This Portrait Retouching App Feels Like a CHEAT CODE!

[@LuisMigGarcia]

Great software but the subscription model is not for me. If it is all done inside my computer (as you say it is in this case), nothing justifies a subscription.

[@timlong9913]

Subscription? That's a shame. Not gonna do that.

[@davido9450]

I hope there's a big enough rebellion against subscription softwares that it swings back to the other direction

[@robertcudlipp3426]

Good luck. ​@@davido9450

[@PatrickWithCamera]

@@davido9450 I hope too, but I think it is inevitable, all companies will go sub plan. Everyone want a stable job with least of work possible.

[@chidorirasenganz]

Continuing updates cost money

[@mark_barrentine]

So has Jen seen this video yet? If so, how long did she put you in the dog house for?

[@xOzymandias]

I doubt she would mind shes freaking gorgeous

[@Eazidosit]

I brought the lifetime membership in july. It is ok but it is kinda way behind Evoto. No tethering, no slider to clean backdrops, remove fly away hairs, no wrinkle remover from clothes, just to name a few things that it lacks compared to the competition. I cant believe it doesn't have tethering though.

[@the_rat_run]

Looks nice, but makes Adobe look cheap (I paid less than $100 for my next year of LrC / LR / Ps by grabbing a deal), £229 for a year is a bit too painful for hobby use! Enjoyable watch, nonetheless, Arthur.

[@Esteban-qz9vu]

Exactly, in Germany it is 269 € for 1 year, whereas there will probably be offers around 80 € for LrC/Lr/Ps. It's a shame, but as a hobby photographer I'm not prepared to spend that much money.

[@phatape]

a shame you didnt get the lifetime deal for 249 dollars

[@hazard3020]

Its DEFINITELY better for Pro use - where $250-£400 is not a cost issue for most Pro's (having spent $5500 on kit for example) But i agree @ $100 Adobe with Lightroom AND photoshop are more cost effective over 3 years use say. Also On1, Portrait Pro and other options are available too.

[@ckaye]

The Aperty feature set is similar to Evoto which appears to me at this point to be a more mature and speedier software package for portrait editing and even with Evoto’s system of paying per photo edited is more cost effective for me. Thanks Arthur.

[@PatrickWithCamera]

Nice results, but price is nuts, it should include cloud rendering credits.

[@IgorsPlay]

Does it have batch editing? Can you drop 100 photos on it, edit one, and then apply it to all? It is like 2x the price of Photoshop… evoto is great too, but it has cost by picture… 😅

[@hazard3020]

it DOES have some options for copying your mods over to other photos, in that project. check with luminar for specifics.

[@brettyg76]

I want to see more info/testing of the Nose editing tab before I decide on investing in this software. A lot of these features are in Neo, hence why I’m very interested in the nose editing tab (I hate my nose lol)

[@whitemailprivilege2830]

*sees paid promotion* *closes video*

[@cranemon]

Sure, but if any company wants to challenge Adobe’s monopoly in the photo editing business, they’re going to have to spend some money to put their name out there. To Arthur’s credit, he’s not really gushing over the product or overselling it. He’s just running through its features, and you can decide for yourself whether they’re effective or useful to you.

[@m.g.2460]

Another Skylum software which is likely to be shipped with a lot of bugs and the update coming late or never?

[@jasongreenwood3260]

I have the old Luminar 4. While I will admit, they have refined many of these features in Aperty, it's basically all the same features as Luminar 4. Luminar 4 does not have a slider for the blemish removal though. It's just a check box. It's reeeeeeally slow when editing lots of photos too. Glad to see that they have refined Luminar to this point. I wish it was more "offline" though.

[@hazard3020]

Agreed. NEO also takes a while to download various favourite options. But then again, so does On1 Photo Raw 2025.1

[@xOzymandias]

adobe needs to pick it up and add this feature. Im not paying for another subscription

[@charlesmaheu7112]

Subscription-based at 40$ a month? No thanks. This looks awesome and I would totally pay 200$ once to add this to my tools, but this is "plugin functionality" at the cost of a software suite. Nobody needs an other temperature slider. Props to the developers to achieved this though. Impressive.

[@DHINTON7295]

Bro ain’t even subscribe to Julia for the bit? Cold game lol

[@masodef84]

1st - love your work!

[@strippedlist]

The same thing is doing Portrait pro 25, no AI, no subscription, for a decade!!!!!

[@chosenideahandle]

The AI is where all the power is.

[@strippedlist]

@@chosenideahandle again, that program did this 10 years ago, with no AI, and is 179 dollars...for life

[@artmaltman]

This does look game-changing. I think that I HAVE to get it. I remember when Julia first announced it, I rolled my eyes "another editing program?!" but WOW. Does it do raw conversion? Input raw, output variations on jpeg? Any color profiles? lens profiles? adjust skin tones? redness removal?

[@artmaltman]

$30/mo, $299/yr ?! Hmmm. Depends on the volume.

[@SatongiFilms]

link doesnt work for me

[@eltiochuck]

What do you think about Evoto? when I read the title of your video I thought you were to talk about Evoto...

[@hazard3020]

Expensive (for 1000 photos a month) x 12 months use.

[@kasparssilins]

€26.95 in month? :D :D :D

[@nickscott8488]

On1 photo raw all the way

[@CW-yg7qm]

Skylum Aperty seems more like a little brother to Evoto. It is sluggish and have limited portrait tools....definitely not worth it.

[@deeyammy783]

Impressive!

[@iandavis1355]

Have you tried this software on a dark skinned person?

[@kp-od8ji]

Monthly payments? Never ever!

[@nickorafael3887]

got the lifetime license

[@AleksaB98]

Subscription model only? No thanks.

[@marcandamalia]

Thx you,

[@Ian_Woods]

27€ a month 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Volkfire]

I'm so sick of things costing hundreds of dollars a year. Ridiculous. Did you just call a $900 lens a budget lens haha bro

[@ArthurR]

“Budget” in the full frame world is different lol. It’s $760 on sale, roughly 1/3 of the price of the Sony equivalent.

[@xOzymandias]

do you even know how much they cost?

[@FrancisAlbert1990]

Too expensive.

[@mtotheatothedoubled]

Monthly payments on software is 100% a waste of money

[@hazard3020]

Thats just YOUR opinion. Frankly I think $200+ for a software app is crazy.

[@mtotheatothedoubled]

@@hazard3020 it's the same thing

[@fitnessa1]

I’ve never seen so many blemishes 😮

[@chosenideahandle]

What one does for love lol. I had my other half help me for my Aperty video as well.

[@fitnessa1]

@@chosenideahandleso fun and so humbling 😂

[@hazard3020]

Get with the programme - L'Oreal all the way IF you and your partner can afford it 🤷‍♂️