If you have any issues with the automatic masking, you can also customize the mask manually with brush, radial, gradient and luminosity mask tools. You can also adjust its opacity, the color temperature and the strength of the software's blending tools. You have control over the placement and size of the chosen object.
The software did a good job masking out the trees along the horizon and matching the clouds and mountains to the existing scene. Using Luminar 4.2's new AI Augmented Sky functionality, I added clouds and mountains to the image.
In the before and after comparison above, my original image had a completely bare sky. Luminar also includes content-aware technologies, allowing the object and overall image to blend together naturally. Luminar leverages its artificial intelligence to automatically detect the sky in a selected image and place the chosen object, including creating masks for foreground objects such as trees or buildings. The included objects are: Aurora, Balloons, Birds (three choices), Clouds (six), Eagle, Fireworks (three), Lightning (two), Moon (two), Mountains (four), Plane (two), Planet (four) and Rainbow (two). This tool allows users to select objects from Luminar's database or import their own. The new AI Augmented Sky feature can be found in Luminar 4's Creative tab. In addition to AI Augmented Sky, Luminar 4.2 includes new portrait tools and general performance improvements. The new AI Augmented Sky feature allows photographers to place various objects directly into the sky, leading to new ways to create digital art.
The free update includes a major new feature, AI Augmented Sky. Here’s a quick before and after that I did with just Luminar 4 – NO Lightroom, NO Photoshop! No cloning or healing manually, no brushing or layers or masking, JUST sliders.Skylum has announced a new version of its Luminar 4 software, Luminar 4.2. It does all that without going overboard and making plastic people which is a HUGE pet peeve of mine.
They do a fabulous job of softening skin and blemish removal just by pulling a few sliders. But as I said above, Skylum hit the mark with their portrait enhancer and AI skin enhancer tools and filters inside Luminar 4. I have tried portrait and skin AI filters with other software in the past and was sadly disappointed. The program uses complex algorithms to analyze your photo and adjust it automatically in certain areas. Well, AI or Artificial Intelligence, is like the Auto modes on your camera but for photo editing in this case. TIP: Make sure you’re signed up to get emails from me so you don’t miss anything! Portrait & Skin AI – AI Sky Replacement – What’s AI?
Likewise, I’ll be doing some online events so you can catch those live even if can’t join me here. I’ll be hosting some in-person events and workshops in my home city of Edmonton Alberta (if you live in this area come join the DPM Meetup group so you get notices of local events). I’m super excited to be working with the Skylum team.
That’s how I’m able to get my hands on Luminar 4 before the full release on November 18th. Recently I was named as a new Skylum Ambassador. I’ll tell you about that in a moment, but before we get into it, I want to give you some exciting news. The Luminar 4 release date is set for November 18, 2019, and there’s a limited-time pre-order price. I recommend you read my review of Luminar Neo and if you’ve already gotten it, make sure to check out my Luminar Neo course – The complete guide to Luminar Neo. Luminar 4 is NO LONGER available and not supported. Update: Since writing this article, Skylum has released Luminar AI and is about to release Luminar Neo.
I am usually against any sort of AI or automated editing, but the Luminar 4 AI Sky Replacement by Skylum has done it right with I have to say, I’m super impressed. In this video, you’ll get a look at the newest version of the powerful photo editing software, Luminar 4 by Skylum.