Nice overview Jim! I'm looking forward to getting my copy. Glad to see that they finally listened and improved the catalog! Now if they'll just enable mask repositioning and layer flattening...
Thank you Jim, really good update video. Quick question, you used to be able to view All Rejected photos as opposed to seeing All Photos. I can not imagine that useful feature disappeared. But I can't seem to find it. Do you know where it is now in the program?
Wow! Very excellent time to play and adjust pictures ahead! Since long time I'm asking for the stars rating, I mist that classification of my photos since I left the Lightroom now it is there! Youppi! For me the first 10 minutes of your excellent exposé it is the most interesting, the classifications. Well Jim, thanks for that excellent information on this great change for Luminar NEO for October, 2024.
Hello Jim. I just subbed and bought L.N. with your link. But I can't find your free L.N.Editing Guide. The link above gave me a space to sign up for your newsletter, which I did, but the Quick Start guide and the Quick Start Bundle wouldn't open.
I'm impressed with the Luminar team and the continual improvements to their product. I'm a little confuse on when to use the virtual copy. Do I make a copy of photo and edit the copy or edit the original, make the copy and then revert the original? Keep up the good work.
I just use it when I want to edit multiple versions of an image. There's no right way to use it, just make a virtual copy when you feel the need to have various versions of an edit.
Great video. You are still the best teacher for Luminar (and other things). I know you use other programs. Do you keep all of your photos in the Luminar catalogue? I worry about the companies stability. I go back to Mcphun and early Skyrim products. I don't mind using it for editing, but worry about having my catalogue there. I have always kept my pictures in Apple Photos and send a photo over for editing.
Hi Sharon and thanks for the kind words. I use the Luminar catalog but only for a small subset of images. I use Lightroom for my full catalog. Skylum is very stable though so no worries there. They continue to invest in and innovate with the product, which is awesome. It certainly gets better and better. If you already use Apple Photos for your catalog, and are happy with it, there is no need to change. Keep using Luminar as a plugin, as it works great that way too. Thanks.
When Luminar first came out it was like a novelty item with a few useful AI tools. But they have gradually improved it until it's now a viable option as a one-stop-shop. Some of the AI tools are a bit icky still and hopefully that will improve, but the foundation tools like the catalog and basic edits are now fit for purpose IMHO. The last two upgrades have been massive and the only thing on my wish-list now is to be able to merge layers without doing an export.
Thanks Alan and I agree it has come a long way with constant improvements, and also agree about the last two updates being pretty impressive. I have asked a lot about layers getting improved and am hopeful we get them at some point. We will see. Thanks!
Jim, I think it would help if I could add different colortoning by placing the Pipette more than One time. Also generative extensions still don‘t works Right and needs improvement. On the other Hand I Like the Upgrade.
Hi Volker and not sure how that would work since you are likely creating a different mask for each color you select (right?). So you would need to use the tool for each need, with it's own mask. I hope that makes sense.
Hopefully they also add a way to create and save custom crops. Often I have to edit images with a range of particular non-standard crop ratios and at the moment I have to re-enter them each time into the single 'custom' slot.
@@JimNix Useful if you have to crop the same image for different web graphics or for different print projects. Now we can make a virtual copy too, and restyle and re-crop, however having the ability to save a bunch of custom re-usable crop sizes is a big time saver. Usually I have to go to ON1 to do this for now.
Thanks Jim. My problem - I edit with Luminar Neo 1.21 images from my LRc catalog but there's no "Apply" button. I cannot send the edits back to the LRc catalog.
I rarely use this, so I just updated but it doesn't include any of these cool features. I dont have Generative Tools etc. Do I have a bad install or is this an additional purchase or??
If you have a perpetual license that was purchased before July 1 of this year, you have to get the new Annual Pass upgrade or convert to a subscription to get all the new features. Otherwise you just get the catalog updates. But your best bet is to email their support team to confirm.
