I'd love a demonstration of the different blend modes in layers, ie what does each one do and suggestions for when to use them. Thanks!

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

thanks and yes I am working on some ideas for videos about layers, I appreciate it!

Yes please Jim, I'd like to know about layers

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

ok great thank you!

Great info as always, Jim! Thanks! Would love to see more videos on using layers.

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

thank you Geoff and for sure, am working on ideas for that now!

A new way to use HDR, Thanks! Now, I see a great way to get a better control of my need if I want to use HDR.

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

thanks for watching and I hope it helps!

Please add further videos on layers in Luminar please.

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

thanks much and will do!

Great video Jim! This really expands what this software can do.

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

thanks so much Dave!

Very handy technique - a great way to shape the HDR effect. Thanks. And yes I’d like to see more on layers. Also on blending. Thanks for all that you teach us.

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

thanks so much Harry!

yes more layers,please!

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

ok thanks coming soon!

Great tutorial on how to use layers to improve your HDR images. Thanks for sharing Jim.

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

thanks for watching Ron!

Another great tutorial, thanks

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

thanks!

Another nice tut, Jim. I find the boulder in the foreground distracting. I was wondering where you would place the removal of an element such as this in your pseudo HDR workflow?

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Roger. I like that boulder but I get it. It could be erased at any time really. I tend to remove stuff like that (along with spots etc) early in my process though, just so I have a clean canvas to work on. Thanks.

@rogerbehymer4412

4 ай бұрын

@@JimNix Thanks, Jim. I agree. Removing things like that is better early rather than late. But since you are mixing an edited version with a RAW version I wonder if I should remove it from both before the merge or remove it from the exported "final" image. I'm afraid that removing it from both versions before the merge will look strange - especially if the erase procedure isn't exact for both. By the way: I wasn't disrespecting your boulder. I can see that you are very attached.

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

@@rogerbehymer4412 yes true it could get erased slightly differently if you do it twice so in a case like this I can see doing it last. Haha yes I'm VERY attached to MY boulder. LOL

Thanks for the great ideas.I tried it immediately. I'm not sure if I'm still getting used to it or if the image magnification shifts a bit when overlaying the HDR data and the RAW data that serves as its reference position, but it takes a lot of work to get a good overlap. If your method becomes more common, I'm sure SkyLum will add an automatic overlaying process. 　However, it is very impressive when it is done. Thank you very much.

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

If the merged HDR images were all shot on a tripod, it should line up. The only thing I can think of that would change the lineup of the RAW image is if you did any crop or straightening to the HDR image. You would have to do the exact same to the RAW image so that it matches. Thanks.

@tokuri01

4 ай бұрын

@@JimNix Thank you for your suggestion. Fortunately, in the case of Luminar Neo's HDR process, the motif is positioned with priority given to one image, so I think it is unlikely that the first image will be misaligned, even when handheld. However, with one click of the mouse, the images do not match subtly. For some reason, the layer size of the RAW image to be added is slightly different, and it takes a lot of work to stack them. In the end, the outlines of the HDR and RAW images all match, so they can be treated as the same, but unless I subtly drag the mouse over the four corner points, they are slightly different sizes and do not match properly. This is what I find strange too.

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

@@tokuri01 that sounds really odd. I recommend emailing their support about this to seek their input.

Brilliant! I also would like more on layers and blending. I presume this would work with an HDR-ized jpg file and the original jpeg. I have a lot of older photos taken before I started shooting RAW? Thanks for a great lesson.

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

Thanks and yes it doesn't matter what file type you have, it's the same idea.

What if you just took the HDR file and just reduced saturation and/or exposure? Could you get to the same place without the use of layers? (not hating against layers - just wondering whether theres another way.)

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

It wouldn't be the same result, bc it doesn't reduce the HDR tonemapping. That's what adding the layer does. You blend away part of the tonemapping so it acts like a slider for HDR strength. Hope that makes sense. Thanks.

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@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

so many secrets on KZread these days,

@JimNix

4 ай бұрын

ha so true!

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