Don't have Neo yet? Skylum have just launched a summer sale summer sale that saves up to a massive 82% off Luminar Neo AND in addition, you can ALSO use a coupon code they gave for my channel members AFF-T5C1C0 to save another 20% off the discounted amount. Whoop whoop! I really hope that helps you out! This should work for both the perpetual license and the subscription too. Enjoy😄

Excellent video! Your obvious skill with the product is obvious. I really like that you don’t think that every option is amazing and can thoughtfully discourage use of certain features. Thanks!

@AnthonyTurnham

27 күн бұрын

I appreciate that! Thanks

I got luminar neo because of you and really like it. Would love for you to do a video on hdr brackets and workflow for using both neo and Lightroom Classic.

just on the edit alone, perhaps it might be suggested to crop the image to a vertical or even rotate the image so the subject is on an angle -- not overly aggressive. This will get rid of the heavy amount of brightness of the background. Alternatively, keep in mind about selection of the background at the time of camera exposure. Move the subject in this situation to her left and that will change the background and also increase the contrast between highlight and shadow. Additionally, if one uses a feminine attitude which means to turn the subject beginning with a 2/3 body position and with the body facing to her left and then turn the head toward the light which results in a nice S curve shape to the subject. By turning the subject to a 2/3 facial view this gives a nice look to the subject. The 2/3 view contains the eye inside the orbit when the nose is rotated one direction or the other and the nose will not pass the inner edge of the eye toward which the nose turns. Next one can address the use of the hand. In this image, it appears that there is 2 & 1/2 fingers amputated and the back of the hand is showing and there also is a strong amount of highlight on part of the hand. It is a good idea to use the edge of the hand and also based upon the direction of the camera the posed hand or "show" hand generally looks best if it is the hand closest to the camera. Make the fingers long and tall with a slight curve to them. A good method of learning how to pose hands is to take a pen and place it between the thumb and the index finger and just let it rest there while holding it vertically while also bending the hand at the wrist back toward the forearm of yourself and then just translate that to the subject from her position. Keep in mind this idea is for females and men are posed somewhat differently. You are likely to find that women will say that they don't have nice hands and can't pose them very well. Assure then that with the technique you know and understand the use of, the subject will be pleasantly surprised at the result. Practice on yourself or a family member or friend. For older subjects, don't try to get too creative with hands and try to use a masculine pose rather than the feminine pose. As usual, AT does a nice job of showing how and why various tools available in NEO will assist the final result of a portrait.

Excellent comprehensive masterclass on portrait editing, Anthony! Many good tips--I never thought of using the Tilt-shift blur this way. One comment: it seems the masking for the portrait bokeh AI is "backwards" in this case. Normally the red mask indicates *where* the effect is applied, but here it indicates where the effect is *excluded*.

Great walk-through as usual. I noticed that you didn't touch on shine removal though. I was hoping you may have some tips and tricks with this as I struggle with getting the tool to actually work on portraits that obviously have shine that could be reduced. Its pretty hit or miss with whether the tool decides to work or not on any given portrait. Either way, enjoy the content and looking forward to your next one.

Hi Anthony, new portrait AI technology on the way! Can't wait! 😸 Regards from, Felix the Cat. 😺

Great video as ever Anthony - thank you kindly 🙏

@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

Excellent tutorial. Covered the basics but learned so many useful tips from tools I hadn’t used before. Many thanks indeed. Really looking forward to Barcelona.

Darn man! You are really good! I've enjoyed all of your presentations and have learned so much from you. Still you keep knocking it out of the ballpark. Your presentations just keep getting belter and better. I can hardly wait until you give us your Barcelona update when you get it. Thank you.

@AnthonyTurnham

21 күн бұрын

Thanks. Really appreciate that. Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing what Barcelona can do and sharing what I learn with you guys 😀

That was fab, chockful of useful info

Another great video Anthony. Keep up the good work. Have a lovely week.

Loved to editing process, Anthony. I'm not a portrait photographer, but was able to appreciate other insights you covered. Thanks!!

A long video like that should be named each section.

