Luminar Neo is an island unto itself, just like Luminar AI was. Skylum has a track record of each new product being distinct and separate. Let your needs drive your purchase decision.Ī last thought … if you are still using a Luminar family product as your main asset manager, please rethink that. If you do a lot of portraits, swapping backgrounds with ease is a big deal. However, a rapid way to remove power lines from a landscape may be a killer feature for you. For example, the layers feature may not be interesting to you if you don’t work with layers, or you have a layers solution elsewhere. Second, measure the feature of Luminar Neo against your photographic needs. A plug-in that’s as powerful as Luminar AI and will only deliver more for under US$40? That’s a bargain. And the Early Bird pricing is very attractive. I think Luminar Neo is a great fit for a plug-in type workflow. My recommendation to photographers and digital artists is two-fold.įirst, if you currently use Luminar AI in your workflow as a point-solution for specific editing tasks, take a good, hard look at Luminar Neo. This pricing is valid from September 9th, 2021 through September 19th, 2021 8am EST. Skylum is running a pre-order special on Luminar Neo and with some very attractive pricing. The announcement from Skylum is just that - an announcement of a future product only. So when can I get it and try it out? Luminar Neo is not available right now. Skylum has also stated they will provide tooling to migrate Luminar AI templates into Luminar Neo.
However, things like textures, skies, and objects you’ve added to Luminar AI will move forward. Also, catalogs from Luminar AI will not migrate or move forward to Luminar Neo (read Luminar AI Is Not Your DAM Asset Manager). It will not remove or replace those applications on your computer. We also know that Luminar Neo is a distinct and separate product from Luminar AI and Luminar 4. Luminar Neo does have some interesting features including:Īnd there are hints of a mobile app for more easily moving images between your smartphone and Luminar Neo. There are some things we know, some things we don’t, and some things we can infer. Watch the video for my complete set of thoughts.
I do my best to demystify that for you the video accompanying this article. Offering leading-edge AI technologies, a flexible workflow, and high-quality editing results, Luminar Neo is based on a new engine designed for accomplishing creative tasks with maximum performance and flexibility.”Īlright … that’s some marketing speak. “Luminar Neo is a creative image editor powered by AI technologies of the future, that enables creators to fulfill their wildest ideas. Here is the description of this new product from Skylum: Update: In September 2021, Skylum added a Luminar AI to Luminar Neo migration tool to their roadmap.
LUMINAR NEO 2 SEATS UPGRADE
Skylum’s track record has been a complete lift and shift with their photo applications, one application superseding the last, and not always with an upgrade path. I expect this will trigger a lot of confusion for photographers. Skylum announced a new photo editing application today, Luminar Neo. There is no extra cost to you and it helps support articles like this one. If you are trying Skylum products or upgrading from a prior version, please consider using my affiliate link.
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