![]() Here is another example of cleaning up a scene with a single click: The Accent AI one-click-fix Filter did a very competent job of cleaning up this image taking on a dull morning of a Brown Bear in Lake Clark Park, Alaska. Luminar 3 features a powerful single-click 'AI' Image Enhancer that is a great time saver for quick results Purists will likely prefer going deeper or building their own presets (something most of us do for Photoshop and PhotoLab), but even in that case the built-in presets (and loadable LUTs) serve as a great starting point. But Luminar is raising the bar even further, with a large variety of well-implemented intelligent presets built-in to the product. I much prefer DxO's PhotoLab's smart enhancement technologies when I want to do automatic processing of a large batch of images. For as long as I've used Photoshop and Lightroom, I've never thought much of their "one-click" Auto correction capabilities. Of course, the ultimate use case for AI-based filtering is complete automation (for those who want it, which isn't to say that everyone does or always does). Similar to the Sky Enhancer, Luminar's Details Enhancer and Foliage Enhancer filters are designed to do the required masking for you, as shown by this Before and After preview. Its Sky Enhancer, illustrated here, eliminates the need to manual mask and gradient filter the sky before enhancing its color: Luminar's Sky Enhancer does a good job of automatically selecting the sky and enhancing its natural color ![]() Based on my initial testing Skylum has done a good job in Luminar 3 is picking out some areas where AI (which is mostly shorthand for training a neural-network-powered filter on large sets of images before letting it loose on your images) can be helpful. The area is exploding with interesting research that is quickly finding its way into products. It goes without saying that every new image editing product is going to showcase "AI-enabled" or "AI-powered" image enhancement. You can run Luminar 3 as a plugin for Photoshop or Lightroom Classic, and in turn, Luminar 3 can load many of your favorite Photoshop and Lightroom plugins. The RAW files I tried also looked very good, although I haven't done a massive comparison with Lightroom or Capture One results yet. You can apply a set of changes to a batch of images fairly easily. However, you're only a click away from diving into either a large variety of Presets called Looks or using the manual editing tools to work on your photographs. The Quick & Awesome workspace features the Accent AI Filter automatic image enhancer as well as a sky-specific version. Of course, you can create your own custom workspaces to meet your needs. Once you go to edit an image, you'll see that Skylum has added a thoughtful set of default Workspaces to help you configure your editing tools to the specific task you're performing. On the right is the Library Panel, where you can both look at and organize your images using simple drag and drop between folders and Albums. The first thing you'll notice when you open it is an attractive "photo wall" of your images (which will look even better when it has your images in it instead of some samples). ![]() Version 3 is a substantial update to Luminar from the 2018 version. Luminar 3, which is now available for pre-order, adds both the beginnings of an image management capability and a lot of powerful new image enhancement filters and presets. It does have all the tools most photographers need to work on their images. ![]() Like Lightroom, it is fully non-destructive, so it doesn't need to modify your original image, but it also doesn't have all the power of Photoshop CC or Photoshop Elements when it comes to composite images, text overlays, etc. Over the last two years Luminar by Skylum (formerly MacPhun) has moved from being a boutique photo editor for Mac loyalists to a well-designed, cross-platform, non-subscription, alternative to Adobe Lightroom. ![]()
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