@AnthonyTurnham

3 күн бұрын

Okay. Thanks for the feedback.

New camera and new lens it is, the money truck is coming! 😂

@AnthonyTurnham

26 күн бұрын

Hahaha! You know it! 🤑

Anthony, thank you for this tutorial. Fantastic explanation on what to do with protraits that could use adjustments. Your knowledge sharing is greatly appreciated. I have had Luminar Neo for months and never used it till recently due to your videos. You are the best!

@AnthonyTurnham

27 күн бұрын

🫡🙏 you're too kind. Thanks for the feedback 😀

Great tutorial, Anthony. Thank you!

@AnthonyTurnham

26 күн бұрын

You're welcome 🙏

I'm not sure the before/after of the hair, for example, on her forehead looks very good. I think this is one of the many reasons I've moved away from Neo to Evoto for portraits/headshots. Evoto is much more intuitive with these types of photos. Evoto is faster and cleaner in so many areas of touch up. Photoshop of course does this better too, albeit slower at times. Thanks for your wonderful work.

@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

Yeah, To be fair I put the forehead hair removal squarely on me rather than the software. I didn't do a great job and rather than re-recording that bit and doing it correctly I just ploughed straight through. But, yeah, totally get where you're coming from. I think Luminar Neo does an OK job with protraits but it isn't portrait specific like some other more targeted programs. I think that's why Skylum are developing their new portrait app (Project Barcelona - pretty sure that name will get a revamp b4 launch!)

Great, very well done.

I just love your tutorials. Thank you for the time and work you put into this.

@AnthonyTurnham

26 күн бұрын

You are so welcome!

Fabulous tutorial as always. Appreciate if you can provide the link on how to add own camera profile to Neo. Thanks

@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX56zKiyn9euoKg.html

Great tutorial as usual Anthony. I don’t do a lot of portraits, but have been doing more recently, so this was really useful.

@AnthonyTurnham

26 күн бұрын

Great to hear!

Excellent again, mate.

Excellent

brilliant, Anthony

If portrait editing is something you do regularly you might want to check out Skylum's newly announced portrait editing software. It's aimed at professionals though so it's not going to be right for everyone. You can find out more here: bit.ly/ApertyPortrait Please note they've only got a limited number of pre-release licences available. I also did a video about it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mZmIm5mOZ72rpLg.html

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Anthony, love your channel! Any chance you can do a fine art portrait/painterly tutorial for Neo? I cannot find one just for portraits and would appreciate it!

@AnthonyTurnham

27 күн бұрын

Hmmm, possibly. I do have a few requests from my channel supporters I'll need to prioritise. But I'll see what I can do. Do you have any inspiration? Artists/photographers whose work you admire?

Umpa lumpa hahaha love the tutorial!!

@AnthonyTurnham

26 күн бұрын

Thanks man! 😁

Another terrific tutorial!

@AnthonyTurnham

27 күн бұрын

Thanks Leon! 😊

This is one of the BEST Luminar portrait edting videos I’ve ever seen. It’s so COMPREHENSIVE. One question plase, can I create a mask for the eyes & adjust the sharpness of this area only? Thank Anthony for such an Excellent job!

@AnthonyTurnham

2 күн бұрын

Absolutely you can Mauricio. Just apply the sharpening tool and set it to the amount that you feel looks right and then just use a brush to mask it in over the eyes. Easy peasy!

@mauriciolee7349

Күн бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnham Thanks again

Thank you!

@AnthonyTurnham

25 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

@AnthonyTurnham

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for your support!

Wow. That was VERY instructive. (Among other things: I've FINALLY understood the difference between saturation and vibrance!) I'm curious: Would the results have been much different if you'd used the separate sharpening and noise reduction tools? Also: The AI erase tool? BTW, I'm not in love with the studio light. It's results tend to be ... interesting. I can sometimes get something I like, but it doesn't seem like the engine does a terrific job of creating a 3d model.

@AnthonyTurnham

26 күн бұрын

Hi, thanks 😊 If I'd used the AI for noise reduction it wouldn't have done too much, as it was shot with a low iso. The AI sharpening would have helped with the facial features.

