This is the BEST Video ever for Neo, WOW learned so much, Reedited so much, Very important Vedic indeed. I think it kinda puts it all together. Thanks so much Jim!
Hi Stuart and yes I will do more with masking. Here is a video I did in the past, but am planning an update to: th-cam.com/video/4OpJ03mJWxk/w-d-xo.html
Jim, perhaps you can answer this for me. If I have a color photo and want to make it into black and white, can I also keep the original in color? It would be nice to have both copies. Thank you.
Hi Daniel and yes. Assuming you are using the Neo catalog, just right click and select "Show in Finder" (that's on a Mac, not sure the equivalent move on a PC) and then duplicate the file. It will automatically show up in the Ne catalog right next to the original. Then you have two. Then you can sync edits between the two and just convert one to monochrome. thanks and hope that helps!
I love your street scene edits Jim. You really lift the image in this case and drag the viewer into it to feel as though you could be there. I've noticed this in some of your Face Book images as well. Thanks for this very useful learning video Jim.
GREAT video. Using the brush mask in combination with the Ai-mask of the sky was a real revelation to me. Like a number of other people, I would really benefit from a "curves" tutorial. Thank you for your guidance.
Hi. I loved your Luminar 4 tutorial series, I liked being able to follow all the episodes and learn all the features. Could you please do a series for Neo? It'd really help me try and figure it out. Cheers
Hi Claire and thanks, and I have a playlist for Luminar Neo beginners, which is here: th-cam.com/play/PLye10L-yi8hU9TDtAlzGAhDEPEDOedlVD.html and it has 14 videos in it. That should help you get started. Thanks!
Hi Rich and no this was a raw file that I started with, and I did not use Magic Light on it. I shot it at f/22 so all the lights make a nice little starburst when you use a tight aperture like that. Thanks for watching.
I liked what you did with the filters. It gives me a few ideas. And yes, I would like to see a video on CURVES. First a basic one, then a more advanced one, etc. I shy away from it cause I don't quite get it.
Before I started using Luminar Neo, I edited my photos in Lightroom Classic and used the Develop panel over and over and over again. I was most always pleased with my results. Now however, as you mentioned happening to you, I find myself changing how I edit in Luminar Neo. I'm taking a more critical look at my photography since I've been using Luminar Neo, even before editing begins. And Jim, I blame you, Anthony Morganti, Blake Ruidis, Matt Kloskowski, and the folks at Skylum for the beneficial and more critical eye I've been using in my photography.
+1 for others who have modified their style with Neo! My change is probably related to maturity and skill. But the downside is now I want to go back and re-edit everything from scratch. My "ah-ha!" Moment of the week was with masks. Not sure why it took me almost a year of playing with Neo to realize I could apply a radial gradient then Come back with brush and erase part of it, thus applying a semi-circle-ish mask. Aybe I just needed the image to be right for the application? Any who- looking forward to a curves video if you make one.
Thanks Michael and yes there is actually quite a lot you can do with Neo, and I hope to continue to explore that further this year in my videos. Thanks for watching!
Jim been awhile since I was last on, many issue to many to enumerate. Thanks for the videos, very informative and helpful. Now you have answered this, but haven’t seen it. When did you let your hair grow? Will you ever go back to your shorter style?
Cool edit. Now if Skylum would allow us to rename or label each tool instance like we can do in ON1 Photo RAW, that would be amazing when incoming same tool multiple times. Thank you for sharing.
nice tuto. How many develop occurences ??? how can we edit the radial gradient on street and the linear gradient on wall ? I don't like neo philosophy for that. develop is UNIQUE raw develop like C1, LRC, ON1 with few sliders and no curve. Then should come local panel with a meaningful names for each local edit (sky, street,...) with possibility to re-edit.
Yes you can use it again and again (not sure if there is a limit or not) but you cannot edit the masks, other than with a brush. That needs fixing, I agree. Thanks.
Jim this was so easy to follow and I appreciate your step by step process. Would this totally replace making any changes in Camera Raw? Also, what about adjusting for noise and sharpness which I usually do with Topaz. And one more question about closing and reopening Develop: why can't all these changes be made in one instance instead of opening and closing each time?
