Five great tips for editing portraits

Editing portraits to a professional standard has never been quicker: with Luminar AI you can achieve stunning results in just a few mouse clicks, with no previous editing experience required. Not only does this remove the laborious nature of portrait editing, which can take years to perfect, but it also means that you can spend more time behind the camera shooting your favourite subjects. So here are five tips that will help you to get more out of portrait editing in Luminar AI, while making your shots look their best.

1 White balance

When you have a portrait image with a colour cast, click the Edit tab and correct white balance before applying a Template. Some Templates incorporate colours, so it’s easier to correct the cast first.

2 Face Light

Face Light lightens faces in images. This means that you can just lighten the faces in shots rather than the entire image; doing so requires nothing more than a single slider to control the brightness.

3 Body AI

Body AI is a simple and effective set of tools for changing body shape. Shape is most commonly used to thin subjects, but can also make them wider. Abdomen reduces apparent stomach size.

4 Cloning

To remove blemishes, you’ll need the Clone Tool. Set Softness and Opacity to 100 and reduce the opacity if the blend is noticeable. Alt-click to set a sample point then click on the blemish,

5 Group shots

In group shots, controls such as Face Light and Shape can detect people and apply adjustments to all. To apply effects to a single person, click the Add Mask icon and paint where you want the effect.