How to Export Files from Luminar 3 For Mac

This quick start video will explore Luminar 3's export features for the Mac.

How to Install and Activate Luminar 3 For Mac

Get up and running with this quick video on how to install your Luminar 3 program on a Mac.

How to Import and Organize Your Luminar 3 For Mac

This quick start video will show how to Organize & Import your images in Luminar 3 for the Mac.

Luminar Flex plugin for Photos for macOS | Installing and Activating

How to install and activate Luminar Flex along with an alternative installation in case there is a problem. Follow along with these simple steps to get started.

Overview of Luminar Flex plugin

Discover how Luminar Flex — Plugin allows you to create beautiful images with a variety of Host Applications. Learn how to make your post-processing workflow faster and your results, more beautiful!

Luminar Flex plugin for Adobe Photoshop — Mac | Installing and Activating

How to install and activate Luminar Flex along with an alternative installation in case there is a problem. Follow along with these simple steps to get started.

Luminar Flex plugin for Adobe Photoshop Elements — Mac | Installing and Activating

How to install and activate Luminar Flex along with an alternative installation in case there is a problem. Follow along with these simple steps to get started.

How to Install Luminar 2018 as a Plugin for Mac

In this video, Jim Nix shows you how to install and use Luminar 2018 as a plug-in for Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, Photoshop Elements and Photos for Mac. Watch how easy it is to access all of your favorite Luminar features within different photo applications!

Luminar Flex plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic — Mac | Installing and Activating

How to install and activate Luminar Flex along with an alternative installation in case there is a problem. Follow along with these simple steps to get started.

How to Open Images in Luminar 2018 for Mac

Learn the different ways you can open your images into Luminar 2018 for the Mac. Jim Nix will demonstrate so that you can choose which method is the best choice for you.

An Overview of Luminar 2018 for Mac

Jim Nix gives an overview of Luminar 2018 for Mac. From tools to workspaces and how to make a basic edit, you’ll quickly learn everything you need to know to get started.

How to Install and Activate Luminar 2018 for Mac

Jim Nix will walk you through installing Luminar 2018 on your Mac and how to register a Skylum account.

How to Use Workspaces in Luminar 2018 for Mac

In this video, Jim Nix discusses built-in workspaces, how to create your own customized workspaces and how to share them. Save time by using this handy feature.

How to Save and Export Files in Luminar 2018 for Mac

Jim Nix will walk you through the process of saving photos and how to export with options available to sharpen, resize, choose color space and different file formats.

How to Export Files from Luminar 3 For Windows

This quick start video will explore Luminar 3's export features for Windows.

How to Install and Activate Luminar 3 For Windows

Follow along to download your Luminar 3 program for Windows in these simple steps.

Luminar Flex plugin for Adobe Photoshop — Win | Installing and Activating

How to install and activate Luminar Flex along with an alternative installation in case there is a problem. Follow along with these simple steps to get started.

Luminar Flex plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic — Win | Installing and Activating

How to install and activate Luminar Flex along with an alternative installation in case there is a problem. Follow along with these simple steps to get started.

Luminar Flex plugin for Adobe Photoshop Elements — Win | Installing and Activating

How to install and activate Luminar Flex along with an alternative installation in case there is a problem. Follow along with these simple steps to get started.

An Overview of Luminar 2018 for PC

Jim Nix gives an overview of the Luminar 2018 for the PC. From tools to workspaces and how to make a basic edit, you’ll quickly learn everything you need to know to get started.

Installing and Activating Luminar 2018 for PC

Jim Nix will walk you through installing Luminar 2018 on your PC and how to register a Skylum account.

Installing Luminar 2018 as a Plugin for PC

In this video, Jim Nix shows you how to install and use Luminar 2018 as a plugin for Photoshop and Lightroom. Watch how easy it is to access all of your favorite Luminar features within different photo applications!

Opening Images in Luminar 2018 for PC

Learn the different ways you can open your images into Luminar 2018 for the PC. Jim Nix will demonstrate so that you can choose which method is most convenient for you.

