Luminar 4 is the biggest update in the program’s history. Give this bokeh effect a try during your next photoshoot and see for yourself the intuitive power of Skylum’s Luminar AI.AI Portrait Tools in Luminar 4 Filters get changed to Tools in Luminar 4 That’s it! I hope you enjoyed this article/video. We don’t yet have foreground control but I anticipate the developers at Skylum will add that soon. The top of the image falls away nicely into a soft blur. Notice that Kiara’s face is well in focus as well as everything along the same plane. Be sure to use an extremely soft brush to let the effect gradually fade off. In order to replicate that tilt-shift effect, I simply drew a mask straight across. I started right off the bat by getting my bokeh to my initial desired settings. Now that we know what all the settings do, let’s put it to practice on this image. Getting Creative With a Tilt-Shift Effect I usually leave it alone or subtract the effect out. Note that when applied too high, it cuts into your subject and we don’t necessarily want that. Lastly, “Edge Correction” can be used to tighten the mask around your subject. “Depth Correction” can be used in tandem with the main blur amount to get that perfect bokeh look. Luminar allows us to replicate those features under the “Background” section. Out-of-focus blur has interesting qualities such as a slight bloom or brightening of the highlights.

Then, simply paint over your subject and Luminar will restore the original detected mask. Instead of just undo-ing it all, go to the “Restore” tab on the right.

Inevitably, using only brushes to adjust the mask can lead to some mistakes. To de-focus, go over to the “De-focus” panel and paint away the mask. To add to the mask, stay on the “Focus” tab and simply paint over additional areas you’d like to keep in focus. Luminar uses this mask to determine where to apply the effect around. Under “Brush Control,” we refine the mask around the subject. Now, the feature currently only detects and applies the effect to the background. Right off the bat, Luminar does an excellent job masking out the subject using their AI. The “Portrait Bokeh” feature will be in the Portrait panel of the toolkit. Before we dive in, be sure to download the exercise file here and follow along as I edit! Video: Add Bokeh to Your Portraits Using Skylum’s Luminar AI

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