User's Manual

Table Of Contents

cause very bright areas to become brighter, while moving the slider to the left, makes them darker.

• Shadows. Adjusts the brightness level of the darkest areas of the image. Moving the slider to the

right will cause such areas to become brighter and additional details will appear. When moving to the

left, such areas become darker, and the number of shadow areas in the image generally increases.

Advanced Settings

• Profile. Are you looking for truly professional control over your raw files? Be sure to give DNG

Camera Profiles a try. Luminar recognizes the industry standard DCP files that you may already have

on your computer (or have bought from third parties). These offer greater control over how the color

and tone in the raw file is handled. Need a bunch of free DCP profiles? Just install the free DNG

Converter from Adobe.

• Whites. Adjusts the white point of the histogram and white tones in the image. When moving to the

right, the brightest tones will become brighter while the histogram stretches to the right. Moving the

slider to the left will cause white tones in the image to become darker and the histogram to compress

to the left.

• Blacks. Sets the black point of the histogram or black tones in the image. Moving the slider to the

right, black tones become brighter and the histogram compresses to the right. Moving the slider to the

left, black becomes darker and the histogram stretches to the left.

Сurves

One of the most powerful tools for adjusting tones to brighten, darken, add contrast and shift colors. Curves

can usually be applied to all channels together in an image, or to each channel individually. Curves can help

you manually fine-tune the brightness and contrast of the image.

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