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Luminar Neo: Adding Layered Fog and Sun Rays

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Demo summary

The creator demonstrates the Layered Fog and Sun Rays tools in Luminar Neo, showing how to position the sun center and mask the effects for a natural look.

Step-by-step

  1. Open the Layered Fog tool and increase the Amount to 100.
  2. Adjust the Depth slider to position the fog in the foreground or background.
  3. Select the Brush tool to paint the fog effect onto specific areas like the horizon line.
  4. Open the Sun Rays tool and increase the Amount to make the Sun Center visible.
  5. Drag the Sun Center to a position that creates natural leading lines for the viewer.
  6. Adjust the Sun Rays sliders to refine the look of the beams.
  7. Use the Brush tool to mask the sun rays, painting them into the desired areas and erasing them from the sky if they appear too strong.

Options

  • Use the Erase brush to subtract effects from specific areas.
  • Invert the mask to flip the painted and erased areas.

Watch out for

  • Setting the Sun Rays Amount to 100 can cause a solarization effect with over-brightened and oversaturated areas.

Tips

  • Paint the effect in manually with a brush to feel more artistic and gain better control.
  • Use a smaller brush to intensify the effect in specific spots.
  • Ease the Sun Rays Amount slider back until you get just a hint of the effect to avoid excessively affecting luminance or hue.
  • Position the Sun Center so the rays act as a guiding factor to lead the viewer's eye toward the focal point.

Highlights

“Gives us a lot of control working this way... once we've got it in position, now we need to faf around with all these sliders and get it looking the way we want it to.”

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