Luminar 3 with Libraries - What's Different About the New Version of Luminar?

Take a look at Luminar 3 and see how this powerful program can help you browse, sort and edit your images, quickly and easily!

Organizing and Editing Your Travel Images with Luminar 3

Do you have so many images from your vacation that you don't know what to do with them? Let us help you learn how to organize and edit them quickly and easily!

Vanelli's Weekend Tips: Easily Change Eyes To Any Color with Luminar

In this video, you will learn how to selectively apply the Photo Filter to easily change eyes to any color, teaching the concept of global vs local change. As a bonus, you will build upon a previous lesson to produce a painterly effect for an additional option.

AI Sky Enhancer Filter with Luminar Flex

The AI Sky Enhancer allows you to get beautiful skies instantly with artificial intelligence and a single slider. AI Sky Enhancer treats each image differently. It applies a custom set of adjustments to a sky in a photo, depending on the look of that particular sky.

Vignette Filter with Luminar Flex

The Vignette Filter is a great way to highlight your subject by darkening or lightening the edges of the photo. The control that you have with this filter makes customizing the Vignette quick and easy with beautiful results!

Structure Filter with Luminar Flex

The Structure Filter allows adjusting of image detail and clarity. Using this filter, you can get a classic HDR effect with great detail or get a smoother picture with less detail. This is the main tool to increase the contrast of the image and visualize more details in the image.

Golden Hour Filter with Luminar Flex

The Golden Hour filter brings out the warmth, softness, and golden glow to your photos. By using the Amount Slider, you can increase the overall amount. This is a quick way to get that golden hour look that happens just after sunrise or just before sunset.

Dramatic Filter with Luminar Flex

The Dramatic filter is part of the creative filter set. This is a perfect filter to use when creating a gritty cinematic look often used to stylize fashion shoots or grungy athletic portraits.

Orton Effect Filter with Luminar Flex

The Orton Effect filter blends together a mix of both sharp and soft details to create a nice dreamy result in a photo. This is a great way to add a unique and stylized look to your images.

BW Conversion Filter with Luminar Flex

The BW Conversion filter converts a color photo to black and white. It also contains a number of controls to manipulate the monochrome look to help you get more creative!

Foliage Enhancer Filter with Luminar Flex

The Foliage Enhancer filter enhances the colors of foliage and greenery automatically, making them more vivid and natural. This is a great choice for nature and lush landscape images.

Adjustable Gradient Filter with Luminar Flex

The Adjustable Gradient filter allows you to selectively adjust exposure, contrast, vibrancy, and warmth for 2 different parts of the image. You can easily adjust the orientation for selective editing.

Using Luminar Looks in Luminar 3

Luminar Looks are 1-click Presets that let you quickly stylize your photos. You can even customize your own Luminar Looks! Find out how to use different Luminar Look Collections and where to find more.

Developing A Bunch Of Photos Quickly In Luminar 3

Find out how to quickly add the same 'look' from one image to another or to a series of images. Luminar 3 makes it easy with Sync Adjustments with just a couple of clicks... and you're done!

Developing A Photo In Luminar 3

Learn how easy it is to add images into your Library and then quickly edit using some of the unique filters within Luminar.

A Complete Walkthrough of Luminar 3

Everything that you want to know about how to get started with using Luminar with Libraries is right here! Presented by Skylum's Senior Trainer, Abba Shapiro.

An Introduction to Luminar 3 with Libraries for Aerial Photographers

Discover an easy workflow to organize and tag your aerial images and how to use Luminar 3's unique Artifical Intelligence filters to create the final results.

An Advanced Lightroom to Luminar 3 Workflow

Do you use Lightroom but also want to take advantage of Luminar Looks and Filters in Luminar 3? We'll show you how to access Luminar as a plugin within Lightroom and much more!

How to Create and Manage Albums In Luminar 3

Albums are a great way to virtually organize your images within Luminar 3. Learn how!

Culling Images With The Quick Edit Command In Luminar 3

Quick Edit is an alternative workflow for organizing images before you import them. You can sort, rate and select just the ones you want to keep. Learn more about this handy feature!

