Is This Luminar Neo's Best Update Yet? Finally I Get My Wish!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

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[@andytaplin1312]

Luminosity masking yes please!

[@Julien-rc1bi]

10:19 there is still an issue with the dark background is that it affects your perception of the brightness of your picture leading underexpose your image. I wished we could set the background to a neutral gray like in other photo editing software.

[@SalisburyPlainAviation]

I have this problem too.

[@sigurdrille9693]

Luminar has come a long way. 👍What I like most about the past updates was the much enhanced speed and stability, I found workarounds for almost all other issues. This seems like a really great update, I hope those speed and stability goodies are not sacrificed! Thank you Anthony for your great video, and , yes… „Luminosity Masks“! 😁🙏

[@kabend56]

Object & Luminosity masking ! yes please.

[@leonfisher]

Certainly looks like Neo's best update to me. Terrific job giving us this introduction, AT.

[@kjellhmyhre2374]

Eventually, some really good news also to those of us who happen to have purchased Neo & extensions outright and refuse to comply with Skylum's obvious desire to convert us to subscription customers! Thank you for your time and effort Anthony, and yes of course; bring the Luminosity mask video on .. 😉

[@hepgeoff]

I’m also a customer who refuses to do their subscription model.

[@phlotographer]

@@hepgeoff Me too. I have purchased a couple of Skylum imaging products since 2018 but being a retired photographer, to spend monthly for some thing I simply don't have as much use for as the price involved, I am hoping that this update is offered to those of us that purchased NEO before it was actually available a couple years ago. I will view AT's review but Jim Nix did not say if it is free to early NEO purchasers but I hope that AT clarified this. Early AM here but will look at the review in a few minutes and hopefully fall asleep thrilled. TIA AT Well I did finally see all of the video and unless both my eyesight and my hearing has gone south, there is no mention of what purchase option is affected by the update. Would hope that maybe Skylum can comment to help folks know unless we simply have to wait until the 24/5 tp see what happens when we either boot up NEO or check for updates. Why did not all the water become selected in the waterfall image? Also why were not all the items with dark shadows not become selected. However, I find that when selected the building does not work so well to my eye. I also would be interested to see what a single image HDR would produce of the same image file. Any part of the result could also be adjusted with masking and remove are adjust some areas of the image adjustment.

[@michaelpitt3640]

Looks like a nice update BUT, alas there's that subscription thing which I refuse to do. C'mon guys!

[@kjellhmyhre2374]

Not this time@@michaelpitt3640, believe it if you can!

[@hepgeoff]

@@michaelpitt3640 Same here. Not doing the subscription.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

This is a new version of Luminar Neo (v1.19) dropping for general release on 25th April (sorry I didn't say in the original recording!). It's a free update if you already own Neo. If you don't have it yet Skylum are currently running a "Spring sale" with up to 83% savings here: bit.ly/Luminar-NEO and code ATNEO10 will save you another 10%! (why the speech marks around "Spring Sale", because it's Autumn for those of us living in the Southern Hemisphere)

[@torbjornvonstrokirch7674]

Thanks. Nice updates to the masking. Have there been any improvements to the other extensions (apart from HDR) which are generally far slower than competition options and some (noise reduction) perform poorly in comparisons as well?

[@hepgeoff]

Thanks for this! Do you need to have the subscription version of Neo to get these updates?

[@jayeshtopiwala3219]

@@hepgeoff It's a free update if you already own Neo

[@mfthedronepoet9745]

@@jayeshtopiwala3219 I cant get mine to update and cant figure out why

[@mfthedronepoet9745]

Sorry, didnt see this before posting my question

[@mauriceprokaziuk337]

Thanks for this demo Anthony. So looking forward for this update. It will make me revisit some of my archived photos.

[@dave4jazz]

Luminosity masking yes please! Looking forward to receiving the update.

[@nicholasmcfarlane9289]

Great video, Anthony! Your enthusiasm is contagious and these inclusions in the new update make this software very compelling indeed.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Much appreciated!

[@PhillyDownside]

OMG finally subject masking! Im one of those that does pretty much everything with local masks, while also getting way into detail with the brush tool. This "small" additon alone will probably decrease my editing time by half. Luminosity mask looks interesting, but i didnt really used it in Lightroom before.

[@790Piper]

Wow luminosity masking in Neo oh yeah! Thank you!

