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One photo - three creative edits in Luminar Neo and Photoshop

 Creating Three Moody Images out of One Shot I initially didn't plan to create three or more different images out of this photograph. I wanted to see how I can edit this foggy somehow chaotic forest image in Luminar Neo. I liked the atmosphere and I can still recall the morning I took this photo. I knew I had to make a lot of chnages , because of all the distracting twigs on the left and right hand side as well as at the top of the frame. First Step - Editing in Luminar Neo I usually develop my images in Lightroom Classic  but decided to use Luminar Neo this time because I wanted to see how their various creative in part AI powered tools inspire me. Basic edits were quickly done. I usually start with Luminar's Enhance AI, I found this tool often leads to considerable improvements to build upon. I then moved to the Develop section to make further basic adjustments such as exposure, highlights, shadows, contrast and so on until I am satisfied.  As this image has almost no colour
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Gentle Snowfall Overlay Freebie & how to apply it

Last post before Xmas,

over here we had our first taste of snow last week. At the moment it's back to normal, meaning rainy weather and roughly 5°C - 10°C...
I had the chance to take some wonderful winter landscapes in the sun and also shot while it was snowing quite heavily.
Still had no time to process some of these shots....

I thought it is about time for another freebie, so I made a snowfall overlay that is quite easy to use.
It looks like this:


Aus Free textures


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How do I use this? 
Overlays like the one above work best with blending modes like

- Screen
- Lighten
- Color Dodge

In these modes the  color black doesn't have any effect and only the light/white parts show up in your picture. 
Just play around and see what works best with your picture.
Recently I used this overlay on my picture 4 colors of winter. Please move over the picture to see a before/after of this picture.
4 colors in winter
I also used two other textures tht you'll find here: Canvas Sprinkle and here: Cold Steel
Both are are available in my pack of medium sized textures (44 textures for only € 25 !!)

Have a wonderful holiday time!!!

Dirk



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  1. Miriam17:35

    Great texture and great tips for applying, thank you!

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  2. Kathy Hardy18:18

    Beautiful! I have a "blogger" question, though? How do you do the before/after mouseover image? Is it a plugin for blogger? Thank you!!!

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