I just bought it today and I checked 4 videos and you are the best to explain. After I watch your video 2 times I was good to go by myself and play with the rest of the tools. Thank you for helping a 70 years old man. If I can do it at my age everybody can :o). By the way I subscribe to your chanel. thank you very much again. Richard
I’m really impressed with the new removal tool in Neo. I always hated doing this kind of work in Photoshop, but I can’t wait to try it out in Neo. Great tutorial Jim, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this detailed explanation of background removal Jim. Yes it can be a lot of fun, but does show how easy it is these days to change and produce an image which is effectively a fake.
Thanks Ken and yes I am of the opinion that we should disclose these sorts of changes (sky replacement etc) but of course it's up to each person to decide how they want to do things.
A question ... when you were adjusting the masking of the canoes you seemed to pan/shift the image the left. How was this done? Thanks for this very clear explanation.
Thank you for your helpful video! I would like to use Luminar Neo regularly. Unfortunately, the function to create metadata (EXIF, IPTC, ...) and save them in my photos is missing. Will an update of Luminar Neo bring this feature, what do you think? Which app do you use to store metadata in your photos?
Thanks Frank and I have converted to using Mylio as my DAM and "front-end" to all my editing apps, Luminar included. It works great and I have a couple of videos here about it if you want to learn more. I am hopeful that Luminar adds this at some point but there is no information from them about this. Thanks.
Are we still not able to buy individual extensions? I'm only after Background removal. Or did I see $Australian 76.00 for just this one extension? I've purchased Luminar 4, then Luminar AI, then Luminar Neo. I need a few bucks off for loyalty.
Howdy Jack and yep I saw an email about them selling the extensions individually now, I think for $49 each US, but not sure how that translates to AUS.
Hello Jm...I just started with Neo and I didn.t bought this one yet but with luminar 3 I made the background black or white ...it was a lot of work ..I want to do it again with Neo but I don't know with what tools...so in this case I let the boats red but I want the surrounding black...can you help me ? Thnxs a lot.
Great video Jim as usual. I noticed one disturbing thing though, the canoes really didn't look they are on water. It would have been nice if you could somehow bring that water touching the canoes so that we can get that floating feeling.
Yeah I definitely think with composites you need to spend time getting precise masks and ensuring you really "sell" the idea of the image. Hard to do in a quick tutorial. 😀 Thanks for watching.
Jim, it would hebe been nice to see you add a rippled reflection of the canoes, to match the rippes in the lake, in the water to make it more realistic, but that wasn't the theme of the video.
Yep that would be nice but honestly I am not sure how I would go about that in Neo. Would have to give it some thought, but yeah that wasn't a "realistic" example but just showing how the tool works. Thanks for watching.
Yes they are, but it's designed so that everyone does not have to pay for features they do not use. I get that it adds up, but you can buy them individually in case you don't want or need the whole suite.
Hi Jim, thanks for this video. I really don't mean this to sound cynical, but the constant evolution of Luminar NEO and On1 is forcing Adobe to improve Lightroom (CC) and Camera RAW. For that I am really grateful to Skylum and On1. Especially with the masking tools, Adobe is miles ahead of Luminar NEO after the latest update. But that is also because the masking tools are not consistent in Luminar NEO: Sky Replacement AI usually works wonderfully, but apparently uses a different algoríthm than AI masking. Here it comes again and again to unsightly transitions, which one must remove laboriously. Please don't misunderstand, this is not a criticism of you. I still like to use Luminar NEO for fast image development. For everything else, Adobe products remain my first choice. Finally, a question about your first example: in a composing like this, the boats need a shadow. How can you create this with Luminar NEO?
Hi Andreas and thanks and I totally get that. I am glad for Skylum and On1 too as I agree they are pushing the industry forward in many ways. Good for all of us! And I didn't take that as a personal criticism, no worries at all. And yes a shadow would be needed to pull it off, but in this case it was just a somewhat silly example of how the tool works. I guess to add a shadow I would get Develop, slightly darken the exposure slider, and mask it in with a low opacity brush. Essentially dodge and burn but with Develop bc it has Shadows and Contrast etc too and those sliders may come in handy. Thanks.
@@JimNix understood that when you mentioned direction of light but thought it worth mentioning related to the bird in the composition created as it is easy for folks to not notice the problem when doing their own.