Using Luminar 3 As A Photoshop Plugin

Luminar 3 can be used to enhance an image from Photoshop. Learn how to open Luminar as a plugin in Photoshop and then use one of the Workspaces in Luminar to enhance the image with several unique and powerful filters.

Using Luminar 3 As A Lightroom Classic Plugin

Let's take a look at how Luminar and Lightroom can work together. It's easy to bring in images from your Lightroom catalog to make further adjustments, including the ability to use Layers and Masks in Luminar 3.

How to Import Images From Photos For Mac Into Luminar 3

Follow along step-by-step on how to bring in images from Photos for Mac OS Library into Luminar 3. Select a single image or multiple images and bring them into Luminar 3 for further editing.

Speed Edit - Landscape

Using the new RAW Develop and several other filters, Nicole Young demonstrates how quickly you can adjust for color and exposure as well as adding the new Sun Rays filter to get a more dramatic effect.

Speed Edit - Portrait

Nicole Young will show you how to quickly and easily get a dramatic and creative look with your portrait images using the new LUT Mapping filter and the Sun Rays filter as a light source.

Using Blending Modes and Filters for New Results

Learn how to use adjustment layers with blending modes and masks to make creative composites with Nicole Young.

Mastering the Luminar History Panel for Creativity and Control

Abba Shapiro demonstrates how Luminar keeps track of everything you have done to the image since you opened it.

Creating & Saving Custom Presets for Luminar

Find out how to create, save and share your own custom Presets in Luminar with Pro Photographer and Educator, Jim Nix.

Output and Sharing - Exporting for Printing

Jim Nix will show you how to select the correct settings and how to save your images for printing, either at home or a print lab.

Output and Sharing - Exporting for Web & Email

Discover out how to export your photos from Luminar for Web or for Email with Jim Nix. (Image by Robert Vanelli)

Output and Sharing - Sharing on Social Media

Options for sharing on Social Media are explored with Jim Nix.

Output and Sharing - Saving vs. Exporting

Should you Save or Export an image? Jim Nix will describe the differences so that you can make the best choice. (Image by Robert Vanelli)

Filter Friday. Editing the WORLD RECORD EGG in Luminar

The most-liked post on Instagram is a photo of an egg. On January, 18th this photo reached 48.6 million likes. Select from a variety of Looks and Filters to quickly develop and stylize an image of an egg. What would you do with a photo of the WORLD RECORD EGG?

Tip Tuesday | Soft and Airy Black and White Portraits

Discover how the Soft & Airy ad B&W Conversion Filter have all the options needed to add the finishing touches to achieve a dramatic and glamorous image!

Vanelli's Weekend Tips: Get Instant Results Using The Accent AI Filter

In this video, you'll see how the Accent AI Filter in Luminar can give you instant results with a simple Boost slider to control the overall amount of the filter effect.

Vanelli’s Weekend Tips: Skin So Soft

In this video, you'll learn how to get soft, smooth and blemish-free skin using a few of Luminar's filters that you might not have considered using, plus easy masking techniques.

Tip Tuesday | Developing Dreamy Valentine's Day Portraits

Discover how Looks can be a one-click solution or a starting point for creating dreamy and romantic portraits. Watch as Skylum's Co-Director of Education, Abba Shapiro uses Looks as well as starting from scratch with some of his own favorite filters in Luminar.

Vanelii's Weekend Tips: Here Comes The Sun

Robert Vanelli of the Skylum Education team shares how he uses the Sunrays Filters to creatively changed the look and feel of a beautiful Florida sunset

Beautiful B&W Imagery — More Than Just Desaturation

There is more to creating a beautiful black and white image than just removing the color from an image. Discover how you can create dynamic, impactful black and white images with Luminar.

Luminar Quick Tips | Creating A Charcoal Look

Abba Shapiro, Co-Director of Skylum Education shows you how to take a simple portrait and stylize it to make a Charcoal Look using Luminar's many creative filters and masking tools. Also, learn how to create a custom workspace to make your workflow even faster!

