Explained: The Luminar 4 Sunrays filter

If the sun is hidden in your shot, why not add one of your own?

The Sunrays filter has a lot of controls for blending in the lighting effect with your scene, to make the finished result look more natural.

1 Sunrays

You’ll find the Sunrays filter in the Creative Workspace. As with all the Luminar 4 filters, you can use it in combination with other adjustments.

2 Place Sun Center

Where do you want the sun to be in the frame? You click the Place Sun

Center button, then move the sun around. You can change its position at any time if you need to.

3 Basic controls

Amount, Overall Look, Sunrays Length and Penetration are the four basic controls. There is some interaction and crossover between them, so just experiment!

4 Advanced Settings

The Advanced Settings button opens up a whole new section of adjustments below. Many of Luminar’s other filters have advanced settings.

5 Glow controls

Sun Radius, Sun Glow Radius and Sun Glow Amount are really useful for giving the sun a soft, spreading glow, rather than obvious ‘rays’.

6 Edit Mask

As with most Luminar tools, you can create a mask to shield parts of the picture from the filter’s effect if you need to.