I think I understand "layers" when you demo them, but when I try to use them in an edit later it becomes evident that I do not. Perhaps another in-depth tutorial on layers would helpful if other viewers are having the same issue??
Hi Vince and thanks for the suggestion. A layer is just another photo you lay on top of your first/base photo. Then you can use masks to paint in just a part of it. In this case, I removed the background from the puffin layer, and stuck the now background-less puffin on top of another photo (of the lagoon). Each photo is its own layer and you can reorder them etc. Hope that makes sense. It's sort of like in the old school days when a teacher would show a transparency on the overhead projector, and they could lay more transparencies on top, etc. Sorta like that I guess.
charging for something that used to be part of the functionality (with rather suboptimal results indeed) plus the new focus on monthly payment plans... Skylum has lost me as a customer
@@chris1le I can't recall since that was over a year ago. Portrait Background Removal was mentioned as coming, I think, and I know a lot of people were asking for this too.
Luminar's AI background removal is absolutely worthless...Photoshop is still 10Xs better and easier to use. I wasted both my money and time with Luminar NEO!!!!
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I just bought it today and I checked 4 videos and you are the best to explain. After I watch your video 2 times I was good to go by myself and play with the rest of the tools. Thank you for helping a 70 years old man. If I can do it at my age everybody can :o). By the way I subscribe to your chanel. thank you very much again. Richard
thanks so much Richard and glad that my videos have helped! have fun editing!
I’m really impressed with the new removal tool in Neo. I always hated doing this kind of work in Photoshop, but I can’t wait to try it out in Neo. Great tutorial Jim, thanks for sharing.
thanks much for watching Ron!
Thanks for this detailed explanation of background removal Jim. Yes it can be a lot of fun, but does show how easy it is these days to change and produce an image
which is effectively a fake.
Thanks Ken and yes I am of the opinion that we should disclose these sorts of changes (sky replacement etc) but of course it's up to each person to decide how they want to do things.
Thanks Jim, I was just looking for it ! Love your videos !
thank you for watching John!
Good video Jim. Very helpful. BTW, was that the puffin flying in for V's dinner? LOL
LOL thanks Nick!
Jim, what a great video. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching Doug!
A question ... when you were adjusting the masking of the canoes you seemed to pan/shift the image the left. How was this done? Thanks for this very clear explanation.
Nice video Jim, What is the best AI tool to remove object, On1 or Neo?
Thank you for your helpful video! I would like to use Luminar Neo regularly. Unfortunately, the function to create metadata (EXIF, IPTC, ...) and save them in my photos is missing. Will an update of Luminar Neo bring this feature, what do you think? Which app do you use to store metadata in your photos?
Thanks Frank and I have converted to using Mylio as my DAM and "front-end" to all my editing apps, Luminar included. It works great and I have a couple of videos here about it if you want to learn more. I am hopeful that Luminar adds this at some point but there is no information from them about this. Thanks.
Thanks Jim. Good introduction.
thanks for watching!
Thanks again. It's nice to be able to resize the masked image to fit the new background. Other "masking" programs do not allow this.
thanks much Vince and yep Neo makes it pretty easy overall
Well it's not really resizing the masking Vince. It is resizing the layer and any application with layers will allow you to do this.
Great explanation. Many thanks Sir
thank you!
Please teach us how to match background colours to the (new placed) object while doing compositing in Luminar Neo.
Are we still not able to buy individual extensions? I'm only after Background removal. Or did I see $Australian 76.00 for just this one extension? I've purchased Luminar 4, then Luminar AI, then Luminar Neo. I need a few bucks off for loyalty.
Howdy Jack and yep I saw an email about them selling the extensions individually now, I think for $49 each US, but not sure how that translates to AUS.
Hello Jm...I just started with Neo and I didn.t bought this one yet but with luminar 3 I made the background black or white ...it was a lot of work ..I want to do it again with Neo but I don't know with what tools...so in this case I let the boats red but I want the surrounding black...can you help me ? Thnxs a lot.
Is it possible to add a reflection of the canoes using Neo, or do you have to export to something like PS?
Great video Jim as usual. I noticed one disturbing thing though, the canoes really didn't look they are on water. It would have been nice if you could somehow bring that water touching the canoes so that we can get that floating feeling.