[@williamschone9358]

Luminosity masking, yes please!

[@ArminHirmer]

that are some really pretty updates. thanks for showing Anthony

[@AnthonyTurnham]

No probs Armin

[@NJM1948]

Another great vid - really good update this one.....Oh, and yes please to Luminosity Masking info

[@AnthonyTurnham]

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[@JorgeMoredo]

Powerful additions and very useful.

[@Centauri27]

Thanks for the review Anthony, this is a most impressive update for sure! I'm sure glad I subscribed to Neo. I could never understand luminosity masking in Photoshop--it just seems like black magic voodoo. But in Neo, it's easily understandable! I would really like to see more videos on harnessing the power of luminosity masks. About the only part of the update that I _don't_ like is their rebranding. I like their old logo way more than the generic "asterisk" logo.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Yes totally agree. Great update but like you, unsure about the asterisk!

[@simpix7683]

These look like great updates. However, my version is 1.18.2 (12917). When will it be available? I notice someone else commented their version is 1.18.3. Do Luminar roll out different versions at different times in different arts of the world? Thank you for all your excellent tuition Andy...........Please , more Luminosity Masking videos😄

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi mate, in my efforts to condense all of this update into one video I managed to ommit a very important piece of information. Release date! It's due on 25th of April, or 26th depending on your time zone. Cheers, Anthony

[@simpix7683]

@@AnthonyTurnham Thank you, I just received an email from Skylum informing me of the release date. Apologies, I called you Andy before, not Anthony.....forgot spellcheck !!

[@carlabrams5072]

@simpix7683 - whilst I have Neo set to auto-updates, it doesn't always do so. I have to manually check every once in a while, to get the latest. Diary set for 25th!

[@michaelpegg8966]

I think 1.18.3 was just to fix a bug for Apple.

[@alankefauver6187]

1.18.2 is my version of Neo. Says it's the latest (no update) and does not have this stuff under Landscape?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

This version (1.19.0) drops on April 25th. Sorry it wasn't mentioned in the vid.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Since creating this video Luminar Neo has been updated and improved. You can get the newest version on sale here: bit.ly/NeoSale and maybe save more with coupon: ATNEO10 (sometimes Skylum de-activate the code if there's already a promotion running but worth giving a go!)

[@shanemartinphoto2974]

Im not seeing an update available? Is there a special place to find it?

[@michaelpegg8966]

25 April release

[@marclabro]

great presentation and upgrade. But i am disapointed, after so many years asking for that, we still don't have a brush with edge detection and re-editable radial filters (visible pins, names, handles) as we have in LRC and ON1.

[@raylynch8419]

Another great video Anthony. Thanks for making it and thanks for sharing it. 👍🏻

[@andy70d35]

Luminosity masking, yes please

[@raginic5180]

Thanks for explaining the new updates. They become clear.

[@catherinemullarkey8248]

Thanks Anthony, great teaching video as always.would love to see more about Luminosity Masks

[@willbrink]

When 1.19 announced, I knew this channel is where I'd go to learn about it.

[@kareemtejumola5443]

Please will be interested in detailed tutorial on Luminosity Mask. Thanks for your beautiful tutorials. Enjoyed each and everyone of your throats.

[@petergrove5132]

Fabulous update. Can’t wait to get it installed.

[@charlesbriscoe-knight8025]

Anthony. great VID!! one extra thing you could ask Skyrim to add is a TEXT facility !!! Adding that would save having to dip back into Adobe software!!

[@JGerbase]

Wow, thank you so much. Yes I would like to see more lum. masking.

[@richardbirger2245]

Yes to Luminosity Making tutorials THANKS (that's a big thank you)

[@tomrohlf5701]

Would love to have you explain what luminosity is & expand on how to use it!

[@flyfishnfoto]

Thx for the review of the new update. Great it is for one off purchasers as well as subscription payers. Yes pls do tutorials on luminosity masking.

[@johnscratchley3288]

Some really great additions coming. Yes a luminosity mask vid. would be something to see to hone all of the finer points. Good video presentation, thanks.

[@timrosenburgh8597]

Luminosity masking please. Another great informative video as usual. There is certainly some great new tools. Look forward to the next one.

[@marnienorris]

I’ve had this for a long time. These are game changers for me. I’m a RE photog.

[@MsJanette25]

I'd love to see some tutorials on luminosity masking too, please. 😊

[@terryosborn]

Luminosity masking, yes please Anthony. Great video and looking forward to the update.

