


AI Sky Replacement automatically adjusts the sky to fit the rest of your images - 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. “Utilizing the proprietary technology based on machine learning, Luminar 4 will be the first photo editor to have a fully automated Sky Replacement tool to save the artists hours of editing.ĪI Sky Replacement works by automatically detecting not only the sky, but also objects in a photograph’s scene. So I will let Skylum explain how Sky Replacement works: How does it work? I honestly have no idea, as Skylum has not provided us reviewers with any beta versions nor any video screenshots of it in action at this time – just some sample photos and a whole lot of marketing text. Rather, it looks like Skylum is instead relying on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replace our skies for us. Well for those looking for such a brush, it isn’t looking like this is it. Something like what ON1 Photo RAW has as well as other programs. This is a real curious marketing strategy for a number of reasons, but first I’ll talk about this new feature.įor years I as well as many other photographers have been requesting and waiting for Skylum to give us a content-aware smart brush for those of us who need to to cutouts or to do sky replacement. New Luminar 4 with Sky ReplacementĪs I just mentioned, outside of the new Sky Replacement feature I will discuss, Skylum is not mentioning any other new features coming to Luminar 4 at this time. What is that new feature, and what now happens with Luminar 3? Let’s take a look. Details however are still vague as to what new features Luminar 4 will have outside of the one new feature being mentioned at today’s announcement, even though Luminar 4 is now available for pre-order. Today Skylum has announced Luminar 4, a paid upgrade to Luminar 3, shipping this fall.
