Utilizing Dodge & Burn in Luminar Neo on landscapes

Luminar Neo has added Dodge & Burn instruments to their enhancing instruments with one in every of their current releases, which is ideal for each portraits and landscapes!

First, for those who want a refresher on what Dodge & Burn instruments do: Dodging and burning enable for management over lightening or darkening areas of a picture. Dodging refers to darkening areas of a picture. This may be executed to a various diploma relying on what you need to obtain. Burning is simply the other. By burning areas of the picture, you’re lightening them up.

Here’s a fast how-to for utilizing Dodge and Burn when post-processing landscapes.

Panorama instance

First, as a result of I take advantage of Lightroom Traditional as my library/database, I straightened the picture and eliminated mud spots. Then I clicked on Picture > Edit In > Luminar Neo. 

As soon as the picture opened up in Luminar Neo, I opened up the Improve^AI panel and moved the slider to 51. I additionally pushed the Sky Enhancer slider to 13.

Subsequent up is the Dodge & Burn panel. You’ll discover it on the backside of the listing of edit instruments beneath the Skilled class.

With a view to present the consequences, I’ve exaggerated the impact by making use of the Burn instrument to the mountains at a power of 100. Then I dialed it right down to the place I needed it.

Subsequent, I used the Dodge instrument to darken the snowy mountains within the background a bit. 

Lastly, I used the Burn instrument once more to loosen up that iceberg within the foreground and added an total publicity adjustment to the ultimate picture.

Step-by-step directions in Luminar Neo

1. To Dodge and Burn, open the Dodge & Burn instrument within the Skilled instruments part of the Edit panel.
2. Select both the Lighten or Darken instrument within the prime toolbar to pick the specified brush.
3. Use the Brush Dimension slider to regulate the scale of your brush to precisely paint the specified space. You possibly can press the fitting and left bracket keys ([]) to regulate the scale of the comb.
4. Use the Softness slider to step by step mix your strokes. This creates a transition between the impact and the unique picture. You possibly can press the Shift + proper/left bracket keys (Shift+[ and Shift+]) to regulate the hardness of the comb.
5. Use the Energy slider to regulate the influence of the comb stroke.
6. Click on and paint on the canvas to dodge and burn.
   • If you happen to make an unintentional stroke, use the Erase instrument to take away it.
   • Click on the curved arrow subsequent to the instrument title to reset it if it is advisable to begin over.
7. Use the Total Quantity slider to additional refine the worldwide depth of the instrument and mix its impact with the unique picture.
8. Exit the Dodge & Burn instrument to use the changes.

Utilizing dodging and burning on particular areas of a picture will help you deliver out the locations you need your viewer to look. You may also create extra depth in a picture by creating darker and lighter areas in your landscapes.