[@billzigrang7005]

I've been waiting for 2 years for Luminosity Masking. PLEASE do some videos on this powerful tool.

[@THEREDDRAGON]

Does neo hdr merge do a better job than lightroom classic in your opinion?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

It's very different. They tackle HDR in a very different way. LR creates a 32bit raw dng that holds all the potential information but we still need to work the file to recover it, whereasNeo creates a 16bit tiff that already has the data processed automatically. My preference is the result from Neo, but Lightroom's version can still be very useful.

[@PaPaMoSSi]

Would love to see your vid on Luminosity masking and please if you can interpret to PS and LR as I see a lot of editing on LT and want to be able to convert those edit instructions into LN. TIA!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

I've covered a lot of things already, what is it you'd like to see in Luminar Neo that you've seen done in Photoshop or Lightroom? Perhaps I can put some example tutorials together....

[@jacksponsler9341]

Please highlight luminosity masking capability and function.

[@maximilianborovic8622]

I have a Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR lens, which I often use for shooting apartment real estate, typically at 16mm. What is the simplest way to apply lens correction (to eliminate the fisheye effect) to all my images and then batch HDR merge them in Luminar NEO?

[@barryjackson5138]

I would like you to show more luminosity mashing loved your visor on new masking

[@bennieferinga9609]

Great video, great update! Luminosity mask video please! 😊

[@AnthonyTurnham]

BIG NEWS! Skylum has just launched a summer sale where you can save a massive 81% off Luminar Neo here bit.ly/NeoSale But the cool thing is in addition to that they've given me a coupon code to share with you so you get to save ANOTHER 20% (use code AFF-T5C1C0 ) I really hope that helps you out! It should work for both the perpetual licence and the subscription too. Enjoy😄 Best wishes, Anthony

[@BachZiegen]

Yes, luminosity masking please.

[@Sportfishhub]

Yeah but can it to mass editing or still only one by one?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Adjustment syncing has been available for a while now so yes you can bulk edit.

[@JET-Photo]

I was about to say I didn't get an update, but I see your note about the 25th. Impressive what they are doing with this software now. It never ran that great on my M1 Mac Mini but I built a killer PC and it is working so much faster on it. Took advantage of the big sale and looking forward to this massive update!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Awesome! Yeah, I recently built a new PC too and love how it runs.

[@davidbinks817]

Hi Anthony what does the depth slider do in the water tool you skipped it?

[@TheGoodPaparazzi]

1) the Ai enhancements/edits, are they done utilizing your computers CPU/Graphics card or are they done in the cloud or some servers outside your own Computer....2) I have IMac 5k Big Sur i7 and 32gb ram....will I be able to run this or not? Thank you!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi. 1) yes and no. Some AI is cpu based such as the editing toolset, whereas the generative AI is done via the cloud. 2) yes I believe so, their is a minimum specs section on their website that'd be worth a double check though.

[@willbrink]

I'm using version 1.18.3 and don't see that landscape AI choices. Was looking forward to trying that one.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Coming for general release on 25th April

[@LeeAxonisDigifin]

Just downloaded the update. Thank you for the video. As always, you talked it through very well. Thanks Anthony.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Thanks

[@HoLiPix]

Luminosity masking yes please! Can't wait to receiving the update. Thankyou, another great video.

[@Prismavision_tech_outpost]

Luminosity masking, yes please (and if it helps to better do window pulling)!

[@davidsandison482]

Great updates to Neo, thanks for the video Anthony. Luminosity masking, yes please.

[@jardanedved6858]

I have to say that I am looking forward to the luminosity masks and I really missed them a lot. Otherwise, I also lack the option to perform "correction of the force of action" of the given adjustment (similar to the opacity of layer coverage in photoshop - that will be the best than). Thanks so much for all you do Anthony

[@oldmalty8412]

😮 …. Yes yes luminosity deep dive please ! Back in the day, Skylum had something in Luminar 4 which they referred to as luminosity mask, but it was quite limited. You kind of hit the button and you got what you got.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Yes you're right. Well remembered. This is definitely an improvement over that.

[@leonbeek1]

Looks fantastic. I'm looking forward to it.

[@MrJulioManuel]

Great update. I wish they would add an easy watermark feature like Lightroom.

[@NinaDow-o4y]

tutorials on Luminosity masking please.

