Luminar Neo 1 Year Anniversary! (Plus my Favorite Updates)
Luminar Neo 1 Year Anniversary!
Hello friends! As you probably know, I use Luminar Neo all the time and absolutely love it. I can quickly and easily get a beautiful result with my edits, and have fun doing it. It’s an amazing product and that is why I make so many videos about it.
Skylum Software is celebrating the 1 year anniversary of Luminar Neo, and they have an amazing special offer which I will outline below. If you don’t yet have this app, now is a great time to pick it up! Plus, you can subscribe to my YouTube channel and get a TON of free training on Luminar Neo.
If you want to click through and check out the offer, click here: https://bit.ly/3K3RMEM or just see the details below.
Luminar Neo also picked up two major industry awards this past year:
TIPA Award: Best Imaging Software Enthusiast
Red Dot Award: Interface and User Experience Design
Luminar Neo has clearly had an amazing year since launch, and I truly believe the best is yet to come!
Luminar Neo Special Offer: check it out here https://bit.ly/3K3RMEM
Start: February 15, 2023
End: February 28, 2023
❯ Annual Explore subscription - $99 (119)/year + 1 year free + Creative Anniversary Collection
❯ Monthly Explore subscription - $9.95/month + 1 month free + Creative Anniversary Collection
❯ Annual Pro subscription - $119 (149)/year + 1 year free + Creative Anniversary Collection
❯ Monthly Pro subscription - $14.95/month + 1 month free + Creative Anniversary Collection
❯ Luminar Neo Lifetime purchase - $149 (199) + Magic Light extension for free + Creative Anniversary Collection
My Favorite 2022 Updates to Luminar Neo
I also wanted to share some thoughts on the evolution of this product. It has grown and matured considerably in the past year, adding new capabilities and features that continue to expand the power of this amazing platform. They delivered 29 updates and added 7 professional extensions. This alone is exceptional, but when you consider that they are based in Ukraine and having to deal with all of that, it is truly amazing. I have so much respect for their commitment to Luminar under these circumstances. And of course I am super happy that they all continue to remain safe.
For me, there were 5 updates/adds to the platform that really got me excited. It was hard to narrow the list down this much, but these really stick out to me as exceptional, useful, and very powerful. (Also note that throughout the year, there were many improvements to performance, new camera support added, updates to tools, etc.) While all updates are great to have and always welcome, I find that these 5 are the ones that have been most useful for me.
My Top 5 Updates:
Mask AI - this amazing masking tool uses AI to identify up to 9 different objects in a scene, and automatically create a mask for it. This gives you fantastic control over your edits so you can be targeted and specific in achieving your creative vision. Talk about a time saver! I love this feature and use it all the time.
Unlocked presets - when Neo first came out, the presets were a “black box”, meaning it would just apply all the edits in the preset to the photo without allowing us to see the filters/tools that were in the preset (or be able to adjust them). When they unlocked presets, this all changed in a hugely positive way. Now you can refine presets for better overall results, as well as customize and save your own. This was huge for me, and probably you as well. And as you may know, I do like presets quite a bit. Check out my Luminar Neo Preset MegaPack if you are interested!
HDR Merge - it’s no secret that I love HDR photography, and HDR Merge is my favorite extension. It’s one I use all the time and I absolutely love the results. I will be sharing a lot more about what I am doing with HDR Merge soon. Stay tuned for news coming to your mailbox soon! If you haven’t yet subscribed to my newsletter, you can do that here. You also get a free Luminar Neo preset pack for subscribing!
Sync adjustments - this allows you to edit one photo and then copy those adjustments to another photo. This is super handy when you come back from a shoot and want to ensure your edits stay aligned to your vision for the shoot. Makes it easy to keep things consistent!
Additional extensions: Focus Stacking, Noiseless AI, Supersharp AI - I have and use all the extensions, but these three are quite popular and useful and allow you to save money by doing all of this inside of Luminar Neo, instead of having to go to another tool. This also lets you focus your time and effort on going deep with Luminar so you can really master it and get fantastic results.
I have covered a LOT of things in my Luminar Neo videos, but if you have a specific request, please let me know. I can add it to the list of possibilities and perhaps it will get turned into a future training video!
