Chris Messina

Luminar 3 - Photo editing app with AI built in

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The most innovative photo editor made for everyone. With Luminar 3 photo editing can be fun and simple. Over 100 editing features, plus a suite of fast AI-powered technologies under the hood will make any photo stand out while a new Library feature lets you organize, find and rate your images easily.

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Alex Tsepko
Hello to a fantastic PH community. It’s great to be with you again. This year was absolutely crazy, but the team managed to do something almost impossible and release the new Luminar 3 with Libraries on time. Give it a try and let us know what you think. With Luminar we’re building a platform that will give your photos the best treatment: from organization to enhancement to sharing. We love photography, we are driven by innovation and your feedback. So don’t be shy: try Luminar, upvote Luminar, enjoy great photography, love each other and stay awesome.
Iryna Sknar

Instantly! In just one moment I had access to all the photos on my Mac. And it made me realize that there are folders and shoots I thought I got read of years ago.

I've used Luminar before so I'm kinda used to its editing power (AI filters and LUTs are my favorite) but that libraries thing completely blew my mind. Great job!

Pros:

User friendly, great result, looks cool

Cons:

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Asia Kolisnichenko

New Luminar with Libraries is GREAT! Thank you folks at Skylum for the awesome product! For sure, it is not perfect with the first libraries release, but looks like a perfect Lightroom alternative in the nearest future.

Pros:

AI powered editing tools, easy to use, sync edit adjustments, smart support team

Cons:

Updated version looks good, but has lots of things to be fixed

Evgeny Tchebotarev
I joined Skylum team earlier this year because after 12 years of building one of the best photo communities in the world (maker of many cool PH products, like RAW by 500px and 500px 4.0 for iOS), I got to know many players in the industry. And back when my company partnered with Skylum (then called MacPhun), I couldn't have had a better partner — on time, quick, reliable, and excited about community as much as I am. So when I started to have a conversation about joining Skylum, I have talked extensively with the leadership about community, and what it meant for me. I'm so glad I did — the team is honest, hardworking, and deeply cares about users (just read @alex_tsepko manifesto about actionable items to keep community happy and excited). Luminar 3, in a nutshell, also represented the innovative thinking, and the care about photographers who spent so much time and give away too much money to other products, while being continuously frustrated. I'm glad that now photographers all over the world have another option — and great at that — to make their photos truly stand out.
Liliia Onkhonova
@evgeny_tchebotarev Thank you very much, Evgeny! We are happy to have you in our team. I'm sure we've got a strong team player who can help make our product better and build a wide community of Luminar users in the world.
Fajar Siddiq
Wow! Congratulations
Liliia Onkhonova
@fajarsiddiq Thank you very much, Fajar! We've been working hard to make it happen
Diana Clark

Luminar 3 proven to be not only the easiest photo editing tool I have ever used but also a perfect Photo Management software, owing to brand new DAM technology.

Pros:

Dozens of features, photo filters and presets.

Cons:

Have found none.

Evgeny Tchebotarev

Been using it for a while, and love seeing progress over last several months.

Pros:

Innovative tools, thinking about the future, moving fast, and really focused on the community.

Cons:

Sometimes can be a bit buggy (fixes have been coming pretty fast), and slow (although need to test it on a faster than a 2014 laptop).

Alexandra Riabtsun

It's amazing how quickly you can get stunning results in so little time.

I love the feature that you can apply presets straight in the libraries to many photos at a time. Really useful and saves a ton of time.