Hi Arlene and thanks. Yes this is based on a raw file (when using Neo as a standalone) so it replaces any other raw editor in that case. If you want to denoise or sharpen, you can do that with Luminar Neo extensions or if you use Topaz Photo AI then do that first, especially if it's really noisy. These are done in subsequent steps because when you have a raw file in Neo, you cannot do any masking. You can only mask on the second and subsequent instances of Develop. So each step is a different move with a mask to apply it to a specific area. Hope that helps and thanks!
Jim, as always wonderfully done. Naturally it would go against the subject of “one tool multiple times” but what if you had created an HDR image & layered it at about 50%, then the edits? I tend to do that with landscapes, which I guess a cityscape is somewhat akin. Obviously it’s everyone’s choice, but I find the HDR layer (or at least I think) adds a bit more dimension to the overall edit. But I really like your results here! Thanks again for all your expertise & willingness to share.
Thanks so much and yes layering in a HDR version looks great too, although this video was really about the power of Develop Raw. But I will be covering HDR in future videos and it's probably a good idea for me to cover this idea in one of those. Thanks for watching!
Seems to me you’re adopting the Nik Collection workflow to yours …? Using those ‘rounded shapes’ to edit specific part of a photo …? Actually, works great, isn’t it? Keep on rollin’! You’re doing great !!!
Thanks much and it is sort of Nik-like I guess. It's really about just controlling the edit very specifically, and this is how I do it in Luminar. Thanks for watching!
It bugs me that that the two gradient masks work in opposite fashion! Why would they make the circular gradient affect everything OTHER than where I draw?!?! I know the mask can be inverted, but this just isn't logical; the linear gradient works on the area I draw, just as expected. I've seen this same issue in other programs; I don't get it!
I love watching your videos, but I'm not a landscape guy, I enjoy wildlife photography, but Alas no one appears to use Luminar, in fact no wildlife guys show any editing techniques. So I have to adapt your guides accordingly, Do you know of a wildlife guy using Neo?
Hi there @Ron Wilson, I use it, but till now the only person that showed my personal photos with Wildlife and developed them in Neo , was Darlene, at the YT "Digital Photo Mentor" :)
Really good primer on the importance of the Develop tool Jim! One thing I noticed: after your first use of Develop Raw, the "RAW" went away and it just became Develop. I'm still a bit hazy between the two, but I understand the "Develop RAW" is better and more desirable. But shouldn't editing an image using just Develop RAW maintain the "raw" aspect of the image? By comparison in Lightroom, your RAW file continues to be a RAW file no matter how many tools you use (as far as I know).
Jim, I haven’t been on your channel for some time so to see you with this new hair ‘style’ was a shock and I have to say it is not flattering. Just saying.
This is the BEST Video ever for Neo, WOW learned so much, Reedited so much, Very important Vedic indeed. I think it kinda puts it all together. Thanks so much Jim!
Thanks so much Paul and glad you found this one valuable!
Thanks, Jim. I always learn something new with your videos. Subscribed to your newsletter.
thank you Barry!
Thanks a lot Jim! Very inspiring.
thank you Phil!
Another nice edit, Jim! Beautiful street scene.
thank you so much Geoff!
Can you do a video on basic masking as I watch you but it’s done to quickly and love to do it like you thankyou
Hi Stuart and yes I will do more with masking. Here is a video I did in the past, but am planning an update to: th-cam.com/video/4OpJ03mJWxk/w-d-xo.html
great vid Jim more things for me to consider on future pictures
thank you for watching Terry!
Very nice. I like that you brought out the light reflection on the street.
thanks so much Theo!
Yes, really need a curves tutorial.
Ok great thank you
Hey Jim- I like to see both a Curves and a Masking video at some point.- Thanks for all you do
Ok thank you Steve, I appreciate the feedback and thanks for watching!
Thank you, Jim great content and I appreciate your teaching style. I'm still trying to learn Luminar and these videos help greatly!
thank you for watching!
Another very educational video. Thanks, Jim I'm going to give this a shot :)
thanks for watching Joe and hope you are well!
@@JimNix thanks mate and hope that you are well too
@@joeandjan yep all good here!
I loved you editing process Jim. And starting to use Develop Raw more and more now in my workflow.
Thanks for watching Ron and glad this may have helped!
Jim, perhaps you can answer this for me. If I have a color photo and want to make it into black and white, can I also keep the original in color? It would be nice to have both copies. Thank you.
