Hey, glad to see you have toned down the title and header on this. Luminar can be a good solution for SOME photographers but not MOST as you note in your closing statement. I fell in love with Luminar 4 back when its masking was far superior to Lr and I continue to support them but over the last 2 years they spent far too much time on gimmicky tools that often did not work well. The addition of luminosity masks indicates that Maybe they are getting serious again. (Luminar 4 even had a basic luminosity mask). I'm not sure if many of us photographers really need a dozen sliders to fix water, but it may be more useful than adding stars to highlights or goofy neon effects. Now if they could only add some edge aware masking.
It really depends on what type of photographer of course. There's no "one size fits all". But I feel like with this update and after speaking with one of the main developers, they are definitely heading in the right direction. And they really do care a lot about what their customers think and take their feedback seriously. For sure, some stuff is gimmicky for some users, while others might love that stuff! And not everyone will find that water slider for example useful. A lot of Luminar Neo tools are certainly aimed at landscape or travel photographers. And I think for a lot of these people, who might just want a photo editor that is easier to learn, it really is a great solution. And given the price difference with Adobe's photography plan, I would seriously recommend this to a lot of people. But if it doesn't fit someones style or workflow or whatever it might be, than that's cool too! What do you mean with edge aware masking? Like the hair masking stuff in Photoshop?
@SightseeingStan - for edge aware masking think about Automask in Lrc where the brush detects the edge between contrasting colours or luminousities. On1 has the so called "perfect brush". It is something that Luminar has always been missing.
Thanks buddy for the informative video. You sold me on Luminosity Neo. Yes, your discount code is not available anywhere but this video. Made use of it and got a steep discount. Thanks once again!
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discount code worked 10th August 24. Nice one! Thanks!
Your example is background water adjustments... How effective is the software to automatically select the subject for masking?
Thank You for the Luminar tutorial 💯
Happy to help!
Does it allow you to apply an edit to multiple images at once?
Upscaling? Didn’t immediately see a way to increase pixel count while retaining sharpness.
AI luminar servers are unstable and often impossible to connect to
Hey, glad to see you have toned down the title and header on this. Luminar can be a good solution for SOME photographers but not MOST as you note in your closing statement. I fell in love with Luminar 4 back when its masking was far superior to Lr and I continue to support them but over the last 2 years they spent far too much time on gimmicky tools that often did not work well. The addition of luminosity masks indicates that Maybe they are getting serious again. (Luminar 4 even had a basic luminosity mask). I'm not sure if many of us photographers really need a dozen sliders to fix water, but it may be more useful than adding stars to highlights or goofy neon effects. Now if they could only add some edge aware masking.
It really depends on what type of photographer of course. There's no "one size fits all". But I feel like with this update and after speaking with one of the main developers, they are definitely heading in the right direction. And they really do care a lot about what their customers think and take their feedback seriously. For sure, some stuff is gimmicky for some users, while others might love that stuff! And not everyone will find that water slider for example useful. A lot of Luminar Neo tools are certainly aimed at landscape or travel photographers. And I think for a lot of these people, who might just want a photo editor that is easier to learn, it really is a great solution. And given the price difference with Adobe's photography plan, I would seriously recommend this to a lot of people. But if it doesn't fit someones style or workflow or whatever it might be, than that's cool too! What do you mean with edge aware masking? Like the hair masking stuff in Photoshop?
@SightseeingStan - for edge aware masking think about Automask in Lrc where the brush detects the edge between contrasting colours or luminousities. On1 has the so called "perfect brush". It is something that Luminar has always been missing.
Thanks buddy for the informative video. You sold me on Luminosity Neo. Yes, your discount code is not available anywhere but this video. Made use of it and got a steep discount. Thanks once again!
Awesome video! Thanks Stan
Thanks Thomas! Glad you liked it!
Great Video!
Come on now...
Money talks
Lightroom jis most then editor...and these are BS.