[@nagenhoj]

Yes please. Luminosity masking would be great

[@howarcarter]

A luminosity masking video would be great. Thanks. Go for it.

[@michaelhale416]

Another great video, thanks. I would definitely be interested in a tutorial on the luminosity masking. Cheers.

[@pedroarruda7878]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@TomTom-ve9hv]

Hi! Thanks for this video! Good to see Neo is improving. Never understood why missing the homogen background (black, gray, white) form Neo. Now I'm happy to use simple black. Still missing the picture info or exif date from Edit menu. Only in Cathalog menu the picture info is available. Why? Other strange thing, in previuos version the Develop RAW menu Profile option contained the camera profiles too (nature, vivid, ... ) in latest revision it is gone. Why? Sometimes I used camera profiles instead of Luminar default ... If you have influance to the Luminar Technicians could you please ask them? :) thx!

[@rebeccamoore4177]

Thank you Anthony!

[@rather-reverend]

FINALLY better masking options! This version isn't available to me yet, but it'll be terrific.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Thanks. It's going to be publicly available on April 25. Sorry I didn't mention in the vid!

[@rather-reverend]

@@AnthonyTurnham In my case, no biggie. I only shoot with a real camera, raw files and post-processing when I'm on vacation, and sadly, it'll be a loooong time till that comes by. But it'll be sweet.

[@gerardkoot1054]

Yes please, make a video of Luminosity Masking!

[@monizfilms]

What version is this? I don't have a Preferences option in the File menu. I'm running version 1.18.3

[@AnthonyTurnham]

This is a brand new release ive been granted access to. General release is 25th April

[@droneeire-etienneredman9828]

Hi, great informative video, I am just wondering why I dont have the updated version of luminar neo, as I subscribe to skylum, tia.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

It's due on the 25th

[@droneeire-etienneredman9828]

@@AnthonyTurnham ah ok thanks.

[@Princeton_James]

Just got Capture one for my Fuji files yesterday and ended up getting Neo also today. I've used Luminar AI before and have really enjoyed it. Looking forward to using this update.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Yeah Neo is a really nice accompanying software to the likes of Capture One or Lightroom. Enjoy!

[@michelpiquet1698]

Thanks for this excellent video, I can't wait to discover these new features! I would have liked Skylum to improve the "generative enlargement" module, which is really perfectible in terms of final rendering, and to be able to process a larger area when enlarging. I hope they'll do it soon. Thank you very much for your very didactic and to the point videos.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Thanks Michel. Yeah, that would be a good improvement too.

[@martinmatejka8691]

very interesting videos, thanks! since you are a fotographer who is interested in architecture you will probably have the same issue: I am missing a good automatic tool to straighten lines and make them vertical or horizontal. there are no good helplines nor an automatic function. other programs have some tools where you may just klick on a line to make it straight or even to enhance the pic in one click. when will that come? martin

[@AnthonyTurnham]

I have requested that feature directly to one of the chief developers, but we shall see. Personally for my architecture I pre edit my raw with lightroom classic. And will often finish in Neo

[@LonStar3000]

Luminosity please! And would you do a real estate window pull using the luminosity mask in an overlay? Looks like it could be an easier way than photoshop. Masking a window instantly! Thank you Anthony for showing this!!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Yeah there's a lot of good options in Neo now for real estate and architectural editing. The batch HDR and luminosity mask additions are a game changer. I'll try and cover workflow options and window pulls over on my architecture editing channel.

[@LonStar3000]

@@AnthonyTurnham Thank you Anthony! What is the name of your architecture channel? I am not aware of it.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

youtube.com/@archiphoto?si=2tRDKTHh0-XJnv02

[@ericdavis293]

I'd love to see tutorials on luminosity masking.

[@travelrefocused]

Great updates. Thanks so much for educating us.

[@amaurysimon5994]

Luminosity masks! It's THE tool I expected! (Object masking gonna be very useful also) Can't wait for it, and for your tips. Thank's again Anthony to make me switch to Luminar: it changed my life (on a professional basis first, which has a positive influence on my personal life). Love you!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Great to hear 😀

[@amaurysimon5994]

@@AnthonyTurnham everybody is expectecting your videos, whatever the subject😍

[@deathspawn54]

Does it have a Library that you can make colour picks star picks and smart collections yet?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

You can favourite but currently it's limited in that regard. I did haver a chat with the chief engineer a little whilke back and he told me they're making some big improvements on the catalogue which we'll see in a future update....

