Luminar: Digital Asset Management

Learn how to quickly and easily manage your photo collection with Luminar 3. See how to leverage the app’s new organizational features and use adjustments to enhance your images.

Introduction

• Manage and polish your photos with Luminar 3
• Get the most out of this course
• Mac and Windows versions of Luminar

1. Quick Start

• Overview of how the Luminar catalog works
• A look at the Luminar catalog
• Import images into the catalog
• Rate the shoot
• Sort images from the shoot
• Use Luminar Looks to quickly improve a favorite
• Export finished shots for sharing

2. A Tour of the Library

• Folders and their function
• What to do if your folders aren't visible
• Create a subfolder
• Show an image or folder in the Finder
• Library shortcuts
• Add custom shortcuts
• Create albums
• Delete an image or folder

3. Magical Editing Filters

• Accent AI filter
• AI Sky Enhancer
• Golden Hour
• Image Radiance
• Orton Effect
• Sunrays
• Adjustable Gradient

4. Back to Basics

• A closer look at filters
• How looks combine filters for creativity and efficiency
• Create custom looks
• Download additional looks
• Choose the right workspace
• Create your own workspace
• Add layers to the mix
• Use blending modes and opacity percentages with layers

5. Digging a Little Deeper

• Use the Erase tool
• How to clone and stamp
• Duplicate a file for artistic variation
• Use a gradient mask to improve a sky
• Create a radial mask for portraits
• Copy and paste a mask on a separate layer
• Create a luminosity mask
• Brush specific areas of an image
• Lighten facial marks in a portrait
• Copy and paste adjustments

6. Playing Nice with Others

• Luminar is more than a standalone app
• Use Aurora HDR from within Luminar 3
• Use Luminar as a plugin within Lightroom and Photos
• Open images with Quick Edit
• Open an image in Photoshop
• Share an image to SmugMug
• Back up your images

Conclusion

• Next steps