New Extensions For Luminar Neo: Acting on the email I received, I installed four new extensions from Skylum into Luminar Neo, which is now up to version 1.5.0. The new extensions are...

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

Acting on the email I received, I installed four new extensions from Skylum into Luminar Neo, which is now up to version 1.5.0. The new extensions are Upscale AI, Background Removal AI, Focus Stacking, and Supersharp AI. That now brings to six the number of extensions, on top of HDR Merge and Noiseless AI. I've just now begun to tinker with them, and right now the results are mixed. I don't want to

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anything just yet, as first I have to dismiss my preset expectations. Still, the folks at Skylum aren't sitting still, and Neo is becoming quite the feature-rich photo editor!

Ednsb Loc: Santa Barbara

Skylum is great at promotion, poor at delivery.

These extensions are features other all-in-ones provide as their base application at no extra charge. Photoshop / LR or On1 come to mind. Their current sales model is pushing you to buy the subscription or pay hundreds to get the extensions.

Too many broken promises so although I own Neo I'm done and will stick with stable applications.

jlg1000 Loc: Uruguay / South America

Ednsb wrote:

Skylum is great at promotion, poor at delivery.

These extensions are features other all-in-ones provide as their base application at no extra charge. Photoshop / LR or On1 come to mind. Their current sales model is pushing you to buy the subscription or pay hundreds to get the extensions.

Too many broken promises so although I own Neo I'm done and will stick with stable applications.

Same here.

Those "extensions" are pretty standard by now...

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

Just Fred wrote:

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Luminar in its many forms is great at sky replacement and only thing I use it for. Many other software packages that do the remainder of things better (and for less $$$'s).

bwa

JohnBoy5562 Loc: Alabama

Just Fred wrote:

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I have a Mac Studio and it is extremely slow. I have the last 3 and out of all of them NEO is the slowest I click and have to wait for the affect to take place. This is the last version I will purchase.

gouldopfl

Don't most of the companies you mentioned have a subscription model where you get all updates? I believe that LR/PS is subscription only. Personally I don't find 89.00 a year to be expensive.

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

gouldopfl wrote:

Don't most of the companies you mentioned have a subscription model where you get all updates? I believe that LR/PS is subscription only. Personally I don't find 89.00 a year to be expensive.

VERY inexpensive for what you get!

bwa

jlg1000 Loc: Uruguay / South America

JohnBoy5562 wrote:

I have a Mac Studio and it is extremely slow. I have the last 3 and out of all of them NEO is the slowest I click and have to wait for the affect to take place. This is the last version I will purchase.

100% true.

With ON1 you just hover over an object and the mask magically appears. Instantly.

On NEO the image is analysed forever (on my really beefy watercooled rig it takes *minutes* ) and then every click seems to freez the soft for loooong time.

Not acceptable.