Make lacklustre landscapes look amazing in minutes

Take advantage of Luminar AI’s powerful landscape-focused tools

1 Select a Template

Select your image to edit in the Catalog before clicking on the Templates tab: Luminar AI will suggest the most useful Templates to select from. For this shot, the Sunset Template from the Easy Landscapes Collection was used to enhance the warmth that was already present in the scene.

2 Improve the light

Click on the Edit tab so that you can apply any adjustments required. Enhance AI was expanded to increase the power of the Template, then adjustments were made to White Balance, Exposure, Highlights and Shadows. Smart Contrast was applied automatically.

3 Replace the sky

Everything in the scene was perfect, except that there were no clouds in the sky, which makes it look boring and lifeless. Sky AI was expanded and after selecting the Dramatic Sunset 1 sky preset, the image immediately improved. You can adjust the result to blend the new sky with the original scene.

4 Add mist

The image is coming together but it needs more atmosphere so using Atmosphere AI, Haze was added to the foreground to make it look like a light mist was rolling in from the sea. Other options include Fog, Layered Fog and Mist. Each of these can be customised using the provided sliders to make them look perfect in your images.

5 Boost sunlight

With the castle naturally backlit, and the selected Sky AI replacement sky mimicking this, adding Sunrays was the logical next step. Click on the Place Sun Centre button and move the point to the desired position, then expand the additional three sections of sliders to take complete control over the look of the sunrays. Click the Sunrays left arrow to reset if you’re unhappy, and you can easily start again.