@@JimNix Yes I'm in fullscreen mode. At the top of your screen you have Luminar Neo, File, Edit...etc..... I have nothing in that area. I have the Luminar Neo logo and when clicked on, it opens up the same headlines as your have at the top of your screen. Mine are only visible once I click the logo.
Love your work! I shoot lots of headshots. Can any/many of these features help me edit one photo for many things like blemishes, acne, cleaning stray hair, teeth, eyes, overall skin tones, body blemishes, etc. and batch to all the other photos from the same shoot?
Thanks and yes, sort of. You can copy your edits from one image to the next again and again, and it will apply them. And it will recognize the eyes, mouth, skin etc and apply those same adjustments to them in each photo. But any specific masking, erasing etc will not copy over exactly. Hope that helps.
Hi Jim, I updated to the new version of Luminar Neo on Thursday but I find it VERY SLOW. The difference in editing between last Wednesday (the old version) and last night (Friday night) is like night and day. Any ideas why this is so? Thanks in advance Jim.
Hmm, I am not sure. Have you contacted support? They are good at diagnosing that sort of thing. Sorry, not sure what else to suggest. It's running fine for me thus far.
@@JimNix …. Thanks Jim, I will contact support but…somethings up because Relight doesn’t work now either! If there was a way to go back to the previous version… I would do it!
@@GerryLaneMusic yeah that sounds weird. They may have you uninstall and reinstall or something. I'm not sure but definitely something is off. I hope they can get it sorted quickly for you.
Hi Jim. Do you know if there is a way to tell Neo to re-index the search? It does not appear to pick up anything. Simple keywords like 'flower' or 'people' return no matches even though there are thousands of such images in the catalog. I don't know exactly where it stores the indexing info or how to get it to rebuild the index from the catalog.
"Thanks, Jim-I really enjoy your videos. I’m hoping your connection with the Skylum team might encourage them to release an update for the latest version soon. It's been crashing frequently, even with basic tasks like moving images, applying filters, or using GenErase. I never experienced these issues before, and my computer is more than capable of handling demanding applications. I like all the new features but would have prefered to stay on the previous version, at least it worked. Thanks again!"
Oh gosh sorry to hear that it isn't performing for you. Please file a ticket with their support team as this is the best way to get assistance. Thanks.
Folders in Luminar are just a reflection of the folder structure wherever the originals are located. So arrange as needed in the original location first, then add to Luminar. That's easiest.
Hi Jim, great news, I'm looking forward to experimenting. I have a couple of questions... 1) i read that the star ratings only exist within Luminar (so it doesnt read sidecar files), do you know if they are exported to JPGs?. 2) any hint that keywords might be coming?. 3) is there any way to turn the AI search into dynamic albums, i.e. a self updating album of 'trees' etc? And lastly, 4) the recommendation used to be to create multiple catalogs, but now it would be more useful to have a single catalog for searching or is there a way to e.g. search for 'trees' across multiple catalogs? Thanks
Hi Brandan and good questions. No sidecar files so I don't believe it will export with the JPG. No word on keywords yet but I keep asking. 😀 No dynamic albums. I only have one catalog but I don't believe this would work across multiples as it needs to see the catalog and it only sees the one you are in. Thanks.
i've ony got one problem with it , skylum - Luminar, luminaqr 4, luminar ai, luminar neo, "luminar lifetime" luminar Upgarde .. GRRR when will I learn... can you tell what the problem is ?
Just updated to 1.21.2 . Am I the only one who has white blocks in the preview window? Sometimes they go sometimes they stay. Sometimes it's okay in the preview of catalogue but not in the preview of edit. In the white block is always visible in the film strip. When I export it the photos, okay.