Hi Daniel and yes. Assuming you are using the Neo catalog, just right click and select "Show in Finder" (that's on a Mac, not sure the equivalent move on a PC) and then duplicate the file. It will automatically show up in the Ne catalog right next to the original. Then you have two. Then you can sync edits between the two and just convert one to monochrome. thanks and hope that helps!
@@JimNix Jim, Thank you. that was very helpful. I was able to duplicate it and made it into black and white with a vignette.
@@danielpinchot833 ok great!
I love your street scene edits Jim. You really lift the image in this case and drag the viewer into it to feel as though you could be there. I've noticed this in some of your Face Book images as well. Thanks for this very useful learning video Jim.
thanks so much Ken and it's definitely a favorite subject of mine!
GREAT video. Using the brush mask in combination with the Ai-mask of the sky was a real revelation to me. Like a number of other people, I would really benefit from a "curves" tutorial. Thank you for your guidance.
thanks much for watching Mark and I will work on a Curves video! 😀
My Luminar Neo keeps freezing and crashing. Running on a Mac mini M2 pro. I really want it to work as good as you demonstrate
I think your best bet is to check with their support team. I am not sure what to suggest for this, sorry.
Hi Jim, the radial gradient you referred to as oval in shape, elliptical in shape would more correct😇👍
ah yes, thank you, I knew I was calling it the wrong thing LOL
Great edit like always!
thanks so much Paul!
Hello, thanks for your advice. But I am asken me why you didn't clean up the pieces of paper on the street? It is very easy to erase them!
Haha yes that is easy enough, just focused on other things in this video. Thanks for watching.
Hi. I loved your Luminar 4 tutorial series, I liked being able to follow all the episodes and learn all the features. Could you please do a series for Neo? It'd really help me try and figure it out. Cheers
Hi Claire and thanks, and I have a playlist for Luminar Neo beginners, which is here: th-cam.com/play/PLye10L-yi8hU9TDtAlzGAhDEPEDOedlVD.html and it has 14 videos in it. That should help you get started. Thanks!
@@JimNix Ah fab!! Thank you!! 😃
@@Claire_16 you're welcome
Question: the lights appear to have been modified using Magic Light before you edited? The rays seem very uniform
Hi Rich and no this was a raw file that I started with, and I did not use Magic Light on it. I shot it at f/22 so all the lights make a nice little starburst when you use a tight aperture like that. Thanks for watching.
I liked what you did with the filters. It gives me a few ideas. And yes, I would like to see a video on CURVES. First a basic one, then a more advanced one, etc. I shy away from it cause I don't quite get it.
Thanks Henry and yes I will be covering Curves, I appreciate it!
Another great tutorial, thank you.
thanks for watching Louise!
Before I started using Luminar Neo, I edited my photos in Lightroom Classic and used the Develop panel over and over and over again. I was most always pleased with my results. Now however, as you mentioned happening to you, I find myself changing how I edit in Luminar Neo. I'm taking a more critical look at my photography since I've been using Luminar Neo, even before editing begins. And Jim, I blame you, Anthony Morganti, Blake Ruidis, Matt Kloskowski, and the folks at Skylum for the beneficial and more critical eye I've been using in my photography.
Thanks TC and yes I am doing the same actually, and having fun with it too. Glad you are enjoying your edit process!
+1 for others who have modified their style with Neo! My change is probably related to maturity and skill. But the downside is now I want to go back and re-edit everything from scratch. My "ah-ha!" Moment of the week was with masks. Not sure why it took me almost a year of playing with Neo to realize I could apply a radial gradient then Come back with brush and erase part of it, thus applying a semi-circle-ish mask. Aybe I just needed the image to be right for the application? Any who- looking forward to a curves video if you make one.
Thanks Michael and yes there is actually quite a lot you can do with Neo, and I hope to continue to explore that further this year in my videos. Thanks for watching!
Jim been awhile since I was last on, many issue to many to enumerate. Thanks for the videos, very informative and helpful. Now you have answered this, but haven’t seen it. When did you let your hair grow? Will you ever go back to your shorter style?
Thanks for watching Mike and I have let it grow over the last year. I actually just cut it back a little this week, but I haven't made any videos yet.
