Skylum is currently running its Summer Sale (see my earlier blog post). For the duration of this sale (through June 30), you can use my dedicated URL to save an additional 20% off with coupon code plugsandpixels20
Top features include:
•Edit across devices
•Share edits in web galleries
•Create a dreamy bokeh effect NEW
•Smooth skin naturally IMPROVED
•Enhance facial features IMPROVED
•Revive old photos
•Add dimensional lighting
•Enhance in seconds
•Remove distractions
•Instantly replace skies
•Replace objects seamlessly
•Sharpen every detail
The recent Luminar Spring update (v. 1.27.1) focused on portrait editing, so here are a couple of new examples of those particular capabilities. These results from early-era digital photos are a combination of Portrait-specific adjustments (such as Face and Skin) along with other included creative options such as Studio Light (that’s where the ribbed shadows came from) and Black & White (the originals are followed by the edits as seen while being edited within Luminar).
Our first model:
Our next model:
Of course photos of any subject can be creatively and correctively enhanced in Luminar, so here we have a dingy New York City street scene (originally captured on film) perked up with Light Depth along with parallax transformation and other adjustments:
Next, a dusty 35mm film-based scan of a Seattle-area scenic brought to life with several adjustments and manual retouches, including Supercontrast:
I spent many years shooting and developing 35mm Tri-X, and as a result have tons of black-and-white photos of subjects that should have been captured in color! No problem, Luminar has a Restoration enhancement tool that offers a perfect fix after-the-fact! And when the color restoration is done you can go in and further retouch and edit the result as much as you want:
Be sure to take advantage of this double-Summer sale before it ends on the 30th, and get started restoring your own collection of images!