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So as I mentioned in the Something Random thread I bought Luminar 4 from B&H to play around with. So far I'm pretty impressed with it.
It is certainly easier to use than Photoshop in addition to have more dramatic effects. For example if you want to green up tree/foliage in PS you have to do a Hue/Saturation on only the greens, take a sample of the color, and move the hue and saturation slider around and you can only push it so far before it falls apart and shows artifacts. In Luminar 4 there's an easier to use Foliage Enhancer slider in the Landscape Enhancer section that does the same thing but without the tendency to fall apart even if you want to make the effect way overdone.
Here's another example of one of my photos that I processed with it.
Unedited from camera JPG:
Sony Raw converter + tweaking in Photoshop:
Raw into Luminar 4:
All photos had the same resizing and sharpening done on them in Photoshop for posting. Click for the full size.
It is certainly easier to use than Photoshop in addition to have more dramatic effects. For example if you want to green up tree/foliage in PS you have to do a Hue/Saturation on only the greens, take a sample of the color, and move the hue and saturation slider around and you can only push it so far before it falls apart and shows artifacts. In Luminar 4 there's an easier to use Foliage Enhancer slider in the Landscape Enhancer section that does the same thing but without the tendency to fall apart even if you want to make the effect way overdone.
Here's another example of one of my photos that I processed with it.
Unedited from camera JPG:
Sony Raw converter + tweaking in Photoshop:
Raw into Luminar 4:
All photos had the same resizing and sharpening done on them in Photoshop for posting. Click for the full size.
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