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Originally Posted by Gate Keeper
Personally, I’d never admit to using these tools in a photo, that way no one would know if I had used a fake sky or not 
It doesn’t stop there, the latest tools from Luminar AI, includes changing the colours of the iris in a person’s eyes, changing the body shape from fat to thin, not only changing the sky, but also adding in the water reflections in mirroring a changed sky over water, with sliding adjustments to the light/shadow to avoid detection by an expert photographer.
I decided not to buy Luminar AI. |
I personally love all these editing tools, and find them great fun to use, as well as very satisfying. I believe they have a legitimate place in image production, provided they are used in an honest fashion.
I have to agree with Jeff though (and I suspect you as well Phil), that the results should not be considered "photography". Capturing an image correctly in the lens in that one moment in time takes a very special talent and trumps a digitally enhanced image every time in my book.
Cliff