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Jeff Poll

• November 19, 2019 04:17

I would like to be able to see the various sky choices.  As far as I can tell the only way to see what the possible selection is is to try it.  Going through all the choices to figure out what is available is not something I want to do each time.

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  Angela Andrieux

  • November 21, 2019 01:57

  Hi Jeff,

  I can see how that would be useful! I'll share the suggestion with our developers for their consideration.

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  Robert A. F. van de Voort

  • November 21, 2019 05:20

  I am totally frustrated how to select one of existing preloaded sky names, a little thumbnail would be far better, this program is supposed to make it quicker and easier visually, why not point it to a build in folder where all skies are visible as thumbnails?

  I am using now my own large sky folder to add skies to make it work. An easy work around is  for the developers to make the included skies available as a free download, then I can put them in my sky folder! This can be available next week....?

   

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  Russ Colban

  • November 21, 2019 06:51

  It would be great if a preview could show when scrolling through the replacement skies list.

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  Kate Williams

  • November 21, 2019 10:45

  @Robert, 

  These are the sky textures that Luminar uses: https://www.dropbox.com/s/x9i6adaga4dugif/Pre-Installed%20skies.zip?dl=0 

   

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  Robert A. F. van de Voort

  • November 22, 2019 00:04

  Thanks Kate, that helps. There are many suggestions to make the choosing of skies etc even more visually and easier, so an update will be hopefully anser all that. Meanwhile thank you for your efficient and prompt answer.

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  Charles Frisinger

  • November 25, 2019 22:44

  When replacing a sky in Luminar 4, which order is best for sky placement. Assume starting with a RAW file: place sky before any editing or after editing is complete?

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  Roy Blackwell

  • November 26, 2019 00:30

  On Windows, the default sky files are located here:

  C:\Program Files\Skylum\Luminar 4\profiles\SkyTextures

  Delete and/or move to any location of your choice. A future patch may put them back but just rinse and repeat if necessary.

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  Robert A. F. van de Voort

  • November 26, 2019 01:36

  I have now access to over 500 skies,using the epic skies from affinity photo as well, and I started to add my own skies too. The existing sky selection is just bare bones and does not add too much variety. An updated sky folder selection may be in order?

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  Tim Abraham

  • November 26, 2019 03:55
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  Robert...roy answered your request in the post above yours... you can simply go to the sky textures folder and cut and paste them into YOUR skies folder and then, with an empty sky textures folder, Luminar will only show you the option of going out to your folder.  (or were you now asking Skylum for more photos?)

   

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  Robert A. F. van de Voort

  • November 26, 2019 04:19

  I am asking Skylum for more Sky photos in their software for future buyers, I have enough...as I said before  - the existing sky selection is minimal for a program that advertises heavily "sky replacements..."

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  Tim Abraham

  • November 26, 2019 04:32

  Robert...gotcha.  Maybe they should / could organize a shared site for Luminar customers like I have with my friends where we upload our skies and can download what we like from the others.   Seasonal blue skies, storms, sunsets, sunrises, drama, etc.  

   

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  Robert A. F. van de Voort

  • November 26, 2019 08:45

  Tim, I may suggest this on their Facebook site too. Their sky selection is too limited to be very effective.

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  Peter Hellstrand

  • December 02, 2019 09:37

  Is it possible to add more skies to the default library? Any idea where the sky textures are stored on a Mac?

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  William Nathe

  • June 03, 2020 23:31
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  I purchased two sky replacement from the Marketplace but I don't know where they went on my computer.  I use Windows 10.  I think I downloaded them but I haven't been to find them to upload them.  If I did not download them, how to get back to them to do that?

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  Kirk Osborn

  • June 04, 2020 10:11

  The order fulfillment should have been sent to the email address that you used for the purchase. You can find the download links there. If you still can't find the email, please contact us via https://skylum.com/support and we'll provide you with the download links.

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  Yadiell Fernandez

  • October 15, 2020 19:38

  And here I am 1 year later and still have to try every sky available each time to see it.

  Great work team!

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  Robert A. F. van de Voort

  • October 15, 2020 20:10

  Hope the new AI Luminar has a better way to select skies with a thumbnail folder like the presets has now. At present it is a hit and miss, I keep selecting skies untill it fits, too much work, transferred all skies to my own large skyfolder with over a 1000 skies in various subfolders

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  Jeff Poll

  • October 16, 2020 02:41

  The management does not give a damn about our suggestions.  I have been asking for this for more than a year.  I called once and was told the team agreed and was looking into it.  Obviously they don't care.

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  Kirk Osborn

  • October 16, 2020 15:02

  We have passed on this request to our devs and they added this task into their backlog.

  Please stay tuned and check for updates.

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  Jeff Poll

  • October 16, 2020 15:28

  Nonsense.  You have given the same or similar reply's to several people over the previous few months.  How stupid do you think we are?  Either fix the problem or tell us nothing will be done. 

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  Jo-Anne Duffett

  • November 14, 2020 15:48

  Hi, if I use my own images for sky replacements it always degrades the quality and introduces noise into the sky, it doesn't matter the quality or size of my images. Why does it do this and how do I prevent or fix it? Currently I turn my own cloud images into .tiffs to try and maintain the best quality.

  Denoising in another layer just loses texture on the clouds

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  Angela Andrieux

  • November 16, 2020 20:16

  Hi Jo-Anne,

  Luminar 4 should not be degrading your sky images in any way. Please reach out to us at www.skylum.com/support so we can take a closer look at the issue. 

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