![]() When coming Luminar AI vs Neo, this is the biggest selling point – Skylum has no plans to add these features to its older software app. Luminar Neo features several brand-new tools which can help us fix these issues much faster than by using Photoshop or any other image editor. We all do our best to get the perfect picture ‘in-camera’, but sometimes, there’s something out of our control that can spoil the image. Luminar Neo makes it really easy to apply brightness adjustments to objects in photos. New tools to fix common problems faced by photographers To take advantage of the fastest version of the software yet, you need to buy Luminar Neo. In an ideal world, Luminar AI would have been built on this same modular engine, but for whatever reason, it wasn’t. In my Luminar Neo review, I found that while the AI tools in Luminar Neo could definitely be quicker, there was a noticeable improvement in speed when compared to the same tools in Luminar AI.įinally, a modular engine means that the new architecture of Luminar Neo is more flexible, allowing Skylum to update it more easily in the future. Users with low-powered computers who were frustrated with slow performance in Luminar AI should have a better experience with Neo. The new modular engine also uses less memory (RAM) and storage space on your computer. Where this is most noticeable is when you’re using the various AI-powered tools in Luminar Neo, such as Sky AI and the new Relight AI tool. The modular engine allows you to apply lots of different tools to an image without significant performance loss, with all edits saved automatically. This is key when comparing Luminar AI vs Luminar Neo, and it’s important to understand just how big a benefit it actually is. ‘Modules’ help to evenly distribute the load while using the various editing tools in Luminar Neo for faster image processing. ![]() What differentiates Luminar Neo from all previous versions of Luminar is its ‘modular engine’. Rather than make you wait for my findings, here’s a summary of how I feel about Luminar Neo after a couple of weeks of using the software.Presets and other tools are quicker in Luminar Neo than in Luminar AI. Read on if you want a more in-depth overview. In my opinion, and this is based on Neo as it stands today, I simply don’t feel that it is ready for prime-time use. ![]() There’s simply too much missing in terms of functionality plus its clunky in use and its workflow feels overly complex. Improve the UI, provide it with a usable wokflow, add in some of the key functionality it lacks today and improve performance overall and it could easily overturn this finding, especially if core features like Relight Ai can be improved upon. I fear though that Luminar Neo will need a miracle if its going to compete with the likes of DxO, Lr/Ps, Capture One, On1 PhotoRAW etc within a reasonable timeframe. ![]() There’s simply too many issues holding it back and I’m not talking here about features, more the way in which the program works. Yes it can be improved greatly if Skylum listens to it’s customers but they seem to be a company who doesn’t listen or at least they listen but ignore what people are telling them. It’s possible of course that over time my feelings about Neo might change, especially if Skylum work on fixing the huge number of problems this software currently exhibits. When those improvements will come though is anyone’s guess as there are a great number of them needed to remedy the problems with performance and lack of functionality that exists today. Some users report stability / usability issues especially when opening the software.No perspective adjustment tools provided.Still no oportunity to create virtual copies.Can get very slow if you do lots of complex edits which use multiple Ai masks eg Bokah Ai with Relight Ai.Very limited portraiture functionality especially when compared with say On1 PhotoRAW 2022.Some core tools missing such as clone & stamp, histogram, dodge & burn, over / under exposure indicators.Weirdly complicated workflow which is very likely to confuse a lot of users.Share images from a connected mobile device.Probably the best sky replacement of any tool out there today.Some innovative tools such as Bokah Ai, Relight Ai and Powerline, Dust Bunny removal.Image layers (but not effects layers as in Luminar 4) and presets included.Lot’s of editing tools (that do work) with more promised.Demand a bit more from it though and you could come unstuck! Does it do anything well? Yes, as a basic editor it’s very good and inexperienced editors will perhaps be able to overlook its limitations and focus instead on its simplicity and the fact that if you don’t push to to hard, the good results you can achieve. ![]()
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