Vanelli's Weekend Tips: Create A Painterly Effect Using Textures

In this video, you will learn how to apply a combination of multiple textures, a filter blend mode, and a layer mask to create a painterly image that will look incredible especially when printed on canvas.

Vanelli's Weekend Tips: How To Draw Attention To An Object

In this video, Vanelli of the Skylum Education Team will show you how to use light and shadows to draw attention to an area of an image using the Adjustable Gradient Filter in Luminar.

Luminar Quick Tips | Moonrise Over Manhattan — Compositing Street Photography

Want to try something new with Luminar? Watch as Abba Shapiro, Co-Director of Skylum Education shows you how to isolate an object and composite two images using filters, masking and more!

Vanelli's Weekend Tips: Adding Stars To Create A Beautiful Storytelling Image

In this video, Robert Vanelli of the Skylum Education Team will be teaching how easy it is to add stars to a dull night sky and the secret to blending two images together to create a beautiful storytelling image.

Tip Tuesday | Loving LUTs — Stylistic & Retro Images in an Instant with Luminar 3!

Discover how LUTs can transform an ordinary picture into an extraordinary photo with just a few clicks! Whether you shoot landscapes, street photography, portraits... you'll be amazed at how fun and easy it is to stylize your photos with LUTs!

Luminar Quick Tips | Using Lightroom and Luminar to Develop HDR Panoramas

Abba Shapiro and Robert Vanelli of the Skylum Education Team collaborate together on this informative and fun Luminar Quick Tip on how to use Lightroom and Luminar to develop HDR Panoramas while at WPPI 2019 in Las Vegas.

Luminar Quick Tips | Using Luminar and Aurora HDR Together

Abba Shapiro and Robert Vanelli of the Skylum Education Team collaborate together in this informative and fun Luminar Quick Tip on how to use Luminar along with Aurora HDR to develop amazing skyline images that pop! while at WPPI 2019 in Las Vegas.

Vanelli's Weekend Tips: How to Apply, Modify and Create a Cinematic Look

In this video, you will learn how to apply, modify and create a Luminar Look starting with a Cinematic Look that can be downloaded Free from the Luminar Marketplace.

Mixing It Up: Blending Images and Looks Using Layers in Luminar

This webinar will take you through the steps on how to creatively mask specific areas using Layers and how to Blend images together to get a perfect final look with Luminar 3.

Vanelli's Weekend Tips: Less Time Editing, More Time Photographing

In this video, you will learn how to creatively and consistently develop a group of images by first processing one, then create a Luminar Look that can be applied to all the images, helping you spend less time editing and more time photographing.

Vanelli's Weekend Tips: Having Fun with Family Photos

In this video, you will learn how to quickly edit and have fun with family photos. As a bonus, you will learn what camera settings to use to capture these special moments.

Vanelli's Weekend Tips: EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY | Creating a Style and Breaking the Rules

In this video, you will learn tips on how to create a style plan and have a little fun breaking a few photography rules taking and editing corporate, community and family event photos.

Vanelli's Weekend Tips: Using Adobe Photoshop with Luminar Flex

In this video, you will learn how a combination of Photoshop’s advanced selection features with the power of Luminar Flex was used to create a composite of an Aviator and a Plane. As a bonus, you will learn how to create this using Smart Objects and Smart Filters so you can replace the plane or the aviator and still keep a consistent artistic Look that can be applied to the entire series.

DRAMATIC PORTRAITS | How to Remove Light With Luminar 3

In this video, you will learn how to use a combination of Luminar Filters to remove light to create a dramatic portrait and how to use this as a learning tool when taking a dramatic portrait.

What is Infrared Photography

As photographers we are looking for ways create photographs that stand apart from others. Infrared photography does just that. Author, Educator and Photographer, Laurie Klein will show you how.

Chris Willson Edits a Portrait In Luminar 2018

Chris Willson uses Luminar to enhance a Portrait image using LUTs for color toning and creates a custom Preset for a cohesive look on his other images of his model. (Japanese subtitles included)

Luscious Landscapes

Editing your images in the digital darkroom should be fun and easy with professional end results. Jim Nix will show you how to make this part of your workflow an enjoyable and quick experience when you are editing your landscape images.

