Luminar: Digital Asset Management

Course details

With the release of Luminar 3, you can now use this powerful app to both creatively edit your images and keep your photo collection in order. In this course, join photographer, educator, and author Derrick Story as he shows how to quickly and easily manage your photos with the Luminar catalog feature, as well as how to use the image-editing app’s adjustments to enhance the beauty of your shots. Learn how to import, rate, and sort images from a shoot, create albums, and use shortcuts to more efficiently navigate the library. Plus, learn how to use Luminar as a plugin within Lightroom and Photos, send images from Luminar to Photoshop, and more.

Learning objectives
How the Luminar catalog works
Working with folders
Adding shortcuts to help you better navigate the library
Creating albums
Using the Accent-AI filter
Adding a late-day glow to pictures with Golden Hour
Using the Orton Effect to creatively stylize images
Creating custom looks
Using Luminar as a plugin for Lightroom

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Manage and polish your photos with Luminar 3
02 - Get the most out of this course
03 - Mac and Windows versions of Luminar

1. Quick Start

04 - Overview of how the Luminar catalog works
05 - A look at the Luminar catalog
06 - Import images into the catalog
07 - Rate the shoot
08 - Sort images from the shoot
09 - Use Luminar Looks to quickly improve a favorite
10 - Export finished shots for sharing

2. A Tour of the Library

11 - Folders and their function
12 - What to do if your folders aren't visible
13 - Create a subfolder
14 - Show an image or folder in the Finder
15 - Library shortcuts
16 - Add custom shortcuts
17 - Create albums
18 - Delete an image or folder

3. Magical Editing Filters

19 - Accent AI filter
20 - AI Sky Enhancer
21 - Golden Hour
22 - Image Radiance
23 - Orton Effect
24 - Sunrays
25 - Adjustable Gradient

4. Back to Basics

26 - A closer look at filters
27 - How looks combine filters for creativity and efficiency
28 - Create custom looks
29 - Download additional looks
30 - Choose the right workspace
31 - Create your own workspace
32 - Add layers to the mix
33 - Use blending modes and opacity percentages with layers

5. Digging a Little Deeper

34 - Use the Erase tool
35 - How to clone and stamp
36 - Duplicate a file for artistic variation
37 - Use a gradient mask to improve a sky
38 - Create a radial mask for portraits
39 - Copy and paste a mask on a separate layer
40 - Create a luminosity mask
41 - Brush specific areas of an image
42 - Lighten facial marks in a portrait
43 - Copy and paste adjustments

6. Playing Nice with Others

44 - Luminar is more than a standalone app
45 - Use Aurora HDR from within Luminar 3
46 - Use Luminar as a plugin within Lightroom and Photos
47 - Open images with Quick Edit
48 - Open an image in Photoshop
49 - Share an image to SmugMug
50 - Back up your images

Conclusion

51 - Next steps

Luminar: Digital Asset Management

Authors

Derrick Story