share with us.
@@paulhendriksz5756 I really appreciate that!
I’d like to have this software, but my pc only has an I3 processor. I understand that you really need an I5 or better
yes according to their site you do need an i5, sorry
NO LUMINOSITY MASK LIKE LIMINAR 4. HOW TO DEAL WITH LUMINOSITY MASK IN LUMINAR AL
+1 for luminosity mask.
Correct, there is no LM in Luminar AI. There is not really a way to do it, so if you have L4 and really need a LM then I suggest doing it in L4 and then finishing in Luminar AI. Thanks.
@@JimNix unfortunately, if I am now wrong, you can't work on a raw file in L4 and then in AI, you'd have to export it as jpg and then work on it, which does not seem very good to me. Am I missing anything?
@@kill4kid you can export as a TIFF which is a better format than JPG and in my view I rarely see much of a quality difference, but admittedly I am not a big time pixel peeper
It is much easier and more flexible to export the finished photo to the LM4 and continue working with an additional mask, as before ...
This approach is insufficient for me. I should be able to place the logo very precisely.
Yes I am hopeful they make it easier to add/move a logo file in a future update.
No luminosity mask, no party
haha yeah I get that
be great if you always show the Histogram
I will try and keep that in mind, thanks