Luminar Neo Portrait Background Removal Tutorial

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Learn how to successfully use the new Luminar Neo Portrait Background Removal tool. Learn how to modify and tweak your subject using the new refinement brushes, related to the layer masking. This allows you to adjust or modify the object selection, background and transition areas.
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It's important to note the three new components of the selection.
1. Subject has an orange masking effect
2. Background is blue
3. Transition area is transparent.
The transition area is the zone that is between the subject and the background, and this is where the confusion usually arises.
We just need to help Luminar Neo Portrait Background Removal engine define the parts of the portrait a bit better.
Luminar Neo update 1.1 introduced this new portrait background removal and everyone's just learning how to best use it since. I hope this tutorial helps.
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  • @DigitalPhotoMentor
    @DigitalPhotoMentor2 жыл бұрын

    🔥 How to Edit Portraits With Luminar Neo in 6 Easy Steps 👉 kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZaeBzcmBe9Cupdo.html My Luminar Neo Course: 👉CompleteNeoCourse.com

  • @dibi2503
    @dibi2503 Жыл бұрын

    Let me tell you something, I have seen too many tutorials about removing backgrounds, honestly, many just clowning around. Your tutorial is the best so far, I will put it in my library. Thank you for a great job Master Lady.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I have watched a few myself and some people don't even know use to do it right. You can't teach something if you don't know how to do it.

  • @FatherFamilyFriends

    @FatherFamilyFriends

    Жыл бұрын

    You took the words out of my mouth. Perfect tutorial

  • @AXNJXN1
    @AXNJXN17 ай бұрын

    Darlene, you've hit this one out of the park again (sorry, I'm late to the game on your Channel!) What you've shown on refining edge detection was golden. I additionally never utilized vignette 'feathering' as you did in that way but it proves to be better the way you teach it especially when you vignetted the male specifically on the lower shirt to match the shade grading, but now that I'm schooled.... Absolutely remarkable, straight to the point teaching. You're doing an excellent job; many thanks.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much, I see you've become a fan! Welcome to the community. If you're interested my full Luminar Neo course is actually on sale this week, we're doing a December promotion instead of Black Friday and each week a different course is on sale. This week it's my Luminar Neo one. You can pick it up 50% off right now, only $47 - check it out www.digitalphotomentor.com/holiday-sale/

  • @thunderpro-videoclip
    @thunderpro-videoclip11 ай бұрын

    This deserved new subscribers. Very nice Tutorial. 😍

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much 🙂

  • @faisalrahman3671
    @faisalrahman36712 жыл бұрын

    Best tutorial I have seen for removing background. Thank you!

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks glad you liked it

  • @briannalisaphotography5477
    @briannalisaphotography547710 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! So happy someone did this! Keep going 💛

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Will do!

  • @kentvaughn4546
    @kentvaughn45462 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tips on how to utilize Background Removal!! Very helpful to get started!

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are so welcome!

  • @Tariqmostafiz
    @Tariqmostafiz4 ай бұрын

    such a lovely tutorial

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you! 😊

  • @bainebikerx3170
    @bainebikerx3170 Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial,well explained.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much

  • @peterleo16
    @peterleo162 жыл бұрын

    Your explanation is very clear and detail. Very good tutorial.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much

  • @RonaldBrown59
    @RonaldBrown592 жыл бұрын

    That's a very useful tool, and great tutorial. Thanks for sharing,

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @alistairstephenson4145
    @alistairstephenson41452 жыл бұрын

    Excellent tutorial a very good explanation thank you

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @jpwettstein
    @jpwettstein2 жыл бұрын

    Une vidéo absolument indispensable pour maîtriser le changement de background. Un grand merci 🙏

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    De ríen!

  • @geoffhurrell8478
    @geoffhurrell84782 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant explanation - thank you.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @sirpatmcc
    @sirpatmcc2 жыл бұрын

    I have just downloaded Neo and your video was extremely useful and very well explained. Thank very you.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful

  • @Ebrospot
    @Ebrospot2 жыл бұрын

    Great video, very helpful, thanks a lot

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @deliawood1
    @deliawood12 жыл бұрын

    Greetings from Australia.Thank you for clear concise instructions.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're most welcome

  • @veselinvasilev9362
    @veselinvasilev9362 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @ulirhein4538
    @ulirhein45382 жыл бұрын

    Very well explained. Thank you. Greetings from Germany

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome glad you liked it

  • @nigelchase2407
    @nigelchase24072 жыл бұрын

    Very well done.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Nigel. How are you?

