This was almost better than a lot of the tutorials out there because you give a lot of real world uses and scenarios and show us how you would deal with them using the tools.
'Welcome to the Club'.... Neo is absolutely one of the most amazing products out there in years, especially compared to its ease of use and getting results in minutes compared to other applications. The artists behind Neo can astonishingly make some mesmerizing enhancements that will dumbfound you. Keep at it, I think you'll come to really, really be amazed at NEO. I am in NO WAY affiliated with Luminar or ANY of its subsidiary as a company. I'm just a home taught Photographer who's traveled and taught photography around the world. And Neo/Luminar has literally been simply amazing to me!
Presets are magic! I use them in Luminar, Evoto, Lightroom... They are huge timesavers. I usually create a look I like and then save it as my own preset. One and done.
Thanks Mark. I'm new to NEO. This clip of yours is most helpful. Love the way you explain things, a lot easier to follow compared to some other presenters.
Good video. I’ve used Luminar for a while and even though I knew these features, he puts them into a perspective where I’m so tempted to go bs k and re-edit some of my earlier attempts.
There's one small thing I'd really like to see Skylum change: it's the functionality of the eye icon in each of the edited tool's panels. Instead of click and hold to see the "before and after" effect, it would be nice to make the eye icon "sticky" like that in the Photoshop layers panel, i.e. click to turn off and click to turn on. I think being able to toggle each tool's effect off/on is more useful than to reset the effect.
This is perfect software for me as I want quick results with minimal effort to make my photos a little more interesting, It is the same reason I shoot all my photos on a phone camera rather than dragging a big heavy camera with multiple lenses on world travel adventures.
This software is a good addition to something like Lightroom or just for more casual and quick editing. All suggested edits/filters should be toned down by about 80% so they don't feel too artificial as in some of the quick examples above. As for the sky replacement, I wouldn't use it myself but if I did I would make sure that the light in the clouds respects the sun's location. In the Louvre example the replaced sky indicates that sun should be behind the building on the right of the frame when in reality it's located behind the glass pyramid.
my plan is use light room with imagine ai. so its already edited for me in all basics, then with a midi controler have a quick look to change anything i want very fast, finally passing with luminar neo some ai tool or generative correction maybe brigthen color of eyes etc.lets see how it goes👍👍
Seeing quite a few Luminar Neo reviews recently. Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re making a push to boost sales before they launch a completely new product they’ll sell separately. Leica uses this tactic, sending out cameras to creators 3+ years after release to revive interest in their remaining stock & then a new version of the camera is announced a few months later.
Question 8:20 you applied the effect to lol of them. Now if one of those happened to need a slight change, like not quite as much skin smoothing as the others. Can you single it out and change it without changing all of the others? Sorry I am new to this and not sure if I am asking the question well.
Can I safely assume we can open Canon RAW files into the program? Or is there another step that needs to happen prior to opening in Luminar Neo? Also, is the file saved automatically as a new file, or does the edited photo replace the original? Thanks!
When you said that there's an issue, I thought we were at last going to get down to the silly stuff with the second sun.Otherwise an interesting video, thanks!
There are some overlapping features of Evoto. Which step do you apply all of your metadata/copyright data to the images? During culling using Photo Mechanic or LightRoom?
I am a Amateur and mostly shoot my family get togethers or outings. I use Canon Camera, Lens and use DPP for editing raw photos. This is kind of OK editing software, but I would like to have your suggestion whether Luminar Neo would provide a better platform to edit my kind of photography?
It depends on what you're doing with your images. If you're just adjusting exposure and color, DPP is a decent tool. But if you want to add more effects and have more control of the lighting, Luminar Neo is much better.
No, and yes. You can use the Lightroom integration to send images from LR to Neo. But you're still working in the LR Catalog. If you want to migrate everything, you can do a simple import of all your files (you'd lose your edits, etc). Or, you can use a third part app like Avalanche. userguide.skylum.com/hc/en-us/articles/11564172293010-Using-Luminar-Neo-with-Adobe-Lightroom-Classic cyme.io/avalanche-for-luminar/
It depends on what you want to edit. Evoto is better for portraits, but Neo has more tools for a more comprehensive editing experience. I'd suggest you download Evoto and give it a try (it's 100% free to edit and export the first 30 images). www.evoto.ai/s/MarkWallace30 Luminar also has a brand new portrait editing tool called Aperty that's about to launch. They are offering a deep discount for the first 1000 licenses. That may also be of interest to you: skylum.evyy.net/c/63218/2040463/3255
@@MarkWallaceVideos Loved the video. I currently have Luminar Neo. (Subscription) Do you know if this will be a add on cost? (Aperty)? tks! subbed and liked!
