Skylum vs Adobe - Luminar Neo vs Photoshop - Unguided A.I. Fill - Which is Best?

[@DavidCrooksPhotos]

Skylum is playing catch up with the GenAI tools. They still do have a lifetime payment plan and with the GenAI, they are pushing a subscription to pay for the server use. The resolution is one thing you didn't mention as Adobe is 1024x1024 and Skylum is 1536x1536.

[@Andyhutchinson]

Good point about the resolution - I should have mentioned that.

[@kiwi2xs]

I have Neo, played with the fill and the gen but a bit of hit and miss. The fact that Neo is going subscription next year was the reason i got on1

[@Andyhutchinson]

Yea, shame about the subscription. The writing's been on the wall for some time I think.

[@ArminSteiner]

Geez Andy that poster one killed me :) I use Genfill in Adobe mostly to remove unwanted objects or expand the canvas of an image a little. I was a big fan of neo when it came out, however Luminar changed the pricing and options way to often for my taste and tries to hard to be Adobe 2.0 without fixing existing problems like managing a large catalogue etc. Rather Luminar pushes out unnecessary Plugins (like the Neon glow...) instead of really concentrating on the core program.

[@Andyhutchinson]

Yea cheers Armin, it's got a bit gimmicky, Luminar Neo. There still some good features in there, but all this stuff with neon lights is pretty low rent.

[@Jon1a]

I think I would use the Remove Tool in Photoshop on the first image.

[@Andyhutchinson]

Yep but I wanted to see what the AI fill could do.

[@ianslingsby3415]

Skylum, but like your test's some strange result, I would say 75% of good results but it is improving.

[@Andyhutchinson]

Cheers Ian. It is improving. I genuinely wish them well. Although I do wish they'd concentrate more on the real-world processing and a bit less on the gimmicky stuff. :)

[@UntamedAustin]

Soon we can just ask AI to take the photo too based on text imput. Not a fan of most visual AI Tools. I did have some fun with portraits and Evoto AI but did not notice or try any generative tools. But it does look like SAAS Photo Editing is here for the long run. Updates happen faster...but so does wallet drain.

[@Andyhutchinson]

Very true. It's improving all the time and I don't rule out another big leap forward.

[@earlfenwick]

Mutant Post Humans. lol I Like it.

[@Andyhutchinson]

They're coming for you!

[@ukaszkrolik137]

Personally I use a simple Lama Cleaner to get rid of artifacts and unwanted elements in my photos. The advantage of that solution is that it is free :) github.com/Sanster/lama-cleaner

[@Andyhutchinson]

Thanks for the tip - I will download it. Looks like it'd be a cool app to review too. Cheers. :)