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Post-processing to take a fair photo into a quality photo using Luminar NEO
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Mar 29, 2023 13:38:29   #
MrPhotog
 
Doc Barry wrote:
Thanks Greg, but I'm done with it now.


Always good to know when to stop. Looks great now.

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Mar 29, 2023 14:29:41   #
Doc Barry Loc: Huntsville, Alabama USA
 
MrPhotog wrote:
Always good to know when to stop. Looks great now.


Thank you.

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Mar 29, 2023 14:46:52   #
neillaubenthal
 
Doc Barry wrote:
You are correct Bkwaters. Skylum is rapidly improving the program and seems to desire user input for changes and new features. I have noticed an increase in activity coming from ON1 also. Perhaps this is an example of competition at work.


True…but the problem with Skylum in general a la Luminar 3, 4, Neo, and maybe one that came in between 4 and Neo is that rather than fix the problems in any version and put in all the new features they bragged would be added to it…they come out with a new name and thus it isn't a free update to get what you already paid for but one needing more payment to get what you paid for. It's chasing a never ending 'better'…and while I agree that software vendors need a revenue stream to continue development…promising features and never delivering them and not fixing bugs is unacceptable.

Add in the completely terrible asset management functions of both Luminar and ON1's products compared to Lightroom and I stopped updating either of them.

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Mar 29, 2023 14:54:53   #
srg
 
Doc Barry wrote:
Our great-niece took a photograph of her daughter in her prom dress (yes, she is wearing new tennis shoes as seems to be the style for young ones) at the Big Springs Park in Huntsville, Ala. She used a Canon EOS Rebel T6. You may notice the focus on her face is not quite on the mark and the composition could have been better. The image she sent me was 640x960.

I have a variety of programs for post-processing, but I figured that Luminar NEO would be appropriate. The first step was to use the Upscale feature to increase the pixel density for obvious reasons. I note that Upscale and Topaz Gigapixels yield similar results based on some tests I have made. Next, I cropped the original and then used the Develop, Noiseless, and Supersharp functions. The background is disturbingly sharp and detracts from the "star" of the day. I finished up using the Portrait Bokeh feature (almost a single step) and the Face and Skin features in the Portrait Section. The Portrait Bokeh features locates her and masked her beautifully and introduced the bokeh as shown below. I found that Lunimar NEO did a fine job of "fixing" the disturbing background.

Luminar NEO has essentially replaced Luminar AI and I feel does a better job. The Skylum Team seems to be working their rear ends off adding new features and improving existing features.

Our great-niece and our great-great-niece were very pleased with the results of my post-effort. BTW, it took less than 10 minutes as I recall.
Our great-niece took a photograph of her daughter ... (show quote)


It's not the shoes, it's the porn dress.
Oops, I am so dislexic. 🤣

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Mar 30, 2023 12:07:47   #
delder Loc: Maryland
 
Doc Barry wrote:
I took a few minutes and cleaned up the photograph to get rid of the troubling areas you folks mentioned. Indeed, it is improved.

Again, thank you for the comments.


I like the focus on the subject in this version.
The Bokeh has taken care of the distractions.
The Portrait mode of your original result gives
a somewhat stronger photo IMHO.

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