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Sep 22, 2020 12:21:16   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
I saw a new feature announcement today. I searched and haven't seen any posts about it here yet. It is one of those things that could make you happy with your continued subscription!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jWJ7Z-tKI&feature=emb_logo

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Sep 22, 2020 20:51:49   #
rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA
 
bsprague wrote:
I saw a new feature announced today. I searched and haven't seen any posts about it here yet. It is one of those things that could make you happy with your continued subscription!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jWJ7Z-tKI&feature=emb_logo


This means Skylum Luminar 4 is cutting into Adobe's revenue.

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Sep 22, 2020 21:55:32   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
This means Skylum Luminar 4 is cutting into Adobe's revenue.


I thought of that. Still, I like that Adobe has a sky thing coming. I'll have fun with it for sure.

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Sep 23, 2020 09:19:31   #
zug55 Loc: Naivasha, Kenya, and Austin, Texas
 
Luminar 4 with sky replacement came out late last year. I have seen many examples of sky replacement on Flickr that really turn me off. People slap a sunset on a midday scene, and often the shadows in the image do not line up with the light source in the sky. Often the color palettes of image and sky don't match. Next you can replace your partner with your favorite actor, and the minivan with a Ferrari. And the family vacation took place at the Amalfi coast, not at the Gulf coast. So why go out to take photographs if your computer can generate them for you? Luminar 4 pushed me in the opposite direction--I decided to take a more minimalist approach to post.

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Sep 23, 2020 10:31:40   #
markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ
 
bsprague wrote:
I saw a new feature announcement today. I searched and haven't seen any posts about it here yet. It is one of those things that could make you happy with your continued subscription!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jWJ7Z-tKI&feature=emb_logo


That will be a very cool option. Thanks for posting.
Mark

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Sep 23, 2020 11:54:41   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
zug55 wrote:
Luminar 4 with sky replacement came out late last year. I have seen many examples of sky replacement on Flickr that really turn me off. People slap a sunset on a midday scene, and often the shadows in the image do not line up with the light source in the sky. Often the color palettes of image and sky don't match. Next you can replace your partner with your favorite actor, and the minivan with a Ferrari. And the family vacation took place at the Amalfi coast, not at the Gulf coast. So why go out to take photographs if your computer can generate them for you? Luminar 4 pushed me in the opposite direction--I decided to take a more minimalist approach to post.
Luminar 4 with sky replacement came out late last ... (show quote)


"the color palettes of image and sky don't match." Part of the sneak peak demo in the Photoshop version shows the foreground subject changing tint with changes in sky choices.

"you can replace your partner with your favorite actor" Older versions already do that.

"the minivan with a Ferrari." My wife bought a Mercedes based camper with comfy beds in it. Two cupboards are devoted to camera gear. One of my favorite gadgets is a tripod head that clamps to the drivers window! The problem is that is is so comfy I can't seem to get out for the "golden hours". I'm looking forward to shooting at high noon and faking the golden glow. (Nobody really looks carefully at my pictures but me anyway.)

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Sep 24, 2020 15:16:23   #
THRYLLOS
 
You could replace the sky in PS long time ago and I had done it a handful of times for a few clients. You had to select the sky, very difficult and delicate many times, and then you put a sky in there you had photographed before.
Time consuming difficult with trees in the background. Much easier with buildings. Now, both Luminar & PS, use AI for faster and easier selection of the sky which saves time and frustration.
Nothing new replacing the sky, just easier & faster for the average PS user.

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Sep 26, 2020 20:44:41   #
rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA
 
zug55 wrote:
Luminar 4 with sky replacement came out late last year. I have seen many examples of sky replacement on Flickr that really turn me off. People slap a sunset on a midday scene, and often the shadows in the image do not line up with the light source in the sky. Often the color palettes of image and sky don't match. Next you can replace your partner with your favorite actor, and the minivan with a Ferrari. And the family vacation took place at the Amalfi coast, not at the Gulf coast. So why go out to take photographs if your computer can generate them for you? Luminar 4 pushed me in the opposite direction--I decided to take a more minimalist approach to post.
Luminar 4 with sky replacement came out late last ... (show quote)


Great software will not make up for bad post-processing. The same B.S will occur in Photoshop's sky replacement.

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Sep 26, 2020 20:57:56   #
zug55 Loc: Naivasha, Kenya, and Austin, Texas
 
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Great software will not make up for bad post-processing. The same B.S will occur in Photoshop's sky replacement.


I am sure that you are right about this. I would just add that great software also will not make up for bad images.

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