Luminar 3 upgrade full#

FYI, the header picture at the top of this article is what I got out of Luminar in less than 5 minutes of editing. Red channel, set Red to 0 and Blue to 100īlue channel, set Red to 100 and Blue to 0Īt this point, the picture is far from perfect, but a good starting point for further enhancements. Here is a quick summary of the settings you apply in the channel mixer to achieve the Infrared Blue-Sky effect: While this is not the recommended CWB approach for this filter, we will use the example anyway.īefore (left) and after (right) using the Channel Mixer 2a.How to apply the Channel Mixer This picture was taken as a JPEG with a custom white balance (CWB) reading from green foliage.

Luminar 3 upgrade full#

The pictures were taken with an Olympus OM-D E-M1, converted to Full Spectrum. The Luminar, Capture One, Photo RAW and Lightroom pictures are screen captures from a color calibrated monitor. I have used ExifTool to extract the JPEG previews from the RAW files. For each example, you will see the in-camera result compared with what Luminar, Capture One, Photo RAW and Lightroom produce.įor the in-camera result, I am using the JPEG itself or the JPEG preview embedded in the RAW file. I have prepared three example pictures to demonstrate this. If you set the White Balance correctly in-camera, Luminar will produce accurate results. With Luminar, such restrictions do not exist. Capture One allows more flexibility when setting the white balance, the low limit is at 800°K. The same is true for Photo RAW, which is even more restrictive than Lightroom: the lowest possible value for white balance in Photo RAW is 2400°K (in Lightroom it is 2000°K). In Lightroom, it is usually not possible to adjust the White Balance of Infrared pictures to get rid of the red/purple color cast. Read more in my article My Quest for a Lightroom Alternative Is Over. As of June 2019, Luminar is the only one that offers a fully integrated workflow for infrared pictures. It is not perfect, but Luminar addresses both of the two main issues you experience when you work with infrared pictures.Ĭurrently, I am testing three alternatives to Lightroom: Phase One Capture One Pro, ON1 Photo RAW, and Skylum Luminar. But I have found Skylum Luminar to be a very capable and flexible tool for my infrared photography. Until now, I have not decided on a general replacement for Lightroom. If you are a returning visitor, you may have read about my desire to replace Adobe Lightroom with a different product.

In this article, I would like to share my experience using Luminar for infrared photography. Just save yourself the money for the upgrade.

If you still own Luminar 3, the article below is perfectly valid and I encourage you to read on. In summary, with all the changes made in Luminar 4, at this point I can no longer recommend Luminar 4 for Infrared Photography. So effectively, Skylum has increased the price for Luminar 4 by 150%. So you need to switch from panel to panel in order to use the tools you need for IR photography, instead of being able to group them into a single area.ģ) Pricing: While Luminar 3 included licenses for 5 installations, Luminar 4 includes only 2 installations. This completely breaks the IR workflow.Ģ) It is no longer possible to create custom workspaces.

Confirmation can be found in this and this Skylum community post. A big thanks to reader Dave who made me aware of the changes.ġ) Skylum has removed the Channel Mixer from the available tools. Update: Skylum has released Luminar 4, and unfortunately there are major changes affecting the ability to work with Infrared pictures.