Luminar Neo: Expanding canvas with GenExpand

Demo summary
The video shows GenExpand in Luminar Neo being used to pull out the canvas edges and generate new matching content for a bird photograph.
Step-by-step
- Open the GenExpand tool
- Pull out the canvas edges to the desired size
- Click on GenExpand to generate the content
Watch out for
- AI generation can sometimes produce weird side effects and results are not always perfect
Highlights
“that is mind-blowingly good”
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