If I'm seeing things correctly in your video, it appears as if Luminar has removed the ugly blurry background (of some random photo) in both the Catalog and Edit screens. Your video shows a solid background; my v1.19something does not. I've asked them about this blurry background...rather, complained about it. Perhaps they've addressed it.
i purchased luminar neo JUST before they started the subscription garbage (which is why i chose them over adobe) so im glad about that, kind of....but wonder....does anyone else have issues with the software crashing....A LOT.? seems to have started happening more since the intro of subscriptions, but thats possibly my paranoia. I purchased Neo, AI and Luminar 4 and really appreciate what they offer, but......they are slowing me down now with the crashes.....even the older programs are less reliable now. anyone else having this issue?
Sorry to hear about this and I have not had crashes, other than once in a blue moon sort of thing. Be sure and email their support team if you haven't already because they may be able to help.
On 0ctober 10 I download the update. But, since 18.08.24 I have the new Canon EOS R5 Mark II, since this day I can't use Luminar because the new camera is not increased in the software. Even in the new version no R5 Mark ii. So all owners of this camer are sti not able to use Luminar Neo. A real NOGO from Skylum/Luminar because we payed for our licence. Yes you are right: Unbelievable but true.
Thanks Jim. You say "MaDAIRa". We say "MaDEERa". They say (in Portugal) "MaDAYra". I did get a lot more out of your video than pronunciation variations.
Just downloaded Luminar Neo yesterday and did my first couple edits. LOTS to learn but holy cow this software is POWERFUL!
haha have fun my friend! it is quite powerful and rather fun, too!
Thanks, Jim. Just got around to watching this and, as usual, you're teaching style makes it so easy to learn and apply. Happy Holidays!
awesome, thanks so much and Happy Holidays to you!
Thank you for your time and knowledge on the Luminary Neo video really enjoyed it 😊
you're welcome, thanks for watching!
This is probably the most detailed review I've seen. I'm sold!
Oh nice, glad you liked it, thanks!
Fantastic video, Jim. The colour masking is a huge game changer. Thanks for making this easy to understand!
thanks for watching Joe and I have a video coming tomorrow dedicated just to color masking
This is a big update. And thanks for showing us the important improvements.
thanks for watching Ron!
Perfect. Just right on time. And yes, I upgraded. Really excited since I want to do more landscape and think it'll elevate my editing.
thanks and yes these tools will help a lot with landscapes!
Very cool Luminar Neo update, Jim. Thanks for sharing.❤💛💙
thank you for watching!
Thanks Jim! Great summary as usual.
thanks so much!
This looks fascinating - can’t wait to start trying these new features.
It's a solid upgrade and I'm having fun with it for sure.
Nice overview Jim! I'm looking forward to getting my copy. Glad to see that they finally listened and improved the catalog! Now if they'll just enable mask repositioning and layer flattening...
thanks for watching Carl and yes I agree, I ask them for those things every time I talk to them LOL
Thank you Jim, really good update video. Quick question, you used to be able to view All Rejected photos as opposed to seeing All Photos. I can not imagine that useful feature disappeared. But I can't seem to find it. Do you know where it is now in the program?
I just found it. It's now under All Photos, Flags. Sad that it a deeper selection now.
I see you got this out sorted, thanks.
Wow! Very excellent time to play and adjust pictures ahead! Since long time I'm asking for the stars rating, I mist that classification of my photos since I left the Lightroom now it is there! Youppi!
For me the first 10 minutes of your excellent exposé it is the most interesting, the classifications.
Well Jim, thanks for that excellent information on this great change for Luminar NEO for October, 2024.
thanks so much for watching!
Hi Jim Can't wait to try out the new features and explore the catalog enhancements.
thanks Dave and I'm sure you'll have fun with it!
Interesting video, thanks. Colour transfer looks really useful.
thank you and yes it's very useful, and a lot of fun too!
Hello Jim. I just subbed and bought L.N. with your link. But I can't find your free L.N.Editing Guide. The link above gave me a space to sign up for your newsletter, which I did, but the Quick Start guide and the Quick Start Bundle wouldn't open.