@@armani007E55 From the website: "Portrait photo editing software of the Aperty is a separate app from Luminar Neo and is not included in the Luminar Neo subscription."
Sky replacement. You're just twisting your own memories of when you were there taking the picture. Part of the photograph journey is to fail. The weather is sometimes against us. You as a photographer should expect it.
I agree , when I’m taking street/travel pix for my own benefit. What’s the point of AI in photography? It destroys the authenticity. However, as a paid professional I use some of the more subtle AI techniques in portraits, only for the client. I just don’t think AI benefits you at all if you’re trying to improve your photography. It’s like learning a new language by mastering Google Translate, lol!
I agree - if your goal is to document accurately, then it's not a tool that you would use. But not everyone is on the same journey. There are a lot of creators who like to focus on the post-production and digital art. They are doing something totally different, and for them, it makes sense. Different goals, different tools. There's enough room in the creative world for many paths and many interpretations.
Actually- FOR YOU, that’s the case; for the rest of us it’s a much wider spectrum of possibilities. To CREATE a shot- not letting the weather to dictate to us. We do the same thing with TIME; we distort its passage with ND filters!
@@tommynikon2283 yes, and it will be cheaper to sit in your home and buy the high resolution pictures from the internet store and then replace the sky and make up a story how hard it was to get that picture.
It has some bells and whistles, but unless you go with the subscription, they'll nickel and dime you to death with extras. And if you do become a subscriber but then stop at some point, you'll lose access to an awful lot of those extras.
Just downloaded neo and frankly I want my money back. HDR blend is very poor, the healing spot removal isn't as good as my Lightroom 6 and so far colour control limited
Edit in Luminar Neo and guess what, it is not for Pro work. It simply will not export a photo file if the pic has one side greater than a size of 15,000 pixels. All my files are big, so I have pics stuck in the App. Stitch together a Panarama and guess what, no way to get it out of Luminar. Upscale a pic and you may not be able to export it. AI is worthless to me if I can’t export the file to print. Terrible. Luminar Customer service truly sucks, no answers or work arounds.
Mark, first, you need to know how to control light to take pictures, then you need to know how to edit to avoid spending too much time on your computer. When you need to use your pc, you all need is LEVELS, nothing else. With levels you can adjust the blue of sky or water, the greens or browns of soil or tree bark. Paint with levels that's all. Before that learn to sell real colors, don't pretend to create a fantasy book.
This was almost better than a lot of the tutorials out there because you give a lot of real world uses and scenarios and show us how you would deal with them using the tools.
@@OhhhhhhhBugger thanks! I’m doing a live class in about 2 hours. Join us!
I have just bought the Luminar Neo and love it. It really ease my works and save me lots of time. And your video helps me more. Thanks.
Great to hear!
Luminar Neo cured my Photoshop stress ulcer! I've been using it for over a year and it makes editing fun again. Thank you Luminar!
Glad you enjoy it!
The best Luminar tutorials I've seen, looking forward to more like this.
Here you go: th-cam.com/users/live7p68FN7CExE?si=QsRtmSB6JoutK2B7 :)
'Welcome to the Club'.... Neo is absolutely one of the most amazing products out there in years, especially compared to its ease of use and getting results in minutes compared to other applications. The artists behind Neo can astonishingly make some mesmerizing enhancements that will dumbfound you. Keep at it, I think you'll come to really, really be amazed at NEO. I am in NO WAY affiliated with Luminar or ANY of its subsidiary as a company. I'm just a home taught Photographer who's traveled and taught photography around the world. And Neo/Luminar has literally been simply amazing to me!
Thank you for simple to understand, yet in depth video. Getting of Adobe products, this was extremely helpful.
Loved the video. I never realized the power of presets before, I usually skipped them and went straight to edit.
Presets are magic! I use them in Luminar, Evoto, Lightroom... They are huge timesavers. I usually create a look I like and then save it as my own preset. One and done.
Thanks Mark. I'm new to NEO. This clip of yours is most helpful. Love the way you explain things, a lot easier to follow compared to some other presenters.
Awesome, thank you!
love the video straight to the point with enough information, thank you.
Thanks so much!
Good video. I’ve used Luminar for a while and even though I knew these features, he puts them into a perspective where I’m so tempted to go bs k and re-edit some of my earlier attempts.
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial!
Thanks! This was a nice review of Luminar Neo!