Here Comes the Sun

Follow along as Jim Nix walks you through how to add warmth to your landscape and portrait images using Luminar.

Fast Track to Creative Results with Joel Grimes

One of the top artists of our time and Skylum Ambassador, Joel Grimes will be presenting his signature style and how he uses Luminar to get his final results done quickly. With the combination of behind the camera techniques and digital darkroom editing enhancements, you'll be amazed at the results Joel creates with his images.

Cityscapes

Get inspired by Jim Nix's workflow and editing tips using Luminar on a Cityscape image from start to finish.

Beautiful Sunlit Landscapes

A landscape photo taken at sunrise has a lot of potential, but is limited by the dynamic range in a single exposure. Jim Nix will show you how to use the power of Luminar’s filters to better balance the light and then enhance the overall mood of the scene.

Using RAW Capture for Landscape Photography

Do you know that your landscape photography can benefit from the RAW capture format? In this video, you'll learn Tim Grey's top reasons for using RAW capture for landscape photography.

Great Skies for Boring Days: Sky Replacement Techniques

Discover how to replace boring skies with clouds to add more interest and drama to your photos with International Award winning photographer, Laurie Rubin.

How I Use LUT Mapping

Robert Vanelli demonstrates how he uses the LUT Mapping filter in his workflow within Luminar 2018.

Captivating Coastlines Using LUT Mapping

This video will inspire you to use LUT Mapping to quickly stylize color and tone on your coastline images. Learn how to use LUTs with other filters to get that final image looking just how you want it. Presented by Angela Andrieux.

Dramatic Black and White (Monochrome)

Discover how to convert color photos into dramatic Black & White images. Nicole Young uses several filters and textures with the masking brush to selectively add effects to parts of her image to create more drama.

Adjustment Layers + Blending Modes = Your Secret Weapon

Get creative with Layers and Blending Modes in Luminar. Jim Nix will show you how!

Romantic Lighting

Key filters you can use in Luminar to add romantic lighting to your images. Jim Nix demonstrates how to get great results.

The Power Of Luminar As A Plugin For Lightroom

If you are a Lightroom user, you can leverage the power of Luminar right from your Lightroom catalog. Learn how!

Extending the Power of Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Lightroom with Luminar Flex

Luminar Flex plugin saves time with AI-powered technologies with unique adjustments found nowhere else. Discover how to start with a host application, (such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom) and then use Luminar Flex to unlock beautiful images with filters and jump-start your creativity with Luminar Looks.

Getting Pro Results with the RAW Develop Filter - The Adjust Panel

Discover the RAW Develop Filter in Luminar 2018 and how you can use it to improve your photos. Abba Shapiro will walk you through the main sliders and their benefits, and some of the best practices when using the RAW Develop filter.

Getting Pro Results with the RAW Develop Filter - The Lens & Transform Panels

Abba Shapiro will show you how to fix Lens Distortion, Pincushion Distortion, Barrel Distortion and more by using the features in Luminar’s Lens and Transform Panels. You’ll get a much better understanding of what each slider does after viewing this video tutorial.

Using RAW Files For Portrait Photography

Using RAW files provides consistent image quality from image to image and job to job. Watch as Pro Photographer, Laura Tillinghast demonstrates how she is able to get more control over her final images.

Creating and Saving Custom Presets for Luminar

Nicole Young will show you how to create your own custom presets and also how to batch process to apply the effect to more than one image at a time.

Advanced Editing with Masks

Find out how to use filters and masks to add selective color and tonal enhancements to only certain parts of an image with Nicole Young.

Building Drama In An Image

In this tutorial, Nicole Young will show you how to take a RAW landscape image and transform it to give it a more dramatic effect.

Using The Lookup Table (LUT) Mapping Filter

The LUT Mapping filter is an exciting new addition to Luminar 2018. This oddly named filter unlocks an expandable world of creative presets. Discover new options in color grading and film looks in this Core Skills video by Rich Harrington.