LarryFitz wrote:
I use Luminar. Luminar does not change your RAW files. It is still in the folder that your originally put it. However, what Luminar does do, it saves the edits you made inside it catalog structure, when you open luminar they apply these edits the the image you are displaying, so that you can continue editing from the point you left off.
If you want to make a different edit of same RAW file make a copy of the RAW file in the folder it is located with a different name.
Non-destructive raw processors Luminar 4 and on1 never change the original image. They just create a metadata file with your changes. The thumbnail you see in the library is with the changes applied. As Larry said you need to duplicate the original if you want different versions in Luminar 4 or you can create different layers for each edit, turning off the previous ones. Unlike On1 , Luminar 4 doesn’t currently let you create a version to work on. It also doesn’t have a save as button.