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Skylum announced Luminar AI yesterday. Luminar photo editing can be really useful for many reasons, mostly for image. The Luminar AI software also has variations, all built from AI based technologies. Luminar AI is a fairly popular photo editing software that also consists of some great features and performance, as evident by its appeal and consistent upgrades.
Ok … have I provided an appropriate caveat? I think so :-)Luminar 4 is an incredible photo editor for those who want to simplify their post-processing workflow and rely on AI / automated adjustments. What follows is based on what we know today about the product. Nobody outside of Skylum has the software yet, so there is a level of guesswork here. I also attended a product briefing earlier in the week where some additional details were shared.
The new features look very, very good. I'm quite excited about the editing power of Luminar AI. Luminar makes short work of. You’re a performance junkie. It offers Tesla-Autopilot-like self-driving capabilities it’ll get you to the same destination, but with a lot less effort and if you want to take the steering wheel for full control, you still canFor the cut-to-the-chase types in the crowd, my summary is this:So while Luminar AI is a great option for terrific images now, it’s less helpful for photographers who want to learn retouching. With Luminar AI, Skylum has created is a truly revolutionary piece of software at an affordable price.
Also, no path forward is planned to migrate a Luminar 4 catalog into Luminar AI. And the hints of user interface improvements for tools that rely on loading other images (skies, textures, etc.) will be most welcomed.The lack of attention to the catalog is disappointing. Templates are also very intriguing.
Luminar AI is coming this holiday season. However, maintaining a multi-year library with non-destructive edits intact in a Luminar catalog. It is also perfectly suitable as a "one and done" editor where changes are baked into a final image. That tells me, from a wholistic workflow perspective, Luminar AI is great as a plug-in to other tools like Lightroom or Apple Photos.
Time consuming edits are simplified with easy to use tools. Luminar’s editing tools employ AI to quickly edit and style photos. You have a full 30 days after Luminar AI ships to try it out and make sure it suits your needs.Luminar AI is an all-new photo editor with AI at its core. Hint: On the Luminar AI landing page, open the FAQ and find the link labeled “ loyalty pricing” to get the upgrade.Luminar AI is available now for preorder from Skylum and comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. If you are an existing Luminar user, or using the latest version of Aurora HDR, you’ll save US$10 with an upgrade price.
These are called Templates (more about this intriguing feature below).Also, Luminar AI keeps control with you, the photographer. Luminar AI will suggest stylistic treatments for your images based on the content of your photos. Get to your completed photo faster.Furthermore, Skylum has embedded artificial intelligence even deeper into the application engine. The focus is on the results.
Operating System Windows 10 (only 64-bit OS) or macOS 10.13.6 are the minimum operation systems supported. The minimum operating system versions are stricter for Luminar AI. Luminar AI is not supported as a plugin for Photoshop Elements or Apple Aperture. The single application works in both modes - there is not a separate plug-in for Luminar AI. It also runs as a plug-in to Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, and Photos for macOS.
It aims to give you the most flattering crop on an image based on the elements in your photo. That's in addition to the tools we are accustomed to from Luminar 4 for eyes, faces, and skin.There is also a new Composition AI tool. For portrait photographers, there are new Body and Bokeh tools. The others touted for nature photography are refinements on what we already have. Luminar AI doubles down on that.For landscape photographers, the Atmosphere, Color Harmony, and Mood tools are intriguing. Their focus is squarely on simplifying the editing process.
What’s Intriguing About Luminar AIIn a word, Templates. Seeing the thumbnails in the tool speeds up workflow. I hope that approach extends to other tools that use overlays like Augmented Sky, Textures, etc. And then use that feedback for your next outing with the camera, improving your initial capture! :-)I do very much like the interface change (at least what's suggested by the screen shots) that shows thumbnails for replacement skies. Try a crop on your own first, then compare it against the AI tool.
Also, notice the toolbar is Catalog - Templates - Edit - Publish. This could be a good source of inspiration if you’ve ever been stuck on where to begin with a photo.There is a touch more we can infer from the user interface mockups shown. Rather than scanning through collections of Looks, the editor itself will present options it thinks will work best with your photo. What is interesting is Luminar AI will suggest Templates to apply to your photo based on the elements in your photo. That's well and good, and expected.
Layers take time to learn. In the context of Skylum's vision - make editing simple - I can understand this. Luminar AI isn’t about giving up control, it’s about speeding up your workflow.Something else I picked up in the product briefing is the removal of layers. Of course, you the photographer always have the final say. Especially with Luminar AI suggesting which templates may work well for your photo.
This tool will accomplish what we would otherwise do with a layer. I put the removal of layers in the 'intriguing' category because for those of us that use and enjoy layers, Luminar AI will have a Local Adjustment tool. There is simply more pixels for an application to manage.
What’s Disappointing About Luminar AIThere are zero changes in the catalog system for Luminar AI. Local adjustments are also easier to sync with multiple photos and can be stored in a Luminar AI Template. You can overlay textures or make targeted adjustments.
Since Luminar Looks can be migrated to Templates, maybe you can kinda-sort manually migrate some images that only use Looks by re-processing them in Luminar AI. However, you cannot wholesale transfer your non-destructive edits from Luminar 4 to Luminar AI. Never the twain shall meet. Luminar AI is an entirely new product. If they are still there, I'll consider them footnotes at best.What’s most disappointing is there is no migration of a Luminar 4 catalog to a Luminar AI catalog. Those features have been on Skylum's roadmap for a couple of years now. If you were holding out for keywords or IPTC fields, I don't see it happening.
Non-destructive edits made in other versions of Luminar will not be visible in Luminar AI. However, those same photos viewed in Luminar AI will be unprocessed. Point Luminar AI at the same set of folders as Luminar 4 and they’ll be cataloged in the same way (minus albums, I’m assuming). As with all software, Luminar 4 will age and inevitably stop running on future computer systems (a few years).You can certainly leverage your folder organization with Luminar AI. If you are using Luminar 4 as your cataloging system, you can continue to do so, but frankly that is relatively short term.
I would very much like to see Skylum pivot on their cataloging decision and provide an upgrade path for a Luminar 4 catalog. As we approach the holiday season of 2020, I’m sure more of our questions about Luminar AI will be answered. (I am making the assumption Luminar AI will continue to work with Smart Objects.)Once again, the information we have is incomplete and the product may change before its release. If you are an Adobe user, you could also consider round-tripping through Photoshop with Smart Objects to maintain re-editability in Luminar AI. The caveat - your edits are “baked” into the exports and re-editability is gone.For me, I’ll continue to leverage Luminar AI’s editing power and manage my library in other tools.
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