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Luminar Neo has always been one step ahead of the photo editing game with its AI features. The Spring 2024 update—which will be available from April 25th, 2024—introduces three must-have AI photo editing features. Let’s see what they are.
1. Water Enhancer AI
Ever take a beautiful photo of a waterscape but the color of the water just ruins the shot? Luminar Neo’s AI Water Enhancer can fix that in seconds. The Water Enhancer tool automatically identifies and masks any water in your image, and you can refine the AI selection if required.
Find the Water Enhancer tool under the Landscape edit tools and use it to change the color from dirty brown, dark, or uninteresting to natural hues of blues and greens with luminescent reflections. The Water Enhancer AI tool has six sliders: Amount (strength), Blue, Green, Original Color, Brightness, and Contrast.
Below the main tool are options to refine the mask. Here, you can draw, erase, or restore the masked area, and within that, you can change the size, softness, strength, feathering, and depth of the mask.
This AI tool provides natural and even results that save a ton of time. There are plenty of other ways touse Luminar Neo more effectively to improve your photos.
2. Twilight Enhancer AI
Luminar Neo’s Twilight Enhancer AI tool enhances your twilight landscapes. And it’s not just for editing the sky in your twilight photo, it also edits the entire scene to match.
Upload an image to the Catalog and find the Twilight Enhancer tool under the Landscape edit tools. The main tool offers global adjustments and masking, with a choice of five gradient presets. Like with Water Enhancer AI, you can create and refine a masked area if you only want to edit the sky or one part of your photo.
There are also sliders that affect five select areas of your photo, so you can edit parts of your landscape separately, including Sky, Dawn, Scene, Water Reflection, and Mask Refinement.
Skylum has thought of it all with its Twilight Enhancer AI tool. Not only can you create the perfect sky for your scene, but the individual sliders allow you to get the colors, shading, and exposure just right across the board. This tool feels like six tools in one!
3. Object Select AI
Object Select AI is Luminar Neo’s tool for making quick selections of subjects or shapes in your photos. It’s very helpful when you have many areas to select, and it’ll save time on drawing precise selections around each area.
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This handy tool can be found within the Masking section of any edit tool. With it, you can use AI to select the areas in which you want your chosen tool to be applied.
With an option to Add and another to Subtract, it’s easy to add or remove the mask from multiple elements. Return to the Adjustments for the tool you’re using, and any adjustments you make will be applied to the masked areas. Quick and simple, with great results.
Luminar Neo also has a few generative AI tools which were released in 2023.GenSwap lets you add or replace objects, GenExpand lets you expand your borders, andGenErase lets you easily remove elementswithout a trace.
How to Get Luminar Neo
You can purchase Luminar Neo directly fromSkylum’s website, or you can download it from theGoogle Play Storeorthe Apple Storefor your device’s system. iPad users can also purchase Luminar for iPad, although its features aren’t as in-depth as the computer software.
Prices start from $11.95 per month, which includes a basic bundle of tools along with some presets—this can be bought for one month or as a monthly rolling subscription. The annual subscriptions go for $79 (12 months) or $119 (24 months), both include the Spring Assets Collection and a Forest Photography Masterclass, along with free presets. There is a 7-day free trial.
There’s also a lifetime license available for $199. This license includes everything in the annual subscription, plus one year’s access to generative AI tools. Luminar Neo allows you to buy extensions to add to your license without needing to purchase a new license.
Luminar Neo isn’t just a standalone tool. You can also use it as a plugin on various other software, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and the Apple Mac Photos app to enhance your workflow with AI editing tools.
There are many great photo editing tools on the market, but Luminar Neo’s AI offerings are in a league of their own—integrating them into your editing workflow will transform your photos. Water Enhancer AI, Twilight Enhancer AI, and Object Select AI will become available from April 25th, 2024.