Pros:

Easy to use interface, AI Accent, Sky Enhancer

Cons:

Meta data

Inna Revutska
Looks really promising! A question here: what exactly do you use AI for? I mean, AI is a popular topic right now, and it seems like everybody claims to use it just to win more attention. Where can I find out more about your technology?
Liliia Onkhonova
@inna_revutska Hey Inna, thank you for your interest! As a company, our mission is to develop AI that helps people with routine editing and gives them new creative tools. Recently, we've added AI Sky Enhancer filter - no more layering, masking, and all the pains that comes with manually editing skies, now all the heavy lifting is done by one slider. You can read more about it here: https://skylum.com/blog/luminar-... One more very effective tool - Accent AI filter that allows you to enhance several things in the photo in one click. And there're more to come next year! Please, stay tune, Inna.
Inna Revutska
@liliia_on Thanks Liliia! So if I get it right, AI Sky Enhancer detects the sky on a photo automatically. What happens if I upload a photo with no sky on it (like a still life pic)? I wouldn't be able to apply this filter?
Liliia Onkhonova
@inna_revutska Yes, you're right - the filter detects the sky and applies the edits only to this area leaving untouchable other objects in the photo. And if there's no sky so no changes will be made.
Daniil Kopilevych
Looks pretty amazing! Will play around with the free trial version
Liliia Onkhonova
@daniil_kopilevych Hey Daniil, that's really nice to hear! Hope, you'll enjoy playing with Luminar 3.
Marina Ponomaryova

Overall great product for photographers of different levels. Love the new features, and hope we will see more updates soon.

Pros:

It's great to have access to all my photos, and synchronize the edits on multiple photos, speeds up the process

Cons:

Can be a bit slow to load (although it's promised to be fixed in future updates)

Alex Balabanov

It's way easier and faster to produce a vivid web-ready image with Luminar compared to my Lightroom Classic experience

Pros:

Luminar is intuitive and I particularly like the embedded filters collection, they match my taste quite a lot

Cons:

It's somewhat sluggish around large (1000+) collections of RAWs

Katerina Melnyk
Great!
Liliia Onkhonova
@kateryna_eder Thank you, Katerina!
Sabina Rosenbrand

Great product! At last I can organize all my photos and find them at one place

Pros:

Easy to use. All edits stays within Luminar, no need to import your photos.

Cons:

Preset thumbnail loading speed

Diana Clark
At last! I've waited for Luminar Libraries for a year. Looks like my patience has finally paid off. Nice gift for Christmas.
Liliia Onkhonova
@dianacl97652243 Hey Diana, I know it's been a long year for everyone! But here it is! Thank you for your patience, I hope you'll like Luminar 3.
Alex MacGregor
Will you release a web app version of this product? Still looking for an intuitive, fast desktop web based photo editing app.
Liliia Onkhonova
@ajmcgr Hey Alex, thanks for your question! Right now we're not working on a web version of the product. But thank you for the request, I'll forward it to our CTO.
Alexandr Romanenko
Luminar 3 is all about smooth editing, an amazing viewing experience, easy photo organization.
Liliia Onkhonova
@alexandr_romanenko Hey Alexandr, thanks a lot for your feedback! It's really inspiring to hear it!
Pavlo Pedenko
Heard a lot, but never used this piece of software. @asia_kolisnichenko , a promocode would be appreciated! Congrats with a launch!
Liliia Onkhonova
@asia_kolisnichenko @pavlo_pedenko Hey Pavlo, thank you. I'll pm you =)
Jason Keyz
@liliia_on Did someone say Promo Code?! I'd love one too! P.S. I'd be happy to write a review on my blog and promote in my group after playing with this! Congrats on the launch!!
Liliia Onkhonova
@jasonkeyz Hey Jason, I'll PM you.
Bryan
@jasonkeyz @liliia_on may I have a promo also? Thanks in advance!
Brian Burgasser
@liliia_on Congratulations! This is perfect timing for me with libraries since I’m looking to break away from the traditional photo managers. I would like to request a promo code, too. Thank you.
Viktorya Ashughyan
wow👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😂
Liliia Onkhonova
@viktorya_ashughyan Hey Viktorya, thanks a lot!
Ekaterina Kachan
Cool product, guys!
Liliia Onkhonova
@ekaterina_kachan Ekaterina, thanks a lot! We'll keep on working!