Add some Luminar Neo MagicLightAI to your images

Who couldn’t use some MagicLight^AI in their images once in a while?

Starbursts are fun to add to your images once in a while. But, let’s face it, sometimes we are not able to get them in camera due to where we are, timing or lighting situations.

Or maybe we haven’t mastered how to make them happen with our mobile phone cameras. Skylum’s Lunimar Neo MagicLight^AI to the rescue!

Easy to use

It’s as simple as moving a few sliders around until you get the look you like. This is what you’ll see when you open up the MagicLight^AI panel. These are the default settings. The “Intensity” slider is what you want to use to create the starburst to start out with.

This image was created with my mobile phone. The Ruin bar in Budapest was quite dark, even with the lights all around. Adding the MagicLight^AI starbursts added a bit more of a festive atmosphere.

Once you’ve increased the intensity to create the effect, then you can customize it from there. From small to large stars, narrow or wide beams and glowing or not. These effects help you get the look you’re after. Then you can try making it brighter or adding more beams. Play around with these, take them to the extreme one at a time to see how they are applied to the starburst.

Add as much or as little as you like

Enhancing what you have

When I took this image I was trying to get the lights to be starbursts and have a little bit of motion from the other boat passing by. You can see these starbursts are perfectly fine. But, if you’re viewing it full size on your screen or in print, those starbursts are quite small and hard to see. MagicLight^AI to the rescue.

Here, I’ve just enhanced what I had. I created larger starbursts, a little brighter and made them so they are more visible in the image.

Like any effect, it can be overdone. Make sure the amount of light and starburst you apply matches the scene and mood you have photographed. That is if you want it to look somewhat realistic.

The featured image of this article is quite a subtle use of the MagicLight^AI. I wanted to leave it a bit more revered and toned down as one would expect in a church.

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