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Skylum Luminar Neo vs Luminar AI.

What differentiates Luminar Neo from all previous versions of Luminar is its ‘modular engine’.

‘Modules’ help to evenly distribute the load while using the various editing tools in Luminar Neo for faster image processing.

This allows you to apply lots of different tools to an image without significant performance loss, with all edits saved automatically.

Where this is most noticeable is when you’re using the various AI-powered tools in Luminar Neo, such as Sky AI and the new Relight AI tool.

The new modular engine also uses less memory (RAM) and storage space on your computer. Users with low-powered computers who were frustrated with slow performance in Luminar AI should have a better experience with Neo.  

 In an ideal world, Luminar AI would have been built on this same modular engine, but for whatever reason, it wasn’t. To take advantage of the fastest version of the software yet, you need to buy Luminar Neo. 

New tools to fix common problems faced by photographers

Luminar Neo features 4 brand new tools which can help us fix these issues much faster than by using Photoshop or any other image editor.

  • Relight AI – if you don’t have a flash or reflector, it’s common to have a photo that’s properly exposed for the background, while the subject (the foreground) is too dark. With the Relight AI tool, you can control the foreground and background exposures separately – artificial intelligence detects objects and human figures and recognises a 3D image space. It’s like being able to add a virtual flash, but with the light looking soft and natural-looking.
  • Remove Powerlines – automatically removes any unwanted phone or power lines in your travel and landscape photos. This is similar to the clone tool in Lightroom or Photoshop, but Luminar Neo does it in just one click, as opposed to having to ‘paint’ over the lines manually to select them.
  • Remove Dust Spots – get rid of dirt, sand or dust spots which appear in photos when your camera sensor or lens is dirty. This is way more common than you’d think, even with new camera gear.
  • Remove backgrounds – automatically remove the background for a portrait and swap it for another one in seconds.
  • The Remove Powerlines and Remove Dust Spots tools are a nice addition to Luminar Neo (and unavailable in Luminar AI).

  • Then there’s the incredible background removal tool which does a great job – no tedious masking needed. Even if the AI doesn’t quite get it right the first time, you can use the smart refinement brush to correct the selection.

    Once your subject is masked, you can save the portrait as a separate PNG, letting you swap out the background to whatever you like.

Reference: Mark Condon







   

     

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