![]() Setting up Skylum Luminar NeoĪt setup (or later), you can install Luminar Neo as a plug-in for Photoshop and Lightroom Classic, but unlike its predecessor, it doesn’t let you install plug-ins in Luminar Neo itself (for example, for Topaz noise reduction). Lightroom costs $9.99 per month and you have to pay for as long as you want to keep using the app. There's a 30-day money-back offer.įor comparison, Capture One costs $299, CyberLink PhotoDirector costs $99, and DxO PhotoLab costs $219. Luminar Neo is available as a Windows Store app and a Mac app in the App Store (I prefer desktop apps be available in the app stores, since they make updating and installing on multiple computers easier and are vetted for security and functionality). Skylum is still selling the simpler Luminar AI application ($47), which is mostly about applying one-click fixes and styles to your photos, but lacks some of Neo’s powerful features. Luminar is available directly from Skylum's site for $149 (often discounted), with no subscription required. The company continues to improve the program's user interface and performance, as well. Upscale AI, Supersharp AI, Focus Stacking, Background Removal AI, Noiseless AI, and HDR Merge are the latest extensions, and I like the strategy of not forcing everyone to install lots of features they may not use. These come with the subscription pricing option or you can buy them each separately ($49) or all seven together in a pack ($299). Since my last look, Skylum has delivered a steady flow of what it calls extensions-really just optional features and effect modules you can install or not as you choose. ![]() Unique AI adjustment tools and filters-and the fact you can install it as a plug-in for the more complete Photoshop and Lightroom apps-make it a worthy addition to any photographer's software toolkit. It also gets layer support with a library of textures and overlays. It has a simple interface that's a pleasure to work in, and it retains the company's previous Luminar application’s sky replacement and extensive set of filters and editing tools. Let me know how it worked for you and leave a comment below if you have any questions.The impetus for Skylum Luminar Neo was the desire for a photo app that would make extensive use of AI to improve and enhance your digital images. That will depend on what you want to do with the photograph once the background is removed. Now is the time to import the new background or save the png with a transparent background. Object: Use this adjustment to let the AI know to include a part or parts of the subject that it thought was parto of the background.īackground: Use this adjustem to brush in parts of the background the AI didn’t catch.Īs any AI based software the more you use and practice it, you will get more proficient and the AI system as well. I typically use a larger brush and drag around the edge of the part I want to refine. ![]() Transition: As the name implies, this adjustment is to refine the transition between the subject and the background mask. ![]() These mask adjustments are done using the “Refinements brush” section of the Portrait background tool. Once the background is removed you might need to fine tune the mask to fit your needs or to improve the transition, especially when the subject has many loose or flying strands of hair. Click the “Remove background” button and Vola!! background is gone. ![]()
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