If you like what I do here and find the information useful, then you can help by subscribing to me on Patreon. Running all this isn’t cheap, and so If you like what you see and you want to help keep this all going, there are a number of ways you can do so: I support this work, and my YouTube channel entirely either via sales of my eBooks and Lightroom presets, or the kind support of my readers. This blog is pretty much my day job now and I work to bring you my own take on photography, both tutorials and tips, as well as inspiration from my own art. Now, with AI Sky Replacement, it’s easier and faster than ever for photographers to achieve their goals, and focus on what they enjoy most - photography. And best of all, it’s available through a simple, easy-to-use tool in the Luminar 4 interface. It’s great to bring life into vacation photos where the weather wasn’t perfect, or surprise moments where you couldn’t plan for the perfect conditions. The new AI Sky Replacement filter is the perfect tool for recreating that special moment that you might not otherwise be able to revisit. Because of the toning that AI Sky Replacement does to an image, it looks as natural and smooth as possible. This makes sure that an image and sky match so they appear they were taken during the same conditions. But that’s not all it does - AI Sky Replacement also correctly detects the horizon line and the orientation of the sky to replace so that it looks as realistic as possible.įurthermore, with the scene relight technology, you’ll see the rest of your photo change in terms of light and color when you select your sky of choice. When working on an image, the AI Sky Replacement technology automatically creates a mask for the sky, taking a step that would oftentimes take minutes or even hours, and boiling it down to mere seconds with just the click of a mouse. With the AI Sky Replacement you will also be able to adjust the sky to fit the rest of an image - things like depth of field, tone, exposure and color - making it great for not only landscapes, but also portraits. It removes things like halos, artifacts and edges of transitions, problems that often were present in existing sky replacement techniques. This helps make sure the photo ends up being as realistic as possible once you insert a new sky. The sky will not reflect correctly.įor more information on Luminar 4, please read my Luminar review.AI Sky Replacement works by automatically detecting not only the sky, but also objects in a photograph’s scene. In other words, the area separating the sky from the rest of the image shouldn’t be blurry or hazy.Īlso note that the sky replacement tool will not work correctly with images that have a reflection such as a lake in the foreground or glass-based skyscrapers. In order to use Luminar 4’s AI sky replacement tool, it’s best to use an image that has a noticeable or sharp horizon. Edit Mask allows to erase or paint in the new sky mask.Sky Exposure adjusts the tonal value of the sky.Sky Temperature adjusts the white balance of the sky by cooling or warming it.This is useful for original images that have haze, air pollution, or fog. Flip rotates the sky along the horizon.Sky Defocus adjust the depth of field of the new sky and adds a blur to it.Use this slider to reveal more or less of the original clouds.
Close Gaps fixes detailed areas in the mask that was missed on the initial mask.The mask is shifted to reveal or hide the edges of the horizon. Sky Global adjusts the texture along the horizon to make it look more natural.Use a higher value to relight the image more. Relight Scene adjusts the lighting and color of the sky to match the rest of the image.Use a higher value to soften the transition. Horizon Blending smooths out the transition from the new sky to the horizon to make it look more natural.Unfortunately, you can’t save custom skies in the library. You can also Load a Custom Sky of your choice.
Sky Selection allows you to choose a sky from a library of built-in images.Luminar 4 AI Sky Replacement Technologies Standard Controls