Before we continue into the review, let me say that I paid for the program, and I am not an affiliate.

In the case of Luminar Neo, the initial final build of the program has a few bugs, which is to be expected, but the feature set and revamped user interface are a big departure from previous versions, and worse, some of the features do not work quite as promised. I worked in software development for a lot of years, and I totally get the process.

The final version has finally dropped, so what is my impression compared to earlier versions of Luminar? Early Days Last year, when Luminar Neo was announced, I jumped on board early, and early adopters have had access to the release candidate version of the program for a few weeks now. The Luminar series of programs all have the downside of being too easy to overdo edits and make photos look fake. I always found the program to have specific uses in my photography workflow, in earlier versions I liked the color adjustments a bit better than Lightroom, and in later versions I liked the Accent AI for the vibrance it added to an image when used in subtle amounts. I have been using Luminar in my workflow for a few years now.

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