Luminar Essentials, Revised For Luminar 4
Luminar Essentials enters its 3rd Edition. Updated for Luminar 4, this well-illustrated, no-nonsense book explains everything you need to get up and running with Luminar. It is the most comprehensive book on Luminar. Among the topics covered:
Creating and organizing your photo library and catalog
Tagging your photos with ratings, flags, and color labels
Using Luminar Looks for one-click photo styling
Fast editing with Luminar’s AI-powered tools
Advanced editing using the 30+ tools and filters in Luminar
Masking, blending, and layered workflows
Exporting and sharing your photos
The book is available as both a digital eBook and a print book. Get all the details here.
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Scott Davenport is a landscape photographer and photo educator and based in San Diego, California. He leads photo workshops, writes photo books, hosts podcasts, makes tutorial videos, and feels weird referring to himself in the 3rd person.
He also can't help getting his feet wet photographing at the beach.
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