Can't sync cropping and image layers anymore?

A few months ago, sync/copy adjustments in Luminar had more capability than it does now. Luminar used to be able to copy crop/rotation adjustments from one image to the next. Luminar also used to be able to add an image layer to one image and then be able to add that image layer to a whole sequence of images using sync adjustments. Both of these features were very powerful, but now seem to be no longer present unless I am missing something.

I just processed a sequence of photos to make a time lapse of a glacier calving off. This was much more tedious than it was a few months ago in Luminar because it was very hard to crop them and line them up all the same. You used to be able to sync the adjustments including the crop and then just move the crop rectangle in each exposure a bit if the camera moved.

Also several months ago, I found a neat use of the sync feature in Luminar that was very powerful and a unique capability in Luminar, but it seems to be no longer possible. I had a whole sequence of Lunar Eclipse photos that were aligned and I had an enhanced moon photo that was a stack of all the images to improve detail. Then I used Luminar to process just one photo and then blended the enhanced photo in an additional image layer in Luminar. Then I used the sync adjustments feature to put these adjustments into all the images. The key point was that I was able to sync an additional image layer with appropriate blending into hundreds of images very easily. This worked VERY well. I tried a few weeks ago to do the same thing, but sync adjustments no longer syncs added image layers. I was going to have to individually add the image and select the same blend settings in all the photos. This will be much more tedious. Is this capability gone? I made sure to post back in February about how I did it on this forum so that hopefully the feature would be advertised and not eliminated because it was really powerful.

Both features that used to be present, syncing crop/rotation settings, and syncing added image layers, are very useful and should not be eliminated. They are really powerful for things like time lapse, focus stacking, HDR, auto exposure bracketing, adding watermarks, and just doing the same things to a whole sequence of images that are very similar.

I do understand that many times you don't want things like a crop rectangle or an added image layer to be synced when you sync adjustments. (You almost would never want clone adjustments to be synced). But there are many instances where it can be useful. In Aperture and Lightroom there is a way to select which adjustments were copied from one image to the next, crop is one of them. Is there a plan to either make new commands like "sync geometry" or "sync layers." Or is there a plan to have a way to select which adjustments get synced when you tell it to sync adjustments and could that plan include layers and cropping?

I did see this on the roadmap:

Improved Selective Sync (Adjustment Sync)
Synchronize your image adjustments across your photos. Image layers, Crop, Erase, Clone & Stamp do not affect syncing.

Does this mean that they are planning to add the ability to select what you sync as I just mentioned? Or does this item represent the removal of the crop and image layers from the sync adjustments feature, which is what I am posting about right now?

Please consider making this possible again.

Thanks,

Rob

Robert Lancaster

July 19, 2019 20:25

For another example, I have a whole bunch of pictures of a bear where I would want to crop them all about the same to look through them and see which ones I like. It would be far more tedious to crop them all individually. I would prefer to sync the crop to all the images. I may have to adjust some of them a little later, but it is a good starting point

Angela Andrieux

July 19, 2019 23:13

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your thoughtful feedback on the sync adjustments feature. I will be sure to pass your suggestions to our developers for their consideration. I can see how the option of also syncing crop, clone/erase, etc. would be quite useful in certain situations.

July 20, 2019 04:09

And don't forget one of the more important ones, syncing added image layers. As I explained above, this is a surprisingly useful feature.

Kate Williams

July 20, 2019 06:56

@Robert - sure, that was forwarded as well. We truly value your desire to make Luminar better! Thank you.

Michael Nielsen

March 15, 2020 11:32

I am also looking forward to sync layer possibility. It is a much needed addition to an otherwise useful program.

I use it to subtract a calibration frame in multiple images and doing this on each individual frame is very tedious to say the least.

Elena Blum

March 15, 2020 15:49

Hi Michael,

Indeed this is not yet implemented in Luminar, but I can understand how this feature can be needed. We'll pass the request to our tech team.

JNJR

March 24, 2020 20:28
Edited

To be honest, I don't see how having the ability to copy and past or sync cropping adjustments has yet to be included in Luninar after four versions. Seriously?

Can't sync cropping and image layers anymore?

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