Talk about a week folks!  Last week found some days approaching 60 degrees in my area, which is Southern Wisconson.  I had some great days in the field.  Seeing Common Loons on small area lakes during a stopover on their migration northward.  And that was a good thing indeed, as the Northern half of my state as well as bordering states got hit with a late Winter storm over the weekend.  Many places receiving a couple feet, we've gotten my guess of 4-6 inches in our area.  So besides the Loon picture this week, I got some pics of some of the Lighthouses in our area getting buffeted by 15-foot waves.  That was just what I experienced.  

  They're lots going in photography as well! With Skylum's release of Luminar Jupiter.  I've used Luminar in my workflow for quite some time and have to say I really enjoy the simple but powerful interface.

  If you'd like to get a great deal on this wonderful software package follow my link in this posting:  Luminar 2018 Jupiter Offer


Here's a list of some of the new features:
Speed (Performance & adjustments): We’ve dramatically increased the speed of editing across all areas of Luminar 2018.

Automatic Lens Correction: Our RAW Develop filter analyzes your image and the metadata to calculate a one click Automatic Lens Distortion fix.

Enhanced image quality on image view:  Most of the demosaic and green equilibration issues have been fixed.

DCP Profiles Support (for the Mac version only. Coming to Windows soon): Luminar 2018 recognizes the industry standard DCP files that you may already have on your computer (or have bought from third parties).

Import speed (for the Mac version only. Coming to Windows soon): re-engineered RAW import, optimized for speed.

Windows version catches up with Mac: Added Batch processing feature, Free Transform image feature, Flip/Rotate image feature to the Windows version.

 

Here is a full list of the new features and improvements:

MAC:

Fast RAW opening;

Super fast image editing and adjusting;

Faster image export;

DCP Profiles support;

Automatic Lens Correction (fix Lens Distortion, remove Chromatic Aberration and Defringe);

Enhanced image quality on image view - most of the demosaic and green equilibration issues have been fixed;

Big number of stability fixes;

UI and UX improvements;

Localisations updated (German, Japanese, Chinese & more).

    



WINDOWS:

Super fast image editing and adjusting;

Faster image export;

Batch processing feature;

Free transform image feature;

Flip/Rotate image feature;

Automatic Lens Correction (fix Lens Distortion, remove Chromatic Aberration and Defringe)

Big number of stability fixes;

UI and UX improvements;

Localisations updated;

Added ability to change localization language in the application main menu;

Fixes with color profiles on export/in plugin mode;

Preview mode feature added (F hotkey);

Enhanced image quality on image view - fixed most of demosaic and green equilibration.

  Lastly Id like to mention some great boots that I've used for a few years now.  Got introduced to these from a post by great photographer/teacher Rick Sammon.   Neo boots, you can wear your currents shoes, offer water resistance, quick on and off, and offered in many lengths.  I love how easily you can pack these and always have available for a time of need.  I get nothing plugs, just like to share items I though help in our photography lives!

Neo Overshoes Website

  Teaser, I will include Luminar editing options in my upcoming video tutorials!

Till Next Time

Happy Clicking
Lance