Luminar stands out, in the first place, due to its angle of editing process optimization. In the program you’ll find tons of predetermined adjustments (non-invasive filters) that will help you edit your pictures with the least amount of effort and getting truly attractive results.
However, in Luminar you’ll also find all the manual adjustments that you could need, from the most essential ones to the most advanced. Also, the interface of the program is highly intuitive and is optimized for professional use, so you’ll feel it was designed to help you get the best result possible.
Luminar also stands out for being a powerful software. Its technical features and excellent design make it capable of working at incredibly high speeds with RAW formats and all types of editing processes and tools where you’ll find manual correction of the lens, layers, cropping masks and much, much more.
- Luminar 2018 User Manual Macbook Air
- Luminar 2018 User Manual Macbook Pro
- Luminar 2018 User Manual Mac Pro
- Luminar 2018 User Manual Mac Os
For many of us, Luminar has evolved from an app that we use some of the time for special images, to most of the time in our daily workflow. As a result, efficiency is more important than ever. And keyboard shortcuts really help with that.
I have my favorites that I use all of the time, and I thought that you might want to learn these as well. (These and others are from the Skylum Luminar User Manual page. Windows shortcuts are there as well!)
For controlling the interface, I use:
Activates before/after comparison. When the key is pressed, the original image will be shown. Releasing the key will reveal the enhanced image. This is much faster than moving the mouse pointer up to the top toolbar.
MacPhun announces Luminar 2018 for Mac and Windows. San Diego, CA – November 1, 2017 — Macphun, the California-based software developer today announced Luminar 2018.New users will be able to purchase Luminar 2018 for $59, and current users of Luminar may upgrade at a special price of $39. Although Luminar is new, the developers are working hard to improve it, and today, they just announced LUMINAR 2018 for both Mac and Windows. The new version contains a streamlined user interface, number of noticeable performance improvements, some great new filters and expanded workspaces that let you customize and create an image editing. Download Luminar 2018 2018 for Mac for free, without any viruses, from Uptodown. Try the latest version of Luminar 2018 2018 for Mac. Buy Skylum Luminar 4 (Download) featuring Photo Editing and Raw Image Processing, Non-Destructive Workflow, AI Sky Replacement, Structure, Enhance, AI Skin & Portrait Enhancer, Smart Contrast, Sunrays, Looks Gallery, Library Panel for Image Management, Adjustment Syncing and Batch Processing, Smart Shortcuts and Luminar Trash, Can Be Used Standalone or as Plug-In, For macOS 10.12-15. I uninstalled Luminar 2018 ( GL 3.3.problem), and attempted to reinstall it. All seemed to go well until the install finished and then a message appeared stating.A procedure imported by 'MiplWrapper.dll' could not be loaded, which message could not be removed until I went through the Task Master.
Tab Show/Hide the Preset panel at the bottom of the window and Side panel along right edge. The key will activate previously shown windows. I've been using this more lately because it displays my my image with a less distracting interface.
Working with tools:
- B Activate the Masking Brush tool
- G Activates the Gradient Mask tool
- R Activates the Radial Mask tool
- Cmd+J Clone & Stamp tool
- Cmd+E Erase tool
- C Enter the Crop tool
The two I use the most from these favs are the B and the C keys. They are super handy because the functions are otherwise buried in slower popup menus.
Brush and mask controls:
- [ Decrease the brush radius
- ] Increase the brush radius
- Shift+[ Decrease the brush softness
- Shift+] Increase the brush softness
- X Switching between painting/erasing modes
- / Show current layer mask in the form of red transparent image imposition
- Cmd+I Invert the layer mask
When I get in a zone with brushing, I just want to work fast. These commands really speed things up.
Viewing your image:
Luminar 2018 User Manual Macbook Air
- Cmd++ Zoom In
- Cmd+- Zoom Out
- Cmd+1 Original Size
- Cmd+0 Fit to Screen
- F Show a full-screen preview of just the image
What's interesting is that most of these shortcuts work with the editing extension version of Luminar as well. So if you're using Luminar in conjunction with Photos for macOS, then you can accelerate your workflow there as well.
Luminar 2018 User Manual Macbook Pro
You can see all of the shortcuts on the Skylum Luminar User Manual page, but these will get you headed in the right direction.
Rock Luminar with my new Essential Training
Luminar 2018 User Manual Mac Pro
You learn all the ins and outs of Luminar 2018 via my Essential Training on lynda.com and on LinkedIn Learning. It's fun, and I promise, you will learn a lot.
Luminar 2018 User Manual Mac Os
You can share your thoughts at the TDS Facebook page, where I'll post this story for discussion.