Yeah I definitely think with composites you need to spend time getting precise masks and ensuring you really "sell" the idea of the image. Hard to do in a quick tutorial. 😀 Thanks for watching.
Jim, it would hebe been nice to see you add a rippled reflection of the canoes, to match the rippes in the lake, in the water to make it more realistic, but that wasn't the theme of the video.
Yep that would be nice but honestly I am not sure how I would go about that in Neo. Would have to give it some thought, but yeah that wasn't a "realistic" example but just showing how the tool works. Thanks for watching.
Skylum charging for functions that other suites are offering as part of the program.
Yes they are, but it's designed so that everyone does not have to pay for features they do not use. I get that it adds up, but you can buy them individually in case you don't want or need the whole suite.
Hi Jim, thanks for this video. I really don't mean this to sound cynical, but the constant evolution of Luminar NEO and On1 is forcing Adobe to improve Lightroom (CC) and Camera RAW. For that I am really grateful to Skylum and On1. Especially with the masking tools, Adobe is miles ahead of Luminar NEO after the latest update. But that is also because the masking tools are not consistent in Luminar NEO: Sky Replacement AI usually works wonderfully, but apparently uses a different algoríthm than AI masking. Here it comes again and again to unsightly transitions, which one must remove laboriously.
Please don't misunderstand, this is not a criticism of you. I still like to use Luminar NEO for fast image development. For everything else, Adobe products remain my first choice.
Finally, a question about your first example: in a composing like this, the boats need a shadow. How can you create this with Luminar NEO?
Hi Andreas and thanks and I totally get that. I am glad for Skylum and On1 too as I agree they are pushing the industry forward in many ways. Good for all of us! And I didn't take that as a personal criticism, no worries at all. And yes a shadow would be needed to pull it off, but in this case it was just a somewhat silly example of how the tool works. I guess to add a shadow I would get Develop, slightly darken the exposure slider, and mask it in with a low opacity brush. Essentially dodge and burn but with Develop bc it has Shadows and Contrast etc too and those sliders may come in handy. Thanks.
TY for the comment and the second image direction of light on the Puffin is not that of the background scene.
@@phlotographer yeah for sure, it was just an example of something you can do with this feature
@@JimNix understood that when you mentioned direction of light but thought it worth mentioning related to the bird in the composition created as it is easy for folks to not notice the problem when doing their own.
I think I understand "layers" when you demo them, but when I try to use them in an edit later it becomes evident that I do not. Perhaps another in-depth tutorial on layers would helpful if other viewers are having the same issue??
Hi Vince and thanks for the suggestion. A layer is just another photo you lay on top of your first/base photo. Then you can use masks to paint in just a part of it. In this case, I removed the background from the puffin layer, and stuck the now background-less puffin on top of another photo (of the lagoon). Each photo is its own layer and you can reorder them etc. Hope that makes sense. It's sort of like in the old school days when a teacher would show a transparency on the overhead projector, and they could lay more transparencies on top, etc. Sorta like that I guess.
Thanks!
thanks for watching!
Thanks Jim.
thanks for watching Lysander
Wait Pls tell me this isn’t a Paid for Extra feature…?
Hi Sterling and yes all the extensions are optional add-ons with a cost attached, or you can buy the whole bundle if you prefer.
Great video but the canoes didn't look realistic at all: they didn't seem to be on the water. The puffin photo result was much better, however!
Yeah it's mostly just a demo of course but I agree, the puffin was a better one
charging for something that used to be part of the functionality (with rather suboptimal results indeed) plus the new focus on monthly payment plans... Skylum has lost me as a customer
Hi there and AI-based background removal was never part of the functionality. It's a new add-on feature.
@@JimNixNix if I remember right this was one of the big selling points at the time NEO was being released.
@@chris1le I can't recall since that was over a year ago. Portrait Background Removal was mentioned as coming, I think, and I know a lot of people were asking for this too.
@@JimNix Your right. It was portrait background removal. I stand corrected.
@@chris1le I wasn't trying to correct you, just sharing what I recall but regardless happy to have both features in Neo 😀
Luminar's AI background removal is absolutely worthless...Photoshop is still 10Xs better and easier to use. I wasted both my money and time with Luminar NEO!!!!