Excellent video. Thanks !!
Best review so far! Thank you 🙏🏾
Thanks, nice demo.
Thank you!
Fantastic explanation, thank you Mark
Thanks Mark. I also has this software and enjoyed doing my photo edits
Thanks Mark,I was struggling with luminar but after watching this I will persevere with it and watch some of your other tutorials.
There's one small thing I'd really like to see Skylum change: it's the functionality of the eye icon in each of the edited tool's panels.
Instead of click and hold to see the "before and after" effect, it would be nice to make the eye icon "sticky" like that in the Photoshop layers panel, i.e. click to turn off and click to turn on. I think being able to toggle each tool's effect off/on is more useful than to reset the effect.
Looks like a pretty good app for those who dont want to take up a lot of time in editing their photos. Quite amazing i'd say!!
It's a great option for a lot of photographers
This is perfect software for me as I want quick results with minimal effort to make my photos a little more interesting, It is the same reason I shoot all my photos on a phone camera rather than dragging a big heavy camera with multiple lenses on world travel adventures.
Good plan. They also have a mobile version of the software: skylum.evyy.net/c/63218/1965581/3255
When is it available on android? @@MarkWallaceVideos
Very well done, thanks
Many thanks!
This software is a good addition to something like Lightroom or just for more casual and quick editing. All suggested edits/filters should be toned down by about 80% so they don't feel too artificial as in some of the quick examples above. As for the sky replacement, I wouldn't use it myself but if I did I would make sure that the light in the clouds respects the sun's location. In the Louvre example the replaced sky indicates that sun should be behind the building on the right of the frame when in reality it's located behind the glass pyramid.
my plan is use light room with imagine ai. so its already edited for me in all basics, then with a midi controler have a quick look to change anything i want very fast, finally passing with luminar neo some ai tool or generative correction maybe brigthen color of eyes etc.lets see how it goes👍👍
As a beginner, Luminar was SO much more intuitive for me. Love it!
Totally agree!
Seeing quite a few Luminar Neo reviews recently. Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re making a push to boost sales before they launch a completely new product they’ll sell separately. Leica uses this tactic, sending out cameras to creators 3+ years after release to revive interest in their remaining stock & then a new version of the camera is announced a few months later.
There is a new portrait specific app coming in September 2024: skylum.evyy.net/c/63218/2040463/3255
Question 8:20 you applied the effect to lol of them. Now if one of those happened to need a slight change, like not quite as much skin smoothing as the others. Can you single it out and change it without changing all of the others? Sorry I am new to this and not sure if I am asking the question well.
Also used your coupon code.
@@bryantwalley Yes, you can always edit each photo individually
Can I safely assume we can open Canon RAW files into the program? Or is there another step that needs to happen prior to opening in Luminar Neo? Also, is the file saved automatically as a new file, or does the edited photo replace the original? Thanks!
When you said that there's an issue, I thought we were at last going to get down to the silly stuff with the second sun.Otherwise an interesting video, thanks!
There are some overlapping features of Evoto. Which step do you apply all of your metadata/copyright data to the images? During culling using Photo Mechanic or LightRoom?
Luminar Neo has a plug-in for Lightroom. So you can just right-click from LR and edit in Neo. I use that workflow.
@@MarkWallaceVideos That's nice, thank you!
Mark that was interesting for me getting back into Photography! Have you by chance use Neo for any Real estate photography ?
I haven't. I don't shoot any real estate or architectural work.
I am a Amateur and mostly shoot my family get togethers or outings. I use Canon Camera, Lens and use DPP for editing raw photos. This is kind of OK editing software, but I would like to have your suggestion whether Luminar Neo would provide a better platform to edit my kind of photography?
It depends on what you're doing with your images. If you're just adjusting exposure and color, DPP is a decent tool. But if you want to add more effects and have more control of the lighting, Luminar Neo is much better.
@@MarkWallaceVideos Thanks Mark
I'm a real estate photographer. Does luminar neo have a way to do the twilight shots of the frontal images of the homes?
Can you import lightroom catalogs into Lumina Neo?
No, and yes. You can use the Lightroom integration to send images from LR to Neo. But you're still working in the LR Catalog. If you want to migrate everything, you can do a simple import of all your files (you'd lose your edits, etc). Or, you can use a third part app like Avalanche.
userguide.skylum.com/hc/en-us/articles/11564172293010-Using-Luminar-Neo-with-Adobe-Lightroom-Classic
cyme.io/avalanche-for-luminar/
I also watched your Evoto review. Do you have a preference? Like many other Adobe users, I am fed up and looking for alternatives. Thanks Mark.
