On the top right of the screen, below the Hand tool, you’ll see the Brush tool.
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You only want the effect on the skin here, so right-click on the layer and choose the Mask>Invert Mask menu. Portraits can also usually benefit from some added Warmth. You can also increase Smoothness to taste. As you increase the Amount of glow, you’ll notice that it also increases the brightness of the portrait, so use the Brightness slider to reduce it. Click the + sign in the Layers panel and choose Add New Adjustment Layer.Ĭhoose Soft Glow from the Filters list for this layer. Masking allows you to hide areas you don’t want to be affected by the layer. Next, you’ll need a new layer, as you’ll be masking off the filters you use on this layer. In the case of my example image, there are one or two areas still to fix, but I’ll clean this up at the end of the main retouch, before applying a final finish. This can smooth out texture too much, so just take care while you do it. Choose an area that matches both the texture and brightness of the area around the blemish as your source point.Īn old retoucher’s trick is to set a low opacity (like 20%) and then brush over the image slowly, removing blemishes while sampling different areas. Set the brush size to just slightly larger than the blemish. To completely wipe over an area, set your opacity to 100%. 50% is a good place start if you’re not sure. you still want some of the lines under the eyes to look natural) so drop the opacity a bit. For certain areas, you don’t want to eliminate the destination completely (e.g. For adjusting the brush softness (feather) hold the shift key with the square bracket keys. You can quickly change the brush size, using the square bracket keys. Next, fix under the eyes by setting your source point to the cheek below. To set a different source after this, hold down the Alt/Option button and click where you want the source. The source is the location you’re copying to fix the area you need to work on (which is the destination). Once the render is complete you’ll be presented with the cloning screen, asking you to “Click to set the source” (as seen below). The Clone tool is on the right-side panel in Luminar. The settings will, of course, be different for every image.Īt any stage, you can check your progress by clicking on the eye icon to preview, or click the Before/After view to reveal a slidable Before/After preview.
You’ll see there’s a small change in Highlights and Shadows here, along with a tiny amount of Whites. The remaining sliders should be adjusted until you feel the photo looks good. This is better than Exposure, which will clip highlights and shadows. This really neat slider allows you to brighten the image while protecting highlights, or darken while protecting the shadows. For the brightness, you should use the Smart Tone slider.
Thereafter, choose the Favorites category at the top of the Add Filters panel for speedy access to your most-used filters.įor the dark part, you’ll drag Blacks slider down (left) to taste. To make them even easier to find, click on the “star” to the left of the filter name to designate them as “favorites”. Notes: As you get comfortable with Luminar’s filters, you’ll probably find yourself using several of the same ones frequently. You can also just enter the name of a filter in the Search field to find it faster if you know the name of the filter you want. You can select this from the filter list that appears after you click the Add Filter button. The best filter in Luminar to fix this is Tone. There’s also a gap at the bottom (left side) where areas like the eye pupil could be darker.
If you look at the histogram, there’s a gap at the top (right side) where the wall could be whiter. This one is a little dark, but at the same time, there’s no true black in the photo. Your first step is to improve the overall tonal balance of your portrait. You can have as many filters as you like on one layer. You’ll get more space and more of the image to work with this way.įor your first layer (as well as with further layers), you’ll need to click the Add Filter button to add controls. As you’ll be using more of a layer based workflow than presets for now, turn off the presets panel by clicking on the second last icon in the upper right of your screen. Follow along with this walkthrough to see how I use Luminar to edit a portrait. While a lot is made of processing landscapes and cityscapes, you find it also happens to be a very capable portrait editor.
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