  • @HartponderJr
    @HartponderJr Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @pascalrey7546
    @pascalrey75462 жыл бұрын

    Thanx a lot+++ this is a great tutorial...

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @michaelpegg8966
    @michaelpegg89662 жыл бұрын

    Another very good video. On Windows the \ key is great to show masked picture and also mouse scroll wheel adjusts a brush size.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that Michael, good to know!

  • @riflegurlsmom
    @riflegurlsmom3 ай бұрын

    Super helpful! I subscribed and liked. I will check out your course as well!

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    3 ай бұрын

    Welcome aboard!

  • @demonhogo
    @demonhogo Жыл бұрын

    instant sub

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. That's what I like to hear.

  • @steverummel9882
    @steverummel9882 Жыл бұрын

    Ok, thanks for the command sheet for keyboard shortcuts. This is very helpful. So now I can enlarge the photograph but how do I move the photograph up and down, right and left? Did I miss these commands on your short cut sheet? Thanks, SteveR

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Just click and hold. Or use the track ball or area of your mouse that does that

  • @sethmukweyi5199
    @sethmukweyi51992 ай бұрын

    You’re my life saver! I’m new to luminar neo but I keep having this exact issue with clearing out background colour from my son’s curly hair, not sure if you have any tips, thanks

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 ай бұрын

    You're trying to remove the background? Yes curly hair is tricky, did you see how I used the brushes in this video to refine the edge?

  • @sethmukweyi5199

    @sethmukweyi5199

    2 ай бұрын

    @@DigitalPhotoMentor Yes I followed along doing it but my computer crashed so will attempt again today. Using the transition brush, however would make the hair fade off. Anyway, I’ll follow up with you, if possible I can pay for a class specifically for this kind of issue. Thanks

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 ай бұрын

    @@sethmukweyi5199 Sure thing I teach that in my course www.digitalphotomentor.com/luminar-neo-course/

  • @MrWelster
    @MrWelster Жыл бұрын

    Hi, love your glasses. I have a question. I installed luminaire neo after working with it for a while I decided to move all my photo files to an external hard, thinking luminaire neo would recognize the move of files. Luninar Neo did not recognize the files. There is a triangle in every picture. Can you give me advise on what to do?

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes you moved them outside Luminar and you need to relink all the folders, they are broken links. Luminar can't possibly know where you put them, especially on a new drive that Luminar doesn't even know exists. Do you have one master "Photos" folder? Or are they all separate and in many different folders? You'll need to right-click on an image and choose "locate" then find it on the external drive and relink it. Hopefully it will then recognize all the others on that drive too. But if it doesn't - you'll need to contact Skylum support to help you fix it.

  • @charlesdavis6371
    @charlesdavis63712 жыл бұрын

    New update for Neo should be out very soon. Supposed to add dodge/burn and HDR plugin to be available.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm on it

  • @IAmR1ch
    @IAmR1ch2 жыл бұрын

    I loved Luminar 4. I thought it was going to be my photo editor. But AI and Neo were terrible. I then turned On1 during this time. I think it is a better solution for me, even complete Neo layers are not a good implementation for me. But now Neo is complete I find that it is best suited as a plug in for On1. Neo does portrait better. I like the auto masking and some of the ai features are better than On1. That being said paid upgrades of On1 and Neo are less expensive than Adobe monthly payment per year and it is easier. I still have some Topaz stuff I also use on occasion as a plug in to On1. It is a great setup.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a good plan! You have chosen what works for you and that's perfect.

  • @IAmR1ch

    @IAmR1ch

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DigitalPhotoMentor I hope someday that Neo will be able to merge multiple layers when working with composites so you can skip exporting process.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@IAmR1ch I hope so too but I personally don't do that kind of work really

  • @bethp.9009
    @bethp.9009 Жыл бұрын

    If I need to change the background for a bride wearing a veil, how can the new background be seen through the veil?

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Use the transition brush over it and it should reveal part of it as transparent. That's a tricky one though

  • @mrmeza78
    @mrmeza78 Жыл бұрын

    I’m updating to a 16gb Mac Mini. Will that be fast enough for Luminar Neo?

