You can switch to edit a different image by clicking its thumbnail. Vertical “filmstrip” of thumbnails in the current folder or album.Let’s look at the numbered components on the screenshot: When the Edit module opens, you’ll see a screen like this.

Once you’ve set your metadata and selected the image you want to edit, click the “Edit” button at the top right of the interface. There’s no meaning to the colours so your free to use them in any way you like. Right click an image with your mouse, then select the colour you want in the “Set Color Label” option. Luminar can also set a colour label for each image.If you would rather use shortcut keys it’s “P” to mark as a favourite, “X” to reject an image and “U” to remove any existing flags. Again, you can do this by right clicking an image and selecting the flag from the “Set Flag” option. You can apply flags to a photo to mark them as favourites or to reject them.Alternatively use the shortcut keys 0 through to 5. In the popup menu select “Set Rating” and then the star rating to apply. You can also add a star rating to an image by right clicking the image thumbnail. Used this to indicate which are your best photos. Adding a star rating from 0-5 by clicking the rating to the bottom left of the thumbnail.You can add photos to an album by dragging and dropping as demonstrated in the video later in this Luminar tutorial.Īlthough (at the time of writing) you can’t add keywords in Luminar 4, you can apply other metadata. An album is a collection of photos’ you create, and they can come from multiple folders. Whilst the folder list shows imported folders, you can also create Albums.Remember, Luminar only displays imported folders and this isn’t a list of the folders on your hard drive. Luminar displays imported folders here.The main preview area displays a grid of thumbnails for the currently selected folder or Album.Click to switch between the two functions. These are the Library and Edit module buttons.When you’re in the Library module, the layout will look like the screenshot above, where you can see four areas numbered:

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