Skylum Liminar combines traditional photo editing tools with AI enhancements. The Skylum Luminar photo editing software lets users access AI enhancements to help them with things like atmospheric balance, structure, facial symmetry, skin enhancements, and so much more. Templates are also available to help bring life to images and offer extensive features that include cropping, adjustment, and retouching tools, background and filter settings, and image layer enhancements. It’s an excellent option for beginners and is available with no subscription cost
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Lifetime license - you only need to purchase this once and for a relatively low price. Extremely responsive customer service - they answered my emails within the hour.
Aurora HDR is an additional cost, and installation was a little tricky. Thankfully, tech support was able to assist me with my issue pretty quickly.
Imagination. I love the options within this product - it has made me think of entirely new ways to process photos. The creativity is endless.
It’s very easy to use a simple interface and it starts quickly on your machine
I don’t have much downsides. It’s beautiful for what it’s designed for.
It’s has sped up my workflow greatly and made my landscape editing quite smooth
The interface is very accessible and intuitive. I really enjoy the possibilities given for exporting my pictures as well as the filter selection. It does compared and surpass at times the resulting quality I would achieve with oter similar apps.
Not necessarily bad but I would improve the way of selecting the filters
Above all for me is a solution for large batch pics editing
The learning curve isn't as big for this software vs. others on the market.
Honestly, I don't know of anything that I don't like as of yet.
I am able to edit photos faster which in turn saves me time.
The Sky replacement is flawless. I've never used a software that worked as perfectly as this software. It recognizes where the sky is supposed to be and replaces it. It doesn't matter if the sky has tree branches or things in the way, it puts the sky in with ease. The photo editing options are pretty awesome as well. It brightens up foliage and makes the photo's look better. Better yet, they let you use it for free for 7 days.
I honestly haven't found anything I dislike so far. The program works as it should and did what I needed.
Replacing the sky is a breeze with this software. Normally it would take hours in photoshop, this software makes it so easy. You can choose between loads of options. All the options work seamlessly without lag. I am running a brand new 2019 macbook pro spec'd out, so that may be why it works so well. Either way, I highly recommend this software!
Luminar continues adding features that expand usability of the app. They have made it very easy to now do single image edits rather than setting up albums or folders, so the program is much less cumbersome than previously, while retaining the ability to save custom preset combinations for future use. The before/after slider is also useful. What I especially appreciate are the levels of enhancement in the panel options - essentials covers most everyday edits, but additional levels (creative, portrait, and pro) provide additional editing features.
Since my last review, Luminar have modified their panels and gone back to
I do a significant amount of photo editing both for my small business and for personal use. Luminar makes my workflow so much easier.
Simple and easy to use software. It may not be able to do everything, compare to photoshop, but good enough for most work. Fast support.
Removal tool AI could be better. It can recognize things in the picture, why not let user select things to remove
Luminar Neo allow me to adjust simple things very fast without having to do all the tedious selection process manually.
After I contacted Luminar they analysed the problem and helped me to solve it.
After my problem is solved, I'm happy. It's a product that is constantly improved. This involves hickups. But these are unavoidable in my opinion!
Luminar Neo helps me to automaticaly improve my photos. I use it in my workflow: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom > Topaz Photo AI > Luminar Neo. I make series of photos for my customers, this workflow allows me to quickly edit series of 150-250 photos. I can do the last two steps unattended, Which makes my time more efficient.
I loved the sky replaced ment feature and the many presets that provide a great starting point for my manual photo dits.
Neo can be a little slow at times so is best with a powerful PC>
The images taken with my camera do not always look great. Luminar Neo can make a good photograph excellent. It's AI features can transform an ordinary phot into art.
Luminar is excellent photo editing software. Luminar can be integrated with other softwares giving user a great experience and overall improvement in performance.
Nothing to dislike about the software as it is growing day by day with improved features
Luminar helps to build the diagram, edit the existing photos as well as personal use of this software is amazing
- very stright foward work flow - Many options to change styles / presets - Artificial Intelicenge (smart) tools
- sometimes can be a little slow - interface could be better.
