Full Photo Edit in Luminar NEO feat. HDR Merge
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Complete Walkthrough of creating and editing an HDR merge in Luminar NEO.
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You guys requested it, so here's a demo featuring a full walkthrough of my techniques for creating an HDR merge and then editing it from start to finish in Luminar NEO. We'll take a look at layers, blending modes, merging bracketed exposures and also how to use the tool for single image HDR processing. HDR is back with a vengeance and better than ever!
HDR should be a way to give us a natural and rich image to start our processing. It should yield realistic results and unlock hidden details in an authentic way that represents what the human eye sees rather than what the camera's limited sensor can capture. And THANKFULLY that's what Luminar NEO's HDR Merge plug in does.
It's a simple to use tool with an extremely powerful algorithm under the hood. The HDR Merge Plug-in is based on Aurora's award winning best-in-class Quantum Engine, so those natural merges we've come to love from Aurora are available to us for a fraction of the price. (OR FREE if you already own Aurora HDR-19)
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HDR, layers and blending modes, masking, colour grading and more. I cover a lot in this one so I really hope you guys find it useful. Cheers for watching! 🤙
another brilliant video Anthony, been using HDR plug in for Neo for the last few days. Now I know how to use layers. Cheers my friend 😆
Happy to help Darren!
Anthony, you are a master at using this software. The technique you’ve demonstrated is very impressive and absolutely outstanding. In my opinion, however, the tutorial is more geared towards the “advanced” users of Neo. In my case, I’m somewhat short of being an “intermediate” user. Thanks to you and several other channels I subscribe to, I’ve come a long way in the past few months, but I still have a long long way to go before I’m where I want to be. Because of that, it’s still pretty easy for me to get lost in the details of your full edits. I realize you’re trying to keep the edit within a reasonable amount of time, but trying to keep up with everything you’re doing gets to be a real challenge for me at times.
For that reason, might I suggest that you break down your full detailed edits into consecutive parts? Start out by addressing the “beginner” steps of the edit in one video; then progress on to the “intermediate” and “advanced” edit steps in consecutive videos continuing on with the same image. Once finished, you could then post all 3 videos at the same time. That way, all of us “beginners” can better digest all of the fantastic things you’re doing to enhance an image; thus enabling us to “learn the ropes” easier.
So many tips in one photo edit. I will have to look at it again and again. Thanks
G'day Anthony
What can I say about this presentation? The only thing that I can say..... it's a bonzzamate!
Using multiple HDRs and with the aid of blend modes with colour overlays has given me some exciting possibilities for my own develops.
Thanks a million mate.
Greg
Nice one Greg! 👍
Anthony, as a follow up to my last comment regarding having trouble following all your detail work. I just discovered how helpful reading the full transcript can be. It allows me to follow all the different detail steps easier. This is a great feature for us beginners because it allows us to go at our own “slower” pace so we can eventually digest all the information you’re teaching us. Thanks again for for your help and contribution to our learning.
Thanks Steve for the in depth comments. Great feedback! Also, don't forget you've got the option to slow down the playback speed too 😀
Downloaded the DB pics, gonna work through this step by step, thanks Anthony.
Good man!
You convinced me to buy today. For what I’m after, I’ll stick with the single image merge technique. But it’s great to understand all the various approaches possible.
Anthony mate, I could really wax lyrical about this ...... but am going to use just one word ...... 'Speechless'
Thanks! Hey luvin the tiger 🐅 avatar btw. One of my fave animals for sure!
Thanks mate - this Tiger was one of our best sightings in India. His name was Mukunda .... I use the word was because some scumball poached him. We've been to India several times .... Tigers are the finest animals we've ever seen. We were very well known there and my wife was given the honour of naming a Tiger, which is loosely translated as 'Beautiful Princess' This is a rare honour. You probably know but in case you don't, every Tiger cub is given a name like A1, B3, C4 etc etc until they reach some form of maturity and are likely to survive, then they name them.
Anthony, you explain everything so clearly! You're the best. Cheers
Thanks Anthony appreciated your tutorial.
Wow. You packed SO.MANY amazing techniques and info into this tutorial - blown away! Thank you for sharing your talents and experience - it's really inspiring.
Brilliant as usual thank you for your Brilliant tutorials l have purchased the plug in for my copy of Neo and and really appreciate your videos
Thank you Alistair 😊
Thanks again very helpful but lots to take in!
What a Master Class! You give so many ideas to push our photo processing further! Thanks for doing it.
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.
AT, absolutely outstanding! Lots of moving parts in that video, but the amount of editing power you’ve so effectively illustrated is marvelous! I’ve seen the introduction of the solid color in other videos, probably yours, at first blush I’m having difficulty wrapping my head around what it brings to the table. I guess the ability to give an overall “look” to the photo. I certainly have some work to do! 👍. Thank you sincerely for your efforts, expertise & inspiration! Bill
Yeah, I demoed the idea of a solid colour a while back. I have noticed a few channels releasing similar content after I've posted info, but it's all good 😀 So the idea is simply to add a sense of colour harmony to the photo. To pull the spectrum into a more unified hue. I find it more visually pleasing than having colours all over the place. JMHO 😀
Love your stuff. Thanks again!
Thanks 🙏
So many amazing tips for colorizing or creating a certain mood on a picture! Love it!!
Thanks Gabriele!
Very helpful video and well presented. Great to have it to refer back to. Thank you for the work you've put in to compiling it.
