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The Lucis Guru web site (www.lucisguru.com) is dedicated to posting the more high-end or esoteric Lucis applications. The first Application Note (by Van Brollin, Tucson, AZ) describes how to best enhance image contrasts and detail, including HDR effects, using Split Channel mode in Lucis. Click on one of the two images below to be directed to the HDR Application Note.

There is also an application note describing how to create a faux pencil look by Tom Calwell, Coffs Harbour, Australia. Click on one of the images below to be directed to the Faux Pencil Application Note.

The Lucis InterplayArt web site (www.lucisinterplayart.com) is dedicated to teaching methods to create InterplayArt. In the fall of 2003 I discovered that if I mixed two images together and then processed the mixed image with Lucis the result was a unique interplay between the two images. It is hard to describe. I have developed numerous variations on this theme. Click on one of the two images below to be directed to www.lucisinterplayart.com. My personal fine art web site is www.interplayart.com.

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Click here to see how to easily create LucisArt 2 effects with Lucis Pro 6.

Click here to see how to easily create LucisArt 3 ED/SE effects with Lucis Pro 6.

Usage Tips

Most of the usage tips below have high resolution images available for download so you can see these effects in detail and Lucis Pro 6.0 owners can try these effects for themselves. With the exception of the image used in Usage tip # 4, these are all my images. I am not the best photographer (sorry) so you have to get beyond that and just look at the technique that I am presenting. You have permission to download and examine my images only. If you share these images you must provide notice that these images are copyright © Barbara Williams.

Usage Tip #1: Add contrast and color to low contrast images using Split Channel mode. The image on the left was taken on a foggy day so contrasts are low and the colors are muted. Click here or on one of the images below to see how the original image was easily transformed into the image on the Lucis right.

 

Usage Tip #2: Add interesting texture and detail to an image by drastically modifying one channel in Split Channel mode. Click here or on one of the images below to see how the original image was easily transformed into the Lucis image on the right.

 

Usage Tip #3: Often the best final results come from combining one or more different Lucis images, or elements from one or more Lucis images. In this example I created two versions of the image, one with vibrant color patterns and the other with extreme detail. Then I used opacity and layers in Photoshop to combine the two Lucis images. Click here or on one of the images below to see how the original image was easily transformed into the Lucis image on the right.

 

Usage Tip #4: This Usage Tip describes how to use the Enhance Detail and Smooth Detail sliders to reveal contrast patterns in your image. Click here or on one of the images below to to see how the original image was easily transformed into the Lucis image on the right, plus numerous other image variations.

Usage Tip #5: This Usage Tip describes how to use Split Channel mode to create patterns in each RGB channel so the Lucis-processed composite image is very artistic and colorful. Click here or on one of the images below to to see how the original image was easily transformed into the Lucis image on the right.