Lucis Like in Lightroom?

[Mr. Pickles]

If you have Lightroom, and know about Lucis Arts plugins, but can't afford them or haven't gotten them, maybe you can play around with the settings below?

1. Open image in Develop Module (use a Virtual Copy if you want).
2. Drag the Recovery slider to 100% (yup - ugly)
3. Drag the Fill Light slider to 100% (I know - ugly)
4. Set Blacks to about 20-40 or so (you can and will adjust later)
5. Drag Contrast slider to 100 also (trust)
6. Drag the Clarity to 100 also (could adjust down later for halos. See note below).
7. And might as well drag Vibrance to 100 too.
8. Drop the Saturation slider to eliminate a lot of coloring that was done.
9. Now play with the Blacks slider, and maybe the Exposure or Brightness a bit.
10. If needed, in the HSL section, slide around the Saturation for individual colors, or use the magic tool there (upper left of the section). You can use the Luminance portion too.
11. Add a nice vignette to the image (Lens Correction - Lens Amount at maybe 40-60)
12. I set my Noise Reduction Luminance and Color both to 100 also.

It isn't for all images. What happens on some portions of some images is there becomes a "like colored halo" around it (Clarity slider). It looks odd to some, but maybe not that odd. I don't think a keepsake image like a senior portrait, wedding shot, etc would be a good candidate. But maybe pet images, street scenes, or whatever might work well.

At any rate, it is a decent thing to play around with. Finish it off in PS if you want, but don't need to really.

And post some results here or in the board where the image would fit

Here is a before:


And an after:

[Mr. Pickles]

If the above isn't enough, I also played around with these settings instead of the ones above. Harder to achieve a good look (more slider moving), but might be better for some...

1. Grad Fill Light slider and set to 100
2. Use Blacks slider and set it to something deep and dark. Like more than normal (again, can adjust later)
3. Set Contrast to something small, say 5 or 10 and we can adjust that later too.
4. Set Clarity to 100 also.
5. Set Vibrance to something like 70-80 or so.
6. Now adjust the Blacks, Contrast and Vibrance to suit, or jump into the HSL - Saturation settings because the colors are probably too saturated or odd. Don't forget the Luminance section too.

[Mr. Pickles]

Another original:


After using the top method...

[Latinbob]

That's a cool effect. I've seen similar before, but nobody would share how they did it. Here's a karma to you for your tutorial.

Bob

[peterst6906]

Nice tutorial Pickles.

Matt Kloskowski posted a video on a similar technique on his Lightroom Killer Tips site. You can watch the video here:

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips » Video - Surreal Edgy Effect

Regards,

Peter

[Mr. Pickles]

I just watched his movie tutorial and he doesn't explain some stuff well. The tutorial at the top seems to be better and more informative than his movie. But, it might be me.

[MagicNikon]

Thanks. I really llike the Lucis effect, and I use it alot.

[Goofup]

Very nice tutorial. Thanks!

[Mr. Pickles]

So has anybody tried this and got some decent results?

[Mr. Pickles]

Even works with people shots....



"Original"

[dgs]

He is my attempt. I wonder if I am setting the blacks to high?

[Mr. Pickles]

Maybe try toning the blacks down a bit and see. Or tone down the saturation a bit. Or both. When it comes to saturation, a little number difference can be a big difference.

For fine tuning, I use the ALT key with the up or down (in this case) arrow keys. It moves the slider one number, rather than 5 (with just the arrows).

[dgs]

Thanks, I will give it a try. The tutorial is great by the way.

thanks,
Danny

[Mr. Pickles]

Post the results if you like them.

And thanks, from a fellow Oklahomian.

[Latinbob]

I had an opportunity today to try it out on a Thanksgiving moment. It's a cool effect. Four year old spent the day in and out of the corner. Happy Thanksgiving!





Bob