@shondaharvey6668

25 күн бұрын

@anthony turnham How do I get Develop Raw? I only have Develop. I have purchased all extensions

@AnthonyTurnham

25 күн бұрын

​@shondaharvey6668 silly question, but are you developing a raw photo? If you're working on a jpeg then the tool can't be developRaw and will default to develop.

Thanks for this video really helpful. I saw one of your older video about working on layers and because Neo has no merge layer option, you exported a photo to Neo itself. How did you do that? I asked Skylum about it but they were not helpful. Appreciate it if you could help me with that? thank you.

@AnthonyTurnham

27 күн бұрын

Hmmm yeah, a merge layers option. That's the dream right there. I actually spoke with the CEO and put in a personal request for this feature. Anyway, what I do currently is export as a 16bit tiff to a folder that Neo already has loaded into its library. The photo is then in a flattened state and imported immediately.

Superb demo, thanks. I have lens question/opinion: Given that tele-lenses tend the flatten a subject and compress - and wide tend to do the opposite and enlarge features that are close to the camera - what are your go-to portrait lenses or “mm” if using a zoom lens?

@AnthonyTurnham

24 күн бұрын

Hmmm.... I don't have a go to as such. For example this was shot on a 50mm but I usually prefer between 85-150mm as a portrait sweet spot. 105 prime is a particular fav focal length but unfortunately my version doesn't focus as quickly as I'd like.

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@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX56zKiyn9euoKg.html

Hello Anthony, Do you Mainly/only edit with Neo? I'm guessing you use to use Lightroom and moved to Neo? Main reason for leaving Lightroom?

@AnthonyTurnham

2 күн бұрын

Hi Terry. I still use and love Lightroom. I also use photoshop and Topaz. However I find myself using Neo more and more as it's feature set has evolved and it's become a very stable platform. My main reason though is that it's kinda like LR + PS. The dev raw in neo is akin to what you can do in lightroom and then all of the creative extras are more like the effects and finishing touches I'd do in photoshop. If you're a LR user and thinking of trying Neo they're currently in the closing stages of a summer sale bit.ly/NeoSale and they gave me a coupon code (AFF-T5C1C0) that save even more. Hope that helps if you're looking at switching 😀

Profiles

@AnthonyTurnham

27 күн бұрын

Here ya go! kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX56zKiyn9euoKg.html

@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX56zKiyn9euoKg.html

Profiles please.

@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX56zKiyn9euoKg.html

really screwed up the hair removal.

@AnthonyTurnham

26 күн бұрын

😆 yeah, not my finest work on that bit. Give me cloning any day 😜

For the love of me, I can't fully understand masking concept. Sometimes you apply a change and go to the mask and I don't quite understand what the mask is painting with....

@AnthonyTurnham

27 күн бұрын

It's painting in whatever change you saw me make initially. So for example initially all colours shifted throughout the photo and then I masked it in to show only in the hair. I'll see about a dedicated masking video...

@igorgoga7985

27 күн бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnham I would be so happy about a video like this as everyone takes it for granted when they explain other things, such is "to which state does the mask refer to in a particular situation", you mask to already enabled settings or to settings that you are about to enable kind of thing

@AnthonyTurnham

27 күн бұрын

@@igorgoga7985 Sure thing. I get it. I'll see what I can do in a future vid.

@igorgoga7985

26 күн бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnham Another video topic Anthony: no one mentioned it anywhere in any editing video of any program. What is the "safest way" to edit if you have slight colour blindness. Imagine, 20% of the male population has it and many like photography......

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@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX56zKiyn9euoKg.html

profiles

@1Hackbone

22 күн бұрын

Downloaded the file but no folder of cameras. I get the main program for working on dng files only.

@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX56zKiyn9euoKg.html

Profiles

@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX56zKiyn9euoKg.html

profiles

@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX56zKiyn9euoKg.html

Profiles

@AnthonyTurnham

17 күн бұрын

Hi. Here's the link to the video I did on setting up profiles in Luminar Neo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX56zKiyn9euoKg.html

@jpsatre

17 күн бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnham thank you! Bless you!