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Skylum Releases Luminar 2018 Jupiter Update v.1.2.0

From Skylum:   This update features over 300 improvements and updates that make the app faster, more responsive and useful than ever.   The most essential features of the update are:   Speed (Performance & adjustments): We’ve dramatically increased the … Continue reading

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Jupiter release of Luminar sees some 300 improvements

Skylum, which until recently was known as Macphun, has announced a major free update to its Luminar photo-editing software. Available for both Mac and PC, the new 'Jupiter' release promises significant performance enhancements, improved raw conversion and key-feature parity between … Continue reading

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Easy Color Grading With LUTs and Luminar 2018

Focusing on color can help you communicate style and emotion. This approach is often referred to as color grading. Color grading versus color correction You may have wondered how this differs from color correction, which is more of a technical … Continue reading

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How to Create a Retro Look for Your Images with Luminar

Over the past few months, I’ve been testing out the features of Luminar. I’ve looked at the time-saving features that can help reduce your editing headaches. I’ve also played around with the AI filter to see how it holds up … Continue reading

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Top 10 Luminar 2018 Features That I Discovered by Accident

Luminar’s powerful, customizable approach to image editing is wrapped in a cloak of simplicity which is great for photographers who tend to feel intimidated by the hundreds of buttons, menu options, and sliders available in other post-processing programs. The more … Continue reading

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Luminar 2018 v.1.1.1 Released

From Skylum:   Luminar 2018 1.1.1 version for Windows:   Added support for the following languages: English German Spanish French Portugal Chinese Korean Russian Japanese Added shift + scroll hotkey for brush size adjustment Curves filter improved Merge layers feature … Continue reading

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How to Make your Winter Images Pop with Luminar

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, it’s that time of year again. It’s cold, windy, snowy and very, very white. Winter wonderlands are the ideal things to shoot this time of year. When everything around you is frosted … Continue reading

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How to Create a Grunge Look with Luminar 2018

Grunge. It’s a great look for gritty, edgy, photos, and you couldn’t have it simpler than doing it in Luminar 2018. In this article, you’ll see how to examine Presets and use elements from those Presets to create your own … Continue reading

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Your Guide to Understanding the Luminar 2018 Dashboard

With Macphun (soon to be Skylum) keen to promote Luminar 2018 as a replacement for Lightroom, there’s no doubt that there are many photographers who are interested in trying it. Unfortunately, that’s where the confusion may start as the Luminar … Continue reading

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Mastering and Sharing One-Click Presets in Luminar

One of the main strengths of Luminar by Macphun, soon to be Skylum, is how it makes a suite of professional-style editing tools available to even the most casual of photographers. It does it all with a user interface that … Continue reading

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How to do Powerful RAW Conversions with Luminar 2018

One of the most powerful new filters in Luminar 2018 is the RAW Develop Filter. RAW files, straight out of the camera, appear flat and boring, but with capable RAW conversion software like Luminar 2018, you can transform the RAW … Continue reading

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How to Make Food Photos Look Tastier with Luminar

When it comes to food photography, photo editing is at least half of the battle. Sure, there’s an art to styling and shooting food so that it looks yummy right out of the camera. But more often than not, it … Continue reading

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