Cheers Andrew. Yes, you're spot on. They're a lot of work. Most people come, watch, move on. And that's all good. I love making the vids and trying to help people. But, it's really appreciated when it's acknowledged. Thanks 😃
Great tutorial and technique thanks
I'll have to take quite a few runs at this, gotta get my head around stacking the layers and then using the masking. I tend to get a bit lost with what is affecting what. I will just keep at it. Obviously the more I use it the easier it will get.
Thanks for such a detailed video.
Hey John. You've got the key right there. Just keep practicing and it'll come. Cheers for the comment and your support.
Thanks for sharing some valuable information - Keep up the good work👏👏
Wow, that was brilliant, far too much to take in one viewing but never the less brilliant. I must admit though that I liked the photo before you went into Curves but each to his own eh. Thank you Anthony your tutorials are ace, take care mate👍😎
Thanks John. Yeah, the pre-curves version was a bit more punchy. I agree, it may have been better before 😀
Initially I thought that HDR was not for me ,but after watching your video I’m being to warm to it . Especially for single image edits .
How ever I still can’t at this time bring myself around to paying 50$ plus for add in when I paid less than that for Neo it’s self
There may be a good reason for this cost , if you know could you comment please .
Still a great video so I feel a coffee coming your way
Mike
Hi Mike. Cheers for the coffee ☕️!!! Much appreciated 😊 Yeah, the plugin isn't cheap but I think it's a fair reflection of it's value in an editors workflow (IF HDR is something you'll use). It's about 1/3 cost of Aurora which it's algorithm is borrowed from. Although you were an early adopteter with NEO and got it for a ridiculously low price (good on you btw!) it then makes it hard to quantify other costs relative to that initial bargain. I'd just separate your good deal on NEO and evaluate the HDR plugin on its merits alone. 🙂
Thank you for the video 🙌
No problem 😊
I'll need to bookmark this but play at halfspeed 😃. One question, we try to get well focussed images, but you then use glow (and something else) to 'soften' the image. I've been told 'soft' doesn't mean 'out of focus' but perhaps you could explain. Thanks for all this effort.
Hi Blair. Cheers for watching! If we add glow, or mystical etc. it's more about adding a feeling to the photo. If you look at pixel level, your edges are still nice and sharp. I'd recommend just playing around and seeing what you effects you like.
@@AnthonyTurnham thanks for responding and that explanation. Currently I'm only watching the vids on the phone so can't see some of the subtleties. Cheers, Bill
This is great.
Hi Anthony! Another useful video thanks! By the way, the latest version of NEO informs us there will be at least 5 more plug-ins on the way - fantastic! 😸😸 Regards Felix the Cat. 🐱🐱
Oh my gosh sounds like I'm going to busy!
nice one :)
Thanks.
No worries! Thanks
Maybe the up-coming plug-ins may include a return to the 'Augmented Sky' features. I miss including flying birds and rainbows along with changing the skies. Also perhaps the much missed 'Clone Stamp' tool! What do you think Anthony? Regards from Felix the Cat. 🐱🐱
I think with what we can do with layers and the AI mask feature the days of the Augmented Sky tool are over. We can use those elements (birds, rainbows etc.) in an even more controlled way now. I'd recommend finding the folder of elements and bringing a few in, have a play around with the layer blend modes and the sky mask. You'll be able to recreate the same effect as augmented sky.
Thanks, solid information. I have a thought I would like you to help explore. If the HDR merge allows auto-align of multiple photos could we use that same process to do a focus stack? I’m not worried about blending different exposures, just focus stacking. If that doesn’t work is there a way to use NEO to focus stack, hopefully easily? I can only see using layers and brushing in the focus areas? But auto-alignment would really help this. Any help appreciated. Thanks and cheers, G 😊
Hi Gregory. I tried it and unfortunately it didn't work. It's a great idea though. 💡 I think we'll see a dedicated focus stacking plugin in the future.
@@AnthonyTurnham thank you for the information. Never hurts to explore ideas. It would be great if the did. Cheers, G 😊
I love the tutorial and the concept being pushed. My confusion lies on where we are painting the part of the HDR top layer to merge with the below layer. my understanding is that the top layer with the blue rectangular surrounding is what we are working on . if so how do we combine the part of the HDR layer painted with the original layer below. I don't get that part at all. please help
I already own Luminar AI which I dip into from time to time - it's great when I don't have the time to wrestle with Affinity Photo. Would Luminar Neo be a worthwhile purchase for me as a hobbyist?
Hi Simon. If you enjoy editing then NEO would be my pick ahead of AI. The layers and multiple tool applications means you can take things a bit further which I really love.
@@AnthonyTurnham Thanks for the advice and well done with the Vids
Is this the same method when taking 20-30 shots of Astro and merge them to get a much more vibrant and detailed photo?
no, that's a different image stacking method
Am i missing something?
How can I use the HDR Merge directly with out using the catalogue as my little old laptop will just crash when I use the catalogue for anything ? I always load single pictures to edit them ....the old stand a loan HDR works with no problem, its when I go any where near the catalog! computer says no and falls over. so i need away to load the files in using a explorar type loader?
I'd change the name of my Neo catalogue, create a new default one and see how you get on...
is there any way you can lower the size of the picture when putting 5 RAW pictures in HDR?
Hi Hubert. You could export them as lower res files and then use those files in the HDR merge.
They're not going to be raw photos anymore obviously but i've found if you throw enough jpeg data at the HDR merge then the resulting 16bit tiff is a very workable file.
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Hi Fred. It's not me. Someone is phishing and using my name to trick people.
What are they asking for? 🤔
@@AnthonyTurnham Thanks for letting me know. Still love your content!
Thanks
Thanks Mike! ☕️ 😃