PART 3

Easily add changes beyond what you’ve photographed

Skylum Luminar 4 is remarkable for its use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to drive photo editing in whole new directions. For photographers, it means that much of the pain of selections and masking is taken away, as the software can now automatically identify, mask and blend different objects in a picture.

We’ve seen this already with the AI Sky Replacement Tool, which can add a new sky to an otherwise flat-looking landscape, and the AI Portrait Enhancer tools, which can automatically identify and mask not just human faces, but individual facial features.

Now Luminar 4.2 has arrived, bringing more new tools, including the remarkable AI Augmented Sky feature. It might sound like it crosses over with the AI Sky Replacement Tool, but it’s a different feature. AI Sky Replacement can add a new sky; AI Augmented Sky can add things to that sky, from mountains to clouds and even planets.

For some photographers, this idea might be a little controversial! If you like to take photographs that depict the world as it is, then you’re better off making more tradiitonal edits with Luminar’s regular adjustments. If you want to picture the world as you’d like it to be, however, the new AI Augmented Sky feature will have you hooked.