Hi Bob, please send me an email and I can help. jim (at) jim nix dot com
I'm impressed with the Luminar team and the continual improvements to their product. I'm a little confuse on when to use the virtual copy. Do I make a copy of photo and edit the copy or edit the original, make the copy and then revert the original? Keep up the good work.
I just use it when I want to edit multiple versions of an image. There's no right way to use it, just make a virtual copy when you feel the need to have various versions of an edit.
@@JimNix thank you for clarifying.
Thanks Jim! 🖼️
thanks for watching Rebecca!
Great video. You are still the best teacher for Luminar (and other things). I know you use other programs. Do you keep all of your photos in the Luminar catalogue? I worry about the companies stability. I go back to Mcphun and early Skyrim products. I don't mind using it for editing, but worry about having my catalogue there. I have always kept my pictures in Apple Photos and send a photo over for editing.
Hi Sharon and thanks for the kind words. I use the Luminar catalog but only for a small subset of images. I use Lightroom for my full catalog. Skylum is very stable though so no worries there. They continue to invest in and innovate with the product, which is awesome. It certainly gets better and better. If you already use Apple Photos for your catalog, and are happy with it, there is no need to change. Keep using Luminar as a plugin, as it works great that way too. Thanks.
Color masking resembles the color enhancement filter in ON1 Photo Raw.
It just allows you tp pick a color and then adjust it as necessary via mask. It's really powerful.
Your photos are fantastic, Neo or not.🌟👍👏Virtual copies makes this version a no-brainer
thank you so much!
When Luminar first came out it was like a novelty item with a few useful AI tools. But they have gradually improved it until it's now a viable option as a one-stop-shop. Some of the AI tools are a bit icky still and hopefully that will improve, but the foundation tools like the catalog and basic edits are now fit for purpose IMHO. The last two upgrades have been massive and the only thing on my wish-list now is to be able to merge layers without doing an export.
Thanks Alan and I agree it has come a long way with constant improvements, and also agree about the last two updates being pretty impressive. I have asked a lot about layers getting improved and am hopeful we get them at some point. We will see. Thanks!
Jim, I think it would help if I could add different colortoning by placing the Pipette more than One time. Also generative extensions still don‘t works Right and needs improvement. On the other Hand I Like the Upgrade.
Hi Volker and not sure how that would work since you are likely creating a different mask for each color you select (right?). So you would need to use the tool for each need, with it's own mask. I hope that makes sense.
Hopefully they also add a way to create and save custom crops. Often I have to edit images with a range of particular non-standard crop ratios and at the moment I have to re-enter them each time into the single 'custom' slot.
Oh, interesting, I never thought of needing that but makes sense. Please send this suggestion to their support team.
@@JimNix Useful if you have to crop the same image for different web graphics or for different print projects. Now we can make a virtual copy too, and restyle and re-crop, however having the ability to save a bunch of custom re-usable crop sizes is a big time saver. Usually I have to go to ON1 to do this for now.
@@geoffswan1254 yeah makes sense
Thanks Jim. My problem - I edit with Luminar Neo 1.21 images from my LRc catalog but there's no "Apply" button. I cannot send the edits back to the LRc catalog.
Hmm that is odd. Have you checked with support? I'm not sure what to suggest here but perhaps they have some ideas?
I rarely use this, so I just updated but it doesn't include any of these cool features. I dont have Generative Tools etc. Do I have a bad install or is this an additional purchase or??
If you have a perpetual license that was purchased before July 1 of this year, you have to get the new Annual Pass upgrade or convert to a subscription to get all the new features. Otherwise you just get the catalog updates. But your best bet is to email their support team to confirm.
@@JimNix thank you
Did they also give us the possibility to merge layers without having to export the photo first?
No enhancements to the layers function at this time, sadly. I keep asking for that though! I suspect we will get it at some point.
@@JimNix thank you for the reaction
How do you get the menu bar at the top of your screen? I can't for the life of me figure that out!!!!!!
