![]() ![]() ![]() Skylum now is offering subscriptions to Neo, and that will send chills down the necks of some photographers who were never happy with Adobe subscriptions. The troubling knifing of products like the original Luminar and its replacement with Neo forced owners to buy again, even though there were significant discounts. It's sad to see Skylum worrying about HDR when Neo is still waiting for things like dodge and burn and cloning tools, things I use on almost every image, and while they were in the last version of Luminar, they are absent in Luminar Neo. Still, the addition of extensions seems like an excuse to grab more money in a product that has been struggling to finish all the features that were promised. There are also intelligent masking and powerful tools for portraits. ![]() For example, Luminar Neo has world-class sky replacement tools, which other companies are rushing to duplicate. I do use and like Skylum tools, and I think the Luminar series has been a great leap forward for photographers with the addition of AI tools that can speed up workflow. There was more flexibility than the HDR tools I had in Lightroom, but I thought a lot of HDR was overdone for my taste and a slowly lost interest in using HDR for landscapes. I was a user of Aurora some years ago and thought it did a nice job. Luminar Neo gives photo artists the power to achieve the best HDR photos and go beyond in their editing, all in one app. They can enhance with one slider, fix colors and toning, add glow, play with super contrast, add realistic sun rays or vivid foliage. After merging brackets, artists have a full arsenal of AI-based tools at their disposal. What’s unique about Luminar Neo’s HDR Merge is that it can be combined with Luminar Neo’s other tools to create spectacular photos. Artificial intelligence allows for the highest quality of bracket merging and a spectacular level of color enhancement. Plus, with the help of intelligent technologies, Luminar artists can create HDR images even from a single photo, with no brackets needed. Skylum claims Luminar Neo’s HDR Merge doesn’t produce halos or artifacts. That’s where HDR Merge can help, merging up to 10 images into one HDR photo. If your camera doesn’t have a high dynamic range, one technique to compensate for this is to take multiple exposure-bracketed images. It's discontinued now, so the timing is good for photographers who want to do HDR. Skylum offered their own HDR software for some years, called Aurora. It's still a big deal for real estate photographers, and landscape photographers still use it in extreme lighting conditions. Photographers have been bracketing photos for years, and its star has faded a bit over the years as cameras have offered increased dynamic range. You can learn more about all plans on Skylum’s website.HDR is nothing new. After the extensions planned for 2022 are released, they will become available for individual purchase, starting at $49 each. There are also monthly and yearly subscriptions available, similar to Adobe CC. In that case, you pay €199 (the regular price will be €299). However, you can preorder all extensions now in the 2022 Extensions Pack. AI Background Removal is another AI-based tool that automatically removes the background behind any subject.īoth new extensions are coming in November, when you’ll be able to add them to your Luminar Neo. Skylum promises stellar results and “a natural way” of upscaling… And we’re yet to test it out. As the name suggests, Upscale AI is an AI-powered tool for enhancing image resolution. This means that you will no longer be confused by its three different editing apps… And that you’ll have it all in one place.īut let’s start with the latest news: Upscale AI and AI Background Removal. Skylum also says that Neo is here to stay. We’re in for three more, which should all be released by the end of this year. As we’ve seen, they’ve launched two of them so far, and the two latest ones are just out. “Becoming a platform means that Neo now also hosts Extensions,” Skylum writes in a statement.
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