[@deathspawn54]

Dang, sounds like I'll still have to wait then

[@marcfullager7763]

Yes for more on luminosity masking and object select

[@Jim181059]

Thanks for explaining this- I'm very excited about this update. Layer flattening next eh?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

REEEEEEEALLY hope so! Seems like an easy fix with a big upside.

[@shanebakerstudios]

I'm not seeing the update on their website or my software for some reason. Great updates though.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Thanks. It's due April 25. (mentioned in description and top pinned comment)

[@HaroldBrownJr]

Always heard about Luminar but not sure why. Looking at the new version seems it was behind other software and just now catching up. Might be wrong but didn’t see anything amazing.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Depends on your use case. For example while I love Lightroom, Luminar offers a plethora of additional creative tools. You can achieve Photoshop similar results through sliders rather than an in-depth knowledge. That and other reasons have helped with its growing popularity.

[@alangauld6079]

Looks good. It will be interesting to find out how much of that, if any, filters down to those of us on a one-time payment basis rather than a subscription... So far Neo is not even suggesting that 1.19 exists. Luminosity masks in particular were one of the things promised when Neo first came out and used to exist in Luminar 3 and 4 so I would like to see them just to complete the original feature promise. (The batch HDR would also be really useful today since I just came back from a shoot where I have about 8-10 HDR sets to process...)

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi Alan, yes it'll be interesting to see. My hunch is that you'll see the new tools, the layout change, the ability to turn off the dynamic background and anything else apart from the HDR merge change as that's linked to either buying the HDR extension or being on the subscription that comes with it.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

oh, and the update is due for general release April 25.

[@Ksu465]

great presentation, as always!

[@Live-life..]

Love neo just lens correction awful for me horrible I got Nikon z 14-30mm never works good with it as much work with LR no issues

[@roadrunnerruud61]

Bought Neo last week as an upgrade from Luminar AI. What seems to be missing is a great feature AI had. Essential; Composition: Perspective. Neo does not have the "perspective" possibility, only a "horizontal" correction. This was a great feature whilst photographing with my Tamron 17-27mm 😞

[@AnthonyTurnham]

It does have perspective tools. You'll find then in the developer raw tool near the bottom of the list.

[@roadrunnerruud61]

@@AnthonyTurnham Yesss! Thanks 🙂

[@catheokuniewicz4953]

Luminosity masking please.

[@FrancoisdeMelogue]

I have been using Skylum's products for a while with mixed feelings. I am curious to see the new release but the past has tempered my excitement until I get to play with it. Lots of great updates to be hopeful for. Thanks, Anthony as always for your videos - much appreciated.

[@SheilaThompson-nv2nq]

Luminosity masking please!

[@algie1962]

So I got halfway through the video and thought that looks great so went to my luminar to update and I couldn't, so jumped on the chat with them and they told me it's beta and out on the 25th. I thought I'm sure he didn't mention that!! So came on here to write a comment, and there it is in black & white, out on April 25th!!. Note to self, watch the whole video and read any info below before commenting. 😳 Great video by the way. Cheers

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Haha - don't worry you're certainly not the first and turns out aren't the last. Note to myself, make it clearer in the intro when the update comes out. #learningallthetime 😆

[@Cloudedgtag]

Can't find the update?

[@MrDrelnar]

Not released yet.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

April 25th

[@thereandbackagain2022]

How is object selection when you are doing window pulls for Real Estate Photography

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Haven't tried it yet, but I'm hoping it'll help with that.

[@thereandbackagain2022]

@@AnthonyTurnham yes, I hope so too! I really hope they come out better tools to fix distortion, lens correction, ect

[@cemccrea]

I heard April 25 release date....

[@daviddunk2966]

According to Skylum this update will release on April 25.

[@GunniGrahn]

Luminosity Masking - pretty please - its an awesome addition

[@edwardkillesteyn1479]

Thank you for the video Anthony. I think this latest version, especially as it incorporates luminosity masking, might be a game changer for Neo (in spite of the superficial logo change). Putting aside the DAM, in your view, what then does LR have that Neo still needs to catch up with.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Tbh not too much other than the DAM. But for me that's still giving me a need to use LR in my workflow, particularly professionally. But Neo now has a lot more editing flexibility than LR.