Hmm, not sure what you mean. Are you in fullscreen mode? Maybe that hides the top menu?
@@JimNix Yes I'm in fullscreen mode. At the top of your screen you have Luminar Neo, File, Edit...etc..... I have nothing in that area. I have the Luminar Neo logo and when clicked on, it opens up the same headlines as your have at the top of your screen. Mine are only visible once I click the logo.
@@allanmacdonald2423 hmm, try to hit the ESC key and take it out of Fullscreen mode, perhaps that will unhide the menus?
Wow can't wait for my update 😊
I hope you have a lot of fun with it!
Love your work! I shoot lots of headshots. Can any/many of these features help me edit one photo for many things like blemishes, acne, cleaning stray hair, teeth, eyes, overall skin tones, body blemishes, etc. and batch to all the other photos from the same shoot?
Thanks and yes, sort of. You can copy your edits from one image to the next again and again, and it will apply them. And it will recognize the eyes, mouth, skin etc and apply those same adjustments to them in each photo. But any specific masking, erasing etc will not copy over exactly. Hope that helps.
@@JimNix Thank you Jim.
Hi Jim, I updated to the new version of Luminar Neo on Thursday but I find it VERY SLOW. The difference in editing between last Wednesday (the old version) and last night (Friday night) is like night and day. Any ideas why this is so? Thanks in advance Jim.
Hmm, I am not sure. Have you contacted support? They are good at diagnosing that sort of thing. Sorry, not sure what else to suggest. It's running fine for me thus far.
@@JimNix …. Thanks Jim, I will contact support but…somethings up because Relight doesn’t work now either! If there was a way to go back to the previous version… I would do it!
@@GerryLaneMusic yeah that sounds weird. They may have you uninstall and reinstall or something. I'm not sure but definitely something is off. I hope they can get it sorted quickly for you.
@@JimNix …. Thanks Jim and keep those videos coming, they’re my go to resource for all things Neo. 🙏🏻
@@GerryLaneMusic thanks so much 🙏🏻
Thanks Jim for this
thanks for watching Irene!
@@JimNix 👍
Hi Jim. Do you know if there is a way to tell Neo to re-index the search? It does not appear to pick up anything. Simple keywords like 'flower' or 'people' return no matches even though there are thousands of such images in the catalog. I don't know exactly where it stores the indexing info or how to get it to rebuild the index from the catalog.
Thanks Jim !
thanks for watching!
"Thanks, Jim-I really enjoy your videos. I’m hoping your connection with the Skylum team might encourage them to release an update for the latest version soon. It's been crashing frequently, even with basic tasks like moving images, applying filters, or using GenErase. I never experienced these issues before, and my computer is more than capable of handling demanding applications. I like all the new features but would have prefered to stay on the previous version, at least it worked.
Thanks again!"
Oh gosh sorry to hear that it isn't performing for you. Please file a ticket with their support team as this is the best way to get assistance. Thanks.
@@JimNix Thank you Jim. I did and they are helping me with instructions to provide logs. Appreciate your response and support.
So, in Color Transfer, you could add a favorite style of a famous Photographer for reference, say, Ansel Adams or Michael McKenna?
yes just add any reference image and it adopts that color scheme
When this new update is coming out?
@@divenlaxman1977 Oct 10
I have importet my picturefolder. And have a lot of subfolders here. Can I sort these subfolders ?
Folders in Luminar are just a reflection of the folder structure wherever the originals are located. So arrange as needed in the original location first, then add to Luminar. That's easiest.
Interested to know what software is your pick for noise reduction
I have most of them 🤣 but since I am in Neo so much, I use it most and it works great for me. But also sometimes I use LrC for that.
Will colour transfer and colour masking be included in a lifetime version of Luminar?
If you bought the lifetime version after July 1, then yes, but if you bought it before then you would have to upgrade.
