![]() “We’ve taken the time to listen to photographers, and what they want is performance and quality. With adaptive workspaces that match styles of shooting, Luminar adapts to deliver a complete experience that avoids clutter and complexity. Users will also benefit from the new intelligent Sun Rays filter, LUT support, and real-time noise removal. In fact, Luminar 2018 offers everything a modern photographer needs for photo editing, including new filters powered by artificial intelligence, major speed improvements, a dedicated RAW develop module and, as Macphun promised recently, a forthcoming in 2018 digital asset management platform. Re-built from the ground up for dramatic performance boost over previous versions, the program uses a streamlined user interface that takes some time to grasp, because of three things: it’s different, it gives you access to tons of things, and it mixes Photoshop, Lightroom and a whole collection of plugins all under the same name. ![]() Let me take you through some of the features present in the program, using Macphun’s own words and some of the notes I’ve published before about Luminar. Remember how strange Lightroom was, when it first appeared? Believe me, time invested to discover how these new programs work may well be a rewarding experience in the end. While interfaces may seem similar, and they partially are, there are new features that need some time getting used to, and somewhere along the way you may feel like giving up. There is a learning curve to most of these new programs, as they depart from the logic we’ve grown used to for a long time, offering new tricks and solutions when editing photographs. From more classic solutions to those as Luminar 2018, which delivers a breakthrough photo editing experience for photographers on Mac & Windows with new filters, tools, non-destructive editing, major speed boosts, and a digital asset management platform that will arrive in 2018, we’ve reached a point where photographers can pick the program that best suits their needs and style. We’re living some exciting times, as photographers, with so many programs to choose from. Initially only available for Mac, and now a Windows program too, a trend we’ve seen in programs as Affinity Photo, for example, Luminar represents a new generation of photo editing program, one with a simple goal: enable the best-looking images with the least amount of effort. Luminar 2018 is an example of what is available as an alternative for photographers. Apparently Adobe is closing down a 10 year path that made Lightroom what is it today, and this gives other players even more reasons to expand their programs and ambitions. I’ve covered multiple here at PVC, in previous articles, throughtout recent years. The recent announcement by Adobe that Lightroom will not have further editions with a perpetual license, making new versions only available through a subscription plan, made many people hastly look for alternatives which, in fact, have been around for quite some time. New users will be able to purchase Luminar 2018 for $59, no subscription, while current users of Luminar may upgrade at a special price of $39.
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