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luminar 4 tutorial and tips for creating a grunge look Luminar Video Tutorials: How to Create a Grunge Look In these two video tutorials, you'll get some street photography tips, and learn how to add a grunge or antique faded look to your images. Read More
How to Get Sharper Photos – 6 Essential Settings You Need to Know In this tutorial you will learn 6 important things that will help you understand how your camera focuses, and all the camera settings and options that affect focus, so that you can take sharper photos. Read More
How to Choose the Best Digital Camera for You If you are thinking about buying a new camera, it can get a bit confusing with all the options available. Here are 8 questions to ask yourself to find the best digital camera for you and your needs, whether you're… Read More
how to resize photos and images for email and social media How to Resize Photos for Facebook, Email and Social Media Learn how to resize images for email or social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with Lightroom and Luminar. Video tutorials for how to use each version of photo editing software to shrink the file size so it's more… Read More
Light Painting Experiments to Improve Your Photography In this article, through a couple of different experiments you'll learn the basics of light painting and explain some of the science going on behind the scenes in this unique long exposure photography technique. Read More
Home Project – Macro Photography with Oil and Water Here's a fun photography project for you to try at home. This one is all about macro photography of oil and water. Read More
Stay at Home Project – Soap Bubble Photography Here is something really fun for you to try at home - soap bubble photography! Best of all you don't need a lot of fancy gear to do this. Read More
How to Quickly Improve Your Images by Checking the Background In this beginner tutorial, learn about one thing that you can do to improve your images immediately. The best part is that it's so simple and costs nothing! Read More
Learn Flash Photography Challenge – Stay Home Project For this photography challenge, I have another home project for you. It’s time to dig out your flash and actually learn how to use it. Read the three tutorials and go step by step, you can do this! Read More
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The New Luminar AI – the good, the bad, and is it for you?

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Learn about the NEW Luminar AI and have all your FAQ’s answered in anticipation of the upcoming release. In this nearly 2 hour webinar, Darlene discusses the pros and cons, who Luminar AI is for and who it’s not for. Get answers to all your questions in an easily digestible format.