Thanks for keeping us updated Jim 👍
thanks for watching Martin!
Hi Jim, great news, I'm looking forward to experimenting. I have a couple of questions... 1) i read that the star ratings only exist within Luminar (so it doesnt read sidecar files), do you know if they are exported to JPGs?. 2) any hint that keywords might be coming?. 3) is there any way to turn the AI search into dynamic albums, i.e. a self updating album of 'trees' etc? And lastly, 4) the recommendation used to be to create multiple catalogs, but now it would be more useful to have a single catalog for searching or is there a way to e.g. search for 'trees' across multiple catalogs? Thanks
Hi Brandan and good questions. No sidecar files so I don't believe it will export with the JPG. No word on keywords yet but I keep asking. 😀 No dynamic albums. I only have one catalog but I don't believe this would work across multiples as it needs to see the catalog and it only sees the one you are in. Thanks.
What I really miss in Luminar is a decent import module!
I do think we will see some catalog improvements in 2025 and perhaps this will be part of that, but I do not know for sure.
i've ony got one problem with it , skylum - Luminar, luminaqr 4, luminar ai, luminar neo, "luminar lifetime" luminar Upgarde .. GRRR when will I learn... can you tell what the problem is ?
Totally get it, they had some product/name changes in recent years but are settled on Luminar Neo and continue to invest in it.
Just updated to 1.21.2 . Am I the only one who has white blocks in the preview window? Sometimes they go sometimes they stay. Sometimes it's okay in the preview of catalogue but not in the preview of edit. In the white block is always visible in the film strip. When I export it the photos, okay.
Hmm that is odd, perhaps email their support team and see if they can diagnose?
I wonder how long before Abobe buys this and destorys it?
I hope that never happens!
dopepics AI fixes this (AI Image Editor / Upscaler). Luminar Neo Upgrade: Total Game-Changer
If I'm seeing things correctly in your video, it appears as if Luminar has removed the ugly blurry background (of some random photo) in both the Catalog and Edit screens. Your video shows a solid background; my v1.19something does not. I've asked them about this blurry background...rather, complained about it. Perhaps they've addressed it.
Yes I believe they changed that in the last update but can't remember exactly.
@@JimNix Ahh! I missed that. Yes; turned off that dynamic background and fewer distractions. Thank you, Jim!
@@barrylevine9546 you're welcome!
i purchased luminar neo JUST before they started the subscription garbage (which is why i chose them over adobe) so im glad about that, kind of....but wonder....does anyone else have issues with the software crashing....A LOT.? seems to have started happening more since the intro of subscriptions, but thats possibly my paranoia. I purchased Neo, AI and Luminar 4 and really appreciate what they offer, but......they are slowing me down now with the crashes.....even the older programs are less reliable now. anyone else having this issue?
Sorry to hear about this and I have not had crashes, other than once in a blue moon sort of thing. Be sure and email their support team if you haven't already because they may be able to help.
On 0ctober 10 I download the update. But, since 18.08.24 I have the new Canon EOS R5 Mark II, since this day I can't use Luminar because the new camera is not increased in the software. Even in the new version no R5 Mark ii. So all owners of this camer are sti not able to use Luminar Neo. A real NOGO from Skylum/Luminar because we payed for our licence. Yes you are right: Unbelievable but true.
Be sure and email their support team. They add new camera support quite often so I assume it's on the list, but of course I have no idea.
Great updates! I actually just bought a perpetual license so 1.21 is the first version I will ever use...lucky me!!
great timing, have fun!
Thanks Jim. You say "MaDAIRa". We say "MaDEERa". They say (in Portugal) "MaDAYra". I did get a lot more out of your video than pronunciation variations.
haha thanks Jack and yeah I never thought of that but it makes sense that it has various pronunciations
Love your vids but i think game changer is over reaching here
thanks Stephen and just a title that felt appropriate to me but no worries if you disagree 👍🏻