It depends on what you want to edit. Evoto is better for portraits, but Neo has more tools for a more comprehensive editing experience. I'd suggest you download Evoto and give it a try (it's 100% free to edit and export the first 30 images). www.evoto.ai/s/MarkWallace30
Luminar also has a brand new portrait editing tool called Aperty that's about to launch. They are offering a deep discount for the first 1000 licenses. That may also be of interest to you:
skylum.evyy.net/c/63218/2040463/3255
@@MarkWallaceVideos Loved the video. I currently have Luminar Neo. (Subscription) Do you know if this will be a add on cost? (Aperty)? tks! subbed and liked!
@@armani007E55 From the website: "Portrait photo editing software of the Aperty is a separate app from Luminar Neo and is not included in the Luminar Neo subscription."
@MarkWallaceVideos Makes me wonder if having Neo and Aperty worth having both? Thoughts?
@@armani007E55 I haven't seen Aperty yet, so I don't know. When the beta is released, I hope to get a look.
hello is this program its own standalone app or do you have to go to the website and sign in every time?
@@juliocruz7554 it’s a standalone app
Can you edit your raw photos on this app?
Yes you can
Holymoly.
Is that a good "Holy Moly"?? :)
Have they fixed the performance issues? It’s painfully slow compared to Lightroom
I was able to edit on my 4yr old laptop with no issues. 2020 Macbook Pro
I dosnt even know Luminar has AI masking. Why is it nested in Mood?
It's actually in almost every tool. Take a look here,
th-cam.com/users/live7p68FN7CExE?si=2DF-KROOzATfKNU1&t=1431
Sky replacement. You're just twisting your own memories of when you were there taking the picture. Part of the photograph journey is to fail. The weather is sometimes against us. You as a photographer should expect it.
I agree , when I’m taking street/travel pix for my own benefit. What’s the point of AI in photography? It destroys the authenticity. However, as a paid professional I use some of the more subtle AI techniques in portraits, only for the client. I just don’t think AI benefits you at all if you’re trying to improve your photography. It’s like learning a new language by mastering Google Translate, lol!
I agree - if your goal is to document accurately, then it's not a tool that you would use. But not everyone is on the same journey. There are a lot of creators who like to focus on the post-production and digital art. They are doing something totally different, and for them, it makes sense. Different goals, different tools. There's enough room in the creative world for many paths and many interpretations.
@@MarkWallaceVideosYes, fair point. Well-presented video!
Actually- FOR YOU, that’s the case; for the rest of us it’s a much wider spectrum of possibilities. To CREATE a shot- not letting the weather to dictate to us. We do the same thing with TIME; we distort its passage with ND filters!
@@tommynikon2283 yes, and it will be cheaper to sit in your home and buy the high resolution pictures from the internet store and then replace the sky and make up a story how hard it was to get that picture.
Say hi to Marsellus Wallace and his wife Mia...
Mia is out with Vincent Vega at the moment.
Using Adobe PS since 1998 .. never trued Neo
It has some bells and whistles, but unless you go with the subscription, they'll nickel and dime you to death with extras. And if you do become a subscriber but then stop at some point, you'll lose access to an awful lot of those extras.
Just downloaded neo and frankly I want my money back. HDR blend is very poor, the healing spot removal isn't as good as my Lightroom 6 and so far colour control limited
Edit in Luminar Neo and guess what, it is not for Pro work. It simply will not export a photo file if the pic has one side greater than a size of 15,000 pixels. All my files are big, so I have pics stuck in the App. Stitch together a Panarama and guess what, no way to get it out of Luminar. Upscale a pic and you may not be able to export it. AI is worthless to me if I can’t export the file to print. Terrible. Luminar Customer service truly sucks, no answers or work arounds.
Pros are likely to go with PS/LrC or Topaz's software. Luminar Neo is easier to learn and use for hobbyist and sporadic users.
Mark, first, you need to know how to control light to take pictures, then you need to know how to edit to avoid spending too much time on your computer.
When you need to use your pc, you all need is LEVELS, nothing else.
With levels you can adjust the blue of sky or water, the greens or browns of soil or tree bark.
Paint with levels that's all.
Before that learn to sell real colors, don't pretend to create a fantasy book.
No thanks. Seems like a serious lack of control.
Move over Photoshop
When I read this comment all I hear in my head is, "there's something meatier!" hahaha th-cam.com/video/a6801d-ll_Q/w-d-xo.html