Cool edit. Now if Skylum would allow us to rename or label each tool instance like we can do in ON1 Photo RAW, that would be amazing when incoming same tool multiple times. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks much Frederic and yes I would love to be able to rename the edits!
nice tuto. How many develop occurences ??? how can we edit the radial gradient on street and the linear gradient on wall ? I don't like neo philosophy for that. develop is UNIQUE raw develop like C1, LRC, ON1 with few sliders and no curve. Then should come local panel with a meaningful names for each local edit (sky, street,...) with possibility to re-edit.
Yes you can use it again and again (not sure if there is a limit or not) but you cannot edit the masks, other than with a brush. That needs fixing, I agree. Thanks.
Jim this was so easy to follow and I appreciate your step by step process. Would this totally replace making any changes in Camera Raw? Also, what about adjusting for noise and sharpness which I usually do with Topaz.
And one more question about closing and reopening Develop: why can't all these changes be made in one instance instead of opening and closing each time?
Hi Arlene and thanks. Yes this is based on a raw file (when using Neo as a standalone) so it replaces any other raw editor in that case. If you want to denoise or sharpen, you can do that with Luminar Neo extensions or if you use Topaz Photo AI then do that first, especially if it's really noisy. These are done in subsequent steps because when you have a raw file in Neo, you cannot do any masking. You can only mask on the second and subsequent instances of Develop. So each step is a different move with a mask to apply it to a specific area. Hope that helps and thanks!
Thanks for your response Jim. So this has to be the stand-alone copy, not to be opened as a Photoshop filter?
@@alstroemeria1031 yes I use it as a standalone, and truthfully am not a big PS user, so not super clear on the PS>Neo workflow options.
@@JimNix Got it, thanks again Jim.
Jim, as always wonderfully done. Naturally it would go against the subject of “one tool multiple times” but what if you had created an HDR image & layered it at about 50%, then the edits? I tend to do that with landscapes, which I guess a cityscape is somewhat akin. Obviously it’s everyone’s choice, but I find the HDR layer (or at least I think) adds a bit more dimension to the overall edit. But I really like your results here! Thanks again for all your expertise & willingness to share.
Thanks so much and yes layering in a HDR version looks great too, although this video was really about the power of Develop Raw. But I will be covering HDR in future videos and it's probably a good idea for me to cover this idea in one of those. Thanks for watching!
Seems to me you’re adopting the Nik Collection workflow to yours …? Using those ‘rounded shapes’ to edit specific part of a photo …? Actually, works great, isn’t it? Keep on rollin’! You’re doing great !!!
Thanks much and it is sort of Nik-like I guess. It's really about just controlling the edit very specifically, and this is how I do it in Luminar. Thanks for watching!
It bugs me that that the two gradient masks work in opposite fashion!
Why would they make the circular gradient affect everything OTHER than where I draw?!?!
I know the mask can be inverted, but this just isn't logical; the linear gradient works on the area I draw,
just as expected. I've seen this same issue in other programs; I don't get it!
Yeah I agree, wish it was inverted by default.
I love watching your videos, but I'm not a landscape guy, I enjoy wildlife photography, but Alas no one appears to use Luminar, in fact no wildlife guys show any editing techniques. So I have to adapt your guides accordingly, Do you know of a wildlife guy using Neo?
Hi Ron and sorry but no I do not know of anyone using Neo for wildlife. Hopefully you can adapt some of my ideas here to fit your subjects. Thanks.
Hi there @Ron Wilson, I use it, but till now the only person that showed my personal photos with Wildlife and developed them in Neo , was Darlene, at the YT "Digital Photo Mentor" :)
Really good primer on the importance of the Develop tool Jim! One thing I noticed: after your first use of Develop Raw, the "RAW" went away and it just became Develop. I'm still a bit hazy between the two, but I understand the "Develop RAW" is better and more desirable. But shouldn't editing an image using just Develop RAW maintain the "raw" aspect of the image? By comparison in Lightroom, your RAW file continues to be a RAW file no matter how many tools you use (as far as I know).
Love to see you do a video on curves
ok thanks much and will do!
Great video again. And yes, the curve-video I would love to see
ok thank you!
Thanks!
thanks for watching!
Yes please ,a curves tutorial .
Curve video would be great
Ok great thanks Ira!
Masking video please
Thanks Ron and will be sure to cover that soon!
Jim, I haven’t been on your channel for some time so to see you with this new hair ‘style’ was a shock and I have to say it is not flattering. Just saying.
Be more correct😖
😀