


Luckily, there are tons and tons of photo editing software that are also worthy of your attention.

Which means that once again you have to spend hours airbrushing photos in the all-mighty and uber-expensive Photoshop. No imperfections, no signs of aging, no unruly hair or flat-looking faces. They pay good money and they expect to look good in their pictures. If you work with portrait photography - in a studio or outdoors - you know firsthand how demanding customers can be. As a final touch, I add film grain in the Creative tab, moving the slider to 7.Fully compatible with Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 This brings out the hues in the backdrop. I decrease Exposure at the top and move the Warmth slider to the right. I click on Set Orientation, position the grid over the top third of the photo, and adjust the Exposure and Shadows. To bring the focus back to Carmen’s face, I use the Adjustable Gradient tool in the Professional tab. The top of this photo is a little too bright. Carmen has nice skin, but AI Skin Enhancer in Luminar adds a professional touch. The High Key sliders bring soul and cinematic flair to portraits. I like to be true to my model’s character, but a little tweak here makes for a real pop on social media and beyond. A strong high key setting can make a subject seem ethereal or angelic.

Under the Portrait tab, I use the High Key settings to give it a creative glow. This photo is soft since it was shot at almost maximum aperture. I also selectively desaturate colors that don’t appeal to me, like the green in the wooden stool. In the Essentials tab, I go to Color and set the Saturation to -5 and Vibrance to -7 to decrease the overall saturation before I selectively enhance certain colors.Ĭarmen’s skin looks lackluster, but it can glow with a simple adjustment of the orange luminance slider (Hue -4, Saturation +3, Luminance +17). Next, I use Luminar 4 to adjust the color saturation and hues. I also shape the curve profile into a slight “S.” Carmen immediately looks more alluring. In the Essentials tab, I increase the exposure slightly and adjust the contrast and shadows. I usually shoot underexposed, then build back color and exposure. But in Fujifilm’s standard color mode, this shot of Carmen looks flat. I captured this shot with a Fujifilm X-T30 and 56mm f/1.2 lens (natural light, dull day, large reflector to the left). You’ll learn how to use tools in Luminar 4 to make a photo shot in relatively underwhelming conditions vibrant and fun. In this walkthrough, I’ll show you how to make simple yet dramatic edits to a portrait.
