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Luminar neo masking tutorial7/30/2023 ![]() Luminar Neo analyzes your image and identifies the objects and elements present.Ĭlick one or more of the friendly-named buttons to build your mask Open an editing tool and choose the Masking area Mask AI is one of the masking options in any editing tool that offers masking - which means just about every tool in Luminar Neo. ![]() The new Mask AI feature analyzes your image, identifies a variety of different elements and objects in the scene, and presents one-click buttons to create masks for those objects. I like the approach and direction Skylum is taking with AI-powered masking in Luminar Neo. Ready to buy? Use the offer code SDP10 at checkout and Save US$10! There is no extra cost to you and it helps support Luminar tutorials like this one. The tool has potential, but needs a bit of work to make for a perfect option for photographers.If you are trying Luminar or upgrading from a prior version, please consider using my affiliate link. Edge detection needs some work, and the tool feels clunky compared to Adobe’s masking implementation. Skylum has developed a tool that, for the most part, works well. Portrait Background Removal is a great idea, but needs some work No more manually having to click to select a subject - it all just works. And oddly enough, just trying to select the person with Luminar Neo’s Mask AI tool took longer, at roughly 15 seconds.įinally, the fact that you can now copy and paste masks inside of Lightroom is a huge win for Adobe in this arena. While Luminar Neo took roughly 10 seconds to remove the background, Lightroom Classic took 3-4 seconds. In terms of speed, Adobe is quite a bit faster. Anything that’s considered a “subject.” That said, Luminar Neo’s Mask AI tool can recognize more than just humans. With Lightroom and ACR, it’ll recognize people, objects, pets … you name it. The one other major difference here is that, for now, Luminar Neo will only recognize people. Adobe also did a slightly better job with edge detection, with Luminar Neo leaving a thin stroke-like appearance around the edges of my friend. However, Lightroom Classic saw this as a part of the background, and not of the subject. I had mentioned that Luminar Neo did not exclude the area between my friend’s hand and camera strap. It doesn’t feel in-sync with the rest of the program (especially when looking at a tool like Sky AI), despite the Refinements Brush making sense and generally working well. It’s almost as if someone totally different designed this tool, compared to the rest of the program. It also adds to the time necessary to get the look you’re going for.īut most of all, once you’re in the Refinements Brush area, you’re met with options that look like no other tool in Luminar Neo. It’s an extra step that’s confusing (given the name of the Remove button) and unnecessary. Secondly, if you want to refine the removal after exiting out of the Layer Properties tool, you have to go back in, click Remove and then you can refine the removal. First off, many users won’t notice the new tool right away - it’s buried inside the Layer Properties tool. There’s a few qualms when it comes to Luminar Neo’s implementation of the Portrait Background Removal tool. In the build I had of Luminar Neo, adding an image to a Layer didn’t actually work, but I suspect that’s a bug that’ll be worked out. This means I can easily add a different background behind my subject. The biggest win for Luminar Neo here is that this works seamlessly with Layers.
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