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Luminar Neo: Basic RAW development and cropping

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Demo summary

The creator demonstrates adjusting exposure, highlights, shadows, and sharpening on a RAW file, followed by using the crop tool to level the horizon.

Step-by-step

  1. Click Edit to open the editing workspace
  2. Open the Develop panel and adjust the Exposure, Highlights, and Shadows sliders
  3. Increase the Vibrance slider to enhance colors
  4. Open the Sharpness panel and zoom in to 100% to view details
  5. Adjust the Sharpening, Radius, and Masking sliders
  6. Click the eye icon to toggle the panel effects on and off for comparison
  7. Select the Crop tool and adjust the rotation to level the horizon
  8. Click Apply to save the crop

Options

  • Change the White Balance values manually
  • Adjust the radius and masking of the sharpening effect

Tips

  • Zoom in to 100% when adjusting sharpening to accurately see the effect on pixels
  • Pull highlights back if you want to prevent the sky from being blown out

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