- quick photo editing - advanced colour change / exposure adjustments
Luminar is easily my favourite photo editing software. Effects that are hard to get right in other photo editing software and even basic adjustments are made so easy with Luminar. Every effect/adjustment you could need to get the most of your photographs are all easily reached and in view instantly. I love the slider for each effect/adjustment so I can tweak everything until it is perfect. The sky replacement feature is next-level. Yes, other software can do it, but not with the same results I have achieved with Luminar. Luminar will always be my choice for ease of use & pure speed!
The one complaint I have with Luminar is the Sky Replacement feature could still use some work. While I believe it is still ahead of the competition overall, when working with complex scenes such as tree branches/leaves or a hazy horizon, the result leaves a lot to be desired. In these complex scenes, white halos are left around the leaves and branches where the software could not tell what was sky and what was not.
Luminar makes it trivial to turn a good photo into a jaw-dropping photo. This means less time spent trying to make an effect look perfect as it is already done for me. With Luminar, I can get 10 photos looking perfect where I could previously only do about 3 with other software. The saying goes "Time is Money" and in this case, it couldn't be more true.
It's super easy to use, doesn't require any specific skill . Just few clicks to make your raw images looks cool.
Everything is fine, just the processing time for the effects can be improve a but faster.
It helps to make a last minute change in promotional base images for social media posts.
its variety of options in editing like filters, templates, and all the different tools.
sometimes it takes too much of loading time to apply one filter on a picture and then to display it.
it is very helpful in editing all the types if pictures in my gallery, i often use it to edit pictures to put on social media.
Easy to use various commands, time efficient design , can analyze designs properly, helpful to use as a prototype tool of a desired components or device
Nothing in specific , require high speed of internet otherwise it gets started to lag behind or works slowly.so this the only problem I have faced
Designing various industrial components, their assemblies, also using as a prototype of desired component to analyze it for its application to improve product efficiency
I like that my amateur photos can be taken to a professional level by using the AI-based editing tools offered by this software.
The loading times for Luminar can take long. If you are in a creative rush or tight deadline, this can be a negative factor.
With Luminar, I'm solving the problem of creating content that looks more professional and stands out from the crowd.
Luminar is the most powerful "Artificial Intelligence" photo editing software "SO FAR" because... - It makes the photo editing processes done easier and faster + Getting amazing results - It includes massive Ai photo editing tools like "Sky Replacement" it’s a very smart - It includes very smart Ai photo editing tools for portrait pictures "for humans" - It includes a lot of amazing ready to use "Templates" which save time in the photo editing process - It provides 6 cool & important exporting formats "including export to photoshop"
Luminar is an amazing Ai photo editing tool "that's right!" but there are some things I don't like about it... Like - It takes a big size of ram - The export process takes some time "It’s not very quick" - The exported "edited image" become bigger than the original "in size MB" and this is noticeable!
Luminar saves me a lot of time and effort in removing the background from my clients' photos, Luminar can do that very quickly and accurately using the Sky Ai tool, I can use this tool to do a lot of edits on my clients' photos "not just changing the sky"... Also, Luminar helps me to edit the raw images of some products of my clients "it’s faster than photoshop" this is due to the artificial intelligence that exists in many tools in Luminar
Luminar is easy to use. As a photography enthusiast, I don't necessarily want to spend a lot of my time learning how to edit photos. I do have Photoshop but at time I feel I can get the results I want quicker and easier when using Luminar. I have Luminar 4 and Luminar AI.
It can be clunky and slow and I still prefer the filing & saving system in Photoshop.
Split toning, dodge & burn, background replacement is all just easier in Luminar
Quick presets for product and food photos, very intuitive auto-adjustments
It's almost perfect for its purpose, I wish it had a dedicated feature for working with white background
Luminar is great for quick editing needs for everyday marketing purposes. If photos are taken properly, quick adjustment presets allow you to reach almost high-end photo looks