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Does it have an M1 processor? If so then yes

  • @mrmeza78

    @mrmeza78

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DigitalPhotoMentor great. Thank you. I wish Luminar would have mentioned that.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mrmeza78 They do give the specs on their site at the bottom of the page. It says: Processor: CPU Intel® Core™ i5 or better www.digitalphotomentor.com/luminar-neo

  • @wizardwafflewonders
    @wizardwafflewonders2 жыл бұрын

    Hi res pic's will give a better result than a low, (pixel count n blurring). Also If you go to layer properties and select ai instead you can select objects with background removed, just refine with the mask brush n select property and export as png to use else where

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not sure what you mean.

  • @wizardwafflewonders

    @wizardwafflewonders

    2 жыл бұрын

    On layer properties, all the masking tools will remove baackground, but portrait only works on figures, When you use the other masks you must save as png before u adjust any thing. You just use paint or erase to cut out the object you want ai speeds it up in some cases. yo then use your png file as an overlay else where blending etc. Saw a video early showing the beta version doing the same... I lke to play n push the tools @@DigitalPhotoMentor

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wizardwafflewonders Yes you can save it as a PNG and use it elsewhere. But you don't have to save it before editing it.

  • @wizardwafflewonders

    @wizardwafflewonders

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DigitalPhotoMentor Reason for saving is if you want to use transform in develope, the image will move within its shape and u get a white background appear

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wizardwafflewonders so just go mask it out or do that first. I don't see a reason to export it

  • @hollylinton0724
    @hollylinton0724 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video - this tool is the one I find most challenging to comprehend. When you removed the background, how come the "object/the man" isn't completely orange? Why doesn't it fill him in completely? Obviously it has identified him as the object except for those little areas you fixed but visually I "don't get it" since he's not solid orange:) - that leads me to believe the entire man wasn't selected.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Not sure which image you're referring to in this one. The orange and blue just help you define the subject and background the area between is transparent that's the transition zone. So you won't see the orange matching the subject perfectly. It doesn't represent the actual mask. Does that help?

  • @hollylinton0724

    @hollylinton0724

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DigitalPhotoMentor So at the 2 minute 38 second mark for example, the man isn't completely orange so that visual confuses me but I guess since the rest of his shirt is in view, that would mean the Background Removal got all of it? I would expect his entire body to be orange so as to confirm he is the object?

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hollylinton0724 When you click to close the refinement tools you'll see how it will cut out. The orange is not precise no. It's not meant to be.

  • @kentphoto24
    @kentphoto24 Жыл бұрын

    I was hoping it would work with pet photo's but nope :-(

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    NO it doesn't but the new Background Removal AI extension does!

  • @kentphoto24

    @kentphoto24

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DigitalPhotoMentor I had a go at using that, but it did not do a very good job 😞

  • @kentphoto24

    @kentphoto24

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DigitalPhotoMentor Maybe I'm using the wrong one, is portrait background removal different to the background removal, thanks.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kentphoto24 are you using it on a portrait or on a pet photo? If it's a person use Portrait Background AI. If it's anything else use Background Removal AI

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kentphoto24 I just did a new video showing how to use it. Have you watched this one? kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKR_ypmklc3emtY.html

  • @simongentry
    @simongentry Жыл бұрын

    uhuh. But i need to see how it’s done with a female who has crazy hair

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you watch the video? I did that.

  • @simongentry

    @simongentry

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DigitalPhotoMentor I watched the beginning with the young man and then had to take a call - and didn’t see you talk about the crazy hair process too! 🤗 thank you

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@simongentry Start here kzread.info/dash/bejne/Ymx5mdSSfMK-gaQ.html and in the future, please watch the entire video before adding comments, thanks for watching

  • @KingKing-bo5yf
    @KingKing-bo5yf Жыл бұрын

    Photoshop and Photospheres are officially ****ed for good.

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Perhaps but let's avoid the cursing please. Even with ***

  • @KingKing-bo5yf

    @KingKing-bo5yf

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DigitalPhotoMentor I will. Sorry for the ** words.

  • @josereisbessaoliveiraolive8322
    @josereisbessaoliveiraolive8322 Жыл бұрын

    AN ETERNITY TO REMOVE A FUND? BORING..!

  • @DigitalPhotoMentor

    @DigitalPhotoMentor

    Жыл бұрын

    Fund?